Home Movie: Edward C. Denny Collection: 098471 (silent)

Description: Home movie of a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia is developed into an amateur effort at glorifying the antebellum era of enslavement, with racist commentary expressing that white tourists need not fear the pillory. Viewers are advised.

Information on can label:
“When Dreams Come True / Edward C. Denny / 385 La Salle Ave / Buffalo - N.Y.”

Note in can:
“Part II of Taking a Trip”"

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Subjects: 1930s, History, Tourism, 18th century, Racism , Settler colonialism

Tags: homemade titles; colonial historic buildings; colonial architecture; Grecian revival architecture; lawns; walking towards camera; African American caretaker; Black worker; Black landscape professional; pillories; cats; "Richard Bland Overnight Guest" sign; horse-drawn carriages; Black labor; Governor's Palace; Virginia Colony; American Revolution; plantation system; history of slavery; enslavement; homecomings; home movies; returning to wife; woman on steps; "The End" title; reversed title;

Film Sponsor:

Creator: E. C. Denny

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Edward C. Denny Collection PC-0365, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1938

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; New York; Buffalo, New York; Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia

Genre/Form: home movie, amateur

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive, reversal

Color: color

Color Process: tinted, Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 126