Home Movie: Paul Steelman Collection: 004112 (silent)

Description: Documents an ice storm, a road trip, travel on Route 66 through Texas and Missouri among other places and detailed sequences expressing inclusive youth culture.

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Subjects: Automobiles; Tourism; Environmental issues; 1940s; 1950s; Travel; Car culture; Youth

Tags: baseball; small town; tow truck; Mississippi River; turtle on car; filmed from a moving vehicle; driving POV; U.S. Route 66; windmill; Plaza Larga; Hoover Dam; Boulder Dam; cowboys; cowgirls; horse riding lessons; horseback riding; horses; night ride; crossing guard; Ann's Restaurant; hanging moss; Sweet Potato Weevil Quarantine; integrated groups of youth; Rio Grande; sullen teenager; youth culture; James Dean before James Dean; disaffected youth; ice storm; egrets; car hop; flood; warped film

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Creator: Steelman Family

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: 1951, 1958

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Geographical Location: Senath, Missouri; Texas; Laredo, Texas; USA; U.S. Route 66; Boulder Dam; Mississippi River

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: b&w

Color Process: tinted

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle plus, triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 397