Movies of Local People: Great Falls, 1938

Item Description
Title
Movies of Local People: Great Falls, 1938

Creator
Waters, H. (Filmmaker)

Date
1938-12-01

Date Note
Filmed on December 1, 1938.

Subjects
Great Falls (S.C.)--Description and travel.
Great Falls (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
School children--South Carolina.
Schools--South Carolina.
Students--South Carolina.
Mills and mill-work--South Carolina.
Milling machinery--South Carolina.
Outdoor recreation.
City and town life--South Carolina.


Content Description
Film about the people and life of Great Falls, South Carolina made in 1938 by itinerant filmmaker H. Lee Waters. Features school activities, mill workers, and practice for a football game.

Note: Severe cracking of emulsion due to shrinkage.

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Rights
All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208.

Geographical Location
Great Falls (S.C.)


SC County
Chester County (S.C.)

Digital Collection
South Carolina Film and Video Collection


Collection Name
Itinerant filmmakers in South Carolina


Collection Description
Itinerant filmmaking was a vibrant American tradition in the first half of the 20th century. Its practitioners would travel to a city or town, film its citizens, and then project the developed footage in a local movie theater for a modest fee. School children and local businesses were favorite subjects. Over the years, MIRC has acquired several examples of the genre documenting South Carolina communities in the 1930s and early 1940s, including a handful of films by the celebrated North Carolina-based filmmaker, H. Lee Waters.

Item Title
Waters 1

Citation
Movies of Local People: Great Falls, 1938. (Waters 1.) Itinerant filmmakers in South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
26:29


Digitization Specifications
This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original.

Title Id
Waters 1, SCAR 122, SCAR 123


Date Digital
2021-12-21

Decade
1930


Time Period
Great Depression (1930-1938)


Physical Notes
Film: 16mm
Silent
B&W
Answer print
1.37:1 (Academy)
Polyester.


Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/south-carolina-film-and-video-collection/