Natchez, MS: Natchez Area
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Reel of uncut footage of historic Natchez, Mississippi. Shots include Mississippi River, Vidalia Bridge, Colonial houses and bed & breakfasts in neighborhoods and along the river, barges in the water, Natchez City Cemetery, and Civil War hero memorials and antique cannons.
Credits
Jack Behrend (director); Jack Behrend (cinematographer)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Jack Behrend Collection
Subjects: Historic sites; Travel
Places: North America > United States > Illinois
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - LS barge in Mississippi River, PAN RIGHT, house in river with dock, tree-lined river’s edge in background, houses and storefronts facing river, MLS, ZOOM OUT LS houses and storefronts; 00:55 – Var LS, ZOOM IN façade white Colonial home with columns, trees in front yard, people moving on front porch; 01:55 – CU sign “The Briars Antebellum Home: A Bed & Breakfast Inn”; 01:59 – Var, MS tree canopy, ZOOM OUT, PAN RIGHT façade white columned house with long porch, ZOOM IN front porch; 03:06 – Var LS Mississippi River, PAN RIGHT across length of steel Vidalia Bridge, cars driving across, last take has barge in water; 04:40 – CU Vidalia Bridge ZOOM OUT PAN LEFT; 05:03 – Var CU gravestone, ZOOM OUT MS graveyard, pink flowering bush in background, TILT DOWN CU gravestone; 05:51 – Var LS wrought iron fence open to graveyard, tall white gravestones and trees scattered across landscape, PAN RIGHT white iron fence detail; 06:23 – shaky TS PAN LEFT AND RIGHT down road in graveyard, ZOOM IN and OUT gravestones on either side; 07:34 - CU historical marker “Natchez City Cemetery” est. 1822, shaky CU sign “Federal headquarters 1863”; 07:55 – MLS façade white Colonial columned home; 08:48 – MS exterior William Johnson House, CU sign, ZOOM OUT façade red brick house with lime green shutters, red roof, shadow covering half of house; 09:27 – MLS F/SA brick building, tan façade with two tiered front porch, PAN RIGHT and LEFT tree lined street; 10:41 – shaky MCU sign “Dunleith National Historic Landmark Circa 1856”; 10:49 – LS white Colonial columned home with black wrought iron fence; 11:05 – SA down a row of Civil War cannons, LS cannons, CU over barrel of cannon, trees and monuments in background; 11:29 – Var LA MS bronze Confederate war hero memorials, CU memorial marker “Jefferson Davis, President Confederate State and Commander-In-Chief”; 12:23-12:32 – RA two Civil War cannons
Cfa elements: 460 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3406
Subjects: Historic sites; Travel
Places: North America > United States > Illinois
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - LS barge in Mississippi River, PAN RIGHT, house in river with dock, tree-lined river’s edge in background, houses and storefronts facing river, MLS, ZOOM OUT LS houses and storefronts; 00:55 – Var LS, ZOOM IN façade white Colonial home with columns, trees in front yard, people moving on front porch; 01:55 – CU sign “The Briars Antebellum Home: A Bed & Breakfast Inn”; 01:59 – Var, MS tree canopy, ZOOM OUT, PAN RIGHT façade white columned house with long porch, ZOOM IN front porch; 03:06 – Var LS Mississippi River, PAN RIGHT across length of steel Vidalia Bridge, cars driving across, last take has barge in water; 04:40 – CU Vidalia Bridge ZOOM OUT PAN LEFT; 05:03 – Var CU gravestone, ZOOM OUT MS graveyard, pink flowering bush in background, TILT DOWN CU gravestone; 05:51 – Var LS wrought iron fence open to graveyard, tall white gravestones and trees scattered across landscape, PAN RIGHT white iron fence detail; 06:23 – shaky TS PAN LEFT AND RIGHT down road in graveyard, ZOOM IN and OUT gravestones on either side; 07:34 - CU historical marker “Natchez City Cemetery” est. 1822, shaky CU sign “Federal headquarters 1863”; 07:55 – MLS façade white Colonial columned home; 08:48 – MS exterior William Johnson House, CU sign, ZOOM OUT façade red brick house with lime green shutters, red roof, shadow covering half of house; 09:27 – MLS F/SA brick building, tan façade with two tiered front porch, PAN RIGHT and LEFT tree lined street; 10:41 – shaky MCU sign “Dunleith National Historic Landmark Circa 1856”; 10:49 – LS white Colonial columned home with black wrought iron fence; 11:05 – SA down a row of Civil War cannons, LS cannons, CU over barrel of cannon, trees and monuments in background; 11:29 – Var LA MS bronze Confederate war hero memorials, CU memorial marker “Jefferson Davis, President Confederate State and Commander-In-Chief”; 12:23-12:32 – RA two Civil War cannons
Cfa elements: 460 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3406
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:05