Home Movie: 001156 (silent)

Description: A road trip through the Southern United States in 1950, beginning at the Louisiana State University campus and ending at the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Notable scene of the Panther Burn school, a segregated Rosenwald Foundation-funded school shown in passing while on the road to Tennessee.

Information on the Panther Burn school: mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/rosenwald-schools/ (accessed April 11, 2025).

Can notes: "1950- B&W / 5 / New Orleans to Vicksburg / Vicksburg to [Chgo] / 3-28-76 O.K."



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Subjects: 1950s, Road trips, Racism , Tourism, Universities and colleges, People of African origin or descent, Agriculture

Tags: Louisiana waterfront; steamboats; ships; unloading ships; African American labor; shipping; Louisiana State University campus sign; entrance to Louisiana State University; farm; cows and goat resting in barnyard (probably college agricultural herd); dog running across street with prey in mouth; steamship on river; Louisiana State Capitol; view from State Capitol observation deck; pans over Baton Rouge and Mississippi River; Doherty Hardware, Baton Rouge; Baton Rouge street scene; cattle on highway; "Entering Louisiana" sign with speed limits painted out; "Enter State of Mississippi Leave West Feliciana Ph" sign; sign; cannons; cemeteries; John J. Audubon Hall; driving POVs; street scenes; fancy dress; upper class woman; Vicksburg National Military Park sign; monuments; pan view from Vicksburg memorial; Fort Nogales 1791 historical plaque; cannon; cemeteries; driving POV country road; pan over fields with farmworker cabins at intervals; farm worker shacks seen from moving car; racial segregation sign; "Panther Burn Colored Consolidated School" sign, Sharkey County, Mississippi; African American school children; segregated schools; bridge crossing; fields filmed from moving vehicle; "Tennessee State Line Welcome Dept. of Highways" sign; U.S. Highway 61 sign; French Quarter; stevedores; panoramic views; cows; pastures; riverboats; driving off the boat; ramps; high angle views; Natchez Times printing sign; driving POV in downtown Natchez; sharecroppers houses; Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee; movie theatres; Strand Theater marquee; "The Furies - Barbara Stanwyck"; filmed through windshield; "Welcome to Kentucky / Visit our Historic Sites / Roads Are Patrolled for You" sign; bridges; "Charleston 13 Sikeston 27 Memphis, Tenn. 178" sign; flooded homes; "Junction Mississippi and Ohio Rivers" near Cairo, Illinois sign

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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: 1950

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Geographical Location: USA; Louisiana; Mississippi; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Tennessee; Kentucky; Mississippi River; New Orleans, Louisiana; Natchez, Mississippi; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Vicksburg National Military Park; Sharkey County, Mississippi; Panther Burn, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; Ohio River; Cairo, Illinois; Illinois

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: none

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 204