Home Movie: 001492 (silent)

Description:

Description: A 1942 road trip beginning in Kansas City, Missouri, with stops in multiple cities and many scenes of city streets, yellow taxicabs and farmland in Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Notable scene of an encounter between a white woman and an African American child during 1940s Jim Crow era.

Archive can notes: "Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana / Spanky"

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1940s, Tourism, Vacations, Transportation, Cities, Agriculture, Road trips

Tags: homemade titles; "1942 Vacation / First Stop / Kansas City, Mo." title; two women walking down city street arm in arm; kissing; shaking hands; driving POV up Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri; main streets; theater marquees; Newman Theater with "Reap the Wild Wind" on marquee; Kansas City World War I Memorial; Kansas City Union Station; looking down on Union Station from hill; streetcars; trolleys; filmed through a windshield; filmed from moving vehicle; image extends between perforations; train station exteriors; billboards; traffic; cityscapes; Kansas City parks; taxicabs; arched bridge; windshield wipers; Boston Mountain Scenic Drive; Ozarks; motels; oil derricks; farmland; Pelican Rice Mill, Inc.; African American children; hanging moss; live oaks; sugar cane; Bayou Teche; title "First Stop Kansas City Missouri;" Underground Civil War Storeroom sign; "Texarkana Ark." title; warm greetings between friends; driving POVs; train station exteriors; public buildings; title "Entering Noel Last Town in Mo."; driving POV of rim rock in the rain with wiper blades; Entering Boston Mountain Scenic Drive of the Ozarks sign; Bob Burns house sign; Texarkana Arkansas sign; motel exteriors; pan through motel parking lot; white concrete highway pavement; Shreveport, LA title; driving POV of Shreveport streets; "Louisiana Live Oaks 'Bearded in Moss'" title; mailbox marked "F.S. Bird / Rt 1 Box 147" on highway; "Crowley, La. / Rice Center of America" title; Pelican Rice Mill exteriors; "New Iberia, La. / Famous for Creole Cookery" title; white woman engages young Black boy; Jim Crow era; live oak trees; "Sugar Cane" title; sugarcane field; animated titles; "The Teche Country / A Bit of Old France / Saint Martinville / Land of Longfellow's 'Evangeline'" title; going to Teche country; "Longfellow Evangeline Memorial Park / Under Construction" 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: circa 1942

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Geographical Location: USA; Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; Noel, Missouri; Arkansas; Texarkana, Arkansas; Shreveport, Louisiana; Crowley, Louisiana; New Iberia, Louisiana; St. Martinville, Louisiana; Louisiana

Genre/Form: home movie

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 313

Complete Record: Description: A 1942 road trip beginning in Kansas City, Missouri, with stops in multiple cities and many scenes of city streets, yellow taxicabs and farmland in Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Notable scene of an encounter between a white woman and an African American child during 1940s Jim Crow era. Archive can notes: "Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana / Spanky" Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1940s, Tourism, Vacations, Transportation, Cities, Agriculture, Road trips Tags: homemade titles; "1942 Vacation / First Stop / Kansas City, Mo." title; two women walking down city street arm in arm; kissing; shaking hands; driving POV up Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri; main streets; theater marquees; Newman Theater with "Reap the Wild Wind" on marquee; Kansas City World War I Memorial; Kansas City Union Station; looking down on Union Station from hill; streetcars; trolleys; filmed through a windshield; filmed from moving vehicle; image extends between perforations; train station exteriors; billboards; traffic; cityscapes; Kansas City parks; taxicabs; arched bridge; windshield wipers; Boston Mountain Scenic Drive; Ozarks; motels; oil derricks; farmland; Pelican Rice Mill, Inc.; African American children; hanging moss; live oaks; sugar cane; Bayou Teche; title "First Stop Kansas City Missouri;" Underground Civil War Storeroom sign; "Texarkana Ark." title; warm greetings between friends; driving POVs; train station exteriors; public buildings; title "Entering Noel Last Town in Mo."; driving POV of rim rock in the rain with wiper blades; Entering Boston Mountain Scenic Drive of the Ozarks sign; Bob Burns house sign; Texarkana Arkansas sign; motel exteriors; pan through motel parking lot; white concrete highway pavement; Shreveport, LA title; driving POV of Shreveport streets; "Louisiana Live Oaks 'Bearded in Moss'" title; mailbox marked "F.S. Bird / Rt 1 Box 147" on highway; "Crowley, La. / Rice Center of America" title; Pelican Rice Mill exteriors; "New Iberia, La. / Famous for Creole Cookery" title; white woman engages young Black boy; Jim Crow era; live oak trees; "Sugar Cane" title; sugarcane field; animated titles; "The Teche Country / A Bit of Old France / Saint Martinville / Land of Longfellow's 'Evangeline'" title; going to Teche country; "Longfellow Evangeline Memorial Park / Under Construction" sign Film Sponsor: Creator: Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1942 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; Noel, Missouri; Arkansas; Texarkana, Arkansas; Shreveport, Louisiana; Crowley, Louisiana; New Iberia, Louisiana; St. Martinville, Louisiana; Louisiana Genre/Form: home movie Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: reversal, original Color: color Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: triangle triangle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 313