Home Movie: 004387 (silent)

Genre: home movie

Description:

Description: Visits by an African American family to many different locations are documented in this reel, which includes a BART station and bustling Market street in downtown San Francisco, signs and commerce on Canal Street in New Orleans, and Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. Also features the American Freedom Train on its 1975-76 tour, probably in Southern California.

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

Subjects: 1970s, 1980s, People of African origin or descent, Transportation, Tourism, Leisure and recreation

Tags: image extends between perforations; train; people lined up to visit American Freedom Train; Bicentennial celebrations; railroads; Southern Pacific locomotive 4449; steam locomotives; U.S. Army tanks; military uniforms; Black families; African American people; Black family relaxing in backyard; women smoking; waving to camera; holding up fingers as 'bunny ears'; Powell Street BART station; Above The Belt sign; Roos-Atkins store; Grodins store; Market Street, San Francisco; San Francisco Municipal Railway; downtowns; busy street scenes; streetcars; city busses; convertible cars; people with cameras; dogs; poodles; bumper cars; smiling at camera; roller coaster loops; palm trees; Shu Bar; French Quarter; driving POV New Orleans streets; horsedrawn carriages; swamps; Basin Street; Canal Street; WELCOME neon sign missing letter L; hanging moss; lawns; New Orleans streetcars; rivers; Spokane Self Service sign; American marine gasoline station; trees; natural hairstyles; children and family playing on deck; pan over Oakland; driving POV showing downtown Oakland; balloons; plaid trousers; sling-shots; wrist rocket; pulled perfs; skylines; log flume ride; filmed from an amusement park ride; steam trains; swimming; bathing suits; diving in; slow motion; flamingos; giraffes; zoos; polar bears; macaws; parrots; snakes; Universal Studios; Cable Car set; riverboats; burning house set; filmed through windshield; filmed while driving; filmed from a moving vehicle; Joy theatre; walking towards camera; Lost Landscapes; women photographers

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0127, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: circa 1975-1976

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Geographical Location: San Francisco, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Los Angeles, California; Hollywood, California; USA; California; Louisiana; Oakland, California

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus circle, square plus, plus triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 343

Complete Record: Description: Visits by an African American family to many different locations are documented in this reel, which includes a BART station and bustling Market street in downtown San Francisco, signs and commerce on Canal Street in New Orleans, and Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. Also features the American Freedom Train on its 1975-76 tour, probably in Southern California. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1970s, 1980s, People of African origin or descent, Transportation, Tourism, Leisure and recreation Tags: image extends between perforations; train; people lined up to visit American Freedom Train; Bicentennial celebrations; railroads; Southern Pacific locomotive 4449; steam locomotives; U.S. Army tanks; military uniforms; Black families; African American people; Black family relaxing in backyard; women smoking; waving to camera; holding up fingers as 'bunny ears'; Powell Street BART station; Above The Belt sign; Roos-Atkins store; Grodins store; Market Street, San Francisco; San Francisco Municipal Railway; downtowns; busy street scenes; streetcars; city busses; convertible cars; people with cameras; dogs; poodles; bumper cars; smiling at camera; roller coaster loops; palm trees; Shu Bar; French Quarter; driving POV New Orleans streets; horsedrawn carriages; swamps; Basin Street; Canal Street; WELCOME neon sign missing letter L; hanging moss; lawns; New Orleans streetcars; rivers; Spokane Self Service sign; American marine gasoline station; trees; natural hairstyles; children and family playing on deck; pan over Oakland; driving POV showing downtown Oakland; balloons; plaid trousers; sling-shots; wrist rocket; pulled perfs; skylines; log flume ride; filmed from an amusement park ride; steam trains; swimming; bathing suits; diving in; slow motion; flamingos; giraffes; zoos; polar bears; macaws; parrots; snakes; Universal Studios; Cable Car set; riverboats; burning house set; filmed through windshield; filmed while driving; filmed from a moving vehicle; Joy theatre; walking towards camera; Lost Landscapes; women photographers Film Sponsor: Creator: Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0127, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1975-1976 Release Date: Geographical Location: San Francisco, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Los Angeles, California; Hollywood, California; USA; California; Louisiana; Oakland, California Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 8mm film Element: reversal, original Color: color Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: plus circle, square plus, plus triangle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 343