Home Movie: 004523 (silent)
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Description: Documents the activities of a multigenerational African American family in Southern California in the 1950s. Includes a wealth of visual evidence, including backyard gatherings and celebrations, street scenes in Southern California, road trips, parades, desert camping and fishing trips, and a trip to a Mexican bordertown.
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1950s, People of African origin or descent, Leisure and recreation, Families, Road trips, Vacations, Celebrations and ceremonies
Tags: African American people; Black people; cemeteries; graveyards; floral tributes; flowers on graves; automobiles; backyards; laundry lines; building a garage; Apple Valley Station; Apple Valley Ranchos sign; deserts; foothills; San Bernardino Mountains; waving to camera; posing for camera; Joshua trees; Wayfarers Chapel; Wall Street (Los Angeles, California); camping; boats; fishing; picnics; umbrella hats; mugging for camera; women smoking; filmed from a moving vehicle; driving POVs; road trips; California license plate expiring 1954; piggyback rides; freight trains filmed through automobile windshield; railroad trains adjacent to highways; domestic scenes; beaches; parades and processions; floral parade floats; Tournament of Roses parade; Rose Parade; Minute Maid float; Stanford marching band; Golden Gate Bridge float; Las Vegas float; Portland Rose Festival float; Temple City float; Rose Bowl; football game; Greyhound buses; American Airlines; Los Angeles Airport; airports; tarmacs; churches; people gathering on street; well-dressed people; view from possibly Twin Peaks; sightseeing tour of San Francisco; Golden Gate Bridge; tour buses; mailman delivering mail; letter carriers; Grauman's Chinese Theatre; Hollywood; wedding; bridesmaids; brides; grooms; ushers; possibly backyard wedding reception; reservoirs; bathing suits; swimsuits; possibly Salton Sea; Cheez-It box; beauty pageants; Ferris wheels; carnival rides; fairs; Good Shepard Baptist Church; baby learning to walk; children; Golden Retriever dogs; Benson's Bar; Vista Al Mar Cafe; possibly San Diego, California; possibly border town; Mexican folk dresses; ping pong; table tennis; image extends between perforations; dogs; women smoking; cigarettes; shirtless; photographer on-screen; 5000 S block of Wall Street, Los Angeles; South Park, Los Angeles; South Central Los Angeles; fancy dress; multigenerational families; pedal pushers; walking towards camera; women with cameras; matching outfits
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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: ca. 1953-1954
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Geographical Location: USA; California; Los Angeles, California; Los Angeles County, California; San Francisco, California; Rancho Palos Verdes, California; Apple Valley, California; Pasadena, California; Mexico; Baja California; Tijuana, Baja California; San Bernardino County, California; South Park, Los Angeles, California; Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California; Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; Salton Sea, California
Genre/Form: home movie
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Film Format: 16mm film
Element: reversal
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: plus triangle, plus circle, plus square, circle circle
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 941
Complete Record: Description: Documents the activities of a multigenerational African American family in Southern California in the 1950s. Includes a wealth of visual evidence, including backyard gatherings and celebrations, street scenes in Southern California, road trips, parades, desert camping and fishing trips, and a trip to a Mexican bordertown. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1950s, People of African origin or descent, Leisure and recreation, Families, Road trips, Vacations, Celebrations and ceremonies Tags: African American people; Black people; cemeteries; graveyards; floral tributes; flowers on graves; automobiles; backyards; laundry lines; building a garage; Apple Valley Station; Apple Valley Ranchos sign; deserts; foothills; San Bernardino Mountains; waving to camera; posing for camera; Joshua trees; Wayfarers Chapel; Wall Street (Los Angeles, California); camping; boats; fishing; picnics; umbrella hats; mugging for camera; women smoking; filmed from a moving vehicle; driving POVs; road trips; California license plate expiring 1954; piggyback rides; freight trains filmed through automobile windshield; railroad trains adjacent to highways; domestic scenes; beaches; parades and processions; floral parade floats; Tournament of Roses parade; Rose Parade; Minute Maid float; Stanford marching band; Golden Gate Bridge float; Las Vegas float; Portland Rose Festival float; Temple City float; Rose Bowl; football game; Greyhound buses; American Airlines; Los Angeles Airport; airports; tarmacs; churches; people gathering on street; well-dressed people; view from possibly Twin Peaks; sightseeing tour of San Francisco; Golden Gate Bridge; tour buses; mailman delivering mail; letter carriers; Grauman's Chinese Theatre; Hollywood; wedding; bridesmaids; brides; grooms; ushers; possibly backyard wedding reception; reservoirs; bathing suits; swimsuits; possibly Salton Sea; Cheez-It box; beauty pageants; Ferris wheels; carnival rides; fairs; Good Shepard Baptist Church; baby learning to walk; children; Golden Retriever dogs; Benson's Bar; Vista Al Mar Cafe; possibly San Diego, California; possibly border town; Mexican folk dresses; ping pong; table tennis; image extends between perforations; dogs; women smoking; cigarettes; shirtless; photographer on-screen; 5000 S block of Wall Street, Los Angeles; South Park, Los Angeles; South Central Los Angeles; fancy dress; multigenerational families; pedal pushers; walking towards camera; women with cameras; matching outfits 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: ca. 1953-1954 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; California; Los Angeles, California; Los Angeles County, California; San Francisco, California; Rancho Palos Verdes, California; Apple Valley, California; Pasadena, California; Mexico; Baja California; Tijuana, Baja California; San Bernardino County, California; South Park, Los Angeles, California; Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California; Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; Salton Sea, California Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: reversal Color: color Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: plus triangle, plus circle, plus square, circle circle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 941
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