Home Movie: 010207 (silent)

Genre: home movie

Complete Record: Description: Content warning: This film contains footage of the decapitation of chickens on a farm [00:01:32-00:01:55]. Scenes of rural life in Missouri circa 1941, including images of farm labor; an auction in Middletown, Missouri; rural town street scenes; horse ranches; and steam trains. Notes from can: "Home Movies: Roll 3: Dad Sawing Wood, Laklonia, Everette No use 1945 / #3 Parkers Dad etc." Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1940s, Agriculture, Labor, Rural life Tags: American Midwest; house with long porch; farm scenes; man sharpening scythe; rural auctions; small towns; man cutting grass with scythe; man sawing thick log; little girl playing with dead? hens; girl carrying orange cat; cats; woman breaking chicken's necks off by twirling them in air; decapitating chickens; horses galloping in field; brown grasses; hiding from camera; "Lester J. Parker The Honey Man Parma, MO Farmer Apiarist" sign on truck; shaking hands; work trucks; "Ellis Rentfro Middletown, MO" sign on truck; farmers gather; selling produce; small rural towns; railroad crossings; Wabash train; steam trains; steam train waiting at crossing; horsedrawn cart driving by camera and over railroad track; gathering; smoking in front of "Positively No Smoking" sign; Cardiff Hill sign, Hannibal, Missouri; "This Is The Foot Of Cardiff Hill Made Famous In Mark Twain's Books, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" sign; stairs up a cliff; boyhood home of Mark Twain plaque; man plowing field with horse plow; windy; man leading donkey; men roofing; foals; horse and foal running around field; horseback riding; covert filming from parked car; man posing next to truck; walking out of house; waving at camera; woman pumping water from well; film deterioration; 1941 Missouri license plate 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: 1941 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; Missouri; Middletown, Missouri; Parma, Missouri; Hannibal, Missouri Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: reversal, original Color: b&w, color Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: triangle triangle, triangle square Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 261