Home Movie: 071172 (silent)

Description: Fishing, boating, a vacation to Niagara Falls, and fun at home documented by an African American family in the 1970s, likely in Detroit, Michigan.

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Subjects: 1970s,People of African origin or descent,Families,Children,Youth,Vacations,Cities

Tags: African American people; waterways; boats; fishing; women fishing; road trips; cabins; RVs; recreational vehicles; Black families; Black neighborhoods; Ted's Drive-In Restaurant; motel sign; waving at camera; Skylon Tower; waterfalls; Niagara Falls; King George VI statue; harvesting produce; vegetable farming; filmed from moving vehicle; city streets; street scenes; working on a car in the driveway; boarded up buildings; carrying groceries; posing for camera; goofing for camera; people around the neighborhood; smoking at the gas station; man sleeping on the porch; service stations; gas stations; mini skirts; tam o' shanters; go-go boots; 1970s fashion; fairs and festivals; traffic lights

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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 1970s

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Geographical Location: Canada; USA; Michigan; Detroit, Michigan; Niagara Falls; Ontario; Niagara Falls, Ontario

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: Super 8mm film

Element: reversal

Color: color

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Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

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Frame Rate: 18 fps

Length (feet): 208