Home Movie: 071176 (silent)

Description: A Black family in Detroit is active in dance, music, and school athletics in the late 1970s. The reel includes many square dance events, from a local Black square dancing club to a national competition, together with many youth school-centered activities including intramural girls and boys basketball, and school band and chorus. With a family gathering around a young woman's graduation from Oakland Community College.

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

Subjects: 1970s, Black history and culture , Dance, Music, Sports, Education, Performances, Youth, Children, People of African origin or descent, Schools

Tags: square dances; arenas; indoor arena; pavilions; dance festivals; square dance outfits; children dancing; children and adults dancing together; coordinated costumes; dance costume; dance competition; banner National Executive Committee; 1970s clothing; 1970s square dance costumes; banner Wisconsin; banner Tennessee; Black dancers wave to camera; gymnasiums; basketball courts; youth cheerleaders; cheerleading; high schools; Holy Cross Hungarian Parish High School; Catholic high schools; parochial schools; boys basketball; youth basketball; referees; integrated sports team; basketball games; band; junior high school band; music; music education; clarinets; trombones; clarinetist; flutes; recorders; piccolos; chorus; choirs; singing; children singing; all-Black student body; Jamieson School, Detroit; neckerchief; scarves; square dance practice; all-Black square dancing club; 1970s fashions; prairie revival long skirt; wide lapels; girls' basketball; girls; women; young women playing basketball; winter; 1970s athletic uniforms; knee-high socks; knee guards; intramural sports; station wagon in cold weather; recitals; Christmas concert; chorale; chorus performance; chorus gowns; teenagers; graduations; ceremonies; banner Oakland Community College; college graduations; affection; celebrations; family gatherings; posing for camera; women's education

Film Sponsor:

Creator:

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0133, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: circa 1975; circa 1976; circa 1978; circa 1979

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; Michigan; Detroit, Michigan; Oakland County, Michigan; Auburn Hills, Michigan

Genre/Form: home movie

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: Super 8mm film

Element: positive

Color: color

Color Process: Ektachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus square, circle, circle circle, triangle

Frame Rate: 18 fps

Length (feet): 335