Home Movie: 071224 (silent)

Description: Scenes of African American life in the Eastern Market neighborhood, Belle Isle and elsewhere in Detroit in the early 1970s. People of all ages spend time in backyards, on stoops, porches, and sidewalks. Includes fishing at the river and children playing cowboy games.

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Subjects: 1970s, People of African origin or descent, Children, Leisure and recreation, Fishing and fisheries

Tags: neighborhoods; Black community life; balloons; backyards; plaid shorts; birthday parties; record albums; waving to camera; back porches; smiling at camera; hanging out; traffic; freeways; overpasses; panoramic views; downtowns; covered pedestrian bridges; Gratiot Central Market; Eastern Market; neighborhood brown paper grocery bags; hollyhocks; gas station; gasoline station; Black power salute; raised fist; mini trains; miniature railroads; children's rail; filmed from moving vehicle; driving POV; Detroit Zoo; underexposed; elephants; zoos; lions; tigers; monkeys; wallabies; llamas; seals; swans; wrestling match; ring; referees; cartwheels; against the ropes; helicopters; school yards; trench coats; laundry; clotheslines; fishing; rivers; coveralls; auto-exposure pulsing; big fish; smokestacks; drinking beer; pull-top beer cans; parking lots; ball gowns; silver gloves; sunsets; trailer campers; rocky shores; outhouses; fishing nets; cap guns; posing for camera; western wear; dogs; wildflowers; cookouts; fields; meadows; picnics; shirtless; sunbathing; cows; sheep; donkeys; colts; kids playing with guns; gun culture; kid pointing gun at camera; geese; sidewalks; tricycles; natural hair styles; smoking; cigarettes; laughing; aprons; vegetable gardens; elders; image extends between perforations; filmed off television set; TV set

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0318, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: circa 1971; 1972

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Geographical Location: USA; Michigan; Detroit, Michigan; Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: Super 8mm film

Element: positive, reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: square plus, circle plus

Frame Rate: 18 fps

Length (feet): 298