Home Movie: 098161 (silent)

Genre: home movie

Description:

Description: Family reunions and gatherings of a white family from Georgia circa 1956. Notable sequences feature a Black domestic worker posing with the family and later with two young women (possibly her daughters). Also includes images of Black restaurant workers at The Varsity restaurant near the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology using handheld radios and hosing down the sidewalk in front of a menu board.

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

Subjects: 1950s, Families, Rural life, People of African origin or descent, Labor, Road trips

Tags: hillsides; trees; bridges; water; dams; POV driving; fog; POV driving past Texaco gas station; gas stations; houses; country roads; road signs; Tuckasegee River sign; U.S. Highway 19 sign; flooded rivers; family out front of home; families; dogs; front porches; babies; highchairs; older man walking with crutch; young soldier helping elderly man walk; military uniforms; cars; African American domestic worker; families posing with cars; children; family gatherings; multigenerational families; older white woman posing with domestic worker of color; clowning for camera; home interiors; living rooms; furniture; wallpaper; mirrors; woman behind camera reflected in mirror; waving at camera; framed photographs; girls posing with baby doll collection; children playing; books; feasts; holiday meals; rural areas; barns; family farms; outhouses; little red wagons; bells; twirling batons; bench swings; power lines; man posing in outhouse; hugs; African American families; adults and children playing hopscotch; forests; African American laborers; parking lots; African American youth using hand-held radio; Black man with walkie-talkie; drive-in restaurants; The Varsity restaurant; Coca-Cola sign; menu boards; couple walking out of home; boys horseplaying; Jackson and Vicksburg signs; Route 49 sign; Route 80 sign; bridges; Texaco sign; billboards; desert landscapes; filmed from moving vehicle; roadtrips; "Comdr. Walker" on address sign; group posing for camera; domestic interiors; holiday dinners; red "Greyhound" wagon; walking toward camera; "Shat R Proof safety glass" sign; restaurant workers hosing down sidewalk; Atlanta Police car; Commander Walker

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0140, Pea Hicks Collection, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: circa 1956

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Geographical Location: USA; Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: positive, reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 209

Complete Record: Description: Family reunions and gatherings of a white family from Georgia circa 1956. Notable sequences feature a Black domestic worker posing with the family and later with two young women (possibly her daughters). Also includes images of Black restaurant workers at The Varsity restaurant near the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology using handheld radios and hosing down the sidewalk in front of a menu board. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1950s, Families, Rural life, People of African origin or descent, Labor, Road trips Tags: hillsides; trees; bridges; water; dams; POV driving; fog; POV driving past Texaco gas station; gas stations; houses; country roads; road signs; Tuckasegee River sign; U.S. Highway 19 sign; flooded rivers; family out front of home; families; dogs; front porches; babies; highchairs; older man walking with crutch; young soldier helping elderly man walk; military uniforms; cars; African American domestic worker; families posing with cars; children; family gatherings; multigenerational families; older white woman posing with domestic worker of color; clowning for camera; home interiors; living rooms; furniture; wallpaper; mirrors; woman behind camera reflected in mirror; waving at camera; framed photographs; girls posing with baby doll collection; children playing; books; feasts; holiday meals; rural areas; barns; family farms; outhouses; little red wagons; bells; twirling batons; bench swings; power lines; man posing in outhouse; hugs; African American families; adults and children playing hopscotch; forests; African American laborers; parking lots; African American youth using hand-held radio; Black man with walkie-talkie; drive-in restaurants; The Varsity restaurant; Coca-Cola sign; menu boards; couple walking out of home; boys horseplaying; Jackson and Vicksburg signs; Route 49 sign; Route 80 sign; bridges; Texaco sign; billboards; desert landscapes; filmed from moving vehicle; roadtrips; "Comdr. Walker" on address sign; group posing for camera; domestic interiors; holiday dinners; red "Greyhound" wagon; walking toward camera; "Shat R Proof safety glass" sign; restaurant workers hosing down sidewalk; Atlanta Police car; Commander Walker Film Sponsor: Creator: Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0140, Pea Hicks Collection, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1956 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 8mm film Element: positive, reversal Color: color Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: circle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 209