Home Movie: Dr. M.R. Hermann Collection: 010482 (silent)
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Description: Content warning: features a sequence of Dr. Hermann, an upper-class white man, giving food or money to an African American woman and her three children. The nature of their relationship is unknown, and the woman and children's consent cannot be inferred.
Documentation of a trip to Texas and Oklahoma, showing zoo and park animals, children, a polar bear-themed roadside ice cream stand, and more.
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1930s, Tourism, Children, Animals, People of African origin or descent
Tags: windmills; miniature railroads; small town store (J.W. Hundley Co.); roadside ice cream stand; polar bears; white man with cigar feeding African American children; triplets; white pelicans; swans; kangaroos; goats; zebras; pox; rash on legs; animals; zoos; posing in front of house; children eating; rabbits; dogs; posing for camera; lawns; African American domestic worker;
Film Sponsor:
Creator: Hermann Family
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Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Dr. M.R. Hermann Collection PC-0196, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1930; 1931
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; Texas; Oklahoma; Calvin, Oklahoma
Genre/Form: home movie
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Film Format: 16mm film
Element: reversal, original
Color: b&w
Color Process:
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: triangle plus
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 103
Complete Record: Description: Content warning: features a sequence of Dr. Hermann, an upper-class white man, giving food or money to an African American woman and her three children. The nature of their relationship is unknown, and the woman and children's consent cannot be inferred. Documentation of a trip to Texas and Oklahoma, showing zoo and park animals, children, a polar bear-themed roadside ice cream stand, and more. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1930s, Tourism, Children, Animals, People of African origin or descent Tags: windmills; miniature railroads; small town store (J.W. Hundley Co.); roadside ice cream stand; polar bears; white man with cigar feeding African American children; triplets; white pelicans; swans; kangaroos; goats; zebras; pox; rash on legs; animals; zoos; posing in front of house; children eating; rabbits; dogs; posing for camera; lawns; African American domestic worker; Film Sponsor: Creator: Hermann Family Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Dr. M.R. Hermann Collection PC-0196, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1930; 1931 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; Texas; Oklahoma; Calvin, Oklahoma Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: reversal, original Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: triangle plus Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 103
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