Home Movie: Newhouser Collection: 011759 (silent)

Description:

Description: A vibrant reel filled with rich portraiture of African American families and community members from all walks of life. Begins with a trip to Ogden, Utah and New York City, and features a cross-country track meet with a parade and marching band. Notable scene of a community march in Omaha, Nebraska, led by Black women, and newsboys with copies of the Omaha Star, founded by a Black woman in 1938.

Archive can notes:
"011759 / Box 0001 / Newhouser Collection / 1. Mrs. Patterson / 2. clean up pictures / 3. Kansas City Convention / 4. New York / 2-6-2012"

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

Subjects: 1930s, 1940s, People of African origin or descent, Parades and processions, Social classes, Sports

Tags: panning shots; landscapes; mountains; snow; snow-covered mountains; Grant's Tomb, New York; Cathedral of St. John the Divine; upper Manhattan apartments; Morningside Heights; large group posing for camera; Park Avenue bridge over 42nd Street; Chrysler Building; Empire State Building; cities; street scenes; Four Freedom sculptures, Rockefeller Center; public art; NBC Building; 30 Rockefeller Plaza; St. Patrick's Cathedral; skyscrapers; "Tree in Solid Rock" sign, Buford, Wyoming; "The Old Pine Tree" sign, Sherman Hill, Wyoming; geology; furs; posing for camera; pipe smokers; Salt Lake City streets; US Navy enlistment poster; houses; cars; goofing for camera; portraits; affection; couples posing affectionately; pregnancy; dogs; walking toward camera; mugging for camera; play-fighting; 1940 Drake Relays; Drake University; homemade titles; hats; suits; parades; marching bands; majorettes; beauty queens; track and field; track meets; cross-country; running; races; foot races; Black women dressed in 19th-century dresses and bonnets sitting in horsedrawn wagon; Saratoga Laundry; waving to camera; smiling for camera; labor marches; community clean-up parade, Omaha, Nebraska; WPA youth organizations marching; 1930s painted signs; Black man posing with white police officer pretending violence; policeman pretending to hit Black youth with baton; posing with truck; laborers; light leaks; man moving mattress on street using a hand cart; newspaper delivery boys; The Omaha Star; riding a bicycle backwards; Black youth posing; staged scenes for camera; playacting; simulating violence; gasoline station; roughhousing; streamlined train running by camera; men working in backyard; puppies; beagles; chickens; little red wagons; pets; camera malfunction; playing catch; sightseeing; panoramic views; winter; snow; walking towards camera; two women walking and holding hands; waving to camera; sidewalk scenes in Omaha, Nebraska; daily life in Omaha, Nebraska

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Newhouser Family

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Newhouser Collection PC-0175, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: circa 1930; circa 1931; circa 1935; 1940

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; Utah; Ogden, Utah; New York; New York, New York; Manhattan, New York, New York; Wyoming; Buford, Wyoming; Sherman Hill, Wyoming; Salt Lake City, Utah; Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Nebraska; Omaha, Nebraska

Genre/Form: home movie

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus square, circle plus, triangle plus

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 238

Complete Record: Description: A vibrant reel filled with rich portraiture of African American families and community members from all walks of life. Begins with a trip to Ogden, Utah and New York City, and features a cross-country track meet with a parade and marching band. Notable scene of a community march in Omaha, Nebraska, led by Black women, and newsboys with copies of the Omaha Star, founded by a Black woman in 1938. Archive can notes: "011759 / Box 0001 / Newhouser Collection / 1. Mrs. Patterson / 2. clean up pictures / 3. Kansas City Convention / 4. New York / 2-6-2012" Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1930s, 1940s, People of African origin or descent, Parades and processions, Social classes, Sports Tags: panning shots; landscapes; mountains; snow; snow-covered mountains; Grant's Tomb, New York; Cathedral of St. John the Divine; upper Manhattan apartments; Morningside Heights; large group posing for camera; Park Avenue bridge over 42nd Street; Chrysler Building; Empire State Building; cities; street scenes; Four Freedom sculptures, Rockefeller Center; public art; NBC Building; 30 Rockefeller Plaza; St. Patrick's Cathedral; skyscrapers; "Tree in Solid Rock" sign, Buford, Wyoming; "The Old Pine Tree" sign, Sherman Hill, Wyoming; geology; furs; posing for camera; pipe smokers; Salt Lake City streets; US Navy enlistment poster; houses; cars; goofing for camera; portraits; affection; couples posing affectionately; pregnancy; dogs; walking toward camera; mugging for camera; play-fighting; 1940 Drake Relays; Drake University; homemade titles; hats; suits; parades; marching bands; majorettes; beauty queens; track and field; track meets; cross-country; running; races; foot races; Black women dressed in 19th-century dresses and bonnets sitting in horsedrawn wagon; Saratoga Laundry; waving to camera; smiling for camera; labor marches; community clean-up parade, Omaha, Nebraska; WPA youth organizations marching; 1930s painted signs; Black man posing with white police officer pretending violence; policeman pretending to hit Black youth with baton; posing with truck; laborers; light leaks; man moving mattress on street using a hand cart; newspaper delivery boys; The Omaha Star; riding a bicycle backwards; Black youth posing; staged scenes for camera; playacting; simulating violence; gasoline station; roughhousing; streamlined train running by camera; men working in backyard; puppies; beagles; chickens; little red wagons; pets; camera malfunction; playing catch; sightseeing; panoramic views; winter; snow; walking towards camera; two women walking and holding hands; waving to camera; sidewalk scenes in Omaha, Nebraska; daily life in Omaha, Nebraska Film Sponsor: Creator: Newhouser Family Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Newhouser Collection PC-0175, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1930; circa 1931; circa 1935; 1940 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; Utah; Ogden, Utah; New York; New York, New York; Manhattan, New York, New York; Wyoming; Buford, Wyoming; Sherman Hill, Wyoming; Salt Lake City, Utah; Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Nebraska; Omaha, Nebraska Genre/Form: home movie Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 8mm film Element: reversal, original Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: plus square, circle plus, triangle plus Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 238