Home Movie: Newhouser Collection: 011761 (silent)

Description: A 1930s African American family documents a parade, a visit to the zoo, and other scenes around Omaha, Nebraska and elsewhere, including a meeting attended by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.


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Subjects: 1930s, Parades and processions, People of African origin or descent, Black history and culture , Celebrations and ceremonies, Families, Cities, Animals, Youth, Universities and colleges

Tags: Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune; formal portraits; smiling at camera; Mary McLeod Bethune closeup; looking at camera; portraits; bicycles; marching bands; fez hats; Storz Beer truck; downtown Omaha; main streets; Black community parade; majorettes; baton twirlers; waving at camera; car sign reading "Employees of Edholm & Sherman Laundry"; Emerson-Saratoga Laundry delivery van; S.H. Katz Household Furnishing store; Reliable Clothing Co. store; smoking; cigars; corsages; dogs; filmed from airplane window; aerials, probably of Omaha; Black man posing in front of airplane; bridges; smokestacks; propellers; women in bathing suits; fashion show; nurses; women in nurse uniforms; Joslyn Art Museum; weddings; brides; bouquets; satin dresses; exiting church; windy wedding; Orpheum Theatre; brick streets; skylines; Kansas City, Missouri Union Terminal; railroad stations; fountains; woman sitting on edge of fountain; walking towards camera; trams; electric busses; high angle shots; train stations; cityscapes; "Kansas US 24" sign; crashed airplane; NC 167; Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity house; Greek house (sorority/fraternity); pandas; giraffes; zoos; boat-billed herons; sea lions; penguins; reptile house; monkeys; cougars; orangutans; chimpanzees; bears; tigers; lions; leopards; people walking arm in arm; rivers; shoveling gravel; swimming; bathing suits; lakes; under-exposed; cigarettes; buildings; government or university buildings; two Black men walking toward camera

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Creator: Newhouser Family

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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: 1938

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Geographical Location: USA; Nebraska; Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas; Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal

Color: b&w

Color Process: Agfa, Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus square, plus circle, circle plus

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 225