On the River Front of New Orleans (silent)
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Description: Members of the Rachel Sims Memorial Mission are shown working with impoverished children in New Orleans, featuring images of children playing in a school yard and receiving religious teaching. Notable sequence of missionaries visiting what is likely the Irish Channel neighborhood of New Orleans, a historically Black neighborhood along the Mississippi River.
This reel is probably the first of two. In this reel, Black children are pictured on city streets and white children are pictured at the Mission receiving services.
Titles:
Rachel Sims Memorial Mission / Started by Baptist Home Mission Board in 1919 / Miss Sims began her Work in 1922
Miss Gladys Keith has been in charge of the Rachel Sims Mission for the past 12 Years
Can notes:
"'On The River Front' / Home Mission / Orig. Picture / R-1 / 443"
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, Children, Religion, Poverty, Schools, Cities
Tags: Miss Gladys Keith; map of New Orleans; First Baptist Church sign; image extends between perforations; Produced reel; title "On the River Front of New Orleans," produced by Baptist Home Mission Board, department of Visual Communication; rivers; wood shingled buildings; muddy roads; unpaved streets; African American children gathered in front of dilapidated housing; Black communities; dogs; young children in a group; clapping hands; singing together; panoramic views; corner grocery; Rachel Sims Memorial Mission sign; wood paneled station wagon; woodie; sign on vehicle: Rachel Sims Memorial Mission / Ch. 2578 / 729 Second St. - N.O.LA. / clip lights; children on rocking horses; classrooms; child care; camera lights; children walking on sidewalk; racial segregation; children playing in yard; school yards; teaching religion; Christianity
Film Sponsor: Baptist Home Mission Board
Creator: Baptist Home Mission Board
Credits: Produced by Baptist Home Mission Board, Dept. of Visual Education
Photography & Editing - R.G. van Royen
Titles - J.B. Summers
Narrator - Lewis W. Martin
Sound - Strickland Film Co.
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: circa 1940
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; Louisiana; New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre/Form: religious, sponsored
Language: eng
Rights:
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: reversal, original
Color: color
Color Process: Ansco, Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: triangle circle
Frame Rate: 24 fps
Length (feet): 394
Complete Record: Description: Members of the Rachel Sims Memorial Mission are shown working with impoverished children in New Orleans, featuring images of children playing in a school yard and receiving religious teaching. Notable sequence of missionaries visiting what is likely the Irish Channel neighborhood of New Orleans, a historically Black neighborhood along the Mississippi River. This reel is probably the first of two. In this reel, Black children are pictured on city streets and white children are pictured at the Mission receiving services. Titles: Rachel Sims Memorial Mission / Started by Baptist Home Mission Board in 1919 / Miss Sims began her Work in 1922 Miss Gladys Keith has been in charge of the Rachel Sims Mission for the past 12 Years Can notes: "'On The River Front' / Home Mission / Orig. Picture / R-1 / 443" 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, Children, Religion, Poverty, Schools, Cities Tags: Miss Gladys Keith; map of New Orleans; First Baptist Church sign; image extends between perforations; Produced reel; title "On the River Front of New Orleans," produced by Baptist Home Mission Board, department of Visual Communication; rivers; wood shingled buildings; muddy roads; unpaved streets; African American children gathered in front of dilapidated housing; Black communities; dogs; young children in a group; clapping hands; singing together; panoramic views; corner grocery; Rachel Sims Memorial Mission sign; wood paneled station wagon; woodie; sign on vehicle: Rachel Sims Memorial Mission / Ch. 2578 / 729 Second St. - N.O.LA. / clip lights; children on rocking horses; classrooms; child care; camera lights; children walking on sidewalk; racial segregation; children playing in yard; school yards; teaching religion; Christianity Film Sponsor: Baptist Home Mission Board Creator: Baptist Home Mission Board Credits: Produced by Baptist Home Mission Board, Dept. of Visual Education Photography & Editing - R.G. van Royen Titles - J.B. Summers Narrator - Lewis W. Martin Sound - Strickland Film Co. Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1940 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; Louisiana; New Orleans, Louisiana Genre/Form: religious, sponsored Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: reversal, original Color: color Color Process: Ansco, Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: triangle circle Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 394
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