Tar’s Basketball Intramural Girls 5th Grade 1954

Amateur film covering Tar’s girl’s basketball intramural game of 1954. The girls receive trophies, the teams are introduced in a opening ceremony, and a marching band plays during half-time. The game is shot from multiple angles and there is footage of the cheering crowd.

Credits

Margaret Conneely (filmmaker)

Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: Sports; Basketball; Youth; Children
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - color, handheld, MS awards ceremony, priest gives announcement into microphone, woman calls young girls up to the stage, man hands them their trophy; 04:39 - BW MS interior basketball court, teams of girls in uniform walk in a line towards camera, FA teams line up in their own rows, front girls hold flag with team name, boy scouts march across the gym with American flag, priest reads [pledge of allegiance] (VS) teams file back out of the gym; 06:50 - MCU young boy spinning around with basketball; 07:14 - handheld, sideline POV, game begins, girls in uniform play ball for a decorated gym full of onlookers, CU scorekeepers, woman points to score on large chalkboard, CU referee, shots of audience; 18:33 - VS marching band performs on court; 19:58-23:55 - basketball game resumes, crowd cheers excitedly, students pose for the camera
Cfa elements: 795 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2422

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video