1969-1970AFRICAN AMERICAN HOME MOVIES
African-American Home Movies - Christmastime, a road trip, road trip, vacation in Florida.
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Reel opens Africa-American Home Movies
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Living room with decorated (fake) silver Christmas tree . Many wrapped gifts Christmas gifts under tree. B&W console television can be seen.
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| 01:00:18 18.52 |
In the kitchen with happy well-dressed African American housewives showing off fancy aprons and cooking up a storm. Giant pots of food on the stove.
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| 01:00:45 44.99 |
Still in the kitchen. Ladies getting ready to carve the golden turkey with an Electric Knife. The ladies posing for the camera.
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| 01:01:31 91.46 |
Happy family gathered in the living room by the Christmas tree. Young boy walking toward camera holding hands out. Sofa and easy chairs covered in plastic, a common denominator of 1960's family life.
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| 01:02:27 147.83 |
Nicely dressed older man (could be gramps) in suit and tie in front of Christmas tree, prodding young folk to take a photo with him. They dance happily together in front of the tree, arms around each other. so cute!
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| 01:02:41 161.23 |
Young African American boy hamming it up in front of the Christmas tree for the camera.
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| 01:03:18 198.03 |
Mama in the kitchen carving the turkey. Kids help in setting the big dining room table. The women proudly carrying all the prepared food out to the dining room. Curtains with Christmas cards hanging.
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| 01:04:17 257.2 |
Woman dancing holding plate of food, lots of activity in the dining room. Men joining. Table full of prepared food dishes. Food keeps coming from kitchen, non stop. Lots of action in the dining room.
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| 01:04:35 275.37 |
Two nicely dressed fellows sitting on plastic covered couch. Man wearing fashionable red sweater with matching red sox and loafers.
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Back in the dining room. The women still setting out the food. Table full of fruit and bottles. Turkey setting up just right on dining room table. Woman showing off tray of food, girl in bright yellow dress dancing around. People hugging, kids posing for the camera. Everyone aware of camera.
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| 01:06:44 404.48 |
Finally everyone gets to eat. Family members eating on tray tables. Folks filling their plates with food.
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| 01:06:46 406.86 |
Cutaway from African American Family Christmas dinner. Well dressed African American woman in bright orange suit at front door of home, looking through her handbag for keys. Giving up she walks over to a beautiful red vintage automobile parked in driveway.
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| 01:07:37 457.43 |
Close up on "Welcome to NEVADA" sign, "Recreation Unlimited". POV moving vehicle. Home movie, cross country vacation!
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| 01:07:47 467.92 |
Home movie of traffic on the old Las Vegas strip - Fremont Street (POV moving car), Frontier Hotel sign can be seen. vintage autos in traffic. Shaky home camera z'in on
the Stardust, Frontier Hotel with Jimmy Durante and Vic Damone on the billboard, peds walking about, Large S on top of hotel. |
| 01:08:20 500.63 |
Cutaway to sign in desert "Joshua Forest Parkway of Arizona"
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| 01:08:32 512.13 |
Car driving down highway in the desert. Black car parked on side of road. Home movies of THE desert terrain.
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| 01:08:58 538.7 |
Z'in large yellow sign on road, "Welcome to New Mexico"
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| 01:09:16 556.63 |
Same black car parked on side of road next to New Mexico sign.
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| 01:09:22 562.27 |
Home movies of beautiful sunset in the desert - POV automobile
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| 01:09:30 570.65 |
Z'in large sign on desert roadway reads, "Odessa Texas / Dallas Texas. Mid-Continent, Inc. Truck Stops "
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| 01:09:41 581.62 |
Large Roadway sign "Louisiana State Line" taken with shaky hand held home camera.
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| 01:09:54 594.53 |
Sign - "Mississippi Welcomes You" and z'in (a bit blurry) on smaller green sign in the shape of Mississippi, "The Magnolia State"
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| 01:10:35 634.98 |
Big large orange billboard reads, "782,000 Alabama Baptists Welcome You! - There is a Baptist Church Near You"
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| 01:10:51 651.25 |
Z'in (to blurry) Highway signs from moving car - "Entering Georgia", smaller sign next to it for Lake Eufaula
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| 01:11:25 685.29 |
Highway sign "Welcome to Florida The Sunshine State".
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| 01:11:39 699.74 |
Z'in from car window on billboard - a big smiling orange on a Florida Turnpike sign.
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| 01:11:44 704.45 |
Moving pictures from inside auto driving along highway most likely in Florida. Two lane highway flat terrain.
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| 01:12:17 737.43 |
Z'in on old Florida motel sign. "Palm Dale Motor Lodge" We Are Not Expensive Heat. Vacancy. Pool. Large unlit neon arrow pointing toward motel.
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| 01:12:23 743.28 |
Old time two story Florida motel. Flat roof, pink building, balcony. Car backing into parking lot. Cars parked in front of rooms.
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z'in on large coconut tree.
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| 01:12:50 769.98 |
Typical suburban Florida neighborhood POV moving car. Driving through taking moving pictures of homes and neighborhoods, hi-rise condos.
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| 01:14:37 877.51 |
West Palm Beach Marina signage. Boats docked in marina. large hotel across the harbor.
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| 01:15:46 946.51 |
Outdoor home movie African American family dressed in their finest standing on sidewalk, little girl dancing for camera, men wearing suits and hats, women pretty coats and pretty hats, happy and smiling for camera, probably outside church. Pretty woman hands gentleman a big white frosted cake!
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| 01:18:16 1096.17 |
Capri Motel sign, gas sign below it- .28 a gal regular. Pan Capri Motel, vacancy sig. Cool red and white vintage car parked outside motel room, African American lady on 2nd floor balcony looking out.
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| 01:19:21 1161.36 |
Pan group of well dressed African American indoor folk group shot.
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| 01:20:50 1250.81 |
Very happy looking and well dressed African American women outdoors, posing, dancing, moving about for the camera.
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| 01:21:37 1297.03 |
Action at the motel pool. Poolside vacation movies. Young African American female child wearing swim cap in motel pool. Other ladies lounging about in swimsuits poolside. Older women on lounge chairs wave to camera. Pan motel pool and grounds.
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| 01:23:24 1404.21 |
Boy jumping into motel swimming pool. Women moving lounge chair. Kids diving in, girls swimming around pool wearing latex swim caps. Older folks on lounge chairs enjoying themselves poolside, practicing dance steps in their bathing suits
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End African American Home Movies Reel.
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