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1959AFRICAN AMERICAN HOME MOVIES
African American Family Home Movies - 1959 - Vacation road trip to many places across the continent including: South Dakota (Black Hills), Utah, Los Angeles, Wisconsin, Ottawa and Montreal, Canada.

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Reel opens - African American Family Home Movies.
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Ext. pan of the Los Angeles County Courthouse featuring Albert Stewart statues above the grand front entrance.
Film is slightly overexposed with dark ragged frame around the edges.
01:00:24 24.89 thumbnail
Pan other significant buildings in downtown Los Angeles including City Hall.
Some of this footage has a white tint
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African American man holding a camera standing and pointing to a stone maybe marble sign in front of a building, the inscription is illegible.
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Ext. the Los Angeles City Hall Building.
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Cutaway to a handwritten sign on a piece of paper attached to a stucco wall reads: Leaving Los Angeles on Vacation - and a list of cities they will visit. Bottom of the list reads "And Back Home". Looks like their names on left sign of paper.
Cut from the sign to a shot of an African American woman pointing to the same sign and saying something to whoever is taking the picture.
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Cutaway to an impressive enormous historic building that could be the Parliament building in Quebec, Canada or the Centre Block, the main building of the Parliament in Ottawa. Pan up revealing the architectural detail of the building.
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African American man walking away from the camera in a park, stops and turns toward the camera revealing he has his own camera and he points it at something in the park.
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Cutaway. Directional sign for Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City.
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WS of the impressive Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City. Pan front of building, the grounds and flowers, and various statues.
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Same African American man as before, arm up in the air walks toward the camera waves and smiles.
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Ext. shots of the famous historic Hotel Utah, the city's first world-class hotel. Sadly, the hotel closed 30+ years and was converted into the Mormon church's Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Pan of the building reveals awnings over every window.
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Cutaway. Two well dressed African American women walking down the front steps of the porch of a home toward the camera.
Footage has white tint.
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Cutaway. footage has a white tint. Pan along a rugged mountain range, rugged stone mountains with very little foliage. Some shots reveal snow in the crevices of steeper slopes. Hard to tell where this is, but looks similar to the terrain around the Badlands in South Dakota.
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Footage has white tint. Shots of African American lady wearing a dress, but and trudging toward the desert terrain of the same area as previous footage. African American man seems to be joining her and walking along the lone highway, their vintage automobile is pulled off to the side on the highway., passenger left door open
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A freight trains going through a rural mountainous area - could be Utah or South Dakota.
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Pan, POV moving automobile, rugged, rocky mountainous area, tall boulders
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Vintage State welcome billboard out in the desert with a cartoonish image of an American Indian boy standing next to a minute clock and the sign reads: Take a Break Stay Awake - Enjoy Wyoming.
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White tint to film. Film clears to reveal an African American woman standing along the shore of a lake with a rugged mountain desert like landscape and giant stone boulders in bkgd. She is joined by another woman. A man is seen standing next to a parked vintage car doors open, a Cadillac with the wide 'v' emblem and visible spare tire mounted on rear fender.
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More images of the rocky boulders. Man along the shore faking like he's diving in then pointing toward the boulders,
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WS of a herd of wild horses in the desert
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Shots through what looks like a window frame of several plaques (illegible) on a stone wall.
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A vintage outhouse made of wood out in the desert on the side of a road. A woman is seen running hurriedly toward it and goes inside. She comes out all happy and climbs into the back of a waiting car.
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Shots outside a one story hotel. An African American man coming out of a room. Pan along parking lot, vintage cars parked head in, in front of rooms. Two African American ladies come out of room walk toward camera.
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WS an State welcome sign for South Dakota in the shape of the state and rendering of Mount Rushmore.
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Large U.S. Department of the Interior sign for Jewel Cave National Monument. Custer, South Dakota. Shots of the same African American folk posing in front of the sign.
Jewel Cave is the third longest cave in the world.
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CU a large U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service sign for jewel Cave National Monument in Custer, South Dakota. The Cave is lacated beneath the Black Hills.
01:08:52 532.09 thumbnail
CU of partial sign explaining the Caves and the area. Two ladies at the window of the National Park ticket office and shots of them entering the park.
01:09:14 554.26 thumbnail
Film has white overexposed tint - mountains and rock formations in the Badlands of South Dakota.
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Rugged mountain lodge with "Cafe" sign out front.
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Wildlife in South Dakota. Shot of a bearded, large horned Ram walking down a highway - no cars in sight.
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CU blurry shot of the large horned Ram. Other wildlife shots - donkey out on the plain - a car drives toward them.
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Plaque on a stone wall for Peter Norbeck (a scenic byway in the Black Hills of South Dakota.). Two African American ladies pose in front of sign.
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An American Buffalo is seen in a corral.
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An American Indian wearing a feather headdress walking along wooden fence line with some children - a huge white Teepee is seen. Closer shots of the Indian walking along the fenceline and stopping to pet a buffalo from behind the wire fence.
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WS of a caveman statue standing next to an oversized white animal maybe depiction of a buffalo.
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Cutaway -the South Dakota State Capitol building in Pierrre. CU on a 3D engraved plaque reads: State of South Dakota with the year 1908 in the middle. Pan the building and the surrounding grounds.
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Lovely African American gal standing next to parked vintage car with door open. She looks at camera, smiles and adjusts her plaid skirt.
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Vintage car at Shell gas station, most likely still in South Dakota. Vintage gas pumps and sign for Gift House Stamps - a trading stamp like S&H, a customer loyalty practice popular during the time.
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First Federal bank sign on brick building, vintage cars parked in lot below sign. Pan up from First Federal sign on building to First Federal brick tower or chimney with clock.
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Scenic shots from along the road. A meandering river along the highway. POV from higher point or upper roadway - a boat in the river with a water skiier. Shots of rocky cliffs
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Vintage two tone Cadillac with spare tire on bumper and trunk "V" emblem, parked on the roadside. Two lovely African American ladies fixing their hair on windy day and looking out at the roadside overlook.
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Cutaway to a hanging wooden State welcome sign for Wisconsin - shaped like the state.
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WS a bit blurry - parked roadside vintage two toned Cadillac, African American lady in backseat, head poked out from back seat and waving at camera.
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WS beautiful old red barn in the Wisconsin countryside. Pan across the field reveals vintage pickup truck, other farm equipment and outer buildings
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WS a farmer manually bailing hay, throwing it into truck
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Cutaway POV moving car, a rural white church and steeple
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Three smoke stacks blowing smoke into an already gray sky. POV moving vehicle passing by an industrial area.
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Cutaway. Int. Two African American ladies standing then sitting on a bed, a young lady and an older woman, appear to be unwrapping a small gift package and examining its content.
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Cutaway. Pan ext. two story '60's style motel. Brown building with windows and doors outlined in white and with blue balcony railings. Vintage cars in parking lot, Texaco gas station next door.
Film has white tint.
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Cutaway. Various shots of the historic stone Parliament building with elaborate detail and many towers, looks like either the parliament building in Ottawa or Montreal, Canada..
Some of this footage has white tint.
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Our road trippers now in Canada. African American man crossing street walking toward camera, smiling and holding camera. African American ladies walking on the grounds of the historic Parliament building in Ottawa. Var shots of the enormous old stone building and pan up the tallest tower.
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More shots on the grounds of the Parliament building in Ottawa. Gardners are seen tending to the flower beds, ladies walking up the stone steps, posing with Parliament guards. Pan the building, gardens, var statues, etc.
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Pan across one of the many bridges that connect Montreal to the main land. This could be the LaChapelle Bridge aka the Cartierville Bridge. Montreal was built on an island surrounded by three rivers, accessible by bridge or tunnel.
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Shots of the historic Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier situated before the National War Memorial in Confederation Square in Ottawa, Canada.
CU on the years 1914-1918 on the base of the magnificent memorial.
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Footage has white tint. Pan Ottawa POV high point above the countryside and city. Seen are some of the historic landmark buildings, parts of the city, the river and buildings along the river.
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Footage clears, vintage cars parked along the river, red sign in the shape of an arrow partially obscured reads: Cruises Here. Folk standing around in the parking lot, lady wheeling a baby carriage going by and a restaurant in bkgd.
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Red tint, blank.
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Motor boat on the river, cruise boat with passengers and a tug boat goes by
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African American woman sipping on a cool drink in the parking lot, her friend and fellow eating ice cream cones
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Faded footage of a cargo ship or military ship on the river.
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Cutaway. Man wearing jophurs and a parked horse drawn carriage are seen . Cut to folk waking along the shore on a foggy, rainy day, everyone wearing raincoats some carrying umbrellas.
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CU two horses wearing blinders and reins, and attached to carriage.
01:21:02 1262.29 thumbnail
CU of large bells in a belfry. Cutaway from the bells to a stone and brick building - could be shots of the Parliament building in Ottawa.
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Pan historic landmark buildings in Montreal or Quebec.(?) POV moving vehicle.
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Pan along beautiful manicured landscaped gardens and a large estate on a hillside. A man is seen mowing the lawn.
Footage has white tint.
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WS the Montreal Central Hospital - footage is a bit blurry
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Two nicely dressed African American ladies looking toward camera are visiting the old fortifications of Quebec City. An old canon is seen in the bkgd pointed out toward the water over a stone wall. Var other shots of the canons in a landmark park pointed outward.
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Slow pan up an unknown memorial. Footage has white tint - pan up what looks like an unknown historic building.
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Another canon is seen on the lawn in front of an old stone building
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Var shots around Quebec City and Montreal. Film has white tint throughout. Shots of a harbor area and tall buildings downtown
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Partially obscured sign reads: Quebec Travel Bureau. Small Avis sign below it.
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Two women seen entering the 'Musee Cire' Wax Museum in Quebec. Vintage car parked on street.
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Pan the grounds of a park in Quebec. "Quebec" in large letter around a garden display.
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Pan the enormous Parliament Building of Quebec.
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Horse drawn buggy with passengers moving along through a park
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Two African American ladies seen walking the grounds in front of the Parliament building. Man carrying a camera waves as he crosses street in the park. Var shots around the Parliament, a statue and fountain, a memorial statue.
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Var shots around the city of Quebec, historic fortress, Parliament guard marching, beautiful grounds and memorial statues.
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WS as woman walks on stepping stones across a lawn. Gardner bends over and hands the lady a flower.
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An old canon is seen atop a large brick structure with dome in bkgd.
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Var shots around Old Quebec or Montreal city. An old church that appears to be maybe a markeplace with lots of people out front, historic buildings in the downtown area, a bride and groom is seen coming down the steps of an old building.
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