1964AFRICAN AMERICAN HOME MOVIES
African American Home Movies, 1964 vacation road trip - The Walkers and Strouds
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African American Home Movies - 1964, Reel begins
Footage a bit faded and grainy with some black lines going through |
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Neatly hand written white 3 x 5 index taped to a piece of stone. Barely legible, faded, but can see "vacation trip for 1964", "Rushmore", Quebec
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Another hand written 3 x 5 card - can barely read, "Presenting Mrs. Eve Walter"
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| 01:00:19 19.43 |
Nicely dressed African American woman, Mrs. Walter, standing posing in front of home, looking and talking animately at camera, she picks up a suitcase
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| 01:00:34 34.42 |
Another neatly hand written 3 x 5 card taped to wall or stone. illegible, faded, but can see there's a name, looks like "Presenting - Mr. Charles Walder".
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| 01:00:49 49.26 |
Neatly dressed African American man, Mr. Charles Walder, standing on front steps of home, holding a suitcase, posing for the camera. He steps down the few stairs and waves to the camera.
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| 01:01:06 66.5 |
Neatly hand written note card taped to stone, "Presenting Mrs. Hortence Stroud"
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| 01:01:13 73.96 |
Well dressed African American lady, holding a suitcase, and stepping out of home. She walks down the few front steps holding onto the railing and carrying the seemingly heavy suitcase, she waves and excitedly points to the suitcase, then poses for camera and walks over to a parked car and opens door.
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| 01:01:45 105.82 |
Another 3 x 5 piece of paper taped to concrete wall, "Presenting Mr. Lonnie Stroud"
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| 01:01:54 114.94 |
African American male, Mr. Lonnie Stroud, nicely dressed waving as he comes out of same home, walks down the front steps holding a suitcase. He smiles and waves very happily, revealing some missing front teeth.
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| 01:02:05 125.74 |
Same man, Mr. Stroud, puts suitcase in back seat of parked car and waves.
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| 01:02:18 138.66 |
The two couples, the Strouds and Walders, packing luggage into car parked on nice suburban street, getting organized and ready to take off on their 1964 vacation trip.
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| 01:02:43 163.1 |
WS vintage yellow State welcome billboard out in the desert for the State of Nevada, "where every visitor is a guest", depiction of sunshine and a cartoon character wearing sunglasses and shorts.
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| 01:02:54 174.51 |
Nicely dressed Black man standing out in the desert alone, mountains in bkgd, looks like he's attempting to focus his home movie camera.
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| 01:03:00 180.56 |
Outskirts of Las Vegas strip circa 1964, POV from across divided wide street, large sign for Tropicana Motel, cars parked in parking log. Pan from there to various other hotels and motels, large tower for White Sands Motel, Kent cigarette billboard.
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| 01:03:40 219.98 |
Original Stardust Hotel signage on building with large globe and planets, traffic light in fgd.
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| 01:03:42 222 |
Shaky and grainy footage approaching the heart Fremont Street downtown Las Vegas circa 1964, POV from moving car. Passing by many motel signs including Glenn Vegas Motel, retail gift shops, billboars
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Scenic desert pan from home camera, red rock mountains and desert landscape
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| 01:04:02 242.52 |
Black folk, two couples, the Strouds and Walders, having a picnic out on the road. Picnic table with thermos and food, folk enjoying some melon, and woman bending over small camper stove turning the food,
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| 01:04:27 267.05 |
Large vintage red wooden State Welcome sign for South Dakota. Black Hills, Badlands, Great Lakes and Great History listed on sign.
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| 01:04:54 294.32 |
WS large stone mountain could be the Presidents carved faces on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota
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| 01:04:58 298.03 |
Cut to parking lot of motel. Pan one story motel and vintage cars parked in front of rooms. Black lady waves before getting into car
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| 01:05:26 326.52 |
Signage for the Corral Motel. Cars parked out front of office to motel. Cool mid century style entrance.
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| 01:05:38 338.52 |
Large road sign, shaped like a plaque, reads: "You are now leaving South Dakota and about to enter Iowa" - some Iowa history written below.
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| 01:05:56 356.84 |
Vintage State welcome sign for Iowa in the shape of the State. Large yellow and red sign with "hello!" in big red letters on top of sign.
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| 01:06:10 370.32 |
Large vintage State welcome sign for Minnesota. Colorful red and blue "Land of 10,000 Lakes" telling folk to have fun and drive safely!
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| 01:06:22 382.16 |
Two nicely dressed Black women standing in front of motel with red doors. Pan of the two story motel with exterior stairway and upper floor balcony. Vintage cars parked head in, in front of the motel room doors.
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| 01:06:55 415.65 |
Giant red sign for the Northgate Motel, large "Best Western Motels" sign with logo crown above Northgate sign. Smaller signs below for coffee shop and heated swimming pool.
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| 01:07:06 426.11 |
Ws and pan motel with in ground swimming pool, tables with umbrellas. African American man running across lawn waves at camera.
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| 01:07:16 436.17 |
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Two Black ladies, Mrs Stroud and Mrs. Walder at windy scenic overlook, green mountains in background - looking cold they wave at camera and wrap their sweaters around themselves
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| 01:07:27 447.1 |
Black man, neatly dressed, standing on stone ledge of scenic overlook taking pictures of the scenery with vintage hand held home movie camera.
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| 01:07:30 450.12 |
Sign for "Taylors Falls" - film is faded with white tint. Scenic shots from above of river and green landscape.
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| 01:07:34 454.89 |
Film faded tinted white. Shots of river and green landscape POV overlook
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| 01:07:57 477.61 |
Same two African American ladies walk toward large brown wooden Wisconsin State Welcome Signage, they point at sign and pose for camera. Sign is shaped like the state.
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| 01:08:01 481.36 |
large red and yellow vintage "Motel Commodore" sign with Heated Pool and Restaurant smaller signs below. And looming large behind it a yellow Best Western Motels sign with large crown on top.
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| 01:08:08 488.84 |
Pan across motel grounds, large red Office Drive In sign, outdoor pool area, large grassy area, tables with umbrellas, cars parked in front of motel rooms.
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African American woman waves as she exits motel room and leans against parked car. Her friend, dressed nicely posing for camera standing at doorway of her room.
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Two large statues of moose with big antlers facing each other and butting heads in front of Esso gas station and grill.
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| 01:09:00 540.65 |
Statue of a moose or deer on hind legs being attacked by a wolf also on hind legs
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| 01:09:10 550.75 |
Same African American couple outside motel room at their parked car, car doors open. Pan parking lot of one story motel, cars parked in front of rooms.
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| 01:09:42 582.87 |
Ext pan historic old stone building, most likely the Montreal Parliament building and grounds.
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| 01:09:59 599.53 |
Ext. Black valets wearing red hats standing out in front of the Windsor Station of the former Canadian Pacific Railway in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Pan across the top of the extremely ornate stone building
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| 01:10:12 612.28 |
Home movie camera shots of (most likely) downtown Montreal, Canada, high rise buildings
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| 01:10:26 626.69 |
Cutaway to large vintage, red Motel Royal sign, with smaller AAA sign below jutting out on the side
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| 01:10:39 639.29 |
Pan motel exterior, one story with yellow doors and diamond shaped windows, cars parked head-in in front of motel rooms.
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| 01:11:06 666.54 |
Pan industrial park, multi-story buildings, parking lots.
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| 01:11:27 687.36 |
Ext. Gothic style, St. James United Church in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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| 01:12:00 720.67 |
Parliament Hill (in Canada) lone guard, wearing traditional red uniform and black bearskin hat, marches back and forth from one small guard tower to the next, he stops, stands at attention, about face and returns.
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| 01:12:34 754.42 |
LS soldiers on hillside marching in formation.
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Canon out front of stone building, pan around the grounds to sign on lawn for the "Musee" or Museum (of History)
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| 01:13:12 792.67 |
Group of tourists walking the grounds of what looks like a historic fort. Shots of the cannons and other buildings on the grounds.
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| 01:14:07 847.69 |
Road sign for "Bienvenue Au New Hampshire" canada.
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POV moving vehicle, two lane roadway lined with lush green foliage.
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| 01:14:19 859.2 |
POV scenic overlook, vista pan low lying green lush mountains and river.
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| 01:15:01 901.38 |
The old Yankee Stadium circa 1964, POV moving car
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| 01:15:02 902.82 |
Two very nicely dressed African American women holding their white gloves pose for camera - outside nighttime
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| 01:15:13 913.27 |
CU gold Hotel Taft awning, New York City, 1964
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| 01:15:22 922.02 |
Two ladies and one gentleman posing happily and walking toward camera in front of Hotel Taft in New York
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| 01:15:26 926.24 |
WS Hotel Taft New York City, traffic going by. Pan up the multi story high rise hotel
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| 01:15:52 952.87 |
United Nations Headquarters, 42nd and 48th Streets, New York City. POV across street. Slow pan up the building.
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| 01:16:55 1015.66 |
Red tint to film. Var shots of the flags of the United Nations blowing in the wind
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| 01:17:15 1035.69 |
Red tint to film, the United Nations and New York skyline, POV from across the East River. Z'in on building, slow pan up.
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| 01:17:40 1060.61 |
Red tint to film, interior the United Nations lobby, tourists walking about. "Security Council" letters on wall in english and french, var sights inside including the directions on wall to the General Assembly Building, the large General Assembly auditorium, various murals and sculptures inside and out..
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| 01:20:27 1227.96 |
White tint to film. Exterior looks like East River from the United Nations grounds.
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| 01:20:43 1243.83 |
Var exterior shots of our traveling African American couples. Standing posing, waving at camera, taking photos in New York City of each other and the sites.
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| 01:22:19 1339.79 |
Unknown Asian woman smiles and waves at camera. Two African American ladies join her wave and smile for camera
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| 01:22:33 1353.34 |
Downtown New York city streets, POV moving vehicle, shots of the various buildings including, the Empire State Building and New York City Public Library, peds, retail store front Florsheim Shoes.
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| 01:23:32 1412.91 |
POV from top of tall building maybe Empire State Building, New York City skyline pan including Hudson River
Film is blurred and faded. |
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Very nicely dressed Black woman, carrying a 1960's style white purse and wearing white gloves, standing on busy New York City sidewalk
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| 01:24:01 1441.27 |
Mounted New York City Policemen riding down busy Manhattan street, peds and traffic (vintage cars and cabs) going by
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| 01:24:06 1446.79 |
Thousands of people walking down ramp of subways at the New York World's Fair.
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| 01:24:18 1458.66 |
Small sign on sidewalk reads, "You are now on World's Fair Property", a megaphone is hanging on top of sign, many folk walking by
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| 01:24:31 1471.51 |
WS New York city elevated (EL) subway train going by, bus parked in parking lot below
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| 01:24:49 1489.64 |
Tilt down and pan across the El train station,
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| 01:25:08 1507.98 |
Mrs. Walter and Mrs. Stroud in the midst of crowd at the World's Fair, they pose for camera.
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Var ext. shots of New York World's Fair exhibits, including a pan up the tower of the Billy Graham Pavilion, The Singer Bowl Arena, a booth selling Hats. People are seen walking from place to place within the Fairgrounds.
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| 01:27:14 1634.09 |
Ext. Chesapeake Bay Wharf building with large awning and tables with umbrellas, representing the State of Maryland at the Fair.
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| 01:27:55 1675.32 |
Large red letters across top of one story building "Montana The Big Sky". a Greyhound bus passes by
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| 01:28:05 1685.75 |
Helicopter in the sky. Frayed black border around the frame.
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| 01:28:12 1692.48 |
Cutaway to a Bucking Bronco ride outside of log building. man in cowboy hat shakes hands with another gentleman, "Arcade" sign written above doorway to building.
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| 01:28:27 1707.72 |
Cutaway to gigantic sign for the Long Island Railroad Exhibit at the World's Fair.
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| 01:28:30 1710.92 |
Fake train ride replica of the future Long Island Railroad train. A few people riding the train.
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| 01:28:49 1729.24 |
Mr. Walter (or Stroud?) sitting in the engine of the Long Island Railroad car and waves to the camera. "1964" sign. Mr. Stroud standing in the last train car and waving
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| 01:29:03 1743.91 |
Shots of the various other exhibits and pavilions at the 1964 New York World's Fair, including The Ford Motor Company building, Hollywood USA Marquee, Sign for the Hollywood Celebrity Room at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre pavilion, huge tire outside the US Royal Tire company pavilion, the world globe, the New York City Pavilion and the tourists seen walking around the grounds.
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End Reel - African American Home Movies - Road Trip 1964
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