- Title: V-6017
- Summary: YWCA, HARLEM, NEW YORK: YOUNG BLACK WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION. WEST 137TH STREET, HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY. HARMON FOUNDATION YWCA. JOB TRAINING. YMCA. YOUNG WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. JOB TRAINING. TRADE SCHOOL.
- Description:01:06:38 - "CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK" ON SIDE OF BUILDING 01:06:41 - INTERRUPTED PAN OF HARLEM'S "BOYS....? 01:06:55 - FIVE YOUNG BLACK WOMEN STANDING AGAINST WALL 01:07:06 - CU OF EACH OF THE TEEN GIRLS 01:09:10 - CU BARE DANCER'S FEET 01:09:18 - DOUBLE EXPOSURE OF FEET AND DRUMS 01:09:39 - LARGE GROUP OF BLACK WOMEN LOOKING AT MAGAZINES, CUTTING AND PASTING PICTURES 01:10:01 - CU TYING RIBBON ON SCRAPBOOK 01:10:09 - THREE LITTLE GIRLS DANCE IN CLASS. BOWING. DRAMA DANCE. LITTLE GIRL HAS LOTS OF FUN 01:10:45 - LITTLE GIRLS TAP DANCE 01:12:50 - YOUNG BLACK WOMAN COMES OUT OF SUBWAY STATION. KIOSK IN HARLEM. ARRIVING IN THE CITY. BLACKS MIGRATE. 01:13:00 - CU SHE LOOKS AT MAP. LOOKS AROUND. 01:13:03 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF PEOPLE WALKING ON SIDEWALK 01:13:18 - CU STREET SIGN. CORNER OF LENOX AVE & 137 ST 01:13:22 - WOMAN STANDS OUTSIDE BUILDING, GOES IN 01:13:38 - GOES UP TO FRONT DESK, HOTEL. TO GET A ROOM. SHOWS GIRL PAPER 01:13:47 - GOES UP STAIRCASE 01:13:53 - CU BLACK STUDENT, FEMALE 01:13:56 - FRENCH PLEATING CLASS I. SAMPLES OF PLEATED SKIRTS HANG. VOCATIONAL TRAINING. 01:14:03 - YOUNG WOMAN IRONING CLOTHES 01:14:25 - INSTRUCTOR HOLDS UP DRESS TO CHECK IT 01:14:38 - CU IRONING SQUARE OF PLEATS 01:14:44 - MALE INSTRUCTOR SHOWS STUDENT HOW TO OPERATE LARGE STEAM-PRESS FOR CLOTHING 01:14:57 - WOMEN ENTER LAUNDRY CLEANERS SHOP. GIRL ON PRESS 01:14:57 - MAN SHOWS WOMAN DRESS. SHE PAYS HIM AND TAKES PACKAGE BLACK OWNED BUISNESSES 01:15:19 - WOMAN OPERATING SOME SORT OF PRESS, ENGRAVING MACHINE. CU METAL PLATE USED 01:15:29 - SECRETARY PUTS CARTRIDGE INTO TYPEWRITER- LIKE MACHINE 01:15:32 - GIRL WITH HEADPHONES TYPES. STENOGRAPHER 01:15:39 - GIRL AT DESK WRITING. TAKING TEST 01:15:47 - CU DRAWING, ETCHING 01:15:51 - OPERATING PRINTING MACHINE, TURNING DRUM 01:16:00 - WOMAN IN SEWING CLASS. HOME ECONOMICS 01:16:42 - WHITE WOMAN PINS PATTERN. GIRLS HAND SEW 01:16:54 - TWO GIRLS AT SEWING MACHINES 01:17:11 - CU NEEDLE OF MACHINE WORKING INTO BURLAP FABRIC 01:17:13 - PRINTING, JOURNALIST CLASS 01:17:31 - BEAUTY PARLOR CLASS. DOING HAIR, NAILS, BEAUTICIAN. BEAUTY SCHOOL. 01:17:50 - CU PUTTING NAIL POLISH ON BLACK FINGERS 01:17:56 - WOMAN GETS FACIAL. EYEBROWS WAXED 01:18:03 - GETTING HAIR WASHED 01:18:07 - HAIR GETTING CURLED 01:18:12 - MANICURE 01:18:14 - WOMAN MODELS HER HAIR 01:18:23 - CU LITTLE BLACK CHILDREN BOUNCING, DANCING 01:18:37 - TEACHER CLAPS AND COUNTS 01:18:40 - CU HANDS ON PIANO 01:18:45 - LOBBY OF HOUSING. WOMAN SITS ON CHAIR READING. COUPLE WALKS BY 01:18:51 - DATE, BOYFRIEND ARRIVES, COUPLE TALKS 01:19:15 - PEOPLE GET FOOD IN CAFETERIA. STAND ON LINE 01:19:32 - PAYING CASHIER FOR FOOD 01:19:39 - BLACK COUPLES, MEN AND WOMEN HAVING LUNCH BREAK. EAT AND SMOKE IN LUNCH ROOM 01:19:53 - BLACK FEMALE LIFEGUARD, SWIM INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATES STROKES TO WHITE GIRLS IN POOL. 01:20:03 - BLACK MAIDS CLEANING. DUSTING, VACUUM CLEANER. FEMALE EMPLOYMENT 01:20:33 - BLACK MAID - WAITRESS BRINGS OUT SMALL TRAY. POURS FROM PITCHER OF WATER 01:20:44 - BLACK NURSE TAKES PATIENT'S PULSE, REMOVES THERMOMETER, TUCKS HER UNDER COVERS 01:20:57 - GIRLS DOING CRAFTS, YARN 01:21:04 - GIRL ON EXERCISE BIKE. STATIONARY BICYCLE. 01:21:17 - GIRLS PRACTICE ARCHERY. SHOOTING BOWS AND ARROWS 01:21:43 - MODERN DANCE CLASS, CU FEET 01:24:10 - CU HAND WRITING LETTER TO MOTHER WITH FOUNTAIN PEN 01:25:47 - ***REPEATED IMAGES*** 01:29:32 - BOWS STUCK IN ARCHERY TARGET 01:29:36 - BEAUTY SHOP SEQUENCE 01:30:37 - PRINTING SHOP SEQUENCE. OFFICE WORKERS 01:31:46 - SEWING CLASS SEQUENCE, ET, ET, ET
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-6017