- Title: CSF-23
- Summary: REVEREND TAYLOR: BLACK LIFE STYLES AND RELIGION
- Description:00:01:07 - TITLE PAGE: "PRESENTING" - "THE ROCKHILL BAPTIST CHURCH, CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS, NOV. 5, 1939 - REV. M. V. MASTERRIN, PASTOR - L. GLASS, CLERK". MLS PAN LARGE OLD BRICK BUILDING IS THE ROCKHILL BAPTIST CHURCH. 00:01:40 - PROCESSION OF MALE ELDERS, FOLLOWED BY CHILDREN EXIT CHURCH TOWARDS CAMERA. PASTOR ? OR ELDER DIRECTS CONGREGATION, DRESSED IN SUNDAY FINEST, TOWARDS CAMERA AS THEY EXIT CHURCH. BOYS FOLLOWED BY MEN AND WOMEN. 00:02:46 - MS ALL TEEN-AGE GIRLS ARE DIRECTED OUT OF CHURCH TOWARDS CAMERA, THEN TEEN- AGE BOYS, ALL DRESSED IN SUNDAY FINEST, FOLLOWED MY MIXED GROUP, ALL WALKING SLOWLY SO AS TO BE FILMED. WOMAN WITH CRUTCHES. 00:04:55 - MS OLDER MAN STOPS TO CHUCKLE, HAMMING IT UP FOR CAMERA AS OTHERS WATCH. 00:05:07 - CU SHOTS ELDER MEN, ONE ON CRUTCHES [PARADE TOWARD CAMERA, FOLLOWED BY GROUP ELDERLY WOMEN, ALL DRESSED IN WHITE WITH BLACK TIES (CHOIR ?) 00:05:36 - WELL DRESSED MAN (CHOIR CONDUCTOR ?) LEADS GROUP OF WOMEN CHOIR, ALL DRESSED IN CAP AND WHITE GOWNS, HOLDING HYMN BOOKS AND SINGING, FOLLOWED BY WOMEN DRESSED IN WHITE WITH BLACK TIES, FOLLOWED BY MALE MEMBERS OF CHOIR, ALSO HOLDING HYMN BOOKS AND SINGING AS THEY PARADE TOWARDS CAMERA. MAN WITH CHILD IN ARM AND OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION FOLLOW. 00 06 52 MS TWO BOYS IN LINE SLAP HANDS AS IN "HIGH FIVE" FASHION, ARE FOLLOWED BY ALL WOMEN GROUP ALL DRESSED IN SUNDAY FINEST. GOOD CROSS-SECTION OF AFRICAN- AMERICAN AFFLUENT LOOKING CONGREGATION PARADE OUT OF CHURCH TOWARDS CAMERA, 00:07:35 - PASTOR ? STANDS AT BASE OF OUTSIDE STAIRS AND LEADS CONGREGATION OUT OF CHURCH AND TOWARDS CAMERA. cu MONTAGE MORE OF VARIOUS GROUPS WELL- DRESSED MEMBERS OF HUGE CONGREGATION PARADING TOWARDS CAMERA, MANy READING PRAYER BOOKS OR SINGING FROM HYMN BOOKS (NO SOUND). 00:09:15 - MCU MONTAGE WELL-DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBERS OF BAPTIST CONGREGATION GATHERED OUTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, START PARADING TOWARDS CAMERA, MALE ELDERS FIRST, FOLLOWED BY LARGE GROUPS OF BOYS AND GIRLS (CU), WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA IN TWOS. 00:10:06 - MCU FEMALE CHOIR DRESSED IN GRADUATION CAP AND GOWNS, READING HYMN OR PRAYER BOOKS AS THEY PARADE TOWARDS CAMERA, FOLLOWED BY YOUNG TEEN-AGE GIRLS, DRESSED IN WHITE WITH BLACK BOW TIES, FOLLOWED BY MEN AND WOMEN OF CONGREGATION. 00:11:46 - MCU LAST MAN OF GROUP PARADING TOWARDS CAMERA HAMS IT UP FOR BENEFIT OF CAMERA, WAVES ARM LIKE ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR. 00:11:49 - WELL DRESSED BLACK LEADER WITH FEDORA SHAKES HANDS WITH GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES AND BLACK BOW TIES, WHO THEN GATHER AROUND HIM. HE BECOMES CENTER OF ATTRACTION AS OTHER WELL DRESSED MEN SHAKE HIS HAND AND GATHER AROUND. MS CROWD OF KIDS GATHER AROUND SAME LEADER TO POSE FOR CAMERA. KIDS, SMILING, POSING. CU WOMAN WITH CHILD IN ARMS POSES. CHOIR IN CAP AND GOWN SHAKE HIS HAND, POSE. 00:13:07 - MCU WOMAN IN WHITE WITH LARGE BOW TIE POSES CHILD IN ARMS 00:13:11 - MLS PAN LARGE OLD TWO-STORY BRICK CORNER BUILDING ( SCHOOL BUILDING ?), WITH TRUCK AND CARS PARKED IN FRONT. MLS VARIOUS SHOTS LARGE BRICK TWO-STORY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION (NEW SCHOOL OR CHURCH ?) MEN WORKING ON ROOF OR THIRD FLOOR. MS CARPENTER CARRYING LUMBER OUTSIDE BUILDING. BLACK WOMAN STANDS AT SIDE ENTRANCE TO STRUCTURE POINTING TO SOMETHING INSIDE. PAN FROM BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO BRICK BUILDING ACROSS THE WAY (SCHOOL), WITH CHILDREN PLAYING BETWEEN AND IN FRONT OF THE BUILDINGS. WOODEN SCAFFOLDING, LOOKS LIKE BELL TOWER ATTACHED TO NEW CONSTRUCTION. KIDS GATHERED, SOME PLAYING OUTSIDE BUILDING ACROSS FROM NEW ONE. MS SIGN OVER ENTRANCE TO BRICK BUILDING "LESTER STREET SCHOOL". education, all black schools. 00:15:19 - TITLE: "GRADUATE CLASS 1940, MRS. I. M. DEAN, MISS B. GREECY, TEACHERS". WELL- DRESSED ELDERLY MAN (PRINCIPLE ?) LEADS CLASS OF YOUNG LADIES DRESSED IN WHITE DRESSES (IN TWO) DIPLOMAS IN HAND, OUT OF OLD WOODEN SCHOOLHOUSE, TOWARDS CAMERA. FOLLOWED BY GROUPS OF BOYS AND GIRL COUPLES, THEN. BOYS ARE DRESSED IN SNAPPY WHITE PANTS AND BLACK JACKETS, BLACK BOW TIE. THIS GROUP IS FOLLOWED BY ALL BOY COUPLES. black education, all-black school. 00:17:18 - PARENTS WATCH AS TEEN GIRLS IN LONG GOWNS MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA IN COUPLES. PAN GRADUATION CLASS BOYS AND GIRLS POSING OUTSIDE OLD WOOD NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. MLS BLACK SCHOOL TEACHERS LINE UP YOUNGER BOY AND GIRL STUDENTS FOR PHOTO OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOUSE 00:18:48 - TITLE: "TAYLOR" MADE PICTURES". 00:19:22 - MCU PARADE OF SMALL BOYS AND GIRLS PARADING IN TWOS TOWARDS CAMERA. ONE BOY IN SUIT AND FEDORA, SCOFFS HAT AS HE PASSES. 00:19:58 - YOUNG COUPLE LEADS GROUPS OF TEEN-AGE GIRLS AND WOMEN ALL DRESSED IN WHITE WITH BLACK CRAVATS, AS THEY PARADE TOWARDS CAMERA SINGING (MOS) WITH HYMN BOOKS IN HAND. MEN OF ALL AGES, DRESSED IN WHITE WITH BLACK TIES. FOLLOW. MORE OF SAME AS ENTIRE CONGREGATION OF HUNDREDS SLOWLY WALK BY IN PAIRS. GROUPS POSING FOR STILL PHOTOS IN FRONT OF OLD CHURCH. 00:22:42 - PAN SMALL KIDS WITH MOMS IN BACK POSING IN FRONT OF OLD CHURCH. 00:22:49 - LIMO CIRCA 1940S TOWARDS CAMERA. MCU MORE CHILDREN, MEN WOMEN, IN SUNDAY FINEST POSING, SMILING, WAVING HI TO CAMERA AS THEY PASS. TALL SMILING BLACK MAN WITH MOHAWK LIKE HAIRCUT POSES WITH CONGREGATION, VARIOUS SHOTS CUTE KIDS WAVE TO CAMERA. MORE WOMEN IN WHITE WITH BLACK TIES. CU TALL SMILING BLACK MAN WITH MOHAWK-TYPE HAIRCUT WALKS AMID WOMEN. 00:24:24 - VARIOUS LS VIEWS UNIDENTIFIED LARGE CORNER CHURCH WITH HUGE BELL TOWER. 00:24:56 - PASTOR (?) ELDERS (?) GREET WELL-DRESSED CONGREGATION, INCLUDING MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, AS IT LEAVES WOODEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH, ASSURES THEY WALK TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:27:34 - GROUP PROUDLY POSE BY THEIR SHINY NEW CAR. 00:27:52 - TITLE CARD: "THE PILGRIM CHURCH, 4TH AVE. & 11TH ST. SO., BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. REV. N. PERRY, PASTOR, J. W. WRIGHT, CLERK, SEPT. 9TH 1940". 00:28:06 - LS PILGRIM CHURCH AS CONGREGATION EXIT AFTER SERVICES. PAN CIRCA LATE 1930S AND 1940 CARS PARKED IN FRONT OF CHURCH. 00:28:34 - WELL-DRESSED ELDERS EXIT CHURCH TOWARDS CAMERA, FOLLOWED BY HUNDREDS MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION, POSING AS THEY PASS CAMERA. 00 30 00 MS SMALL SMILING BOY FOLLOWED BY ELDERLY WOMEN IN WHITE. 00:30:59 - WOMEN IN WHITE WITH PRAYER BOOKS (?) IN HAND, FOLLOWED BY WELL DRESSED MEN AND WOMEN, CHILDREN. 00:34:54 - YOUNG GIRLS FOLLOWED BY TEEN AGE BOYS ONE BEING BLACK ALBINO BOY (?) FOLLOWED BY PROCESSION OF KIDS ALL BEING DIRECTED TOWARDS CAMERA BY MAN. 00:36:06 - GROUP DAPPER BLACK MEN, ONE POINTING UP, THEN THEY ALL POINT UP. 00:36:25 - PAN CONGREGATION, MOSTLY KIDS, POSING FOR GROUP SHOTS. 00:36:35 - LS LARGE BRICK CORNER BAPTIST CHURCH WITH PEOPLE STANDING AT ENTRANCE. 00:36:45 - MS PASTOR (?) AND ELDERS LEAD CONGREGATION DOWN LONG STEPS TO STREET AS THEY EXIT CHURCH TOWARDS CAMERA. PEOPLE LEANING OUT WINDOWS OF CHURCH IN B/G. 00:37:05 - MAN LEADS CHOIR GROUP IN GRADUATION CAP AND GOWN DOWN LONG STEPS TO STREET AND R TO LEFT PAST CAMERA. FOLLOWED BY VARIOUS AGE GIRLS, ELDERLY MEN. WOMEN DRESSED IN SIMILAR COSTUMES INCLUDE GROUP IN ALL WHITE NURSE-TYPE COSTUME, DOWN STEPS TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:39:54 - ELDERLY WOMAN WITH CAN , HEAVY SET WOMEN WITH SMALL CUTE BOY IN TOW, WALK SLOWLY DOWN STEPS FOLLOWED BY WELL-DRESSED GROUPS OF WOMEN. GROUP OF YOUNG WOMEN IN ALL WHITE DRESSES EXIT CHURCH IN PAIRS. FOLLOWED BY WELL-DRESSED MEN WITH ARM BANDS, MORE WOMEN IN SIMILAR GREY DRESSES 00:41:41 - CHILDREN WALK DOWN STEPS IN TWOS. MOM WALKS DOWN STEPS WITH BOY AND GIRL IN HAND. MORE OF MIXED GROUPS EXITING CHURCH. 00:42:34 - MS PRIEST (PASTOR) POSES, CHATS WITH MAN. PAN CHURCH LEADERS (?) MEN WOMEN POSE FOR GROUP SHOT ON STEPS OF CHURCH. PHOTOGRAPHER LINES THEM UP FOR GROUP SHOT, PLACES PASTOR IN CENTER GROUP OF WOMEN IN WHITE. 00:43:59 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: CSF-23