- Title: V-6001
- Summary: ONE TENTH OF OUR NATION: GIVES AUTHENTIC PICTURES OF THE EDUCATION OF BLACK CHILDREN IN THE RURAL BLACK SOUTH, FROM ONE-ROOM SHACKS IN POVERTY AREAS TO HIGH SCHOOLS & COLLEGES. BLACK LIFESTYLE.
- Description:00:29:57 - CHILDREN ARRIVING HOME AFTER SCHOOL TO RURAL WOODEN SHACK 00:30:09 - CONGREGATION LEAVING CHURCH 00:30:15 - STEAM BOAT RIVERBOAT MOVING DOWN THE RIVER. HUGE PADDLE WHEEL 00:30:24 - LONELY MAN IN FELT HAT SITTING AGAINST WALL HOLDING WALKING STICK PASSING TIME 00:30:27 - BLACK RESIDENTS GOING INTO & HANGING AROUND FRONT OF STORE IN FARMING TOWN. HORSES TIED UP IN FRGD 00:30:32 - SHARECROPPER'S CHILD RUNNING THROUGH ROWS OF CROPS. PULLS PIG OUT OF ITS HIDING SPOT IN VEGTABLE PATCH BY THE TAIL & DRAGS IT AWAY. OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS SEEN GOING ABOUT CHORES NEAR SHACK HOUSE 00:30:39 - FARMERS DRIVING THROUGH FIELDS OF CROPS ON TRACTORS. 00:30:54 - LONG LINE OF FARM HANDS, SHARECROPPERS WORKING IN FIELDS ON FARM. FIELD WORKERS 00:31:03 - EXTERIOR SOUTHERN PLANTATION MANSION. MASSIVE COLUMNS AROUND HOUSE 00:31:09 - TWO MEN EXITING MANSION 00:31:13 - PAN FIELD WITH LITTLE HAYSTACKS PEPPERED ABOUT 00:31:35 - SHARECROPPER IN FIELD WITH HORSE & PLOW TOWING TILLING MACHINE 00:31:40 - OLD MAN SENIOR CITIZEN ROCKING ON PORCH SWING, GLIDER. 00:31:44 - CU MELANCHOLY SADDENED FACE WORN FROM YEARS OF TOIL 00:31:50 - SHANTIES ON SHARECROPPERS LAND. SIGN ON POST READS "ELECTRICITY IS CHEAP" 00:31:55 - BLACK RURAL FARM HANDS TILLING FIELDS. CULTIVATING, RAKING 00:32:06 - SHARECROPPERS PLOWING FIELDS WITH HORSES & PLOW. SMALL BOY WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH FATHER 00:32:29 - CU BOY'S BAREFEET AS HE PLOWS FILED 00:32:35 - LOW ANGLE SHARECROPPER-FARMER WEARING STRAW HAT SMILING. WIPES BROW WITH BACK OF HAND IN HEAT 00:32:44 - RURAL BLACK CHILDREN WALKING BAREFOOT ON WAY TO SCHOOL ON DIRT ROADS & THROUGH FIELDS. 00:33:16 - CU BAREFEET OF BLACK CHILDREN ON SANDY ROAD 00:33:37 - POOR CHILDREN CONVERGE AT CROSSROADS IN FRONT OF SHACK, RURAL ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE WITH BROKEN WINDOWS. 00:33:55 - CU CHILDRENS FEET WALKING UP SCHOOL HOUSE STEPS GOING TO SCHOOL. EDUCATION, LEARNING 00:34:02 - SCHOOL TEACHER SWEEPING DIRT OUT OF SCHOOL HOUSE AS CHILDREN ARRIVE 00:34:07 - CU CHILDREN COMING IN THROUGH DOOR 00:34:10 - BIG KIDS & LITTLE KIDS ARRIVE AT SCHOOL 00:34:14 - INTERIOR OF SCHOOL HOUSE AS CHILDREN SIT DOWN AT DESKS 00:34:17 - LITTLE GIRL LATE FOR SCHOOL RUNNING WITH SCHOOL BOOKS IN HAND, BAREFOOT 00:34:21 - TEACHER PUTS BROOM AWAY AS CHILDREN ARRIVE. YOUNG GIRL GIVES TEACHER FLOWERS. TEACHER STARTS TO WRITE ON BLACKBOARD 00:34:32 - SCHOOL DAY FOR SHARECROPPERS CHILDREN BEGINS. KIDS SITTING AT THEIR DESKS PAYING ATTENTION. 00:34:35 - TEACHER WRITING MATH PROBLEM ON BLACKBOARD. MATHEMATICS 00:34:44 - LITTLE GIRL LATE FOR SCHOOL RUNNING ACROOS DIRT ROAD & INTO SCHOOLHOUSE 00:34:55 - YOUNG GIRL TAKES HER SEAT IN CROWDED SCHOOLHOUSE 00:35:02 - TEACHER WRITES "DRINK 4 GLASSES OF MILK EVERY DAY" ON BLACKBOARD 00:35:08 - TEACHER WALKS AROUND CROWDED SCHOOL ROOM. HELPS BOY WHO LOOKS CONFUSED. WRITING LESSONS 00:35:25 - TEACHER WALKS AROUND ROOM WHERE KIDS ARE READING 00:35:40 - YOUNG GIRL ERASING HER WORK 00:35:46 - PAN LINE OF CHILDREN WRITING IN NOTEBOOKS 00:35:54 - CU LITTLE GIRL PRACTICING HER HANDWRITING 00:36:03 - YOUNG CHILDREN SIT IN FRONT OF OLDER TEENAGE CHILDREN 00:36:08 - TEACHER TEACHING OLDER CHILDREN AS YOUNGER CHILDREN READ 00:36:13 - CU LITTLE GIRLS READING OUT LOUD 00:36:17 - SIGN OVER BOOKSHELF READS: "BOOKS ARE FRIENDS. HOW RICH WE ARE THEY TAKE US PLACES NEAR & FAR" 00:36:22 - CU SIGN IN SCHOOL READS: "CLIMB THOUGH THE WAY MAY BE RUGGED" 00:36:26 - SHARECROPPERS CHILDREN WORKING IN CORN FIELDS TILLING SOIL, RAKING. 00:36:38 - CU TATTERED TORN PANTS OF BAREFOOT BOY AS HE WORKS IN FIELD 00:36:42 - CU PAN POOR CHILDRENS BARE FEET, RIPPED TORN CLOTHES AS THEY SIT IN SCHOOL CLASSROOM 00:36:49 - KIDS PUT THEIR BOOKS AWAY & GET UP FROM BENCHES LEAVING 00:36:55 - YOUNG GIRL STANDS ON CHAIR & COLORS IN SHAPE ALONG TOP OF BLACKBOARD WITH CHALK 00:37:11 - PAN ALPHABET & DUCK SHAPES ALONG TOP OF BLACKBOARD IN BETTER SCHOOL. BOY GLUING DUCK SHAPE ON WALL. 00:37:26 - CHILDREN CUTTING OUT ANIMAL SHAPES IN ART CLASS 00:37:43 - LITTLE KIDS WRITING, DOING SCHOOLWORK 00:37:52 - CU SCHOOL BOY YAWNING WHILE DOING SCHOOL WORK 00:37:58 - SCHOOL TEACHER HANGS UP PAD WITH READING LESSON 00:38:04 - MONTAGE BOYS IN SHOP CLASS, SAWING, HAMMERING, MAKING MINIATURE FURNITURE. TEACHER HELPS BOY. 00:38:18 - CU BULLETIN BOARD AT SCHOOL WITH CHILDREN'S WORK HANGING UP 00:38:19 - CU BEMIS SCHOOL SLOGAN: "WITH THE HEALTH OF THE CHILD IS THE POWER OF THE NATION" 00:38:36 - SCHOOL CHILDREN BEING TAUGHT ABOUT HEALTH & SICKNESS. CHILDREN PERFORM PRESENTATION 00:38:49 - TEACHER & CHILDREN WATCHING PLAY & SMILING 00:38:51 - CU SHIRTLESS YOUNG BOY IN DARK SUNGLASSES READING & LAUGHING 00:38:56 - OLDER CHILD PLAYING DOCTOR LOOKING OVER PATIENT CHILD, LISTENING TO HIS HEART 00:38:59 - CU LITTLE GIRL PLAYS NURSE WRITING ON PATIENT'S CHART 00:39:10 - "DOCTOR" SHAKES HIS HEAD & THEY DO INTO SANATORIUM SET 00:39:26 - TEACHER SITTING AT DESK TALKING TO CHILDREN 00:39:28 - PANS DOWN ROWS OF SMILING CHILDREN. OLDER STUDENTS IN BACK ROWS READING 00:39:46 - CU HEALTH CLASS PICTURES ON HEALTHY HABITS. EAT MORE VEGETABLES, DRINK MORE MILK, PLENTY OF WATER 00:39:56 - CU LITTLE GIRL PRAYING WITH EYES CLOSED & HANDS CLASPED IN PRAYER. FLY LANDS ON HER FACE 00:40:02 - SCHOOL CHILDREN PRAYING IN SCHOOL CLASSROOM AROUND 00:40:21 - TEACHER HANDING OUT RASINS ON TABLE TO HUNGRY CHILDREN AT SNACK TIME 00:40:36 - CHILDREN WITH NOTHING TO EAT LOOK ON AS OTHERS EAT. 00:40:41 - LITTLE GIRL EATS MEAGER LUNCH WHILE SAD FACED BOY WATCHES. 00:40:52 - CU SMILING TEEN MALE 00:40:56 - POOR SHARECROPPERS CHILDREN PLAYING STICK BALL IN FIELDS. 00:40:58 - LITTLE BOY RUNS ACROSS SMALL VEGATABLE PATCH TO GET BASEBALL 00:41:13 - CHILDREN PLAYING BASKETBALL NEAR SHANTY 00:41:22 - LITTLE GIRLS JUMPING ROPE 00:41:29 - PAN LARGE, MODERN SCHOOL BUILDINGS 00:41:37 - CHURCH-SCHOOL HOUSE LETTING TEENS OUT FOR THE DAY. BOYS RUNNING DOWN PATH & TAKING OFF CLOTHES 00:41:47 - BOY IN WOOD TAKING OFF THEIR CLOTHES 00:41:51 - SCHOOLBOYS SKINNY DIPPING. SPLASHING WATER ON EACH OTHER & PLAYING IN CREEK 00:42:06 - SCENIC VIEWS RIVER. ROLLING WATER SPLASHES OVER ROCKS IN LITTLE WATERFALL. 00:42:11 - BEAUTIFUL NATURE SHOTS. QUIET CALM RIVER. 00:42:21 - YOUNG BOYS IN OVERALLS & STRAW HATS FISHING. SITTING ON LOGS FISHING WITH LONG POLES & STRING 00:42:43 - CU OLD LADY SITTING ON RIVER BANK FISHING 00:42:48 - BEAUTIFUL SHOT LITTLE GIRL SITTING ON LOG FISHING 00:43:09 - INTERIOR WORK SHOP, WOOD WORKING CLASS. YOUNG BLACK MEN IN TRADE SCHOOL WORKING WITH TOOLS. HIGH SCHOOL WOOD SHOP. 00:43:27 - CU JOHNNY STEVENS OLD TABLE SAW CUTTING WOOD 00:43:33 - CU HANDS OF YOUNG GIRL SEWING. LEARNING TO SEW. 00:43:37 - PAN DOWN GIRLS IN HOME ECONOMICS CLASS USING SEWING MACHINES 00:44:01 - CU MILDRED CHESHIRE LEARNING HOW TO MAKE DRESS. SEWING WITH NEEDLE & THREAD. 00:44:25 - MILDRED SEWING LITTLE BROTHER'S OVERALLS WHILE HE'S STILL WEARING THEM. BOY PETTING HIS PUPPY DOG 00:44:37 - TEEN GIRL GETS UP & PUTS THREAD & NEEDLE AWAY IN DRESSER DRAWER 00:44:48 - MILDRED WALKS AROUND INTERIOR OF SHANTY CABIN HOME. ADJUSTS HER BROTHER'S SHIRT & GOES INTO KITCHEN WHERE MOTHER IS COOKING AT STOVE 00:45:05 - SHARECROPPERS KITCHEN. LARGE FAMILY SITTING DOWN TO EAT MEAGER DINNER. MOTHER SCOOPING OUT TINY PORTIONS OF FOOD FROM PAN ONTO PLATES. FAMILY EATING DINNER TOGETHER 00:45:30 - CU PAN POOR RURAL SOUTHERN KITCHEN WITH EMPTY SHELVES & FLIES FLYIHG AROUND. PAINT CHIPPING OFF WALLS 00:45:53 - CU DIRTY FILTHY BOWL OF WATER FAMILY USES TO WASH 00:45:55 - DINNER PLATES COVERED IN FLIES & BUGS. DISGUSTING 00:46:03 - CU CORN PLANTS IN FIELD 00:46:11 - SHARECROPPERS FAMILY LEAVING SHANTY TO GO WORK FIELDS 00:46:31 - WHOLE FAMILY WORKING FIELDS. GRABBING TOOLS FOR TILLING LAND, CULTIVATING FIELDS 00:46:35 - MAN PUTS LITTLE BABY GIRL DOWN IN FIELDS WHILE FAMILY WORKS IN FIELDS. 00:46:44 - MONTAGE YOUNG & OLD SHARECROPPERS-FARM HANDS-WORKERS WITH HOES WORKING FIELD. AGRICULTURAL WORKERS 00:47:00 - BABY PLAYS IN DIRT 00:47:05 - MONTAGE WORKERS WALK THROUGH FIELD WITH HOES & HORSE- DRAWN PLOW 00:47:53 - EXTERIOR COLLEGE CAMPUS BUILDINGS. STUDENTS SITTING ON LAWN, WALKING ON CAMPUS, INTO BUILDINGS 00:48:11 - EXTERIOR GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MUSEUM 00:48:16 - TWO FEMALE STUDENTS STUDYING ON LAWN. MALE STUDENT APPROACHES & SITS ON GRASS WITH FEMALES. FLIRTING 00:48:49 - FEMALE STUDENTS LAYING UNDER TREE STUDYING 00:48:53 - STUDENT NURSE HOLDING LITTLE GIRL 00:49:12 - TWO FEMALE BLACK STUDENTS WALK INTO CAMPUS BUILDING. GOING TO COLLEGE EDUCATION. 00:49:24 - TWO MALE COLLEGE STUDENT IN PRINTING SCHOOL. USING PRINTING PRESS. LEARNING TRADE AT TRADE SCHOOL 00:50:06 - BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS WALKING AROUND ON CAMPUS 00:50:34 - WELL-DRESSED BLACK MAN PASSES BY TWO NURSES AS HE ENTERS HOSPITAL BUILDING 00:50:49 - BLACK MALE MEDICAL STUDENT PREPARES FOR OPERATING ROOM. NURSE HELPS HIM TIE FACE MASK ON 00:51:09 - OPERATING ROOM WITH BLACK DOCTORS. STUDENTS LEARNING TO BE SURGEON. 00:51:58 - EXTERIOR BLACK COLLEGE 00:52:03 - HUGE GROUP OF STUDENTS LEAVING SCHOOL BUILDING 00:52:12 - PAN UP STEEPLE ON BUILDING 00:52:19 - CU CHIMNEY OF POOR SCHOOL HOUSE. PAN OVER TO CHILDREN LEAVING SHACK. END OF SCHOOL DAY 00:52:37 - SHARECROPPERS CHILDREN DOING CHORES ON PORCH. BENT OVER WASHING CLOTHES IN BUCKETS WITH WASHBOARD 00:52:45 - CU CUTE LITTLE BOY PEERING AROUND CORNER 00:52:51 - SHARECROPPERS SON PLOWING FIELD WITH HORSE AND PLOW 00:53:09 - CU HORSE-DRAWN PLOW TURNING UP FIELD 00:53:14 - CU TEAM OF HORSES
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-6001