- Title: V-A6500
- Summary: African American Family Home movies:
- Description:00:00:04 - first holly communion children in suits walk down church steps after ceremony integrated group of children pose for camera hands held in praying position 00:01:02 - African-American black family watch their child at catholic holly communion priest poses with little black girl on steps of church 00:01:15 - quick shots of black people on street in med western town 00:01:25 - black children eating ribs at first party seated at table smile for camera 00:01:30 - African-American suburban house party children's party family at table family gathering circa late 1950's 00:01:50 - pretty African-American black teenage girl poses in bathing suit family waves at camera African-American family outside of Florida style stucco house wave for camera walk around property suburbia 00:02:30 - Black Family pose for camera and clown around in front of Florida suburban house summer time quick cuts 00:03:18 - group of suburban black children dance for camera in doorway of house African American house party dancing in living room baby held up for camera 00:03:56 - black man in suit dances to large phonograph with little girl at house party little girls in dresses dance 00:04:20 - Black children in suburban home dance and clown around for camera mother poses with children family sits on couch with Christmas Tree in backround 00:05:00 - Black children perform at talent contest ( footage is blurry) little girls dance and boy sings at microphone talent contest African American children and teens 00:06:30 - Black family pose in front of woody station wagon summer time suburban summer vacation play ball in front of classic Woody Station-wagon circa 1950's little girls play hopscotch summer camp summer cabin vacation teenage girls in cat sunglasses smile and pose in front of rental cabin African- American summer resort 00:07:35 - mother plays catch with children bounces small basket ball children play in front of summer cottage African-American suburban vacation 00:08:23 - teenagers and children at party 00:08:35 - teenage girl dances black girls dance at bar birthday party for African-American teenager kids eat hot dogs and drink p Pepsi cola 00:09:20 - African-American backyard barbecue . whole pig is roasted on outdoor spit rotisserie Black family in suburban back yard play with poodle dog, kids on outdoor 00:09:55 - Christmas morning 1950's African American family pan of imitation Christmas Tree children open presents little girl opens presents plays with top and dolls toys spread out in front of Christmas tree children in pajamas Christmas Morning in Black Suburban family home 00:11:30 - children try on clothing and play with Christmas toys little girl opens present 00:12:47 - black adults with Christmas presents Christmas party at house adults in suits and dresses sit around table at party pan of family and friends 1950's apartment family gathering 00:14:47 - house party buffet table guests get food Easter Party Easter decorations on wall, Adults drink, smoke and mingle Black Family party Easter 00:15:24 - little girls play in back yard of inner-city house ride on swings at municipal park African- American children on rides 00:16:40 - black children jump rope at picnic wooded area mid-western united states , Gary, Indiana out-door family picnic in park . black children play in town park pool. Children splash around in pool swim caps on little girls 00:18:00 - Black family relaxes on porch of home summer circa 1960. African American family in front of modest suburban home Hammond or Gary, Indiana family relaxes on front porch 00:19:50 - circa late-1950's Blacks on bus tour group tour to various American Western location. Shots on bus, group of black travelers on tour shots taken from moving tour bus (blurry) 00:22:00 - shots of CLIFF HOUSE resort or hotel on bus tour vacation. African American group tour Western Gold mine ghost town SODAVILLE GHOST TOWN Black family visits ghost town attraction on western bus tour. Various shots of lilely Colorado Ghost town steam train tour, western town saloon Mid-class African American family on vacation bus tour 00:23:37 - Mexican tourist village Tijuana shots of neon and outdoor city locations STORK CUB, Marriages & Divorces store front Blacks visit Mexico circa late-1950's 00:24:20 - blurry shots of HOLLYWOOD locations Black family home movies. CLARK GABLE's signature on the Hollywood walk of fame , Grauman's Oriental Theater, 00:25:30 - young African-American family in front of their modest suburban home pose at racetrack 00:26:14 - Back-yard barbecue family suburban back yard Black Family and friends eating ribs Family gathering summertime numerous quick shots 00:27:35 - mother pushes children on backyard swing set children play in back yard 00:29:14 - african-American birthday party in-door party 00:29:47 - summertime children and families swim in lake integrated group of people summer fun at lake front 00:30:25 - orange sunset filmed from moving vehicle western America 00:30:34 - Black infant in bath splashing and laughing mother dries child little girls in dresses play 00:30:56 - suburban school bus arrives integrated black and white child disembark at great parents 00:31:11 - little black girls in red ballet dresses at recital dANCE RECITAL aFRICAN-aMERICAN CHILDREN IN BALLET DRESSES 00:31:47 - little black children in Easter bonnets EASTER time Easter baskets with chocolate bunnies African-American young girls in Easter dresses and bonnets parade around table in dining room 00:32:30 - First Holy Communion pageant Black and White children in integrated ceremony 00:32:35 - two young black men in graduation cap and gowns pose for camera 00:32:50 - African-American family Christmas morning. Mother and daughters in matching pajamas open presents suburban Black family Christmas in front of Christmas tree little girl hugs new doll pile of Christmas toys 00:34:15 - ms spinning artificial Christmas tree in African-American suburban home circa late 1950's 00:34:25 - children play with Christmas presents. Gil spins large globe of the world. shot of family hearth decorated with Christmas stockings. 00:34:44 - family play cards and relax at family get-together 00:35:04 - young teen girls in skirts dance at party men sitting around table bottles of booze on table house party 00:36:33 - group of African-American kids and teens dance at house party the bunny hop dance and the twist circa 1961 00:37:00 - little girls birthday party ( dark) 00:37:45 - group of black men walking on mid-western Indiana street after church. people exiting baptist church walking on inner-city street men and woman after church in dresses and nice hats African American neighborhood street shots circa 1960 00:39:20 - African-American family Christmas morning opening presents eating Christmas dinner ( quick shots ) 00:39:50 - children play with presents Christmas morning 00:40:00 - Christmas dinner black family around table black family eating dinner together around dinner table circa 1960 in apartment Family party 00:42:00 - formal dinning table Christmas party candles and Christmas ornaments ( slightly out of focus) Family dances at party 00:42:40 - summertime back yard fun children frolic on grass backyard bounce on rubber tube little boys hang on outdoor swing set . African American young teens pose and dance for camera outdoor fun summer camp? old men at lake with net summer vacation 00:44:09 - little girl and mother leave house on way to first wedding . little girl in wedding type flower girl dress two little girls in formal dresses and vieis pose in front of family station wagon African-American circa 1960 Suburbia wedding 00:44:35 - circa 1960 African-American wedding reception. Bride and Groom, brides maids in bright blue gowns wedding party poses for camera 00:44:52 - actual wedding ceremony pan of buffet table at reception party after wedding in a home (not a wedding hall) 00:46:30 - mid-1960's Black Women eat dinner. Family dinner pan of table covered with food 00:46:53 - Back Yard barbecue CU man eats a large rib summer barbecue African-American family relax together 00:47:30 - indoor birthday party women dance streamers on walls large birthday cake shots of family at party eating birthday cake, smiling for camera, 00:49:00 - little boy poses with Grand Father CU Birthday cake " happy birthday Sylvia 15 years " 00:49:20 - MS little boy dances the twist kids do "The Twist " dance early 1960's group of young teens dance at party family birthday party girl opens presents. 00:51:05 - CU family Christmas tree Christmas morning. young Teen opens presents . Middle Class African American Christmas circa 1960's. Opening presents in front of Christmas Tree. Children and parents open gifts 00:52:25 - African-American Brides Maids at wedding on reception line wedding reception line gifts on table man cuts wedding cake wife feeds groom wedding cake wedding party poses in front of church wave fans hot summer wedding 00:53:46 - children pose in front of Christmas Tree pan of children decorating Christmas tree and playing with gifts decorations on walls young men in fedora style hats enter room family Christmas party Christmas morning pan of Christmas tree with many presents under it 00:55:50 - young teen girl plays with top children play with new Christmas presents mother pumps top 00:56:10 - Mother holds up Black Doll African American Christmas party suburban family woman in gown children napping 00:57:00 - shots taken circa 1960 in WRIGLEY FIELD baseball by African American family 00:57:40 - Easter baskets Little girls in Easter dresses and bonnets getting ready Easter morning for Church children pose with Easter basket circa mid-1950's . Shots of African-American family dinner well dressed people sit around table. 00:59:10 - MS African American teen couple slow dance couples slow dance at prom or party BLACK TEENS group slow danceing 00:59:45 - Black teens dancing at party
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-A6500