Lytle family film: reel 2. Highlandale Cotton #1

Creator

Lytle Family

Identifier

mum00709_hm41_r02

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Description

African American man plowing with two mules; plantation bell ringing; wide shot of field with automobile driving by in the background; automobile driving on road, African American man sitting on porch of house; three African American men riding mules; mules getting water with three African American men; three African American men walking away from camera toward barn with mules, shot of water spout with African American men and mules in the background; men sitting on porch, baby ducks in puddle; plantation bell ringing; African American man with clothes line behind him; shot of African American men fueling tractors at pump in front of shed; African American men driving tractors from filling station; automobile and tractor parked outside of house on dirt road; African American man operating tractor in field in wide shot then toward camera, African American man driving by camera on John Deere tractor then away from camera; African American men plowing and cultivating with tractors; African American man plowing with two mules; man riding on horseback down road, man driving tractor down road, men riding mules down road; dark footage of field, footage of rain storm, trees shaking from wind, automobile pulling up to shelter, shot of rain coming off of roof top; shots of field and African American man operating tractor; four African Americans plowing in field, African American woman working in field; African American man and two mules cultivating; blank film; John Deere tractors, John Deere umbrellas attached to tractors, white next to tractor, African American man operating tractor; African American man operating tractor and white man following behind; African American man and white man walking dirt road; close up of African American woman working in field; shots of African American men and women working in field, young African American boy in field carrying bucket; close up of cotton plant; profile of African American man; African American men working in field with mules; white men with tractor; man driving tractor toward camera, close up of tractor; shot of field being filmed from inside of an automobile in motion and arriving at fuel pump; white man riding mule; African American man and white man standing in field; African American man unloading fertilizer, Chilean Nitrate of Soda; shots African American men working in field with mule, shot of fertilizer, white man with African American men, profile of African American man, white man and African American man standing in field

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Amateur films; Families; Cotton growing -- Mississippi; Cotton -- Mississippi -- Fertilizers; Sharecropping -- Mississippi

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

0:12:08

Original Format

8mm (photographic film size)

Original Collection

Home Movie Collection (MUM00709), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries.

Finding Aid

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/5

Rights

In Copyright; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Comments

B-wind B+W reversal. Possible 1945 and 46 Kodak date codes. Reel hub is bent. 18 FPS.

A complete shot list is attached below as an additional file.