Lytle family film: reel 13. Cotton 3

Creator

Lytle Family

Identifier

mum00709_hm41_r13

Disclaimer

Some of the images and language that appear in the digital collections depict prejudices that are not condoned by the University of Mississippi. This content is being presented as historical documentation to aid in the understanding of both American history and the history of the University of Mississippi. The University Creed speaks to our current deeply held values, and the availability of this content should not be taken as an endorsement of previous attitudes or behavior.

Description

Dark footage of man walking around landscape; dark footage of bell tolling; sun setting over rural landscape; sun rising over rural landscape; African American man's profile in the sun rise; African American man riding white horse, two mules pulling wagon; close up of tractor in field into a wide shot; African American man pouring cotton seed into container with John Deere Cotton and Corn Planter label; Delta Pine Plantation Seed Registered Cotton Seed Delta & Pine Land Co. Scott, Miss on bag of cotton seed; African American man putting cotton seed into planter container; mules pulling wagon carrying African American man and cotton seed; wide shot of field with mules and laborers and tractors; African American man carrying bucket of cotton seed, man putting seed into planting containers with African American man and young African American boy, man pushes dirt over freshly planted seed with his boots; low angle shot of two mules pulling wagon with African American man toward camera, white man off to the side; white man walking in field with mules and wagon behind him; African American man smoking, group of African American men and mules working on farm, African American man fixing equipment; bell tolling for noon break, African American man pulling rope for bell, group of African American men gathered at table in the background; African American man arriving at site with two mules; shot of road, young African American man on bicycle, mules pulling wagon, and tractors into barnyard; mule rolling around the dirt; mule getting water; mules and horses eating in stable; African American men gathered in the shade; close up of African American man reclining, close up of African American man with interesting glasses, African American men sitting together on a bench in the shade; African American man harnessing mules; African American man pulling rope to bell; wide shot of barnyard; African American men harnessing mules; white man with safari hat and pipe; harnessing mules continued; African American men going down road back to farm site with mules and tractors; shots of African American man working in field with mule and plow, black and white man talking to each other in field; young African American woman sitting on porch of wooden house; close up of two young African American women and young African American boy sitting on porch; hog in a pen; African American man with young African American girls and boy in the background sitting on porch; two white men, one sitting in automobile and the other smoking outside, panning shot of young African American boy on mule with African American man spotting him; people riding horses down dirt road as sun sets; shot of the sun setting; wide shot of mules behind fences; African American man walking on muddy road; Planter worries over sprouting seed. title card; white men kneeled down in field with Dodge automobile in the frame; close up of men digging into ground with pocket knife, one man with cigarette in hand, close up of plants beginning to sprout; group of older white men on porch, man smoking pipe, close up of man on porch wearing sun glasses; close up of bell tolling and African American man pulling rope; shot from passenger seat of car of white man in driver's seat and African American man at window, car beings to move; shot of field and mules, automobile in frame; African American man pulling mule to attach to plow and other mule, close up shots of attaching plow to mule, shots of hooves and plow tracks in field; white man on horse with pipe, white man watching African American man work in field; close up of plant beginning to sprout; wide shot of African American man with mules and plow in field, panning shot of trail of mules and laborers in background; close up of mule, plow, and African American; white man in automobile, African American man and woman in field leaning on tools; two African American women leaning on tools, woman begins chopping cotton; large group of African American women in dresses working in field, close up of chopping cotton, African American man with cane watching, close up of African American man, wide shot of women working, shot of women working and man watching, close up shots of chopping cotton, close up of African American's face, shot of young African American men working in field, close up of chopping cotton; shot of sun setting over rural landscape

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Amateur films; Families; Agriculture -- Mississippi; Sharecropping -- Mississippi

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

0:14:16

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 and color reversal. Extensive perforation damage, which is worst toward head. Some areas of missing perforations. Shrunken. 18 FPS.

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