Transfers from 8mm Film
Title
Gary family film: reel 1. Mail Box, Yard, Mules, Plow, How; Tractors; Planes; Exper. Sta. Gin; Haying; Mules, Burr Clover; Combines; Cattle; Hay Ride, Crawfish; Baptising; Mule Races
Identifier
mum00709_hm61_r01
Disclaimer
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Description
Wildwood sign, man riding mule, dirt road, barn; shots of the trees, flowers, and other plants; wide shots of mules and men working in field; close-ups of mules, African American men working in field, automobiles, house in the background, African American man pouring seed to plant in field; close-up of mules and African American man working in field in color; close-up of mules and African American man working in field in color and in black and white; African American men and African American woman working in field; shots of African American men operating tractors in field; African American man running and jumping onto moving tractor; shots of African American men operating tractors with umbrellas, close-ups of tractors passing through frame, tractors moving toward camera, tractors turning and moving away from camera, close-up of tractor; African American men preparing plane for crop dusting, African American men, woman, and boys gathered, young African American man on a bicycle, Delta Air Corporation Monroe, LA logo on plane; African American man preparing plane propeller; plane taxiing; plane landing, plane taxiing; Wildwood Plantation Greenwood, Miss. written on truck, white man overseeing process; African American men reloading plane for crop dusting; plane flying and crop dusting; wide shot of field with plane flying toward and over camera, planning shots of plane flying over field; African American man and women picking cotton, close-up of man picking cotton, panning shot of African American women and children picking cotton; wide panning shot of African Americans picking cotton; African American men loading cotton into wagon, African American stepping on and packing cotton into wagon; wide shot of African Americans in cotton field, man on horseback; small group of African American women and children in cotton field; panning shot of groups of African Americans picking cotton in large field; close-up of African American man picking cotton; panning shot of groups of African Americans picking cotton, automobile in background; close-up young African Americans picking cotton; African American men weighing cotton, men tossing cotton into small shed full of cotton; Agricultural Experimental Field sign, camera pans to large cotton field; Cotton Variety Test sign, Mixed Fertilizer Test sign; panning shot of large cotton field; Cen-Tennial Ginning System sign and building, mule and wagon, automobile, a dozen mules and wagons filled with cotton; African American and mules in field, African American man behind him; wide shot of mules and African American man working in field; tractor and other farm machinery being used in field, African American laborers, loading truck with haystacks, Wildwood Plantation Greenwood, Miss. written on truck; mules pulling wagon full of hay; white man and young white boy on top of wagon moving hay, wide shot of wagon pulling into barnyard, wide shot of hay being moved into barn by African American laborers; wide shot of mules being fed, pigs and other small animals by their feet; close-up shots of mules; African American riding mule on dirt road; wide panning shot of African American women and children and other African Americans working in field; African American men, women, and children in field, men passing container of water to women; shots of bags filled with hay; shots of African American men posing for camera, African American woman and children in the background; panning shot of mules, African Americans, burlap bags, small shack, and field; close-up shots of mules pulling something with African American men sitting on the ledge; wide shots of African American men operating tractor moving toward camera, white man overseeing labor, dog; close-up panning shot of tractor and men working on tractor; multiple shots of African American men operating McCormick Deering tractor in field; African American men loading burlap bags on to truck; white man among cattle; close-up shots of cattle; African American men steering wagons with white young adult men and women; dark footage of children in field; African American men, women, and children dressed in all white, African American man dressed in dark colors carrying guitar, African American man carrying bible, another African American man playing guitar; large group of African Americans dressed in white walking; shots of large congregation of African Americans, African American men playing music, African American women singing, African American man clapping and leading congregation, umbrellas, church fans, African American man preaching, African American men going into water, shot of young African American child, African American woman being baptized in the water, young African American man being baptized, line of people to get baptized; jockeys at mule race, white men in stands at mule race, mule race begins, African American jockeys, mule race, shot of white men racing mules through fence, Coca-Cola billboard
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Amateur films; Families; Mules; Tractors; Cotton growing; Propeller-driven aircraft; Baptism -- Mississippi
Relational Format
video recording
Extent
0:26:36
Original Format
8mm (photographic film size)
Original Collection
Home Movie Collection (MUM00709), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries.
Finding Aid
Rights
In Copyright; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Comments
B-wind color reversal and B+W reversal. Color is Kodachrome stock. Occasional perforation damage and rough splices. 18 FPS.