Negro Life Reel 5 · Part 1

Description

UNEDITED FOOTAGE: About various phases of Afro-American Life. R.1: [Pennsylvania Railroad Porters Play Cricket]: American and West Indian. Black people play cricket in Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y. U.S. and West Indian flags on same halyard. Close-ups of game. R.2: {Harlem Day Camp}. Children's Aid Society of the City of New York and Boys Clubs conduct a day camp in Harlem, New York, Small children nap on blankets on ground; older children learn fencing and crafts. Counselor give children milk and sandwiches. Children play on crowed streets. R.3: {Richmond, Virginia}: street scenes, statues, and government buildings in Richmond, Va. which includes the White House of the Confederacy. Children play; and men work in construction area. New housing; and slum area near by. Pastor J.T. Hill greets congregation emerging from Second Baptist Church, Pres. William J. Clark of Virginia Union University talks with Pastor Hill. Children play indoors with Christmas toys. R.4: {Tuskegee, Alabama}: Churches, buildings and countryside in Tuskegee, Ala. People outside ramshackle homes. Poor farmland contrasted with neatly contoured land. Good housing. White missionary talks with townspeople.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups