Chapel Hill (N.C.), 1939 (Reel 1)

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Title:
Chapel Hill (N.C.), 1939 (Reel 1)
Date:
1939
Creator:
Waters, H. Lee
Description:
00:00:00--Placard “Agfa 1941” 00:00:03--Title card “The Hollywood theater Presents 'Movies of Local People Photographed In and Around Chapel Hill, N.C. April 16-17 1941” 00:00:17--“Hollywood” sign, exterior shot of Hollywood theater building, panning shot of group of African American men and boys, “Sea Hawk” sign 00:00:40--African American men in suits play fighting in front of a building on the sidewalk, “Franklin St. Inn Charles' Place” sign, women carrying packages leaving building, men and women standing on sidewalk, woman with dog on leash 00:00:46--African American man in a suit and fedora exiting Charles' Place and smiling at the camera; men play boxing in front of the storefront. 00:01:36--African American women walking on residential street, man doing yardwork, boy posing in front of home, men standing in front of store in hats, “Nehi” sign 00:02:03--African American men in laundry posing for camera, man making clothing alterations 00:02:17--African American men working on a car outdoors 00:02:29--African American men cutting branches with a circular saw, man looking over fence at camera, man in suit approaching camera,men and women in residential area, shot of man raking leaves from a moving vehicle 00:03:09--African American children posing for camera and playing stickball, playing outside large building, Orange County Training School, individual shots of children laughing for camera, boys play fighting, two boys dancing with each other 00:04:22--African American girls walking down the road and hiding from the camera, men with horse drawn cart talking and laughing, man walking down train tracks waving cane at dog, men walking on sidewalk, sitting on stoops 00:05:00--African American woman in a domestic uniform posing with a white child in a carriage, men posing in front of car, man polishing chrome on a car, men walking on sidewalk 00:05:04--African American men, women, and children around the neighborhood. 00:05:43--Interior shot of an African American cook working in kitchen, man riding bicycle on sidewalk on Franklin Street near Columbia Street, Strowd Motor Company's Ford dealership in background. 00:05:58--African American children leaving school building, possibly Cool Springs School, in groups, girls riding bicycles, close up shots of children and teenagers laughing and smiling, wide shot of students and teachers posing in front of wooden school building 00:07:31--African American students walking in a line past the camera, students posing for camera in schoolyard
Location:
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Extent:
TRT 00:08:55
Digital Collection:
H. Lee Waters Film Collection
Source Collection:
H. Lee Waters Film collection
Series:
Movies of Local People, 1936-1942
Provenance:
The H. Lee Waters Film Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a series of gifts and purchases beginning in 1988
Rights:
Copyright Undetermined
Rights Note:
The publication status of this item is uncertain, making public domain determination difficult.  To the extent these materials are protected by copyright, Duke has been granted permission to make digital reproductions and make them available to the public as part of a digital collection.  For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library: https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/research/citations-and-permissions.
Identifier:
  • rl10075bcam0003010
  • ea27b1263787e934dbad25fb03ac52c5
  • watershlee
  • duke:611413
  • RL10075-BCAM-0003
  • ark:/87924/r4zg6m225
  • 6a6f9cde-d2dc-428d-be78-a146e6182542
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