Asheboro (N.C.), 1940 March 1 (Reel 1)

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Title:
Asheboro (N.C.), 1940 March 1 (Reel 1)
Date:
1940
Creator:
Waters, H. Lee
Description:
00:00:01--Group shot of children standing outside, boys saluting camera, girls laughing, man standing in front of building holding papers, boys carrying table 00:00:52--Men standing around talking in front of brick building, men and women walking along sidewalk, women and men leaving factory 00:02:50--Sped up high angle shot of a street downtown with cars and pedestrians, footage reversed 00:03:11--Group of women posing for camera against brick wall, men and women leaving factory through gate, "No Private Parking" sign 00:04:05--Well dressed men and women eating at formal dining room tables, camera pans across multiple tables 00:05:26--"Model Laundry Inc. of Asheboro, N.C." sign, interior shots of laundry, African American women and white men working machines and washing and folding laundry 00:06:03--African American women and white women washing, sorting, ironing, folding, and packaging laundry 00:07:06--Interior shot of shelves with wrapped packages of laundry, man taking packages off the shelf and giving them to patrons, group shot of employees of Model Laundry Co. 00:07:39--Pedestrians walking toward camera on downtown sidewalk 00:07:42--Sped up footage of pedestrians walking on downtown sidewalk 00:08:09--Sped up footage of cars driving on downtown streets, African American man stands in middle of traffic in center of frame and removes hat 00:08:25--Pedestrians crossing street, man holding baby, children posing in front of cafe storefront 00:08:39--Group shot of basketball team posing in matching shirts 00:08:54--Men and women leaving factory building, exiting from door marked "Employees Only", some men and women hiding faces from camera 00:10:42--Group of women walking toward camera, "Kemp's Cafe" sign, workers leaving factory building 00:11:45--People on downtown sidewalk posing for camera, some drinking from paper cups, pedestrians walking on sidewalk toward camera 00:12:15--Workers exiting building, some waving at camera, others hiding their faces, men smoking 00:12:53--Slow motion footage of pedestrians walking down sidewalk approaching camera 00:13:59--Sped up reversed footage of pedestrians walking on sidwalk, "Southern Crown Milling Co." sign on building 00:14:11--Women walking with young children pushing baby in stroller, close up shots of children, pedestrians walking on downtown sidewalk, close shots of children's faces 00:14:50--Medium shots of pedestrians walking on downtown sidewalk 00:15:03--Slow motion effect men crossing street, groups of girls walking arm in arm, woman walking with small children, boy riding bicycle.
Location:
Format:
Extent:
TRT 00:15:29
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:
  • rl10075dbcam0002010
  • baee3d3a02e0e91cdf6fe48d2d49ae9d
  • watershlee
  • duke:611499
  • RL10075-DBCAM-0002_01
  • ark:/87924/r4k935160
  • 675badc3-6e65-40b9-b30d-d6ee926765de
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