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

This film is part of a series of films taken by H. Lee Waters titled Movies of Local People. The series captures residents of small towns across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia between 1936 and 1942.

00:00:30--First Peoples Saving and Loan presents Asheboro 1940 title card
00:00:51--Children playing on dirt yard, jumping rope, young women doing calisthenics, boys playing football, drinking from water fountain, playing games in schoolyard
00:01:55--Close up of two girls with oval mask, close up of boy and girl with oval mask, close ups of other children, children jumping rope and playing
00:03:06--Students leaving school building, police officer directing traffic, students walking home from school on sidewalk, students playing games in front of school busses, students posing for camera on school steps, children jumping in group for camera, students entering and leaving school building
00:06:46--“Coffin and Scarboro Men's Shop” sign, “Arrow Shirts” sign, “Stetson Hats” sign, “Botany Ties” sign, “Interwoven Socks” sign, “Suits Made to Measure” sign, “Men's Shop” sign, salesman stocking shelves, men trying on hats, panning shots of merchandise
00:07:53--Men sitting on loading doc drinking soda, “Goodrich Tires” sign, exterior of tire shop, interior of shop with shots of batteries, bicycles, radios and other car products
00:09:23--Men and women leaving mill building, “Tru Ade” sign
00:10:44--Shots of city street, “Capitol theater” sign, “Sunset theater” sign, Rosalind Russell and Don Amechi “The Feminine Touch”, women leaving a textile mill, men leaving textille mill
00:11:31--Pedestrians on downtown sidewalk, girl holding puppy, police officer waving to camera
00:12:23--“Randolph Drug Co. Cut Rate Drugs” sign, luncheonette sign, interior shots of drug store, employees serving patrons, “Prescription Dept.” sign, shot of pharmacist and other employee
00:13:03--Rotary International sign, well-dressed men and women seated around table, one man has napkin over his face
00:14:10--Boy holding copy of local newspaper “Grit”, boy scouts pitching tents and cooking over open fire, boys gathering wood
00:14:42--“H. Theo Lewis Photographer” sign, vertical split screen with different shots of pedestrians on downtown sidewalk, women walking with children, bootblack shining shoes, “Coca-Cola” sign, “Coffin & Scarboro Shoes” sign, girls wearing majorette outfits
00:15:39--End vertical split screen, boy sitting in parked car, fire trucks carrying fire fighters departing station in truck, men walking in parking lot, water tower
00:16:00--Exterior shot of school, children being led by teacher outside, children playing in groups and individually
00:17:35--Oval masking with twin girls in identical outfits posing for camera, end oval masking, children playing games in school yard, close ups of children and babies, boys playing football, girls playing baseball
00:19:32--“Model Laundry Inc. of Asheboro, N.C.” sign, shots of interior of laundry with employees working with machinery, some white men and mostly African American women working, employees packaging finished laundry, group shot of African American and white employees
00:20:35--Women and men exiting brick building
00:22:33--Exterior shot of art deco building, men and women walking on sidewalk, man hoeing in small garden plot, women pushing babies in carriages
00:22:49--Boys playing football in uniform, group shot of players, coaches
00:23:23--Well-dressed men and women sitting at table with American and United Kingdom flags having a formal meal
00:24:10--Girls walking on sidewalk
00:24:19--Men exiting building carrying newspapers for delivery, man painting windows, police officer walking beat, pedestrians walking on sidewalk, children playing in front of school building, boys playing baseball
00:25:12--“Central Falls” sign, children playing with dog, teachers leading group of school children outside
00:25:59--Men sawing logs at lumber mill, men and women walking down sidewalk in town,”Service Shoe Shop” sign, “Coca-Cola” sign
00:26:38--End title sequence, “Asheboro 1940 saved for you by First Peoples Saving and Loan”, exterior shot of bank building circa 1970s.