Statesville (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.

00:00:40--Students posing in front of school entrance, students arriving at school and walking through school yard, boys riding bicycles, group shot of students on school steps
00:03:52--Men sitting beside parked cars, men and women arriving at mill entrance, men and women leaving building
00:05:10--Boys in uniform at football practice, boys playing football, group shot of football team
00:06:28--Sped up footage of men and women entering and leaving building
00:06:59--Teacher and children playing in school yard, children playing games, boys playing baseball, close ups of individual children, girls playing baseball, boys playing soccer
00:10:20--Students leaving school in groups
00:12:11--Man standing in storefront doorway, pedestrians walking down city sidewalk, “Holmes Drug Co.” sign, police officer walking down street checking cars, “Goodrich Silvertown Stores” sign, “Hefner's Cafe” sign, “Purcell's Drugs” sign, pedestrians walking down city sidewalk, “Chesterfield” sign.