Thomasville (N.C.), 1936-1940 (Reel 1)
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- Title:
- Thomasville (N.C.), 1936-1940 (Reel 1)
- Date:
- 1936 to 1940
- Creator:
- Waters, H. Lee
- Description:
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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.
00:00:47--Students (K-12) parading past camera with teachers
00:03:11--Young women posing in front of school, students walking down front steps grouped by class and separated by gender
00:05:18--Shots of individual students smiling while sitting in a group, man and woman walking down sidewalk
00:05:42--Exterior scenes of “Bill Thompson Inc. Shell Service Station” and car lot, cars pulling in, attendants filling gas tanks, wiping windows, and checking tires and fluids, sign that states "Used Cars & Trucks Renewed Guaranteed All Makes", line of cars for sale, men inspecting cars
00:07:04--Ford parts exchange, shelves full of auto parts, including anti-freeze, oil, and batteries
00:07:39--“The City Dry Cleaners” sign, “Alterations and Tailoring” sign, footage shows man dropping off coat and the process by which it was cleaned, dried, pressed in steam irons, and made ready for pickup
00:09:28--Large outdoor gathering of families seated at very long table, at least 100 people
00:09:48--“H. Lee Waters Photographer” sign
00:09:53--Male students and teacher from high school, students marching out of front door of school grouped by class but mixed gender
00:12:40--Students studying in science classroom, performing chemistry experiments, all-female class listening to nursing lecture, cooking, and sewing,
00:14:51--Male teacher at desk, answering phone
00:15:03--Exterior high shoot of front of school, panning to surrounding residential neighborhood from tall building in downtown, other panoramic shots of downtown and surrounding areas
00:16:15--Overhead shot of two young boys rolling tires down the sidewalk,
00:16:23--Overhead shot of steam shovel moving dirt, men supervising construction, cars parking, man waving at cameraman on rooftop, freight train passing through town,
00:16:48--Shot of some kind of tower surrounded by stairwell, presumably water tower, fire trucks and fire brigade
00:17:24--Young men standing outside “Gibson's Ice Cream Shop”, eating candies and smoking cigars, includes other pedestrians on the sidewalk and crossing the street
00:18:17--Reversed footage of cars driving on street
00:18:38--Two young African American boys with a cart crossing the street
00:18:43--Men standing on the sidewalk and smoking, man posing with child
- Location:
- Format:
- Extent:
- TRT 00:18:50
- Digital Collection:
- H. Lee Waters Film Collection
- Source Collection:
- H. Lee Waters Film collection, 1936-2005, bulk 1936-1942
- 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:
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- rl10075dvd0026020
- 23f676165e16b236b55ad380656135c0
- watershlee
- duke:611464
- RL10075-DBCAM-0027_02
- ark:/87924/r4sb41s8r
- 51c5c7a2-8837-4478-809c-5353762f97be
- Permalink:
- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4sb41s8r
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