Boone (N.C.), 1936

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. Courtesy of W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.

00:00:00--Men and women on the sidewalk, crossing the street, “Jennings Store” sign, “Boone Post Office” sign, man with bandaged face, “Boone Drug Co.” sign
00:02:20--Boys playing soccer on dirt field, group shot of team
00:02:37--Men on sidewalk talking, “Dry Cleaners” sign
00:02:42--Men letting cattle out of pen
00:03:08--Child on sidewalk, “Belk White Co.” sign, women trying on coats, interior of store, men trying on clothing
00:04:25--“Cove Creek High School” sign, children playing outside and jumping rope, men and women walking down road, boys playing marbles, “Appalachian State Teacher's College” sign, women lined up in front of college, teachers and students leaving building, man fixing window
00:06:32--Boys playing football, children playing outside, students posing on school front steps, Pure service station sign, children and adults playing baseball, group shots of children posing, children playing
00:08:57--Young people on sidewalk, boys on bicycles, “Hodges Tire Co.” sign, “Belk White Co.” sign, “Purol Pep” sign, “Tiolene” sign, exterior of service station, African American men cleaning cars, cars entering service station garage, “Purol sign” on oil truck
00:09:59--“Goodyear Tires” sign, “Tiolene Motor Oil” sign and display, “Quaker State Motor Oil” sign, interior of service station, shots of car parts and tires, “Super Solvenized Purol-Pep” sign
00:10:39--African American service station workers, customers leaving cafe, “T.H. Cafe” sign, “Jewelry Store” sign, men and women on sidewalk
00:10:58--Women riding team of horses pulling wagon, African American man driving team of horses, “Rudemar Beauty Salon” sign, women receiving haircuts, women washing hair, patrons of hair salon
00:12:14--“Watauga Drug Store” sign, patrons of soda counter, man serving soda, people enjoying soda, interior shots of drug store
00:13:01--“Prescriptions” sign, pharmacist mixing medicine
00:13:19--Football practice, group shot of football players playing, posing, and exercising
00:13:57--Customers of cafeteria, worker serving food