<I>Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #3</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1955-1975
name: label: Created by
content: Maurice Sorrell, American, 1914 - 1998
notes: label: Caption
content: This 16mm film is from a collection of home movies shot by Maurice Sorrell between 1945 and 1975. The collection features travel footage, family outings, and gatherings with family and friends.
label: Description
content: Consists of: 16mm Film (a).
label: Description
content: 2016.95.5.1a: 16mm film. This home movie opens up with a close up shot of a home sign that reads “The Cleveland’s”. The next shot is of a woman braising a rotisserie chicken over a grill. Multiple angles show the chicken turn during various stages of the cooking process. The following footage is of various types of animals at a zoo. These animals include monkeys playing together, a long giraffe eating leaves from a tree outside of its cage, brown bears sleeping and moseying about, and polar bears sleeping and bathing. The closing shot is of a family standing under a sign that reads “COLUMBUS Z00 ENTRANCE”. There is a flash of a racetrack.
title: label: Title
content: 16mm motion picture film of Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #3
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Maurice Sorrell Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bonita F. Bing & The Late Blanche Beatrice Sorrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.95.5.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: motion pictures (information artifacts)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 3 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Film Length: 100 Feet