<I>Michael Holman Family Home Movie #7</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1957-1958
name: label: Created by
content: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901
label: Subject of
content: Michael Holman, American, born 1955
label: Subject of
content: David Gaylord Montgomery, American, 1947 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Alice Thompson Montgomery, American, 1908 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Jewelle Diane Hart Alsop, American, 1931 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Frederick Mason Alsop Jr., American, 1931 - 2010
label: Owned by
content: Michael Holman, American, born 1955
notes: label: Caption
content: This film is from a collection of home movies filmed by the family of Michael Holman, an important figure in the history of hip hop. The collection predominately contains family vacation footage shot when Holman's father, Lt. Thomas Holman, was stationed in Europe with the US Army. Most of the footage was captured by Holman's grandmother, Pauline Thompson Wood. In addition to the European vacation films, the footage shot by Pauline Wood documents her involvement with the Baha'i Faith and includes footage of Baha'i events and pilgrimages to holy sites in Israel and Palestine. There is also footage of the family at home in San Francisco and other sites in California.
label: Description
content: This film is from a collection of home movies filmed by the family of Michael Holman, an important figure in the history of hip hop. It consists of a single reel of 8mm silent acetate film with color (a), an original plastic film reel (b), and an original cardboard film box (c).
label: Description
content: The film begins with a series of shots depicting a blue ranch-style house Girard St. on a quiet residential street., focusing on one home in particular. The next series of shots depict a backyard with a lush garden and includes close ups of many flowers. This is followed by shots of a family exiting a home on the street, getting into a car, and driving away. Subsequently, there are multiple, overexposed wide shots overlooking San Francisco. The next series depicts Pauline Thompson Wood’s dog, Baby Dog, a dog on the sidewalk. A shot of the Fairmont Hotel follows. Next, there is an underexposed shot taken from a moving vehicle. The film concludes with a series of shots taken in front of the home from the beginning of the film. In this series, David Montgomery wears a red striped shirt with khaki pants and waves at the camera. Jewelle Hart is on the left wearing a white shirt with a navy skirt and navy coat. Frederick Alsop, Jr. is in the middle wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and a hat, and Alice Thompson Montgomery is on right wearing a grey skirt suit and red high heels. David Montgomery, Alice Montgomery, Jewelle Hart, and Frederick Alsop, Jr. then the family kidsjoke around with one another outside and walk towards the camera at different moments.
label: Description
content: The standard yellow Kodak 8mm film box (c) that accompanies the film has handwritten mailing addresses for processing film in Europe.
place: label: Place depicted
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Recreation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Michael Holman Family 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.31.3.7.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: silent films
label: Type
content: home movies
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 8mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michael Holman
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film, plastic and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 3 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 50 Feet