<I>Gang War</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1940
name: label: Directed by
content: Leo C. Popkin, Canadian, 1914 - 2011
label: Produced by
content: Harry M. Popkin, American, 1906 - 1991
label: Produced by
content: Million Dollar Productions, American, 1937 - 1940
label: Subject of
content: Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Monte Hawley, American, 1901 - 1950
label: Subject of
content: Gladys Snyder, American, 1920 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Jess Lee Brooks, American, 1894 - 1944
label: Subject of
content: Maceo Bruce Sheffield, American, 1897 - 1959
label: Subject of
content: Charles Hawkins, American
label: Subject of
content: Reginald Fenderson, American, 1911 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Johnny Thomas
label: Subject of
content: Bobby Johnson, American, 1910 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Henry Roberts
label: Subject of
content: Harold Garrison, American, 1901 - 1974
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm release print of the feature film Gang War. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film strips with variable-area optical sound. The film is about two Harlem gangs fighting for control of a jukebox “racket.” It opens with a newspaper headline from the Daily Times about a recent surge in crime. This is followed by a scene in a diner in which a gang member, Bob “Killer” Meade (Ralph Cooper), accuses members of a rival gang of conducting business in the wrong territory and a fight erupts between the two gangs. Some of the men flee the diner and run into a waiting car as another man shoots at them through a window. A chase between the men in the car and police officers ensues. The film ends with Bob “Killer” Meade resisting arrest by assaulting a police officer, which leads to a shootout between Killer and other law enforcement personnel.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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 Randall and Sam Nieman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.167.8.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: release prints (motion pictures)
label: Type
content: feature films
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: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 60 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 1): 1100 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 2): 1250 Feet