<I>Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #6</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1946-1966
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: 8mm Film (a), Original film reel (b), Original film canister (c).
label: Description
content: 2016.95.9.1a: 8mm film. This home movie begins with an exterior shot of a home with the number “3664” on the top stair of the stairs leading up to the porch. Sorrell, a boy, and a dog walk out of the door and proceed down the stairs. There is a quick exterior shot of the house from a left angle. A woman exits the house and walks down the stairs with the dog. Another shot of a woman and man with a camera in his hand walking out of the front door and down the front porch. The young boy and the dog are sitting on the porch behind them, and close up shots of the dog and the boy follow. Next, there are multiple shots of animals in a zoo. Animals include alligators, other reptiles, a turtle, a giraffe, a camel, flamingos, penguins, hippos, elephants, a bull, monkeys, and a bear. There are intermittent shots of Sorrel and his family and/or friends walking around the zoo, sitting on a bench, and walking down the street together. There is a title card that reads “Our Friends”, that is followed by multiple shots of guests shaking hands for the camera in front of a white backdrop. A little girl dances in front of the backdrop, and the camera fades to the same girl dancing, in a different outfit, in front of a white curtain next to a piano. When she finishes her routine, the came fades to black and fades in to a another, older girl, dancing in the same room. At the end of her routine, the younger girl twirls into the frame and they both bow together. The camera fades to black, fades back into the same scene, and cuts to the younger girl dancing by herself again. There is another cut to the two girls standing together and smiling for the camera. The final shot is a medium close up shot of a man and a woman sitting on a couch smiling and talking.
label: Description
content: 2016.95.9.1b: Original film reel.
label: Description
content: 2016.95.9.1c: Original film can. This film canister has handwriting on the top. Handwritten pencil reads: “The Gang, Wendell Cooper”. Handwritten marker reads: “Sterling Sugar Beauty Zoo”.
title: label: Title
content: 8mm motion picture film of Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #6
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Travel
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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: 2016.95.9.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: motion pictures (information artifacts)
label: Type
content: 8mm (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: 8mm Film (a): acetate film;
label: Medium
content: Reel (b): plastic;
label: Medium
content: Film Can (c): metal
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 11.5 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Film Length: 145 Feet