<I>The Passer </I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1959
name: label: Produced by
content: Borden Productions, Inc., American
label: Produced by
content: United States Naval Academy, American, founded 1845
label: Distributed by
content: Coca-Cola Company, American, founded 1892
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A short film with the title "The Passer" from Coco Cola’s Sports Training Film Series. It consists of a single reel of black-and-white acetate film with optical sound (2017.55.34.1a). The film was sponsored by Coca-Cola and produced by Borden Productions, Inc. in conjunction with the US Naval Academy. An original metal can (2017.55.34.1b) also accompanies the acetate film. The can is green and has a white label attached to it. The following is printed on the label [THE SPORTS TRAINING FILM SERIES / Sponsored by YOUR BOTTLER OF Coca-Cola / TITLE "THE PASSER" / WASHINGTON COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., INC. / 7350 RITCHIE ROAD CAPITOL HEIGHTS 27, MD. / Produced by BORDEN PRODUCTIONS, INC. / 20 Spruce Street Boston 8, Massachusetts].
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Football
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library 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, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.34.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 11 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 400 Feet