<I>Michael Holman Family Home Movie #3</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1957
name: label: Created by
content: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901
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 wide shot of the Eiffel Tower. This is followed by several shots of street scenes around Paris. Next, there are several shots of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France. The subsequent shots are of street scenes in an unidentified city in Spain, including one of an unidentified cathedral. Tracking shots of an unidentified coastline follow these scenes. The next scene is a series of tracking shots of an unidentified village at the foot of a mountain. There is a quick shot of an unidentified cathedral followed by shots of rural life in an unidentified location. A shot of the Puerto de Somosierra mountain pass precedes a series of shots overlooking an unidentified city, which conclude the film.
label: Description
content: The standard yellow Kodak 8mm film box (c) that accompanies the film has handwritten mailing addresses for processing film in Europe. It also includes some handwritten notes on its contents.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, Lourdes, Midi-Pyrénées, France, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Puerto de Somosierra, Segovia, Spain, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Travel
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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: 2016.31.3.3.1abc
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