<I>Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #7</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1967
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: 2016.95.10.1a: 8mm film. This home movie begins with St. Louis street signs from inside a moving car. Shots of cars driving down the street follow. The next few shots are of a few men walking down the stairs of a home and/or building in their shriners’ outfits; which includes read hats labeled “Mecca”. A woman in a dress walks down the stairs as well. The shots that follow appear to be of a small parade. Men dressed in different types of shriners’ outfits march, while some ride horses. Three women with sashes ride on the back of a convertible. The camera cuts to a a series of wide shots from a moving train. There’s a shot of a boat labeled “Atlantic City Beach Patrol” followed by women walking down the boardwalk and sitting on the beach fanning themselves. This is followed by multiple shots of people swimming, walking down the beach, and socializing under beach umbrellas.
label: Description
content: 2016.95.10.1b: Original film reel.
label: Description
content: 2016.95.10.1c: Original film can. This film canister has a yellow, masking tape label on the front. Handwritten marker on label reads: “Mecca Temple w St. Louis - 1948”. This film canister also has handwriting on the top of the can. Handwritten marker reads: “St. Louis MO Mecca Temple, Cooper at Atlantic City”. Inside, there is a pink, handwritten note. Handwritten pen reads: “[1] Mecca Temple St. Louis, [2] Atlantic CityMrs. Queen [illegible], Be a + Maurice”.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: 8mm motion picture film of Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #7
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Societies
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: 2016.95.10.1abc
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: 12.5 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Film Length: 150 Feet