<I>Cab Calloway Home Movie #1</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1951
name: label: Created by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Created by
content: Nuffie Calloway, American, 1915 - 2008
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm black-and-white, silent home movie film by Cab and Zulme "Nuffie" Calloway during a tour of the Caribbean, with film edge code indicating a year of 1951. The film strip consists of double perforated film stock with frames in the middle.
label: Description
content: The film begins with two panning shots of elementary school boys standing in formation and performing group exercises. This is followed by a sequence of shots taken from a moving vehicle. The shots depict a post office, a police station, and homes along the side of the road. A sign on the police station indicates that the location is Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. Next, the camera captures a rail crossing as a freight train passes by. Further shots from the road follow. Most notably, there is a shot of school children studying at their desks outdoors. The next shot depicts a group of unidentified people posing for the camera in an unidentified location. This is followed by a panning shot taken at the courtyard of a school. A sign indicates that it is the Chaguanas Government School. The subsequent series of shots document the processing of raw sugar cane into sugar and features a number of the workers posing for the camera. The final sequence, taken from a moving vehicle, depicts individuals and homes along the side of the road. One shot in particular depicts a Hindu temple in the shape of a small tower.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hinduism
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Sugarcane
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III 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 Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.273.2.1.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: silent films
label: Type
content: home movies
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Creative Arts By Calloway, LLC
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Length (film strip): 150 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 00:04:46