Film footage of Bedford-Stuyvesant Youth in Action community organization
date: label: Date
content: 1964-1965
name: label: Edited by
content: Tee Beveridge, American, 1923 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Bedford-Stuyvesant Youth in Action, Inc., American, 1964 - 1978
label: Subject of
content: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American, 1929 - 1994
label: Owned by
content: Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023
notes: label: Caption
content: Silent, color 16mm footage of an event held by the community outreach organization, Bedford Stuyvesant Youth In Action, Inc., circa 1964-65. This footage features documentation of the Brooklyn Junior Olympics, Bedford Stuyvesant Youth In Action parades in Brooklyn, a Christmas party in the basement of a church, various dance and musical performances, footage of attendees dancing together on the dance floor, and an appearance by Jacqueline Kennedy and, then New York State U.S. Senator, Robert F. Kennedy.
label: Description
content: Silent, color, 16mm footage of an event held by the community outreach organization, Bedford Stuyvesant Youth in Action, Inc., circa 1964-65. This footage features documentation of the Brooklyn Junior Olympics, Bedford Stuyvesant Youth in Action parades in Brooklyn, a Christmas party in the basement of a church, various dance and musical performances, footage of attendees dancing together on the dance floor, and an appearance by Jacqueline Kennedy and, then New York State U.S. senator, Robert F. Kennedy.
label: Description
content: Reel 1 (2012.79.1.104.1a) opens with footage of the 1965 junior Olympics in Brooklyn. It features alternating scenes of youth playing various competitive sports outdoors, such as basketball, baseball, and fencing. At one point, people in formal attire can be seen on a tennis court. Several marching bands, identifiable by their different uniforms also perform on the tennis court. The next scene features a street parade, in which a small area on the street side has been converted to a stage decorated with American flag buntings. Different people give speeches at a podium, including Shirley Chisholm (who makes several other appearances in the film). The ensuing footage features various marching bands parading the street, a motorcade of cars with different signs on them as well as numerous floats on trucks. Some of the floats are decorated with signs like [Poverty…Help us bridge the gap…prosperity], another float’s sign reads [On The Job Training], while another reads [Young Mothers]. The last scene on the reel shows an indoor event with contemporary and African dance performances.
label: Description
content: Reel 2 (2012.79.1.104.1b) features a Christmas party. It opens with people handing children blue gift bags as the children walk through a crowded area. When the children exit the building, many of them open their gift bags, revealing toy trucks, toy airplanes etc. The film also features numerous choreographed dance performances as well as footage of audience members dancing. Several scenes show a man dressed as Santa Clause; in one scene, children sit on his lap. In another scene, then-Senator Robert Kennedy and his widowed sister-in-law, Jacqueline Kennedy, can be seeing exiting a car with an entourage. Senator Kennedy addresses the audience, and at one point a band can be seen performing as he does this.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Holidays and festivals
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Youth
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Pearl Bowser 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 Pearl Bowser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.79.1.104.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: silent films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Pearl Bowser
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film) (a): 1290 ft
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (a): 35 min., 17 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film) (b): 1290 ft
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (b): 36 min.