Home movie footage taken in Hunts Point, NY
date: label: Date
content: ca.1949
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023
notes: label: Caption
content: This 16mm film is a home movie shot circa 1949 in the Hunts Point neighborhood in Bronx, New York. It features footage of street scenes, local businesses, and regional transportation methods.
label: Description
content: 16mm, silent, black-and-white film of the Hunts Point neighborhood in the Bronx, New York. The footage includes storefronts, street scenes, and cars. The film begins with a street scene. A police car is driving towards the camera, and the camera follows the car as it passes by. The next scene shows two street signs at an intersection. One of the street signs reads Washington St. The next scene shows a storefront window advertising the Beaird Produce Co. and Beaird Seafoods, Ltd. The next scene shows cars driving down the street away from the camera. Also in the footage is an elevated segment of the New York Central Railroad, and several restaurant and bar signs on the side of the buildings. The next scene includes a close-up of the elevated railroad with the New York Central name painted on the side. The camera pans the side of a building that the railroad passes through. The next scene shows another advertisement on a window, and this one reads Boneless Meat. The remaining scenes appear to be filmed from a moving fishing boat. The footage shows other fishing boats in the water and a brief shot of the boat captain.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Hunts Point, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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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: 2012.79.1.15.1a
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: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 150 ft
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 4 min.