<I>Michael Holman Family Home Movie #12</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1961-1962
name: label: Created by
content: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901
label: Owned by
content: Michael Holman, American, born 1955
label: Subject of
content: Baha'i House of Worship, founded 1912
label: Created by
content: David Gaylord Montgomery, American, 1947 - 2002
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 images of the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The various shots capture the main structure itself, as well as the surrounding grounds. In one shot, a group of people descend a set of stairs in front of the temple. Next, an older woman, possibly Pauline Woods, stares into the lens not realizing that the camera is recording. This is followed by a series of shots depicting a teenage boy, David Gaylord Montgomery, wearing a navy suit and white shirt and interacting with and posing for the camera. He emerges from the front door of a home, poses in front of the home, and then poses in front of a car. The final series of shots show an older woman posing in the yard of a home in an unidentified location. The series also includes images of plants in the home's garden.
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 a brief handwritten content note.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Bahá'í faith
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Religion
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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: 2016.31.3.12.1abc
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