Costume belt from <i>Glory</i>
date: label: date made
content: around
label: date made
content: around 1988
notes: label: Description
content: Leather belt from the 1989 film <i>Glory</i>. The film, directed by Edward Zwick, features Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Private Silas Tripp.
label: Description
content: <i>Glory</i> was the first film to illustrate the involvement of African American soldiers in the Civil War. The film follows the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the first African American Union regiment organized in the North during the Civil War, and culminates in the Battle at Fort Wagner. A re-enactor wore this Civil War uniform costume during the scenes depicting the Battle at Fort Wagner
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
topic: label: Subject
content: African American History
label: Subject
content: Costume
label: Subject
content: Movie
label: Subject
content: Entertainment, Film
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: In honor of Edith Slater and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0085.09
label: accession number
content: 2013.0085
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0085.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: belt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 in x 1 3/4 in; 99.06 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: part: belt buckle: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: part: scabbard: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: part: saber: 21 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 55.245 cm x 9.525 cm