Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: CSF-26

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00:01:19 10	VARIOUS SHOTS COLORFUL FOUNTAIN AT NIGHT, WITH STREAMS OF WATER SHOOTING UPWARDS, COMING ON AND OFF..
00:01:45 36	CU COLORFUL MUNICIPAL FOUNTAIN IN CHICAGO AT NIGHT
00:02:58 109	TWO WELL-DRESSED BLACK MEN POSE BEFORE FOUNTAIN IN DAYTIME. MAN IN WHITE SUIT EXITS BUILDING, POSES FOR CAMERA (BLACK LEADER ?). MS SAME MAN STANDING BY BLACK LIMO, CROSSES STREET TOWARDS CAMERA, WAITS AS CAR PASSES IN FRONT OF HIM. 1940S CARS PARKED AT CURB IN B/G,
00:03:15 126	PAN DOWN CONCRETE AFRICAN AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCH - 1940'S AUTOMOBILES PARKED IN FRONT
00:03:33 144	PAN, TILT DOWN LARGE CORNER CHURCH BUILDING IN CITY CARS PARKED IN FRONT ON BOTH CORNERS. BURLY BLACK MAN, CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM LIPS, PORTFOLIO UNDER ARM, CROSSES STREET TOWARDS CAMERA, WITH SMALL BOY AND TWO WOMEN
00:03:40 151	CHURCH GOERS MINGLE INFRONT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY SERVICES
00:03:51 162	ms WELL DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY CROSS STREET - WALK DIRECTLY INTO CAMERA
00:04:11 182	CROWD BLACKS SOME CARRYING SIGNS LINE CURB AS POLICEMAN IN F/G DIRECTS HEAVY TWO WAY TRAFFIC, CIRCA 1940, ON AVENUE AT INTERSECTION. PEOPLE CROSSING. MS SIGNS INCLUDE "PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH....", "LITTLE FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH.....", "PINEY GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH....". "MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH".
00:04:20 191	WS AFRICAN AMERICAN BABPTIST CONVENTION 1942 CONVENTIONERS WITH BANNERS FOR DIFFERENT CHURCHS MINGLE ON STREET IN FRONT OF CONVENTION CENTER
00:04:32 203	MS AFRO-AMERICAN CONVENTIONERS HOLD SIGNS PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH LITTLE FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH PINEY GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH WHEAT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH SIGNS IN VIEW
00:04:47 218	ME SIGN FOR MOUNT ZION BABTIST CHURCH REVEREND J.T. DORSEY
00:04:49 220	BLACK CONVENTIONERS HOLD BANNER FOR GATE CITY MARCHING CLUB OF ATLANTA GEIRGIA
00:05:00 231	PAN WS OF LINES OF BLACK CONVENTIONERS AT 1942 BAPTIST CONVENTION
00:05:30 261	MS AFRICAN AMERICAN PARADE DOWN STREET BATON TWIRLERS HIGH STEPPERS ( FOOTAGE IS BADLY SHRUNKEN AND PARTIALLY OUT OF FOCUS )
00:05:37 268	BLACK BOY SCOUT STANDS IN STREET , HAND ON HIPS, WATCHING MARCHING BAND LED BY DRUM MAJORETTE TWIRLING BATON. GIRL MAJORETTE DOES ACROBATICS AS SHE TWIRLS BATON TOWARDS CAMERA, FOLLOWED BY NEW ORLEANS STYLE ALL-BLACK BRASS BAND. CHURCH GROUPS MARCH. CARRYING PLACARDS IDENTIFYING THEIR CHURCH. "EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH, MT. OLIVE" AND OTHERS. NURSES (?), WOMEN DRESSED IN WHITE.. LARGE WOMEN GROUPS. GEORGIA.
00:05:45 276	CU AFRICAN AMERICAN MARCHING BAND CU
00:07:05 356	LARGE GROUP OF CONVENTIONERS MARCH / PARADE TO CONVENTION CENTER HOLDING BANNERS AND SIGNS - - - A SIGN FOR EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING SR. IN VIEW
00:07:26 377	MS CONVENTIONERS HOLD SIGN FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING FATHER'S CHURCH EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH with MARTIN LUTHER KING SR. 'S NAME ON BANNER CIRCA 1950
00:07:40 391	LARGE GROUP OF WELL DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICANS WALK ON STREETS
00:08:27 438	MLS PAN HUGE BLOCK LONG ALL BRICK AUDITORIUM AND DOMED STADIUM COMPLEX WITH WORD "AUDITORIUM" ABOVE ENTRANCE. PAN TO STADIUM COMPLEX. LARGE ROOF "BLATZ" SIGN IN B/G. HUGE CROWD BLACK BAPTIST CONVENTIONEERS IN FRONT OF BUILDING LONG ROW OF CARS PARKED ALONG CURB IN FRONT OF COMPLEX. POV ACROSS WIDE AVENUE WITH TWO WAY TRAFFIC SEPARATED BY CONCRETE ISLAND. HEAVY CIRCA 1940 TRAFFIC GOING BOTH WAYS. CU "AUDITORIUM" SIGN., TILT DOWN TO CROWD CONVENTIONERS IN FRONT. WELL DRESSED MEN IN WHITE FEDORAS, GATHERED ON SIDEWALK POV AUDITORIUM STEPS LOOKING OUT TO SIDEWALK AND TRAFFIC. THREE MEN CHATTING ON STEPS, ONE HOLDS HAND UP AS POINTING, THREE REMOVE WHITE FEDORAS FOR CAMERA.
00:08:30 441	CIRCA 1950 TRAFFIC SPEEDS BY INFRONT OF CONVENTION CENTER AUDITORIUM
00:09:32 503	MS STREET SCENE TRAFFIC SPEEDS BY BLATZ BEER NEON SIGN CITY SCAPE COLOR LATE 1940'S
00:09:48 519	MS WELL DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH GOERS STAND INFRONT OF OLD BRICK MINICIPAL AUDITORIUM EXTENSIVE FOOTAGE OF THE CIRCA 1950 BAPTIST CONVENTION
00:10:57 588	MS BLACK MAN AIMS HIS HOME MOVIE CAMERA, SHOOTS. BURLY MAN IN BROWN SUIT SHAKES HANDS WITH THIN MAN IN BLUE SUIT, AS THEY POSE.. MORE OF FASHIONABLE BLACK MEN, WOMEN POSING ON STEPS AND ON SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF AUDITORIUM. CITY FACTORIES, BUSINESS DISTRICT IN B/G, INCLUDING "BLATZ" SIGN ON ROOF AND ON BILLBOARD ACROSS AVENUE.
00:11:19 610	CROWD OF WELL DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK ADULTS MINGLE IN FRONT OF CHURCH SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE GOING TO CHURCH AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGION
00:12:25 676	MS THOMAS A. DORSEY POSES FOR CAMERA - WEARS OVERSIZED CAP
00:12:54 705	BLACK MAN WITH LIGHT BROWN SUIT, CAP POSES STIFFLY, IGNORING MAN NEXT TO HIM. BLACK GIRLS WALKING DOWN STEPS LOOK LIKE FASHION PARADE OF SUMMER DRESSES. MAN WATCHES WITH FLASH CAMERA IN HAND.
00:13:05 716	NUMEROUS SHOTS OF WELL DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICANS POSSING FOR CAMERA IN FRONT OF CONVENTION CENTER CIRCA 1950 COULD PASS FOR PEOPLE GOING TO CHURCH
00:13:18 729	MS GROUP OF SIX YOUNG BLACK WOMEN IN COLORFUL DRESSES WALK DOWN CONVENTION CENTER STEPS
00:13:32 743	possible GERTRUNDE WARD AND HER DAUGHTERS ( later to be famous as the CLARA WARD SINGERS ) POSE FOR CAMERA IN FRONT OF CONVENTION CENTER . ( HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN GOSPEL MUSIC )
00:14:00 771	AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICE OFFICER POSES WITH OTHER AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FRONT OF CONVENTION CENTER BLACK LIFE LATE 1950 AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE LATE 1940'S EARLY 50'S
00:14:00 771	VARIOUS SHOTS MEN CHATTING WITH POLICEMAN, ALL POSE. MAN SHAKES HANDS WITH GROUP OF WOMEN, THEN WITH FAT MAN WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH.
00:15:23 854	MS TWO PRETTY YOUNG WOMEN STANDING BY CARS AT CURB ARE APPROACHED WITH DAPPER YOUNG MAN. WHO SHAKES THEIR HANDS, AS HE POSES. MEN WITH CONVENTION RIBBONS ON LAPELS POSE, SHAKE HANDS.
00:15:34 865	YOUNG WILA AND CLARA WARD ( ??) MINGLE IN FRONT OF CONVENTION CENTER
00:16:00 891	AFRO-AMERICAN MEN IN SUITS AND SILK TIES POSE INFRONT OF CONVENTION CENTER TIP HATS TO MOVIE CAMERA
00:16:40 931	GROUP OF WELL DRESSED AFRO-AMERICN BLACK MEN SHAKE HANDS AND GREET EACH OTHER
00:17:17 968	MS RARE FOOTAGE GERTRUDE MA RAINEY, FORMER BLUES SINGER POSES NEAR STEPS TO ENTRANCE OF CONVENTION CENTER. CIRCA 1938 (?), AFTER SHE FOUND RELIGION. MUSIC, BLUES, BLACK HISTORY.
00:17:21 972	VARIOUS SHOTS FASHIONABLY DRESSED BLACK WOMEN, POSING AT CURB EDGE, PARKED CARS. FAT MAN WITH SMALL VALISE WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA WITH WHITE (?) WOMAN.
00:18:17 1028	MS GROUP BLACK MEN, WOMEN POSE, CHAIN OF STORES IN B/G INCLUDE SIGN "RUBBER, VINYL FLOWERS AND OTHERS.
00:18:40 1051	GROUP OF WELL DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK CHURCH LADIES POSE FOR CAMERA INFRONT OF BRICK CHURCH
00:19:25 1096	MS WELL DRESSED MAN AND TEEN-BOY BOTH WEARING FEDORAS. BOTH REMOVE HATS FOR CAMERA. CONVENTION BUILDING IN B/G. MORE OF POSING GROUPS AT SAME SPOT. CONVENTION RIBBONS ON LAPELS. BLACK WOMAN WITH SILVER WHITE HAIR, POSES WITH TWO BURLY MEN. ONE LOVINGLY TOUCHES HER HAIR WHITE COUPLE POSES WITH BLACK GROUP.
00:20:14 1145	WOMAN POSES BY SIGN WITH ARROW, "TO CONVENTION HAL".
00:20:52 1183	MS COLORFUL LONG BILLBOARD STYLE SIGN IN FRONT OF OLD BRICK BUILDING READING " WELCOME MESSENGERS - NATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL & BAPTIST TRAINING UNION CONGRESS - JUNE 21-27 "
00:20:53 1184	MLS BLOCK LONG STRIPED BLACK AND WHITE AWNING OVER STEPS OF CONVENTION HALL WITH SIGN "WELCOME MESSENGERS", SUNDAY SCHOOL & BAPTIST TRAINING UNION CONGRESS, jUNE 21 - 27 ....". PEOPLE MINGLING UNDER AWNING.
00:21:38 1229	MS WELL DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK MEN TIP HATS FOR CAMERA ON RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH MANY CARS PASSING BY
00:22:00 1251	MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS MILLING ABOUT IN FRONT OF CANOPY OF CONVENTION BUILDING LADIES USE UMBRELLAS TO PROTECT FROM THE SUN WELL DRESSED CROSS SECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK CHURCH MEMBERS COLORFUL DRESSES SILK TIES STRAW HATS
00:23:25 1336	MS THREE WOMEN POSING, HUGE RED TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK PASSES IN B/G, ANOTHER WHITE TRUCK PASSES IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
00:24:03 1374	MS AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK MEN PURCHASE NEWSPAPERS FROM BLACK NEWSBOYS
00:24:30 1401	MS TWO WELL DRESSED BLACK MEN SHAKE HANDS AND TIP HATS
00:25:54 1485	WOMEN, MEN, ICE CREAM VENDER AND BICYCLE CART IN B/G
00:26:04 1495	BLACK MAN HOLDS CUP OF ICES IN HAND AS HE POSES, "SHELL" STATION AND SIGN IN B/G
00:27:54 1605	FAT BLACK MAN POSES. VENDER SELLING ICES FROM BIKE CART IN B/G. "BAKERS" ON CART.
00:28:33 1644	BLACK MAN, BACK TO CAMERA, TAKES PHOTO OF THREE WOMEN POSING BY STONE MONUMENT.
00:29:28 1699	PAN LONG LINE STANDING MEN POSING FOR GROUP SHOT, AS LONG LINE OF WOMEN SIT ON LAWN IN FRONT OF MEN.
00:30:37 1768	LARGE GROUP OF WEL DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULTS POSE FOR MOVIE CAMERA GROUP SHOT
00:30:53 1784	CU BANNER ON BUS " YOUTH DEPARTMENT - CITY BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL INST. OF CLEVELAND OHIO "
00:30:59 1790	PARKED BUS WITH BANNER ON SIDE, "YOUTH DEPARTMENT, OF THE CITY BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL INST. OF CLEVELAND, OHIO".
00:31:04 1795	MS TWO WOMAN AND MAN STAND BY BACK OF SNAZZY WHITE HARD TOP WHITE CHEVY WITH BANNER WRAPPED ON REAR FENDER, "WE;COME SUNDAY SCHOOL.....". MS DECORATED TRUCK BODY WITH SIGN "GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH, S. S. B. T. U. ....."
00:31:11 1802	GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK BOY SCOUTS IN UNIFORM AND FLAGS POSE FOR CAMERA BLACK BOYSCOUT TROUP CIRCA 1950'S
00:31:18 1809	MS GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS POSE WITH FLAGS INCLUDING U. S. FLAGS. BUS TAKES OFF IN B/G. LITTLE BLACK GIRL POSES IN WHITE SUNDAY DRESS. MAN RIDING TRACTOR PULLING LARGE FLORAL FLOAT WITH THRONE. VARIOUS VIEWS SNAZZY NEW CARS DECORATED WITH STREAMERS AND BANNERS, RIDING IN MOTORCADE.. NEW RED CONVERTIBLE WITH "......... BUSINESS LEAGUE ON BANNER. CIRCA 1940S AUTOS. MCU BLACK WOMAN IN FLOWING GOWN SITS ON BACK OF RED CHEVY CONVERTIBLE SEAT AS MOTORCADE TAKES OFF, SHE WAVES. DECORATED CAB OF TRUCK PULLING FLOAT. SIGN ON CAB TOP "TABERNACLE". FLOAT HAS CHILDREN SITTING IN GAZEBO. WHITE CONVERTIBLE WITH TWO MEN AND WOMEN SITTING ON BACK OF SEAT.
00:31:40 1831	SHOTS OF COLORFUL FLOATS AND CARS WITH BANNERS IN PARADE OF BAPTIST CONVENTION ATTENDEES
00:32:48 1899	TWO PRETTY BLACK GIRLS SIT ON RIGHT AND LEFT FENDERS OF CAR IN MOTORCADE. PRETTY BLACK GIRLS SIT AROUND "QUEEN" SEATED ON THRONE ON FLORAL FLOAT.. MCU "QUEEN". TILT DOWN, PAN PRETTY GIRLS. GROUP IN CONVERTIBLE WITH BANNER "FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, FAIRFIELD, DREW WILLIAMS, PASTOR". FLOAT WITH "MAGNOLIA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DEPICTS CLASSROOM WITH TEACHER AND CHILDREN.
00:32:50 1901	NUMEROUS COLORFUL FLOATS FOR DIFFERENT BAPTIST CHURCHS AND BALCK OWNED BUISNESSES WITH WELL DRESSED BLACKS DRIVE BY
00:33:33 1944	CAR WITH BANNER, "FORNISS PRINTING CO.".
00:33:52 1963	TWO MEN AND WOMEN POSE IN FRONT WOOD FRAME RESIDENTIAL HOME. VARIOUS SHOTS BLACK WOMEN, YOUNG GIRLS AND OTHER BLACK GROUPS WALKING, POSING, ALONGSIDE FACTORY-LIKE BUILDING WITH PEELING PAINT ON WALLS, INCLUDING GROUP OF YOUNG MALE ADULTS WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA. (NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH ?)
00:36:09 2100	CU COLORFUL SIGN FOR " GREATER HARVEST BAPTIST CHUCH "
00:36:11 2102	CU GREATER HRVEST BAPTIST CHURCH ANNEX
00:36:15 2106	SIGN ON WALL "GREATER HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH". GROUP POSE IN FRONT OF LARGE WINDOW WITH CLOSED VENETIAN BLINDS, SIGN ON WINDOW "GRATER HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH ANNEX". LS THREE STORY NEIGHBORHOOD APARTMENT BUILDING IN CITY, WITH STORE FRONT ANNEX OF CHURCH. TRAFFIC, BUS, PASSING IN F/G R TO L.
00:36:50 2141	MLS CONVERTIBLE FLOWER CAR AND HEARST PARKED AT CURB IN FRONT OF STORE FRONT CHURCH ANNEX., CARS DOUBLE PARKED ALONG CURB. MEN GATHERED AROUND CHURCH STORE FRONT ANNEX, SHAKING HANDS KIDDING AROUND. MEN, WELL-DRESSED WOMEN EXIT CHURCH. WOMEN EXIT CHURCH CARRYING MANY LARGE FLORAL WREATHS, STAND THEM UP ON SIDEWALK. PASTOR EXITS WITH MALE LEADERS. COFFIN IS ROLLED OUT BY PALL BEARERS.
00:37:20 2171	BLACK PARISHERS EXIT SUNDAY SERVICE CIRCA 1950 INNER CITY STREET SCENE MINGLE ON SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF CHURCH
00:38:30 2241	COLORFUL FLORAL DISPLAYS ARE CARRIED FROM CHURCH ( AFTER FUNERAL MASS ??)
00:39:16 2287	COFFIN IS CARRIED FROM CHURCH AFTER AFRO-AMERICAN BLACK FUNERAL MASS MOURNERS FLOCK IN FRONT AS WREATHS AND FLORAL DISPLAYS ARE CARRIED OUT OF CHURCH
00:39:34 2305	MS GRIEVING MOURNING WIDOW DRESSED IN BLACK IS ESCOURTED FROM CHURCH BY TWO NURSES CIRCA 1950 AFRICAN AMERICAN FUNERAL
00:39:37 2308	TWO NURSES (?) ASSIST GRIEVING WIDOW (DRESSED IN BLACK) OUT OF CHURCH, LARGE GROUP FOLLOWS. 1940S FLORAL CARRYING LIMO (FLOWER CAR) CADILLAC HEARSE, MOTORCYCLE COPS LEAD FUNERAL PROCESSION OF CARS TO CEMETERY. TWO MOTORCYCLE COPS BACKS TO CAMERA LEAD FLOWER CAR, AND FUNERAL PROCESSION POV HEARST WINDOW.
00:40:35 2366	MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORT HEARST AND FUNERAL PROCESSION THROUGH STREETS ANDS HIGHWAY TO CEMETARY
00:41:00 2391	HEARST CONVERTIBLE WITH REAR FILLED WITH FUNERAL FLOWERS IS UNLOADED
00:41:09 2400	MEN BEGIN UNLOADING WREATHS FROM FLOWER CAR AT CEMETERY, AS PROCESSION OF 1940S CARS PASS. CU FLOWER WREATH OF RED, WHITE ROSES WITH CLOCK FACE ON IT SHOWING 5:30. (TIME OF DEATH ?). MORE WREATHS ALONGSIDE COFFIN. PAN MIXED RACE MOURNERS, WHO WATCH AS COFFIN IS LOWERED. 1940S CADDY AND BUICK LEAVING CEMETERY.
00:41:10 2401	MCU PROCESSION OF CIRCA 1950 AUTOMOBILES DRIVE PAST CAMERA ON DUSTY GRAVEL ROAD
00:41:44 2435	CU COLORFUL FUNERAL WREATH WITH CLOCK IN CENTER SET AT 6 O'CLOCK
00:42:00 2451	SHOTS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK FUNERAL GRAVESIDE CEREMONY
00:42:20 2471	CU COFFIN IS LOWERED INTO GRAVE GRIEVING AFRO-AMERICAN FAMILY AT GRAVESIDE COLOR FILM ENDS b&w BEGINS ( CIRCA 1940S)
00:45:20 2651	MLS RESIDENTIAL HOME SURROUNDED BY WHITE PICKET FENCE. LS BRICK AND STONE LARGE CHURCH BUILDING PASTOR WEARING FORMAL SUIT WITH TAILS BEGINS PROCESSION OUT OF CHURCH, DOWN STEPS, FOLLOWED BY SINGLE, DOUBLE LINE MEN, ELDERS (?). THEN ALL WOMEN GROUPS WOMEN IN WHITE, NURSES (?) THEN REST OF CONGREGATION IN MIXED GROUPS
00:46:18 2709	WELL DRESSED CHURCH GOERS EXIT AFRICAN AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCH ENTIRE CONGREGATION EXISTS CHURCH AFTER SUNDAY SERVICES
00:52:42 3093	EAST MEMPHIS TENNESSEE USHERS UNION MEMBERS EXIT BUILDING HOLDING BANNERS ( FOOTAGE IS OUT OF FOCUS DUE TO SHRINKAGE )
00:52:50 3101	TITLE (ONE WORD AT A TIME) "THE - EAST - MEMPHIS _ USHER'S - UNION F. H. HAMILTON, PRESIDENT, MRS. SAVANAH HAMILTON, SECRETARY". PARADE OF USHER GROUPS FOLLOWED BY FEMALE USHERS IN WHITE DRESSES EXITS CHURCH. MAN CARRYING BANNER (MT ZION USHER....." WITH NAME OF PASTOR. FOLLOWED BY GIRLS DRESSED IN NURSE UNIFORMS, HATS USHERS). MAN CARRYING SIGN "SPRINGDALE M. B. CHURCH USHER BOARD, REV. E. H. PRICE, PASTOR. FOLLOWED BY OTHER USHER GROUPS INCLUDING ST. STEPHEN WEST PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST CHURCH USHERS, SUMMERFIELD USHERS, "FIRST BAPTIST EAST MEMPHIS USHER....." AND OTHERS.
00:53:34 3145	MEMPHIS TENNESSEE MOUNT ZION USHERS POSE IN FRONT OF BUILDING AND EXIT BUILDING ( FOOTAGE IS IN FOCUS )
00:58:09 3420	MS MALE, FEMALE USHER LEADERS POSE ONE AT A TIME IN FRONT OF OPEN DOOR OF CHURCH. PROCESSION CONTINUES WITH MAN EXITING WITH BANNER "ST. LUKE USHERS", FOLLOWED BY FEMALE USHERS INN WHITE. PAN GROUP SHOT IN FRONT OF CHURCH.