1962-1969AFRICAN AMERICAN HOME MOVIES
African American Family Home Movies - 1960's. A Road trip to the Pacific Northwestern United States, and stopping at the Seattle World's Fair.
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Reel Begins - African American Family Home Movies - 1960's
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Two very nicely dressed African American women at roadside picnic table preparing coffee on campground grill. Classy looking African American man wearing a flat cap (aka Newsboy cap) leaning on car and waves to camera
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| 01:01:02 62.51 |
Same three folk sitting at picnic table enjoying a meal. Other picnic tables and trees in bkgd.
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| 01:01:12 72.7 |
Large wooden vintage State welcome sign for Oregon.
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| 01:01:30 90.75 |
Same two African American ladies looking out at the mountain view from roadside lookout. Car parked on side.
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| 01:01:42 102.62 |
One of the women standing at the parked car bends over and same gentleman from before pretends to smack her on the butt
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| 01:01:49 109.17 |
White religious statue of most likely the Virgin Mary
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| 01:02:37 157.71 |
WS of a religious statue on top of a high stone peak
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| 01:02:39 159.21 |
Film has white tint. Nuns seen walking in a courtyard, two African American women pose in front of stone wall.
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| 01:02:56 176.75 |
Various - African American man with camera directing the two women. The women looking at various stone plaques and statues, walking on dirt path admiring the gardens.
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| 01:04:36 276.62 |
Exterior beautiful stone church or religious compound.
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| 01:04:48 288.33 |
Large cross with Christ lying on the ground.
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| 01:04:54 294.94 |
Open antique bible on display "Second Sorrow". Very dark shots inside church, statues and var open bible pages.
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| 01:06:21 381.83 |
Two African American women very well dressed, standing by their cars in motel parking lot. Pan up vintage motel sign "Knickerbocker Motel" "Phones in Rooms" "Kitchens". Cars parked in front of motel room doors.
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| 01:06:56 416.37 |
Pan downtown area, could be Portland, Oregon. Union Pacific sign on building, across from large red "National Shirt Shops" sign and awesome big 'ol clock on the sidewalk
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| 01:07:11 431.05 |
Forestry Building sign on log building. Folk coming out of building through large barn doors. Shots of the quite amazing log building from different angles,
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| 01:07:48 468.56 |
Grainy shots of a vintage steam engine freight train in Oreegon carrying some giant logs
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| 01:08:13 493.24 |
Wooden sign for the Forestry Building - the Gallery of Trees
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| 01:08:13 493.81 |
Cutaway to a large garden of red, yellow and white flowers. Well dressed African American people walking admiring the stately gardens
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| 01:09:55 595.58 |
Vintage sight seeing tour bus parked, people getting in.
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| 01:10:13 613.02 |
Pan the countryside from moving bus. Slow pan up large wooden carved totem pole.
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| 01:10:39 639.91 |
Pan through beautiful manicured gardens with white statues, peacocks roaming around, pink flamingos and other exotic birds. African American women admiring the flowers and birds.
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| 01:14:47 887.06 |
State Capitol sign with big arrow.
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| 01:14:49 889.54 |
Var shots the Washington State Capitol building and campus in Olympia, Washington, monument of soldiers and winged victory angel.
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| 01:15:42 942.57 |
Cutaway to large brick estate home
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| 01:16:00 960.72 |
POV car driving along two lane highway
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| 01:16:11 971.39 |
Cutaway to var photos of African American Women and one Gentleman posing in front of one story motel or home,
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| 01:17:06 1026.36 |
Var shots around the Seattle World's Fair in the early '60s, various pavilions, peop;e walking about.
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| 01:17:53 1073.74 |
Tilt up on the Seattle Space Needle exhibit, tram cars going straight up to the top. Folks at the bottom of the Needle waiting to get on the ride. Sign reading "To Observation Level Only"
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| 01:18:49 1129.89 |
The cutest little boy wearing red pants and a hat with a feather dancing around at the Fair.
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| 01:19:45 1185.1 |
CU Two African American ladies with binoculars around their necks looking right at the camera.
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| 01:19:54 1194.22 |
Contemporary building with modern arches and fountains out front. Many people are seen walking about - most likely an exhibit at the Seattle World's Fair
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| 01:20:15 1214.98 |
Pan Seattle World's Fair colorful exhibits, tram, waterfall in front of the Space Needle, floral displays.
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| 01:20:44 1244.53 |
Slow pan up the Space Needle, wall of colorful contemporary mosaic art
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| 01:21:22 1282.71 |
Helicopter in the air
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| 01:21:30 1290.66 |
Var shots of the Seattle World's Fair, many tourists walking about, wagon advertising Circus Berlin, tram ride - homes on the hills beyond are seen, Fair directional signs pointing the way to the Flag Plaza, first aid, security, etc.
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| 01:22:04 1324.93 |
Helicopter flying above the Fair makes a landing on top of a building.
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| 01:22:15 1335.26 |
Giant United States Post Office sign with American flag at the Space Needle
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| 01:22:25 1345.86 |
Water features, motor speed boats racing around fountain. water skiers demonstration - five skiers holding colorful flags, skiing on one leg and in a pyramid, solo skiers doing tricks
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| 01:24:57 1497.88 |
WS pan large sign for the Seattle World's Fair Stadium
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| 01:25:13 1513.03 |
Crazy looking rubber donkey heads hanging on a wall and moving
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| 01:25:16 1516.52 |
var shots around the Fair, train ride, thousands of folk on the grounds - POV elevated train ride around the Fair
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| 01:25:47 1547.32 |
Cutaway, tugboat on the water at the Port of Seattle. Signage on top of warehouse for Port of Seattle and large Port of Seattle Lenor St Pier 65 sign
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| 01:26:14 1574.5 |
POV across the way - the Seattle Auto Freight Depot Inc., large trucks parked
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| 01:26:19 1579.1 |
Nicely dressed African American man wearing trucker hat and windbreaker smiling happily for the camera and jokingly pulls out his own moving camera
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| 01:26:24 1584.63 |
WS var barges of different sizes on the water - grainy film with ragged black edges
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| 01:26:48 1608.01 |
Grainy footage of Seattle skyline and residential areas from Port of Seattle.
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| 01:27:45 1665.91 |
African American lady is a bit chilly wearing a head scarf and buttoning her jacket on board a tour boat. she smiles and waves at camera.
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| 01:27:52 1672.85 |
Same lady posing on the 'Princess Margerite' with her gentleman who is holding his movie camera
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| 01:27:57 1677.71 |
Other younger African American gal on same tour boat dressed nicely wearing white gloves walking and looking overboard, posing on the boat
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| 01:28:26 1706.73 |
Pan the coastline from the Princess Margerite
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| 01:29:11 1751.23 |
End reel - African American Family Home Movies - 1960's
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