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BLACK SOUTHERN MIGRANT WORKERS IN COTTON FIELD WHOLE FAMILIES. TENANT FARMERS, SHARECROPPERS LABORERS
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00:01:40 21.23 |
WORKERS SHACKS. MEN RELAXING ON BENCHES IN FRONT OF TINY SHACKS
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00:01:46 27.23 |
SHANTIES SHACKS OF POOR WHITE FAMILIES
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00:01:50 31.23 |
INTERIOR SHACK OVERCROWDED WITH CHILDREN & MOTHERS PREPARING FOOD. POVERTY
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00:01:53 34.23 |
CU PLANTATION LANDLORDS, CIRCA 1936
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00:01:56 37.23 |
LANDLORD ON PORCH OF SHACK TALKING ABOUT THE PLANTATION SYSTEM. NONVERBAL POWER PLAY:
OWNER STANDING PUTS LEG UP WHILE TALKING TO SEATED WORKER |
00:02:11 52.23 |
PANS POOR MOTHER PUTTING CHILDREN TO SLEEP ROOM COMPLETELY FILLED WITH BEDS & CHILDREN
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00:02:27 68.23 |
HUGE STORAGE ROOM FILLED WITH BALES OF COTTON SURPLUS COTTON
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00:02:33 74.23 |
WS FIELDS OF COTTON
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00:02:37 78.23 |
PLOWING FIELDS OF COTTON. HORSE PULLING PLOW
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00:02:44 85.23 |
OUT OF SHARECROPPERS HANGING AROUND IN FRONT OF POST OFFICE. INTERCUTS STATISTICS
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00:02:57 98.23 |
EXTERIOR U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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00:03:01 102.23 |
INTERIOR, MEETING. COUNSELLOR GARDINER JACKSON OF THE AAA BEING INTERVIEWED
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00:03:45 146.23 |
INTERIOR SHACK IN EASTERN ARKANSAS, FRUSTRATED SON ANGRY AT FATHER, THROWS TOWEL ON TABLE
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00:03:57 158.23 |
ANGRY SHARECROPPER GIVING SPEECH. USING FIST FOR EMPHASIS. SAYS "WE CAN'T LIVE ON 75 CENTS A DAY".
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00:04:04 165.23 |
MONTAGE OF OLD SENIOR CITIZEN SHARECROPPERS LISTENING TO SPEAKER
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00:04:16 177.23 |
WHITE SHARECROPPERS CLAPPING FOR SPEAKER
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00:04:22 183.23 |
MEMPHIS, POV FROM ACROSS WATER, CIRCA 1936
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00:04:27 188.23 |
TENANTS JOINING SOUTHERN TENANTS FARMERS UNION WORKERS FOLDING & SENDING OUT PAMPHLETS
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00:04:43 204.23 |
FAMILY MOVING OUT OF SHACK, MOVING MATTRESS
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00:04:45 206.23 |
MONTAGE BLACK & WHITE HOMELESS TENANT FARMERS & FAMILIES
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00:04:57 218.23 |
MEMBER NAILING PAMPHLET ON DESERTED PLOW
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00:05:01 222.23 |
CU PAMPHLET CALLING FOR SHARECROPPERS, TENANT & DAY LABORERS TO STRIKE
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00:05:03 224.23 |
MONTAGE WORKERS RALLYING OTHERS TO JOIN THEM, FARMERS READING PAMPHLETS, MEN SPEAKING,
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00:05:16 237.23 |
MAN LEADING TENANT FARMERS SHARECROPPERS IN SONG
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00:05:31 252.23 |
COUPLE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE THROW DOWN HOES, JOIN GROUP WALKING ON DIRT ROAD
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00:05:43 264.23 |
PLANTERS MEETING. RICH WHITE SOUTHERN MEN TALKING ABOUT PUTTING STRIKERS IN THEIR PLACE
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00:05:54 275.23 |
ANGRY PLANTERS RIDING ON CARS WIELDING BASEBALL BATS.
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00:06:03 284.23 |
MEN RUNNING AT NIGHT
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00:06:07 288.23 |
HAGGARD WOMAN PEEKS OUT WINDOW
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00:06:08 289.23 |
MONTAGE PEOPLE TELLING & BEING TOLD ABOUT WORKERS BEING KILLED
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00:06:24 305.23 |
UNION SYMPATHIZERS WILLIE SUE BLADDEN & REVEREND CLAUDE WILLIAMS ARE STOPPED BY PLANTERS &
BEATEN, FLOGGED. RECREATION |
00:07:10 351.23 |
CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES ABOUT FLOGGING
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00:07:19 360.23 |
EXTERIOR ARKANSAS CAPITOL, LITTLE ROCK 1936
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00:07:22 363.23 |
GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS SPEAKING OUT ON TROUBLES BETWEEN PLANTERS & CROPPERS. OUTSIDE AGITATORS
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00:07:38 379.23 |
SCENES OF BALES OF COTTON BEING LOADED ON SHIPS.
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00:07:49 390.23 |
COTTON PRODUCTION CHARTS
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00:08:01 402.23 |
ANIMATED MAP SHOWING OLD SOUTH COTTON LAND &
EXPANDING AREAS WHERE COTTON IS GROWN |
00:08:19 420.23 |
WHITE RELIGIOUS SERVICE. CONGREGATION SINGING CU WOMAN PLAYING PIANO WEARING FUR WRAP, MEMBERS SINGING FROM HYMN BOOKS, CU WOMAN HOLDING BABY IN ONE HAND & HYMN BOOK IN THE OTHER
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00:08:42 443.23 |
BLACK SHARECROPPERS, TENANT WORKERS, OR LABORERS PLOWING FIELDS, CIRCA 1936
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00:08:47 448.23 |
CU WHITE CROPPER WEARING STRAW HAT WIPES TOIL & SWEAT FROM BROW
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