1934-1946FOLK MUSIC
AMERICAN FOLK SINGERS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
WITH PETER SEEGER, and Woody Guthrie, Baldwin "Butch" Hawes, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Texas Gladden, Margot Mayo’s The American Square Dance Group with square-dance caller Robert "Stu" Jamieson, William "Bud" Spencer "flatfooting" to music played by the left-handed fiddler Howard Wyatt. Includes voiceover by Alan Lomax.
WITH PETER SEEGER, and Woody Guthrie, Baldwin "Butch" Hawes, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Texas Gladden, Margot Mayo’s The American Square Dance Group with square-dance caller Robert "Stu" Jamieson, William "Bud" Spencer "flatfooting" to music played by the left-handed fiddler Howard Wyatt. Includes voiceover by Alan Lomax.
This reel is part of one of our Specialty Collections. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing will be available for only more day, though. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing has now expired, though, and cannot be viewed online. "Pro" account holders can download a low-res version for offline viewing.
Sign up for a "Pro" account to download this footage.
This reel is currently not available for online viewing.
Sorry, this video is temporarily unavailable for online viewing or download. Please try again later.
Restricted Material
Access to this reel with audio is restricted. It will be available for only more day.
Access to this reel with audio has expired.
| 00:00:43 0.5 |
PETE SEEGER PLAYS BANJO
|
| 00:01:03 20.5 |
CU HAND PLAYS BANJO
|
| 00:01:26 43.5 |
OLD FARMER HILLBILLY PLAYS BANJO LEANING AGAINST HOUSE
|
| 00:01:41 58.5 |
CU FEET TAPPING TO MUSIC
|
| 00:01:44 61.5 |
CU FARMER IN STRAW HAT & GLASSES
|
| 00:01:48 65.5 |
CU FEET OF YOUNG PEOPLE DANCING
|
| 00:01:51 68.5 |
MARGOT MAYO'S AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE GROUP DANCE ON STAGE PLATFORM WHILE SPECTATORS SIT IN GRASS
|
| 00:02:10 88.11 |
CU CUTTING WATERMELON IN HALF
|
| 00:02:13 90.5 |
OUTDOOR COUNTRY PICNIC, BBQ, FESTIVAL
|
| 00:02:15 92.5 |
MEN THROWING HORSESHOES
|
| 00:02:17 94.5 |
WOMAN SITTING AT PICNIC TABLE WITH CHILDREN
|
| 00:02:19 96.5 |
HOWARD WYATT
ARKANSAS TRAVELER
(live)
HILLBILLY PLAYS FIDDLE WHILE MAN PICKS BANJO
|
| 00:02:26 103.5 |
OLD MAN DANCES TO HILLBILLY DUO BY BARN - William "Bud" Spencer, flatfooting, with left-handed fiddler Howard Wyatt at the Whitetop Festival in Virginia, 1930s
|
| 00:02:41 118.5 |
CU OLD MAN'S FEET AS HE DANCES
|
| 00:02:48 125.5 |
PETE SEEGER
|
| 00:03:01 138.5 |
AERIAL OF NEW YORK CITY, PAN OVER TO EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
|
| 00:03:15 152.5 |
MONTAGE CROWDS OF PEOPLE ON CITY STREETS
|
| 00:03:49 186.5 |
PETE SEEGER PLAYS OLD BRITISH ("SCOTCH") BALLAD
|
| 00:04:05 202.5 |
RURAL BEAUTY SHOTS OF THE BLUE HILLS OF VIRGINIA:
PAN PAST PINE TREES ON MOUNTAINS, FIELDS |
| 00:04:10 208.25 |
TEXAS GLADDEN
THE FARMER'S CURST WIFE
(live)
OVERDUBBED AND THEN ON CAMERA, Texas Gladden sings most of the British ballad "The Farmer's Curst Wife"
|
| 00:04:15 212.5 |
PAN PAST ROW OF RURAL MAILBOXES
|
| 00:04:19 216.5 |
TEXAS GLADDEN ENTERS YARD, DOES BACKYARD CHORES.
|
| 00:04:28 225.5 |
CU PUTTING STICKS ON FIRE UNDER LARGE CAULDRON
|
| 00:04:42 239.5 |
SCRUBBING CLOTHES ON WASHBOARD, DOING LAUNDRY
|
| 00:04:50 247.5 |
CREEK, STREAM FLOWING BY ROCKS
|
| 00:05:00 257.5 |
OLD LADY SITTING IN DOORWAY OF OLD LOG CABIN UNTIES BUNDLE OF OLD LOVE READS, READS LETTERS
|
| 00:05:26 283.5 |
CROWD GATHERS ON HILLSIDE
|
| 00:05:32 289.5 |
TEXAS GLADDEN SINGING FOLK SONG, BRITISH BALLAD, THE FARMER'S CURST WIFE
|
| 00:06:03 320.5 |
CROWDS LISTENING TO FOLK MUSIC SITTING ON HILLSIDE
|
| 00:06:10 328.22 |
HORTON BARKER
WONDROUS LOVE
(live)
OLDER MEMBERS SINGING SPIRITUAL SONG WHILE OTHERS GATHER AT BARN TO LISTEN - BLIND SINGER HORTON BARKER SINGS
|
| 00:06:39 356.5 |
FOGGY MOUNTAIN BEAUTY SHOTS
|
| 00:07:19 396.5 |
RURAL BEAUTY SHOTS OF FLOWING WHITE CLOUDS OVER HILLS & FIELDS
|
| 00:07:40 417.5 |
POV DRIVING ON STRAIGHT EMPTY CONCRETE ROAD LINED BY CORN FIELDS
|
| 00:07:46 423.5 |
PAN OVER COTTON FIELDS
|
| 00:07:51 428.5 |
CU HAND PICKS COTTON FROM PLANT. COTTON PICKERS
|
| 00:07:55 433.23 |
WOODY GUTHRIE AND BALDWIN "BUTCH" HAWES
UNKNOWN FOLK SONG
(live)
WOODY GUTHRIE AND BUTCH HAWES PERFORM, OVERDUBBED, THEN ON CAMERA
|
| 00:08:00 437.5 |
SOLITARY CABIN HOUSE IN HILLBILLY COUNTRY
|
| 00:08:29 466.5 |
BOYS IN OVERALLS STANDING ON PORCH OF SHACK THROWING ROCKS
|
| 00:08:34 471.5 |
HORSE-PULLED WAGON FULL OF COTTON RIDES AWAY FROM CABIN
|
| 00:08:39 476.5 |
MIGRATORY WORKERS PICKING COTTON IN COTTON FIELDS
|
| 00:08:45 482.5 |
YOUNG BOY IN FIELD SHIELDS EYES FROM SUN
|
| 00:08:47 484.5 |
WOODY GUTHRIE CONTINUES SONG
|
| 00:09:04 501.5 |
BLACK WORKERS ROLLING BALES OF COTTON ONTO SHIP
|
| 00:09:09 506.5 |
CU BLACK WORKERS SINGING
|
| 00:09:15 512.5 |
STEAM TRAIN TRAVELS PAST ON RAILROAD TRACKS
|
| 00:09:23 520.5 |
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGEE, WOODY GUTHRIE
JOHN HENRY
(live)
|
| 00:10:23 580.5 |
RAILROAD WORKERS WITH PICKS WORKING ON RAILROAD TRACKS.
|
| 00:10:32 589.5 |
TRAIN WORKERS PUSHING TRACKS OVER
|
| 00:11:04 621.5 |
FREIGHT TRAIN SEEN TRAVELLING ACROSS COUNTRY
|
| 00:11:12 629.5 |
TRAIN CROSSING OVER STEEL BRIDGE
|
| 00:11:16 633.5 |
CU TRAIN WHEELS GOING OVER TRACKS
|
| 00:11:21 638.5 |
TRAIN WORKERS WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS DRIVING STEEL
|
| 00:11:25 642.5 |
TRAIN GOING INTO TUNNEL IN HILLSIDE
|
| 00:11:29 646.5 |
TRAIN SECTION WORKERS
|
| 00:11:31 648.5 |
STEAM TRAIN COMING OUT OF DUEL TUNNEL IN HILLSIDE
|
| 00:11:41 658.5 |
CU HAND PLAYING BANJO
|
| 00:11:51 668.5 |
CROWD OF YOUNG PEOPLE APPLAUD IN THE WINGS OF STAGE
|
| 00:12:07 684.5 |
HUGE SQUARE DANCE WITH CALLER & LOTS OF DANCERS PETE SEEGER PLAYS BANJO WITH FIDDLE PLAYER
|
| 00:15:04 861.5 |
PETE SEEGER
AROUND AND AROUND OLD JOE CLARK
(live)
|
| 00:15:44 901.54 |
REEL ENDS
|
Jump to this point
