Object Details
- Created by
- J. Max Bond, Sr., American, 1902 - 1991
- Caption
- This 16mm film is from a collection of home movies shot by J. Max Bond Sr. between 1930-1960. The collection features travel footage, family outings, and gatherings with family and friends.
- Description
- This 16mm color film is one of ten home movies shot by J. Max Bond Sr. from 1930 to 1960. The footage mainly focuses on family, travel, and educational institutions with which J. Max Bond, Sr. was associated.
- Consists of: 16mm Film (a) and Original 400 foot Film Reel (b).
- 2016.16.2.1a: 16mm film. The film opens with color footage of a group men, women, and children sitting on a porch and smiling at the camera. This is followed by scenes of various people working on farms. Next, there is an out of focus wide shot of a family standing on a porch. There are multiple portrait-style shots of children. Followed by multiple shots of cattle. This is followed by black and white footage of school children and three female school teachers entering a rural school house. There are some interior and exterior portrait-style shots of children smiling at the camera. The same portrait-style shots are then used to capture adults standing in a field on a farm.
- 2016.16.2.1b: Original 400 foot film reel.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Family of George Clement Bond
- ca. 1941
- Object number
- 2016.16.2.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Alison Bond
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- home movies
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- color films (visual works)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Medium
- acetate film on metal
- Dimensions
- Duration: 12 Minutes
- Length (Film): 300 Feet
- Place filmed
- Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- J. Max Bond, Sr. Family Home Movies
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Agriculture
- Children
- Education
- Film
- Rural life
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.16.2.1ab
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e0754993-1360-4bea-909b-3401d96f4303
