- Collection:
- Thomasville History Center Collection
- Title:
- Thomasville, city of roses (B-roll)
- Creator:
- Parrisher, Don
- Date of Original:
- 1953
- Subject:
- Thomasville (Ga.)--History
Thomasville (Ga.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Agriculture--Georgia--Thomasville
Roses--Georgia--Thomasville
Beauty contests--Georgia--Thomasville
Parades--Georgia--Thomasville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Thomas County, Thomasville, 30.83658, -83.97878
- Medium:
- moving images
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This silent, color moving image footage shot in Thomasville, Georgia, that begins with a screen that reads: "Thomasville: City of Roses," followed by a screen that reads "Kodachrome Photography Ken Stambaugh, Narrative Story Mabel Lawrence, Narrator Clyde McLean, Sound Recording and Special Effects Holly Smith." Another screen reads "Produced and Directed by Don Parisher." This is followed by several minutes of black screen (black slug). At 3:50, footage begins and features numerous buildings and people engaged in various activities: playing in a backyard, exiting a building, and sitting in a common room. Next, a large table is set for a meal, which people sit down to enjoy. The camera pans across the parking lot adjacent to a building with a sign that reads "HILL TOP." This is followed by shots of more buildings, and people conducting daily activity. Black slug until 9:21 when color footage begins again, featuring a large brick building. Next, a large group of women file outside of a building along a pedestrian walkway. This is followed by shots of several more buildings: the W. J. Powell Co. building, the Sunnyland building, the Watson Scott Company building, among other buildings. Black slug until 10:14, where there is footage of a large factory, another shot of women exiting a building along a walkway, children riding bicycles, cows in pastures, the produce section of a grocery store, a large garden or farm plot, farmers on a truck transporting baskets, farmers standing inside a building with these baskets, men walking across a field of roses, another shot of a field of roses, and a man holding a rose bush. Black slug until 12:03, where there is footage of a parade that includes a small military procession and numerous floats. Black slug until 15:49 where the end credits read "The End: A Don Parisher Production."
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tchs_thcc_thcc015
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:tchs_thcc_thcc015
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 video file (mp4) (16 min.) : si., col.
- Holding Institution:
- Thomasville History Center
- Rights:
-
