Louis C. Harris home movie collection, Compilation -- 1 of 1 (hm-har_0047)

Collection:

Georgia Home and Amateur Movies

Title:

Louis C. Harris home movie collection, Compilation -- 1 of 1 (hm-har_0047)

Creator:

Harris, Louis C., 1912-1978

Date of Original:

1942/1960

Subject:

Amateur films--Georgia
Parades--Georgia--Augusta
Helicopters--Georgia--Augusta
Airplanes--Georgia--Augusta
Soldiers--Georgia--Augusta
Coaster cars--Georgia--Augusta
Automobile racing--Georgia--Augusta
Beauty contestants--Georgia--Augusta
Ambulances--Georgia--Augusta
Award presentations--Georgia--Augusta
Airports
Strip (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Hotels--Nevada--Las Vegas
Golden Nugget (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Buildings--Nevada--Las Vegas
Las Vegas (Nev.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
United States. Air Force
Air bases--Nevada--Indian Springs
Nuclear weapons--Nevada--Testing
United States. Army
Golf--Georgia--Augusta
Masters Golf Tournament
Golf--Tournaments--Georgia--Augusta
Augusta National Golf Club
Painting--Georgia--Augusta
Tractors
Railroad tracks
Families
Pork industry and trade
African American men
African American women
African American boys
Dogs
Pets
Butchers

Location:

United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
United States, Nevada, Clark County, Indian Springs, 36.56968, -115.67058
United States, Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, 36.17497, -115.13722
United States, Nevada, Nye County, Yucca Flat, 37.06884, -116.0442

Medium:

moving images

Type:

Moving Image

Format:

video/mp4

Description:

Test pattern. Black slug. Segment one: Parade, 1:59. Soldiers march down the street in a parade. Helicopters and airplanes fly overhead, and onlookers hold flags. The soldiers form a band. There are people dressed up riding in cars. Boys march in matching outfits wearing "The Augusta Chronicle" shirts. A red convertible drives down the road with "OFFICIAL CAR" on a paper in the front window. A man in uniform speaks into a microphone. Children line the fence on the side of the road. A man stands in the middle of the road and waves a green flag, then two soap box derby cars race down the hill. A flag with two hands shaking says "WELCOME TO AUGUSTA." At the top of the hill, soap box derby cars are put on ramps. Boys and men stand around the cars. They have advertisements on them, such as "CORBETT'S SERVICE STATION." The road is lined on both sides by people. The inside of a car is shown. A man in uniform directs traffic, and a car drives behind him. Another man in uniform checks a truck with "U.S. Army" painted on the side door. Some boys approach the man. He is standing in front of the derby cars. A boy makes the tires spin by hitting one repeatedly with a towel. Boys watching sit on a block with their heads propped on their hands. One of the cars on the starting ramp has "AUGUSTA OFFICE SUPPLY" painted on the side. The band from the earlier parade is seated in chairs playing their instruments. Two more derby cars race down the hill. A girl who was riding in the red convertible poses for the camera. Her crown has the year, 1963, on it. Boys get water from a big water sack. An ambulance has "U.S. ARMY 755394 ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY" painted on the door. Two more derby cars race down the hill. Men with cameras and in uniform stand in a building off to the side to announce winners. More cars race down the hill. A large group of the boys walk down the hill. One of the older boys talks into the microphone and has his picture taken. A large group of other boys are in the bed of one of the Army trucks. People gather around a large table. They are dressed up in nice clothes. Some of the boys at the dinner are wearing what the boys racing were wearing. Black slug. Segment two: Trophies, 8:33. Boys in the soap box derby uniforms walk across a stage and are handed something by an adult. The girl from the car wears a better crown and sits with a large trophy next to the boy who won the derby racing who has an even larger trophy. Next to him is a man in a military uniform. Sign: "Johnson Soap Box Derby Prize." The girl kisses the boy on the cheek. He goes and shakes the hands of two younger boys and their dad. Black slug. Segment three: Airport, 11:43. An airplane sits outside at an airport in front of the command control tower. It has "N90754 AMERICAN" painted on the tail and an eagle with an "A" on either side of it. The camera zooms in on the control tower. There are palm trees and nice landscaping outside the airport and mountains off in the distance. A plane sits out on the runway. There are a lot of cars in the parking lot. The camera is up high, looking down on some landscaping. An airplane taxies out to the runway. A man waves at the camera from below it. Segment four: Las Vegas, 13:36. A building with a couple of cars outside of it and patio tables with striped umbrellas. Some men pull up and sit beside the pool. A building with the letters "CITY HALL" has groups of people standing outside of it. A man in a suit poses for the camera. Men sit in a military vehicle outside of City Hall. The Las Vegas strip is shown during the day. The road is rull of cars and the air is full of signs. Sign: "GOLDEN NUGGET GAMBLING HALL." Sign: "MEN'S WEAR." Sign: "Thrifty DRUGS." Sign: "HOTEL WOLLMAN." Sign: "EL PORTAL THEATRE." A building has "TRADER BILL'S" on the side of it. The sign: "GOLDEN NUGGET" is shown up close. Sign: "BENTLEY'S TRADING POST." The Las Vegas strip is shown at dusk with all of the neon lights lit up. Sign: "BINGO SALOON." Sign: GAMBLING SALOON." Segment five: Indian Springs AFB, 15:12. Men stand around in a desert area full of tents and small buildings. One lounges on the hood of a truck. There are men in military uniform interspersed amongst the other men. Large cameras and lights are set up, and there are benches of men facing a large stage with the mountains as a backdrop. On the stage, a man in the military explains a large diagram with "NEWS KNOB" written on the bottom near what looks to be a target. A man speaks into a microphone on the edge of a runway. There is a building with a sign: "OPERATIONS INDIAN SPRINGS A.F.B. NEVADA FIELD ELEV. 3123 FEET." The crews stand by airplanes. Men in suits are taking pictures of the scene. One airplane has in front of it a sign: "B-36 CONVAIR Atomic Capability." The sign is shown up close, then the front of the airplane. Sign: "B-50 SUPERFORT Atomic Capability." Sign: "DANGER RADIATION." Crews are cleaning the airplanes. Media men and military men walk around and examine the planes. Segment six: Yucca Flats - atomic blast, 18:01. The screen is mostly black, but there is a small circle that is red and yellow. All of a sudden, a quick yellow and red flash is seen and the screen goes white. When the white goes away, a silhouette of a person can be seen against an orange sky with white streaks and a white-yellow ball of light. The camera focuses and reveals a mushroom cloud colored red and orange and yellow against a black sky. The cloud disappears and it is completely dark. The sky is bright and colored with colorful shadows on the desert. An enormous cloud of smoke remains from the atomic blast. At a table, a media person types up a story on the type writer. Helicopters fly over the base and land nearby for the media to see. They say "U.S. Army" on the tail. There are trucks out in the desert. A media man poses and speaks to the camera. There is another plume of smoke in the distance. The camera man films it behind a sign: "ATOM." A large group of men from the military and the media walk across the desert sands in special shoes. They observe a car and dummy. Black slug. Segment seven: Masters Golf Tournament, 22:58. Two men in suits hold up a board of photographs. Some of the men are wearing green blazers. Other men bring out a large painting of a man golfing. The men in the green blazers pose with the painting. The green blazers signify members of the Augusta National Golf Club and winners of the Masters Golf Tournament held in Augusta every year. In the background is the golf course. The signature of the artist is shown up close. Segment eight: Family, 24:39. Two boys play outside, one on a pedal tractor, the other pushing him. A woman walks out of the house. Black slug. Segment nine: Industry, 25:56. Train tracks have a train on them coming toward the camera. Men crouch on the ground cleaning something. Another man walks by a barrel that has a fire burning around it. Black slug. A man rubs a knife along the back of a dead pig. African American men carry a pig that is a tall as they are. Other pigs are strung up by their back legs in the foreground. A man kills an adult pig in a corral. The dead pig is shoved into a barrel. An African American boy stands watching next to his dog. An African American woman cuts pieces of something on a cutting board outside. Black slug. Cuts of meat are cut out on a cutting board outside. An undesirable piece is put on the ground in a metal bucket, and a chicken comes up and pecks at it. An African American woman with a butcher knife comes and joins the men. Segment ten: Family, 29:09. A woman in a pink dress holds a baby in front of some bushes outside. The baby sneezes. An African American woman sits on the stairs outside talking to a little boy. The little boy is brought to stand in front of the camera. Black slug. Children play outside and roll around in the grass. They chase each other and fall. Then they do somersaults. The video speeds up of them playing in the grass, then slows down. A man steps in to tie a boy's shoe. The children pose in height order in front of a fence and wave at the camera. The oldest boy climbs up into a tree with the younger ones following. They wave from in the tree. They play in the grass some more. The adults stand talking to each other, while one of the children tries to jump into the camera view. The adults walk back toward the house. The house and bushes with berries outside of it are shown. A car drives down the road in front of the house. The camera spins around quicky. A different car pulls into the driveway. An airplane flies low overhead. Segment eleven: Butchers, 33:40. An African American man cuts at a pig corpse while other men watch him. Black slug.

Local Identifier:

hm-har_0047.mp4

External Identifiers:

Metadata URL:

https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_bmahm_hm-har-0047

Digital Object URL:

https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:ugabma_bmahm_hm-har-0047

Language:

eng

Extent:

1 video file (mp4) (34 min., 46 sec.) : si., col.

Original Collection:

Louis C. Harris home movie collection, 1942-1960

Holding Institution:

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Rights: