| African-American Picnic | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1798 |
| Catalog #: | 501516 | |
| Clip Number: | 501516-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-DFS-16-084 | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:42 - 01:52:25 | |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California, United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Playing LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, Los Angeles RECREATION: Games RECREATION: Parks RECREATION: Picnics | |
| Description: | Master 1798 - Tape 1 Raw footage of African-American children & adults playing games, recreating, eating in park, Los Angeles, 1966: TLSs African-American boy running, dancing around large circle of black children & pre-teens in public park, Los Angeles; MSs black girl standing in circle, clapping hands & singing; MS African-American teenage girl sporting bushy pigtails singing, clapping hands; MS two black girls standing, clapping; MCU hands of girl wearing white sweater clapping together; LS large circle near tree; MS black teen girl standing in center of circle, spinning slowly w/ hand over eyes, other hand pointing indiscriminately; rear view MS black boy wearing "Teen Post" sweatshirt laying on grass; MS black male teenager wearing military uniform w/ white helmet walking to outside of circle; CU African-American man wearing green field cap giving orders to kids. Subjective POV MS camera falling to ground, sideview grass & legs of kids. MSs black boys playing tug-of-war (tug of war). MSs legs of two teenage black girls being tied together for three-legged race. MSs African-American boy wearing blue jacket, white t-shirt pointing in air, bringing arm down to signal start of race (staged). TLS/MSs start & end of three-legged race. MSs sweaty African-American man in green field cap organizing kids, games. MSs African-American boys & girls holding eggs for egg toss in public park, Los Angeles; CU broken egg being held-- oozing egg white; MS black girl holding broken egg; TLS/MSs black pre-teens & teenagers playing game of egg toss; MSs black girl w/ egg in her hair; MSs black girl in pretty blue dress reacting to broken egg, smiling & wiping debris from dress & face; MCU battered, decrepit, barely-together tennis shoes on feet of black boy; TLS/MSs egg toss, people reacting to broken eggs, eggs being bandied about; MS eggs being passed out from carton; MSs black kids wiping slimy egg debris from arms. MS African-American man & woman brushing, slathering barbeque sauce on chicken, stirring pot of baked bean over BBQ grill in Los Angeles public park, black kids watching on; CU chicken being brushed w/ slathering sauce; CU baked beans being stirred; great MS bar-b-que chicken being brushed while black boy watches on. MSs cute lil African-American boy wearing striped shirt, gray shorts, socks half-off while playing w/ cardboard box labeled, "Akadama red light wine." MS/CUs three black boys sitting at picnic table, eating sandwiches, shoving food into mouths like there's no tomorrow. | |
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