| Cities: Misc- skid row and slums | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 485 |
| Catalog #: | 441373 | |
| Clip Number: | 441373-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 597-4 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | CITY PLANNING: Urban Renewal | |
| Description: | Legs walking dirty streets (garbage on street). High angle shot of 4 African American young men (teens?) hanging out on front steps of building. Ext - Kings pawn shop. Ext - Liquor sign at liquor store. Poor man (homeless?) sitting on curb eating out of can. 3 school-aged Caucasian boys searching in garbage can (actually, one kid starts looking through it, then the other two come up and one pushes him aside). Shot of two empty shoes and liquor bottle on ground. Cat eating out of package on railing. Pool hall entrance. Sign- "Lower lights Gospel mission" . Late 1940s or early 1950s. Poverty, slum. | |
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