J. Max Bond, Sr. Home Movie #2: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1941
• Created by: J. Max Bond, Sr., American, 1902 - 1991
• Type: home movies
• Type: sound films
• Type: black-and-white films (visual works)
• Type: color films (visual works)
• Type: 16mm (photographic film size)
• Medium: acetate film on metal
• Dimensions: Duration: 12 Minutes
• Dimensions: Length (Film): 300 Feet
• Place filmed: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Agriculture
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Rural life
• Object number: 2016.16.2.1ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Family of George Clement Bond
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Alison Bond Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.