Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #5: Museum Object and Cultural History
Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #5: Date: ca. 1955. Created by: Maurice Sorrell, American, 1914 - 1998. Type: motion pictures (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
2016.95.8.1a: 16mm film. This home movie begins inside a home, where friends and/or family are gathered. There are multiple shots of individuals, men and women, speaking into a handheld microphone. There appears to have been an audio component to this home movie that was recorded on a separate device.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1955
- Created by: Maurice Sorrell, American, 1914 - 1998
- Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)
- Type: 16mm (photographic film size)
- Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
- Dimensions: Duration: 3 Minutes
- Dimensions: Film Length: 100 Feet
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Social life and customs
- Topic: Travel
- Object number: 2016.95.8.1a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bonita F. Bing & The Late Blanche Beatrice Sorrell
- 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: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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