- Directed by
- Popkin, Leo C., Canadian, 1914 - 2011
- Produced by
- Popkin, Harry M., American, 1906 - 1991
- Million Dollar Productions, American, 1937 - 1940
- Subject of
- Cooper, Ralph, American, 1908 - 1992
- Hawley, Monte, American, 1901 - 1950
- Snyder, Gladys, American, 1920 - 1998
- Criner, John L., American, 1898 - 1965
- Brooks, Jess Lee, American, 1894 - 1944
- Sheffield, Maceo Bruce, American, 1897 - 1959
- Hawkins, Charles, American
- Fenderson, Reginald, American, 1911 - 1986
- Thomas, Johnny
- Johnson, Bobby, American, 1910 - 1982
- Roberts, Henry
- Garrison, Harold, American, 1901 - 1974
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 60 Minutes
- Length (Film Reel 1): 1100 Feet
- Length (Film Reel 2): 1250 Feet
- Description
- A 16mm release print of the feature film Gang War. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film strips with variable-area optical sound. The film is about two Harlem gangs fighting for control of a jukebox “racket.” It opens with a newspaper headline from the Daily Times about a recent surge in crime. This is followed by a scene in a diner in which a gang member, Bob “Killer” Meade (Ralph Cooper), accuses members of a rival gang of conducting business in the wrong territory and a fight erupts between the two gangs. Some of the men flee the diner and run into a waiting car as another man shoots at them through a window. A chase between the men in the car and police officers ensues. The film ends with Bob “Killer” Meade resisting arrest by assaulting a police officer, which leads to a shootout between Killer and other law enforcement personnel.
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place filmed
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Type
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- release prints (motion pictures)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Actors
- Business
- Film
- Nightlife
- Race films
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
- Object number
- 2015.167.8.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




