Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
- Created by
- Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
- Calloway, Nuffie, American, 1915 - 2008
- Date
- ca. 1951
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Length (film strip): 150 Feet
- Duration: 00:04:46
- Description
- A 16mm black-and-white, silent home movie film by Cab and Zulme "Nuffie" Calloway during a tour of the Caribbean, with film edge code indicating a year of 1951. The film strip consists of double perforated film stock with frames in the middle.
- The film begins with two panning shots of elementary school boys standing in formation and performing group exercises. This is followed by a sequence of shots taken from a moving vehicle. The shots depict a post office, a police station, and homes along the side of the road. A sign on the police station indicates that the location is Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. Next, the camera captures a rail crossing as a freight train passes by. Further shots from the road follow. Most notably, there is a shot of school children studying at their desks outdoors. The next shot depicts a group of unidentified people posing for the camera in an unidentified location. This is followed by a panning shot taken at the courtyard of a school. A sign indicates that it is the Chaguanas Government School. The subsequent series of shots document the processing of raw sugar cane into sugar and features a number of the workers posing for the camera. The final sequence, taken from a moving vehicle, depicts individuals and homes along the side of the road. One shot in particular depicts a Hindu temple in the shape of a small tower.
- Place filmed
- Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Topic
- Children
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Education
- Entertainers
- Film
- Hinduism
- Jazz (Music)
- Labor
- Singers (Musicians)
- Sugarcane
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Object number
- 2015.273.2.1.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- Creative Arts By Calloway, LLC
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.