Created by
Sorrell, Maurice, American, 1914 - 1998
Date
1955-1975
Medium
16mm Film (a): acetate film;
Dimensions
Duration: 3 Minutes
Film Length: 100 Feet
Caption
This 16mm film is from a collection of home movies shot by Maurice Sorrell between 1945 and 1975. The collection features travel footage, family outings, and gatherings with family and friends.
Description
Consists of: 16mm Film (a).
2016.95.4.1a: 16mm film. This home movie begins with a medium wide shot of an amateur race track. Cars race by as one man can be seen holding a green flag. Out of the left hand corner, a man can be seen leaning over the fence to take a photo. Shots of two antique cars, that appear to date back to the early 1900s, slowly drive by. A man sits on a motocross bike and talks to a small group of onlookers who appear to be admiring his bike and asking questions. Shots of more races, with different types of race cars, follow.
Place filmed
United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Maurice Sorrell Film Collection
Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Type
motion pictures (information artifacts)
16mm (photographic film size)
Topic
Automobile racing
Film
Sports
Transportation
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bonita F. Bing & The Late Blanche Beatrice Sorrell
Object number
2016.95.4.1a
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b39f7103-182b-4528-b00a-965f858ef07f

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