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).
2016.95.5.1a: 16mm film. This home movie opens up with a close up shot of a home sign that reads “The Cleveland’s”. The next shot is of a woman braising a rotisserie chicken over a grill. Multiple angles show the chicken turn during various stages of the cooking process. The following footage is of various types of animals at a zoo. These animals include monkeys playing together, a long giraffe eating leaves from a tree outside of its cage, brown bears sleeping and moseying about, and polar bears sleeping and bathing. The closing shot is of a family standing under a sign that reads “COLUMBUS Z00 ENTRANCE”. There is a flash of a racetrack.
Collection title
Maurice Sorrell Film Collection
Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Type
motion pictures (information artifacts)
16mm (photographic film size)
Topic
Amusements
Cooking and dining
Families
Film
Travel
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
2016.95.5.1a
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5898f99b7-f5a9-4152-a6b4-716e3f5a692d

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