- 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.




