- Created by
- Sorrell, Maurice, American, 1914 - 1998
- Date
- ca. 1955
- 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).
- 2016.95.8.1a: 16mm film. This home movie begins inside a home, where friends and/or family are gathered. There are multiple shots of individuals, men and women, speaking into a handheld microphone. There appears to have been an audio component to this home movie that was recorded on a separate device.
- Collection title
- Maurice Sorrell Film Collection
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Film
- Social life and customs
- 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
- 2016.95.8.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




