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Ethridge home movie collection, Ethridge Wedding, 1944 (hm-ethrg_0041); Chaisson (Ethridge) Family Home Movies -- Ethridge Wedding, 1944

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@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Description

Black slug. Segment one: Title screen, 0:05. "National Film Preservation Foundation." Segment two: Tulips, 0:19. The movie starts with footage of tulips growing in a garden. Segment three: Sign, 0:50. A neon sign that reads "Hi-de-Ho steaks and chops." is shown. Segment four: Wedding, 0:58. Men and women are seen dancing. The bride walks up to the altar. The flower girl and bride are brought in with a horse and carriage. The wedding guests dance around the Maypole. Segment five: House, 2:10. The camera pans across a one-story white home. Segment six: Tractor, 2:21. Three African American men ride a tractor through a field. The men load bales onto a truck. Segment seven: Sunset, 3:05. A sunset is filmed. Segment eight: Black automobile, 3:12. A woman and man are seen entering a black automobile. An African American man stands next to the automobile. Two women and a man are seen walking towards another automobile. Segment nine: Highway, 3:43. Cars drive on the highway. Segment ten: Floats, 3:55. Painted parade floats are seen. One of the floats says "Sears Fort Myers." Segment eleven: Bridge, 4:21. A group of people stand on a bridge. A man and woman talk to the camera, but the audio is silent. Segment twelve: Tractors, 4:56. Large tractors are filmed. Segment thirteen: Some women pick flowers off a tree. Segment fourteen: Title screen, 5:20. "Jefferson Christian Church Sunday School. A.F. Hood, Superintendent, October, 1941." Segment fifteen: Black bear, 5:29. A black bear walks. Segment sixteen: Church, 5:31....

Record Contributed By

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia