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Box 3

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Film reels

 box — Box: 3
Identifier: Box 3
Scope and Contents

Descriptions for this box rely heavily on Laura Treat's notes from digitizing the reels in 2015 and 2016.

Dates: 1949-2005

Three segments of home movies: Hong Kong and Japan, 1960-1961

 Item — Box: 3, item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Digitized as 06-073-003-001. 1 film (07 min., 45 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. Film stock was produced in 1960 and processed in May 1961.

Dates: 1960-1961

Home movies: Afghanistan, jazz exhibit, Boy Scouts, dance event, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, 1959-1962

 Item — Box: 3, item: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Digitized as 06-073-003-002. 1 film (11 min., 32 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. Multiple segments of home movies. The fifth segment has a large section of underexposed film and also has sustained some water damage which affects image quality. Early segments may have been shot in Afghanistan and show women working on textiles and children seeing doctor. Other segments show a jazz exhibit at a museum and African American Boy Scouts (troops 508, Washington D.C., and 557)

Dates: 1959-1962

Three segments of home movies and a commercial film, 1960-1961

 Item — Box: 3, item: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents

Digitized as 06-073-003-003. 1 film (15 min., 39 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. 3 segments of home movies and one commercial film produced by Blackhawk Films, Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives (James M. Morley, photographer). The majority of the film appears to have been shot in the middle east, likely Afghanistan given Askey's travels. Large portions of the film are underexposed with little or no apparent image.

Dates: 1960-1961

Six segments of home movies, 1960-1961

 Item — Box: 3, item: 4
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents

Digtized as 06-073-003-004. 1 film (12 min., 17 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. 6 segments of home movies including footage of what may be Afghanistan and a political rally or protest.

Dates: 1960-1961

Home movies, 1960-1961

 Item — Box: 3, item: 5
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

Digitized as 06-073-003-005. 1 film (43 min., 31 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. This item was affected by significant water damage, and consists of home movies.

Dates: 1960-1961

Four musical short films: I Can't Give You Anything But Love (featuring Hilda Rogers), Swamp Girl; Solitude; Angel Eyes, 1949, 1954, 1952, 1952

 Item — Box: 3, item: 6
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents

Digitized as 06-073-003-006. 1 film (13 min., 35 sec.) : sd., b&w. ; 16 mm. This item was affected by water damage.

Dates: 1949, 1954, 1952, 1952

First International Jazz Festival, Washington, D.C., 1962

 Item — Box: 3, item: 7
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents

Digitized as 06-073-003-007. 1 film (29 min., 06 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. The film can is labeled with a sticker reading "Century 21 Exposition Seattle World's Fair 1962," but the footage is largely or entirely from the First International Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1962

Home movies of Afghanistan, 1960-1961

 Item — Box: 3, item: 8
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents

Digitized as 06-073-003-008. 1 film (36 min., 21 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm.

Dates: 1960-1961