Museum object · film stills
Film still from To Sir, with Love
1967
United States, North and Central America; East End, London, England, Europe
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A color film still from the film To Sir, With Love, depicting Sidney Poitier and Judy Geeson in a classroom. Gleeson sits upon a student's desk, facing towards Poitier, who stands in front of but perpendicular to Geeson, facing the camera. The teachers desk is front of Poitier, facing towards the student desks, arranged in the classroom in rows. A wall of windows is to the side of the desks, behind Poitier and Geeson. The image is surrounded by a white border, with black text underneath providing copyright information, billing and production information, and a licensing message from National Screen Service Corp.
- Catalog date
- 1967
- Recorded places
- United States, North and Central America; East End, London, England, Europe
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Actors; Education; Film; Hollywood (Film); Race relations; Youth
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2012.152.211
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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