Michael Holman Family Home Movie #3

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This film is from a collection of home movies filmed by the family of Michael Holman, an important figure in the history of hip hop. It consists of a single reel of 8mm silent acetate film with color (a), an original plastic film reel (b), and an original cardboard film box (c). The film begins with a wide shot of the Eiffel Tower. This is followed by several shots of street scenes around Paris. Next, there are several shots of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France. The subsequent shots are of street scenes in an unidentified city in Spain, including one of an unidentified cathedral. Tracking shots of an unidentified coastline follow these scenes. The next scene is a series of tracking shots of an unidentified village at the foot of a mountain.

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