Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #5
ca. 1955
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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.
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.
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Catalog reference: 2016.95.8.1a
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