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Rain

1932

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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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 feature film with the title Rain. It consists of three (3) reels of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound (2017.55.14.1a, 2017.55.14.1b and 2017.55.14.1c), contained in three brown film cannisters (2017.55.14.1d, 2017.55.14.1e and 2017.55.14.1f). Each cannister has a Learning Corporation of America logo printed at the top and a white label affixed to the middle with [AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION / THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY / 901 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.] printed on it in black ink. Additionally, the film number, title and length can also be found on the white label. On 2017.55.14.1d, this is recorded as [Film No. X261 / TITLE RAIN / PART 1 / LENGTH 18min]; on 2017.55.14.1e: [Film No. X262 / TITLE RAIN / PART 2 / LENGTH 33min]; and on 2017.55.14.1f [ Film No. X263 / TITLE RAIN / PART 3 / LENGTH 34min].

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Catalog reference: 2017.55.14.1a-f

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