Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
Rain
1932
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
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 metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2017.55.14.1a-f
