Wilhelmina Leigh home movie #1

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.

Scenes were filmed, 1965-1966 – 30:30 minutes … – 1. … in Washington, DC, of sightseeing (National Zoo, U.S. Capitol, U.S. Supreme Court building, and one of the Library of Congress buildings) and of the North American Blizzard of 1966; 2. … in Atlantic City; 3. … in Roanoke, VA, visiting relatives; 4. … in Boston, MA, as tourists and visiting relatives; 5. … of a meal in Leigh family house at 4215 Third Street, NW, Washington, DC; 6. … of Hampton Institute buildings and football game, Hampton, VA; 7. … of 1966 graduation at McKinley Technical High School, Washington, DC; 8. … of Cornell University buildings and scenery; and 9. … of visitors at 4215 Third Street NW, Washington, DC. 00:00 – 02:07 minutes Frederick M. Leigh filmed scenes of a visit to the National Zoo in Washington, DC. Scenes feature Frederick M. Leigh, Velma D. Leigh, Jacqueline Leigh, and Wilhelmina Leigh, as well as animals in the National Zoo. 02:07 – 03:43 minutes Velma D. Leigh, Jacqueline Leigh, and Wilhelmina Leigh sightsee near the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Supreme Court building, and one of the Library of Congress buildings. 03:43 – 07:32 minutes Frederick M. Leigh shovels snow in the front and the back of the Leigh family house at 4215 Third Street, NW, Washington, DC. This snow fell as a result of the North American Blizzard of 1966, which dumped 12 inches atop 4 inches already on the ground in DC from a previous storm. Wilhelmina Leigh (in coat and scarf) comes up the stairs that Frederick M. Leigh is shoveling in the front of the house. 07:33 – 8:02 minutes Footage of buildings cannot be identified. 08:02 – 11:08 minutes Frederick M. Leigh, Velma D. Leigh, Jacqueline Leigh, and Wilhelmina Leigh were filmed in various settings in Atlantic City, NJ, and in other locales that cannot be identified. 11:08 – 14:43 minutes Scenes were filmed in Roanoke, VA, where Frederick M. and Velma D. Leigh were visiting relatives and friends – including Mrs. Elizabeth Fishburn, her daughter Susie Mae Holland, Alphonso Holland, Effie Dunnaville (mother of Velma Dunnaville Leigh), and other individuals who cannot be identified. Additional scenes feature Jacqueline Leigh and Wilhelmina Leigh playing with their second cousins, the Lewis children – Chrystella, Adrian, Gary, and Rodney. 14:43 – 17:45 minutes Frederick M. Leigh, Velma D. Leigh, Jacqueline Leigh, and Wilhelmina Leigh ("the Leigh family") were in Boston, MA, as tourists – riding the swan boats, and visiting the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Boston Common dedicated to the memory of Massachusetts soldiers who died in the American….

Collection

Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection

Archival grouping

Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection / Wilhelmina Leigh Family

Catalog date

1965-1966

Recorded places

U. S. Capitol; Atlantic City (N.J.); Roanoke (Va.)

Cataloged creator or photographer

National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)

Recorded subjects

Capitols -- Washington (D.C.); United States--Supreme Court; Education -- Hampton Institute; Graduation (School); High school; Blizzards; Christmas

Format and extent

1 Video recording

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