1940s AFRICAN AMERICAN 16mm HOME MOVIES: SUMMER FAMILY COOKOUT, KIDS AT PLAY XD46154

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Shot by an unknown, amateur filmmaker, this reel of early 1940s color and black and white home movies depict an unidentified African American family at an outdoor cookout, girls at a social gathering, and other wholesome summer scenes of backyard fun in the life of a black family (TRT: 13:16). Women at a cookout, seated in wooden chairs. One drinks from a bottle, another works on sewing. A young woman in glasses passes them, smiling (0:08). A man in a blue shirt crouches over a fire, barbecuing a rack of ribs, while a middle-aged couple watches approvingly (0:15). A family gathering. Men wear ties and suspenders. Women wear summer dresses. A group seated at a picnic table plays a game. One man puts money on the table. A woman in pink looks away from the action (0:25). Women wearing glasses sit with a man displaying symptoms of vitiligo (0:50). A group of men smoke