Andrew Avery Home Movies Film Reel 7: hm-avr_0078

Partial Transcript: Water tower;

Some kind of machine with two long and wide cement pipes - [putting in a sewer line?] Large and small open sheds;

Three men - one using a sledgehammer - at least two are African American;

Man standing on construction site;

Two men with surveyor's tripod;

Two men carrying an approximately four-foot long green pipe;

Cleared land and part-constructed building, one side of building is completely open;

Pipe equipment, pipeline, large shed, workers - several shots;

Two men on construction site;

Large shed with tractor coming out of it;

Building;

Two buildings with cars parked outside;

Top of building with sign: "W.B. Miller & Sons Tobacco Company";

Three men stand next to side of building - sign over door reads: "Office" - one man waves a handful of tobacco leaves;

Group of people leaving the tobacco company building;

People riding on hood and in bed of truck past building;

Side of a different building

Segment Synopsis: This footage depicts various industrial scenes and workers. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: Color film; Construction; Employees; Industrial work; Industry; Land survey; Pipes; Surveyor's tripod; Tobacco; Water towers; Workers

Partial Transcript: Four children walk across yard away from a house and toward the camera - one is carrying a puppy - a dog runs next to them;

Looking down a tree-lined road;

Boy and girl kneel on grass - boy pets a black Dachshunds;

Boy, girl, and dog walk across lawn away from house in background and toward camera;

Girl, standing;

Sign: "Coastal Plain Exper. Station Field Station / University of Georgia College of Agriculture" Across lawn through trees toward experiment station building;

Six shots of other buildings;

Lumber: pine trunks: some on truck and some on ground;

Sawmill?: log rolled across machine, onto cart on tracks, trunk is scored or cut in several places Man hauls large log with tractor;

Boards or poles leaning against each other;

Tobacco plant;

Man and boy stand at edge of cleared field with tall tobacco plants growing just behind them African American man picking tobacco;

People piling stacked tobacco leaves next to each other on platform;

Man and boy walk down cleared row with tobacco plants on both sides - they are under a canopy or awning (shade tobacco);

Man stands while boy picks tobacco leaves (two shots);

Area of tobacco field covered top and side with heavy white netting (several views);

Sign: "Shade Tobacco Experiment Station";

Lots of men walking in shaded area looking at the tobacco plants;

Sign over row of tobacco plants: "50 lbs. Magnesium";

Men looking around at tobacco plants;

Down cleared area in middle of shade tobacco field;

Side of shade area;

Tobacco plant;

Old man looking at tobacco leaves;

African American people, including children, picking tobacco in shade area;

Boy picking tobacco;

Boy holds pole which has tobacco leaves from it for curing;

Side and top of shade tobacco area;

African American people picking and stacking leaves in shade area;

Man (Caucasian) examining tobacco plant;

Small child pets flank of huge white bull (Charolais?);

Small child feeds huge white bull (Charolais?);

Man picks tobacco and examines stack of leaves;

Workers pick and pile tobacco leaves;

Young boy holds large tobacco leaf as if to shade white dog;

Man, boy, and dog walk through shade tobacco area

Segment Synopsis: This footage primarily contains various scenes of a lumber mill and tobacco farming. It also includes some footage of households. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: "Shade Tobacco Experiment Station"; "University of Georgia College of Agriculture"; Bulls; Children; Color film; Farms; House and homes; Lumber mills; Sawmills; Tobacco plants; dogs

Partial Transcript: Woman picks oranges;

Oranges on tree;

Woman on horse, riding western style - child on horse, riding western style - man on horse, riding eastern style - they ride and then stand still;

Field [unknown crop: red clover];

Field, two men in midground stoop, pick some of crop, stand again;

Men squatting in field;

Church with cars parked in front - name of church is painted above door, can't be clearly read [Attapulgus Methodist Church?];

Front of church;

Sign: "Rev. A.V. Johnson Pastor / 11:00 a.m. "Mothers Day and Homes" / 6:00 "Pentecost then and Now";

People coming out of the church and walking down the steps;

Continued: people coming out of the church and walking down the steps;

Continued: people coming out of the church and walking down the steps, some are posing for the camera;

People standing outside the church and talking;

Black slug

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains various scenes of outdoor activities such as fruit picking, horseback riding, and farming. There is also footage of parishioners leaving church. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: "Attapulgus Methodist Church"; Christian Churches; Color film; Fields; Horses; Methodist; Oranges; Parishioners

Partial Transcript: Man at microphone, standing on porch or balcony of brick building with wrought iron railing - five or six men stand behind him - three women are seated or standing below him;

Man sits - others stand and speak in turn, some at microphone and some not;

Continued: others stand and speak in turn, some at microphone and some not;

People seated on platform below speakers;

People seated in folding chairs looking at speakers;

Woman on porch or balcony, speaking;

Side and front of brick building as a large black car (Decatur County bookmobile) drives away (no people);

Black car with sign, "Decatur County Traveling Library", parked - teenage girls line up to get books - elementary school children with books - librarian hands books out to children;

Elderly woman walks over to bookmobile and gets a book;

Group of men and boy scouts stand on portico of building behind Rotary Club banner;

Men and scouts walk down steps and along sidewalk past camera - they are led by boy scouts with banner reading: "Rotary Club Bainbridge Georgia";

Black slug

Keywords: "Rotary Club Bainbridge Georgia"; Bookmobiles' "Decatur County Traveling Library"; Color film; Speakers; Speeches

Subjects: This footage contains scenes of various speakers at a podium, as well as a local bookmobile and rotary club. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Partial Transcript: School children, some wearing safety patrol sashes, walk single file, then pose in a group;

Church supper. long shot down table at church supper - medium and close shots of people at supper: serving plates at table, carrying plates, sitting and standing, holding plates and eating;

Church supper continued: long shot down table at church supper - medium and close shots of people at supper: serving plates at table, carrying plates, sitting and standing, holding plates and eating;

Across lawn at a building;

Water tower;

White building with columns and dome, possibly a courthouse;

U.S. and Georgia flags on a flagpole;

Teachers and young students stand in front of a school with their right hands over their hearts Men and children, two of the men holding a metal pole (television antenna), all standing near the side of a house;

Three women and three small children pose in front of a palmetto tree;

Two men on roof of house installing television antenna;

Swing set and school building;

School building;

Small white house with two cars;

Larger brick house;

Cotton field, with trees in distance;

Another field;

Sign on side of church building: "Buck Creek Missionary Baptist Church Welcomes You";

Men coming out of church door, followed by women and teens;

Congregation in front of larger, newer white church;

People in front of the church, eyeing the camera with mistrust;

Pastor greeting congregation as they leave the church;

Continued: pastor greeting congregation as they leave the church;

Sign: Funston Baptist / Sunday school 10:30 / Morning Worship 11:30 / Training Union 7:30 / Evening Worship 8:30 / Prayer Meeting: 8:00 / Robert D. Fisher, Pastor" (not clear if this sign goes with either church described above, church described below, or neither);

Another church, brick with white trim, with cars parked around it;

Another brick church;

Three men herding pigs in pen or chute;

Black slug

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains various scenes of church and school activities. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: "Buck Creek Missionary Baptist Church': Christian churches; Buffets; Children; Church suppers; Color film; Cotton; Educators; Farms; Flags; Palmetto trees; Parishioners; Pastors; Picnics; Pigs; Pledge of Allegiance; Schools; Teachers; Water towers

Partial Transcript: Black car driving down dirt road;

Women get out of car, walk to another woman and shake hands with her;

One of the women who got out of the car looks at a fruit or flower growing on a trellised vine - the other woman from the car comes over and looks also - it appears to be a very large pea or bean pod;

Two men in suits with three women in suits, in front of the open door of wooden building - the group walks towards the camera, chatting with each other;

One woman and one man in front of window of wooden building - the man smokes a cigarette;

Man in dress shirt and tie and woman in dress, each carries a small notepad and takes notes on it - they are standing near the shore of a large lake - they talk and take more notes, then walk away from lake and out of shot;

Continued: man in dress shirt and tie and woman in dress, each carries a small notepad and takes notes on it - they are standing near the shore of a large lake - they talk and take more notes, then walk away from lake and out of shot;

White rabbit;

Two girls walk - behind them is a clearing - behind the clearing, a cornfield with woods behind it;

Two girls walk across a swept yard and toward the camera - two other girls or women stand by a car parked in front of a plain wooden building;

Woman - behind her is a large tree and a cleared area which appears to have some kind of markers in it and might be a cemetery;

Girl carrying a puppy and a cane pole;

Girl with puppy;

Large lake with some half-submerged trees and a broken-down dock;

Grove of pine trees (they are evenly spaced- clearly planted, not growing naturally);

Top of pine tree

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains scenes of people within the community socializing. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: Bean pods; Color film; Docks; Fruit; Lakes; Pine trees; Puppies; Rabbits; Vegetables

Partial Transcript: Four women stand bent over bench which has large bowls or colanders on it - they are cleaning fish on the bench;

Lake;

Women in large kitchen, preparing lots of food in large pots and pans;

Women frying fish;

Women washing dishes, cooking, taking food from refrigerator;

More scenes of women working in kitchen;

Women and girls file into large dining hall which probably seats about 75 people - everyone stands for the blessing and then is seated;

Women passing food around the table;

Women doing dishes

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains scenes of an all-women's fish fry meal. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: Color film; Dining halls; Dinners; Dinnerware; Dishes; Fish; Food; Kitchens; Lakes; Meals

Partial Transcript: Teenagers dancing in couples: some couples are boy and girl while others are both girls - it is nighttime and pretty dark;

Teenagers dancing in couples continued: some couples are boy and girl while others are both girls - it is nighttime and pretty dark;

Young women, directed by woman, join hands and dance in a circle - lake in background

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains several scenes of young people dancing together. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: Color film; Couples; Dance; Dancing; Teenagers; Young people

Partial Transcript: "Decatur County Traveling Library" truck pulls up to compound and young women and women get books from librarian;

Car pulls up to group of young women, driver hands small packages out, they hand him other packages in return (mail delivery?)

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains scenes pertaining to the Decatur County Traveling Library. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: "Decatur County Traveling Library"; Bookmobile; Color film

Partial Transcript: Green leaves of summer squash plants;

Yellow crookneck squash on vine;

Young women walk through bushes;

About ten young women standing among low bushes on shore of lake;

Picking tomatoes;

Carrying basket of tomatoes;

Picking corn;

Carrying basket of corn;

Basket of corn;

Picking vegetables, hoeing, weeding;

Bean plants;

Butter beans on bushes;

Young women picking watermelons and carrying them out of the field;

Continued: young women carrying watermelons out of the field;

4 watermelons lined up on bench - girl seated at far end of bench - standing woman at near end of bench slices a melon;

Split watermelon;

Young women eating watermelon;

Four young women behind table with jars of peaches on it - each girl picks up a jar;

Five young women behind table with jars of peaches on it - each girl picks up a jar;

Three young women behind table with jars of peaches on it - each girl picks up a jar;

Women take remaining jars of peaches off of table and put them in a large metal pail;

Many young women and women hoeing the field with lake and clearing in background;

Continued: many young women and women hoeing the field with lake and clearing in background;

One woman pushes a lawnmower while other women walk alongside her;

Continued: one woman pushes a lawnmower while other women walk alongside her;

Young women hanging laundry on clothesline;

Young woman washes clothes on washboard in big tub;

Three buildings of the complex - several young women sweeping yard with twig brooms;

About fifteen young women seated in chairs, sewing - lake in background;

Woman examines the sewing - they are making a quilt;

Cloth spread on tables, three young women cutting patterns;

Woman supervises young women sewing on machines

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains scenes of women gardening, as well as various home economics activities, such as doing laundry, sewing, quilting, and canning preserves. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: Butter beans; Canning; Clotheslines; Color film; Corn; Crookneck squash; Gardening; Gardens; Hoeing; Home economics; Lakes; Laundry; Lawnmowers; Peaches; Preserves; Quilts; Sewing; Summer squash; Tomatoes; Vegetables; Washboards; Watermelon; Weeding

Partial Transcript: Demonstration of first aid techniques by woman wearing nurse's uniform: shows how to bandage a finger [outdoors];

Man, possibly a doctor (Dr. Ford), performs medical tests, including x-ray [?] on young woman;

Woman helps doctor prepare shot, which he administers to young woman

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains scenes of first aid demonstrations, such as bandaging, vaccinations, and the usage of X-Ray technology. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: Color film; Doctors; First aid demonstrations; Nurses; Patients; Vaccinations; X-Ray machines

Partial Transcript: Young women gather firewood from large pile and walk toward camera carrying it;

Young man greets young woman, takes her hand, escorts her from building to car and helps her into car;

Group of young women outside, seated on benches - they stand together and may be singing Spanish moss growing on trees;

Spanish moss; large group of young women seated on ground with lake in background;

Young women walk in twos past camera

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains shots of primarily young women, with the exception of one young man, in the local community. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: Color film; Firewood; Lakes; Spanish moss

Partial Transcript: Peach tree;

Peaches on tree;

Yellow pansies;

Two women standing, lake in background - one woman looks at a tree - a third woman joins them;

Two young women dig hole at base of tree;

Black dog trots through frame;

Black slug

Segment Synopsis: This footage primarily contains various shots of a peach orchard and young women gardening. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: Color film; Dogs; Gardening; Lakes; Orchards; Pansies; Peaches

Partial Transcript: Panning along lots of school buses - sign on bus: "Anderson Consolidated School";

Three girls walk past camera;

School, with people outside - camera pans across scene;

Three men seated behind a table which has some trophies on it;

Painting of a sailing ship leans against table with trophies on it - two men kneel and look at the painting while the third stays seated;

Man stands next to table, lifts and examines one trophy;

Woman sits on the table, holding several of the trophies;

Group of young women stand single file in front of brick building - each walks near camera and turns to show her dress;

Last young woman walks near camera and turns to show her dress;

Church supper or picnic;

Group of young women on stoop of building - a pig walks through the picture;

Church supper or picnic;

Four young women ride on running boards of car;

School bus pulls up to building;

Car drives by;

Man in suit standing next to brick building;

People outside brick building

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains scenes of a local beauty pageant, as well as scenes of church suppers or picnics. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: "Anderson Consolidated School"; Beauty pageants; Buffets; Church suppers; Color film; Contestants; Dresses; Paintings; Picnics; School buses; Trophies

Partial Transcript: Two Boy Scouts in uniform - wooded area in background;

Young men in a motorboat on a lake, dressed more nicely than you would expect for boating;

Church potluck scenes, with lake in background - the pig walks through several shots;

Church potluck continued;

Boy Scouts file off dock toward camera;

Church supper continued;

Man looks at a rosebush;

Three men in a plowed field, with a house in the background;

Black slug;

Elementary school classes pose with teachers. First group has audio voiceover: "That's Mary McCarty right there - do you see? That's Mildred. Yeah";

Continued: elementary school classes pose with teachers;

Teenagers cutting ends off of sugar canes;

Groups of young children and teenagers posed with teachers;

Continued: groups of young children and teenagers posed with teachers;

Students walk single-file in front of flagpole and into school;

Car parked in front of building;

People come down steps of church and walk away;

Red truck drives away from church;

Cars drive away from church;

Sign: "Methodist Church - Faceville";

People walk out of a church and stand outside church, talking - then shots of parishioners leaving the church;

Continued: people walk out of a church and stand outside church, talking;

Cars leaving church;

People posing outside of church;

People leaving church;

Front of a church;

Another church;

Sign: "Methodist Church - Fowltown";

People walk out of a church;

Watermelons;

Two girls with a watermelon - one girl splits the melon;

Girls eat wedges of watermelon;

Group of men watching one man dig;

Building under construction;

Brick building, possibly a new school;

Groups of young children pose with teachers in front of school;

Children file out of school;

Brick school building;

White wooden school building with boys playing catch in front;

Children pose in front of white wooden school;

Picnic by lake: people on barge or flatboat which poles into shore - people at buffet table - people with food;

Picnic continued;

Black slug

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains scenes of church suppers or picnics, as well as various outdoor activities, such as boating and activities involving the Boy Scouts. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: "Methodist Church - Faceville"; "Methodist Church - Fowltown"; Boats; Boy Scouts; Christian churches; Church suppers; Color film; Construction; Educators; Elementary school-aged children; Lakes; Methodist; Parishioners; Pigs; Roses; Schools; Sugar cane; Teachers; Watermelons; buffets; picnics

Partial Transcript: Courtroom: judge, attorneys, people watching from gallery;

Courtroom scene continued;

Four girls waving;

Women at microphone;

Women waving;

Man speaking and gesturing with pointed finger at sheet of paper;

Women walking down steps

Segment Synopsis: This footage depicts a court in session. These scenes occur in or around Bainbridge, Georgia.

Keywords: Attorneys; Black & white film; Color film; Courtrooms; Judges; Lawyers; Speakers; Speeches

Partial Transcript: People walking down a city street;

Street and sidewalk scenes in large city, tall buildings - streetcars, marquee reading "Loew's Grand" [Atlanta?];

[1939 New York World's Fair?] very tall building;

Five men posed in front of a sign: "Maple Grove";

Building;

Train on trestle;

Two women in hats;

Flags along walkway leading to large metal sphere;

Large group of people on fairgrounds;

Band;

Police line paths at fairgrounds;

Band leader;

Crowds at fair;

Woman waves to camera;

Man in uniform - park ranger?;

Crowds at fair;

Man who looks like Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrives in open car, gets back into car, is driven away;

Crowds at fair;

Black slug

Segment Synopsis: This footage contains street scenes placed in urban settings, such as Atlanta and possibly New York. It also contains shots of various buildings and a crowd surrounding a motorcade.

Keywords: "Loew's Grand"; "Maple Grove"; Atlanta; Bands; Cities; Color film; Crowds; Fairgrounds; Fairs; Flags; Police; Trains; Urban streets