Creator:

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this

Names:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this

Collection Creator:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)

Type:

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

United States

Date:

1985

Scope and Contents:

Portions of soundtracks from race films which were shown in segregated theaters from 1920s-1940s. Dialogue and music from The Exile (1931), and music from the slient film, The Flying Ace (1926). Narrator provides introduction to The Flying Ace.

Film sound clips. Poor sound quality. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Dated 19850906.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

African Americans in the performing arts  Search this

Race films  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Citation:

Race Films, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003503

See more items in:

Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7b485c539-132f-4cf6-9209-435afd876225

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-acma-09-023-ref600