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194? - Virginia, Richmond, City, Poverty, 2nd Baptist Church Colored, Segregation

Reel Number: 221321-28

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1930s,1940s

Country: USA

Location: Richmond,Virginia

TC Begins: 18:17:54

TC Ends: 18:25:11

Duration: 00:07:17

194? - Virginia, Richmond, City, Poverty, 2nd Baptist Church Colored, Segregation Traffic waiting for light along main street in Richmond, Virginia, light changes cars forward toward camera. 18:17:03 MCU Side view of mounted George Washington statue on Capitol Grounds. CU heads of Patrick Henry (?) & George Mason on statues at base & clock tower behind. CU George Washington on horseback. 18:18:30 LS of statue w/ cars & pedestrians at base. 18:18:37 Front angle shot of Capitol Building w/ pillars; frontal view. 18:18:55 CU squirrel w/ acorn. 18:19:01 LS across parking lot of church (?) and new construction behind. MCU. 18:19:18 Traffic in major intersection w/ tall buildings lining street. 18:19:24 MCU white horse harnessed to wagon w/ brick warehouse behind, pan to seated Black on wagon smiling. View along street & pan to rundown row houses w/ billboards in front. 18:19:43 CU Sign: White House of Confederacy - Entrance on Clay St. LS of building w/ wrought iron fence. 18:20:00 Wagon w/ three blacks past stopped trolley. Wagon loaded w/ empty wooden crates w/ black man & boy pulled by mule. 18:20:17 Two Black men stacking large planks as White man watches. 18:20:26 LS of brick foundation & scrap doors w/ street behind. Black man salvaging bricks from foundation. LS others working, demolition of buildings. LS pan empty block-sized site w/ bricks & lumber stacked, men working. 18:21:11 MCU stone carved sign: 2nd Baptist Church Col. Organized in the year of our Lord 1846. Pigeons sitting below. 18:21:20 Black children sitting on fence looking at work site; small boys standing on sidewalk corner. CUs. 18:21:57 Congregation down steps of 2nd Baptist Church; MCU talking on street corner. Shaking hands w/ minister & others. Well dressed Black woman walking w/ two small children. 18:21:42 CU Black minister. MS standing w/ white man in black top coat. CUs of minister. 18:23:20 Ext of wall w/ plaques below stairs of 2nd Baptist Church. 18:23:33 Corner of warehouse w/ Blacks standing, pan across street to 2nd Baptist Church. 18:23:49 Boys & men, dogs sitting & standing in sun on sidewalk. 18:23:58 Girls & woman on steps of wooden front row-house. 18:24:15 Young white girl dancing on sidewalk, black girls watch. Small Black children sitting, laughing. 18:24:35 Black maid walking dog on lawn in upper middle-class neighborhood. 18:24:44 Int. Black man w/ two small children playing w/ train on living room floor. 18:25:01 Black girl playing w/ three-story doll house. Segregation; 1930s; 1940s; Americana; Religion; Poverty;

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