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Ephemeral film · 11 min

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A family in Mississippi celebrates their first Christmas in their new home in 1947 and documents it using a sound-on-film motion picture camera. Notable sequences include the grandmother receiving a clock radio, the mother a vacuum cleaner, and the two sons with a Whizzer motor bike and the controversial book, Little Black Sambo. Lloyd Royal, maker of this film, operated a carnival in Meridian, Mississippi and several motion-picture theaters in the state. He also produced Mississippi-focused…

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