Synopsis
This color documentary is about the Seminole Indians in the Florida Everglades. It was produced in 1951. It is narrated by sportscaster Ray Christensen. An artist sits in a Seminole Indian village and uses pastels to draw what he sees, including the totem pole (:43- 2:32 ). Their huts have no walls and thatched roofs made of palmetto leaves. They use Cypress dugout canoes to move through the water ( 2:33 - 3:12 ). A woman washes clothes by beating them with a stick ( 3:14 - 3:27 ). A young woman combs her long hair forward, puts in a band, and wraps the hair into a pug (ball) at her forehead in a 1960s hairstyle. An older woman, wearing many layers of colorful beads around the neck, has her bun on top, a 1920s style, and cut with short bangs in the front. Another style begun in the 1930s that acts as a brim is to put the hair in a forward ponytail, wrap a piece of stiff cardboard around the head, comb the hair forward over it, and put a hairnet around all of it to hold the hair in place ( 3:28 - 4:20 ). A woman wearing many beaded necklaces hand-sews a colorfully dressed doll that looks like a Seminole to sell at trading posts. Babies, also wearing beaded necklaces, are shown playing with them ( 4:21 - 5:33 ). A woman sews colorful strips of fabric together using a vintage Singer Model 99 hand-crank portable sewing machine ( 5:34 - 6:00 ). Another does basket weaving using sweet grass ( 6:01 - 6:30 ). Others do glass bead work ( 6:32 - 7:34 ). A woman places multiple strands…
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- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
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- Stock Footage