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Poster for Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota Part VIII (1938)

Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota Part VIII (1938)

1938 · Ephemeral film · 14 min

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Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.

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Running time
14 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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★★★ · typical besse material · Kieran Kenney · 2004-07-07

The usual shots of people going about their shopping and hamming it up for the camera. One scene made me nervous. When that barn was being lowered down the hill I kept expecting it to fall and crush the guy standing below. Great period fashions as well, and nice playground scenes as well.

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