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Home Movie "Down in Dixie" Washington D.C. to Virginia, Florida, Havana Cuba Trip Xd14294 (1940)

1940 · Feature film · 64 min

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This wonderful, silent color home movie film shows an epic trip made in the late 1930s or early 1940s from Washington, D.C. across the South through Virginia and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park into Florida, and then a plane ride to Havana, Cuba. It was titled simply "Down in Dixie" on the canister. The film has many noteworthy segments, including rare shots of African Americans working in cotton fields at around the 34 minute mark. Opening titles:Washington: The Capitol City (:07). Train on tracks, cars on a highway, bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. (:15). Lincoln Memorial, White House (:50). U.S. Capitol building (1:05). Lincoln Memorial (1:49). Washington Monument (2:12). Lincoln Memorial (3:00). Jefferson Memorial (3:17). Memorial Continental Hall(4:22). The White House (5:29). U.S. Capitol building as the sun sets (6:36). Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (7:12). USS Maine Memorial (7:45). Arlington National Cemetery (8:13). Mount Vernon in Virginia, the former plantation of George Washington, the first President of the United States (8:19). People walk around the grounds of Mount Vernon (9:58). A close look at the home's tower shows the building is being restored. 48-star USA flag (11:01). Horse and buggy (11:36). Jamestown, Virginia. Nearby, recreations of a 1610s fort and a Powhatan Indian village (12:03). Yorktown, VA, Fusiliers' Redoubt sign and cannons, buildings (13:02). Cars drive streets of Yorktown, VA, shops on the main street (15:13)…

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Running time
64 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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