Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #3

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Consists of: 16mm Film (a). 2016.95.5.1a: 16mm film. This home movie opens up with a close up shot of a home sign that reads “The Cleveland’s”. The next shot is of a woman braising a rotisserie chicken over a grill. Multiple angles show the chicken turn during various stages of the cooking process. The following footage is of various types of animals at a zoo. These animals include monkeys playing together, a long giraffe eating leaves from a tree outside of its cage, brown bears sleeping and moseying about, and polar bears sleeping and bathing. The closing shot is of a family standing under a sign that reads “COLUMBUS Z00 ENTRANCE”. There is a flash of a racetrack.

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