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Film, Video To live as free men

digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • To live as free men

Summary

  • This film is about the Penn School, a school for African Americans in the Sea Islands of South Carolina. It discusses the history of slavery on the islands and the school's role in educating African Americans to teach them the skills needed to be self-sufficient and to contribute to society.

Names

  • Silver, John, production
  • Hathen Productions
  • Silver (John) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : [s.n.], 1942.

Headings

  • -  Penn School (Saint Helena Island, S.C.)
  • -  African Americans--Education--Sea Islands

Genre

  • Promotional films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Copyright: no reg.
  • -  Title from leader at head of reel and from paperwork in M/B/RS Acquisition file. Title confirmed in the finding aid for the Penn School Papers at the University of North Carolina.
  • -  On film: "This film is a new copy of the movie produced during 1942 for the Penn School by Mr. John Silver and Hathen Productions." Production company, producer and release date from this statement.
  • -  Source used: Penn School Papers finding aid, accessed via University of North Carolina University Libraries website, April 22, 2020.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (ca. 38 min.) : sd., col.
  • viewing print 1 reel of 1 (1,332 ft.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FCB 0907 (viewing print)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 87706576

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Hathen Productions, and Silver. To Live as Free Men. produceds by Silver, Johnuction [United States: s.n, 1942] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/87706576/.

APA citation style:

Hathen Productions & Silver. (1942) To Live as Free Men. Silver, J., prod [United States: s.n] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/87706576/.

MLA citation style:

Hathen Productions, and Silver. To Live as Free Men. prod by Silver, Johnuction [United States: s.n, 1942] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/87706576/>.