Michael Holman Family Home Movie #23

This film is from a collection of home movies filmed by the family of Michael Holman, an important figure in the history of hip hop. The collection predominately contains family vacation footage shot when Holman's father, Lt. Thomas Holman, was stationed in Europe with the US Army. Most of the footage was captured by Holman's grandmother, Pauline Thompson Wood. In addition to the European vacation films, the footage shot by Pauline Wood documents her involvement with the Baha'i Faith and includes footage of Baha'i events and pilgrimages to holy sites in Israel and Palestine. There is also footage of the family at home in San Francisco and other sites in California.

This film is from a collection of home movies filmed by the family of Michael Holman, an important figure in the history of hip hop. It consists of a single reel of 8mm silent acetate film with color (a), an original plastic film reel (b), and an original plastic cover (c).

The film begins with a series of shots in and around Akka Prison, a Baha'i Faith holy site in Acre, Israel. The next series of shots depicts a group of people visiting the gardens of the Mansion of Bahji, another Baha'i holy site in Acre. A series of shots then depict street life in Haifa, Israel from a variety of angles and street corners. The film concludes with a wide shot of the Shrine of the Bab, a Baha'i holy site, as viewed from the streets in Haifa.

An original white plastic film reel (b) with a brief content note and an original blue plastic film container (c) with Technicolor markings also accompany the film.