Michael Holman Family Home Movie #5

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), an original cardboard film box (c), and a handwritten note on white paper (d).

The film begins with multiple shots from the deck of a large ship, ending with a shot of Pauline Thompson Wood wearing a red sweater and standing next to a life preserver. The shot of Wood is followed by a series of shots depicting an unidentified coastline. Next is a series of street scene shots in Casablanca, Morocco taken from a moving vehicle and on foot. There are then more shots from the deck of the ship, including a series depicting the Statue of Liberty and New York City. The final shot is of a woman walking down a set of stairs in front of a home.

The standard yellow Kodak 8mm film box (c) that accompanies the film features handwritten mailing addresses for processing film in Europe, while the handwritten note (d) includes a short list about the film's content.