Michael Holman Family Home Movie #8

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 cardboard film box (c).

The film begins with a series of shots of an unidentified coastline taken from a ship. One shot may feature the Rock of Gibraltar, but it is unclear. Next is a series of street scenes in Tangier, Morocco, which feature daily life and some of the historic architecture in the ancient medina. This is followed by several shots taken from a bus in an unidentified location and a shot from a ship departing Tangier. The next series of shots depict the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Several street scenes in an unidentified city follow this series. The film concludes with a series of shots depicting cave homes in Guadix, Spain. It includes shots of the cave homes' exteriors, a shot of a family living in a cave home, and street scenes in town.

The standard yellow Kodak 8mm film box (c) that accompanies the film has handwritten mailing addresses for processing film in Europe. It also includes brief, handwritten content notes.