Found home movies in Mississippi Delta from late 1940s to early 1950s

[@GrievingForGrace]

These are someone's personal home videos. And I'm sitting on my couch watching this, while eating some leftover cake in my PJs. What a weird future.

[@landryprichard6778]

Strange but beautiful times!

[@robertgray323]

I was born in the 50s . My dad had a super 8 and filmed all holidays vacations everything. I haven't watched them in decades. This is inspiring

[@brosephdudeguy]

This is incredible. It’s like going back in time.

[@landryprichard6778]

A time gone by. If not for old films, pictures and reel to reel audio tapes (or wire recordings from even earlier), there would be less of a sense of how it was back then. And there was bad, cringy ways of belief back then. We have all moved on. But the perspective of how things change cannot be seen without examples of where we came from...or just how far we have come.

[@ProfessorRex1995]

@@landryprichard6778 very beautifully said

[@chuckf6163]

Whenever i watch these videos of the 1940s i have a deep yearning in my heart to be there and experience those times.

[@richardthompson9836]

I'm 73 now and seeing these images brings back memories from my childhood. The older lady with the glasses reminds me of my grandmother. The old trains reminds me of my grandfather who worked for N&W R/R. He would take me to the rail yard on his days off. My folks took me to the old Tri City Airport in Bristol, VA to see the planes. It lit a spark that Carrie's on today as I have been, and continue to be an active pilot now for 51 years. Thanks for the memories.

[@landryprichard6778]

Phenomenal to hear. I awoke this morning, as I do most mornings now, with yet another memory I need to jot down on paper. So many of them too. How to keep them alive in a world that feels engulfed with faster and faster change? What kind of pilot are you?

[@Tsip89]

FANTASTIC FILMING! THANK YOU!

[@footballlvnlady]

I would love to travel by train anywhere in the U.S. They discontinued passenger service here in the early 1960’s. I would love to go back to this time period. Looks so relaxing and beautiful photography! Some of the people remind me of my grandparents and aunts/uncles in the 60’s.

[@kaitd7645]

Amazing. I loved seeing the girl with the glasses (maybe Peggy?) she seemed down to earth and absolutely lovely. It was fascinating to see her grow and make a family, I wish I could’ve met her. I also wish there was an image of the photographer, I loved seeing his travels and the way he captured others. If you notice, you know he’s back home when you see the red flowers. Symbolic.

[@landryprichard6778]

Wonderful observations! It was good to have finally met them. These old films are quite valuable. A glimpse into life as it used to be. Preserving ALL memories from as many people as possible is so important. Everything changes.

[@rhg1313]

Very interesting ❤️❤️ only problem I keep turning the volume up 😂

[@jeannatheis6793]

This is absolutely lovely!

[@morgonhale833]

This is amazing feels like I got to time travel!

[@Mjohnson3030]

I see some parts of Leland, Mississippi!!! Deer Creek! ❤️❤️❤️

[@akeishaharris]

My mother is from Leland and she's in her 70's.

[@MichaelM-yt6ww]

@@akeishaharris would have only been a baby

[@jeffmercer3891]

What an absolute treasure!

[@sandothemando8924]

One thing that's really impressive about this 1940's home video compared to today's vlogs... this one is almost three hours long! Vlogs on KZbin these days are lucky to be longer than 20-30 mins. Modern internet and instant gratification has made people's attention spans much shorter...

[@landryprichard6778]

Well, eh, these are many reels of 16mm film that were shot over years. Just compiled here. It isnt quite the same thing as a vlog...just a family who saved their films, and i found them and digitized them.

[@JackF99]

Very nice- thanks for posting. If you use the gear icon to change the playback speed to .75x, seems closer to the normal speed.

[@kroneyt1493]

It's amazing how little American train's have changed since this footage was filmed.

[@USHighway66]

Must have been a prominent family to be able to afford to travel so much.

[@landryprichard6778]

I believe they were. A Southern farming family. Mine were the same. A long, long time ago...in a world far, far away.

[@williammullen6470]

I just started watching it and jumped ahead, finding one segment from Wisconsin Dells in Wisconsin, so it jumps all over the country. I also saw a view with a sign saying it was the port of Seattle, WA.

[@landryprichard6778]

I should have just said that this was a family that shot home movies all over the place.

[@Gabriel288]

you found gold!

[@rossmorebaz]

I love Mississippi !.. I love her people !

[@reneetherese1963]

So do I! A state that can produce both Elvis Presley and Conway Twitty is something really special! 😊

[@Portishead1964]

I wonder how many movies are lost forever. It makes me sad.

[@landryprichard6778]

As an archivist, I too think of such things. We are lucky to have what we have, I guess.

[@Mystic0157]

Historic Sport footage including the Cal Bears, Stanford Indians (Later Changed to Cardinals) and Mississippi St Maroon (later changed to Bulldogs in Football. Also includes Greenville Bucks (Cotton States League) Baseball footage. Hidden Treasure.

[@Sharptooth100]

Great one to see.

[@user-nu4um2gr3d]

My mother and father were children during these times they lived in the northeast though. I could imagine during these times the north and the south felt like two completely different countries. Even today I find the north and the south have very different cultures.

[@landryprichard6778]

Truth. But the movement down here is the biggest it has been in 50 years. The Internet has helped us all understand each other way more than it used to be.

[@candy.111]

That’s cool

[@juricich6756]

11:57 holy moly, that place is more plant than building

[@sensitivecuriosity5054]

Class act. All of them. Not like today

[@beaumontmichaels3575]

Men that had Railroad jobs usually had travel perks for immediate family members,perhaps this explains their travels and trains.

[@landryprichard6778]

Actually, they were a family of wealthy farmers, but I like your addition.

[@shiachmister]

fantastic find. could i please use some of this footage in a video essay i plan on publishing on youtube? I can attribute the footage to you or to the family or whatever you deem respectful and fit.

[@landryprichard6778]

You will have to contact the Mississippi Historical Archives Commission. They own it, and the family that is featured in it is not mine. I only found the film and donated it to the MHAC. They do sell rights to use it. But glad you are interested!

[@nd96_]

Did you end up being able to use some of the footage? I have a similar question. @shiachmister

[@differenthorse23]

I don't know how else to contact you, but hopefully you see this. Could I use a clip from this for a composition project I'm doing for my portfolio as a composer? I will credit you and link to the original video in the description.

[@landryprichard6778]

Go to Mississippi Historical Archives Commission. Or MHAC in Jackson, Mississippi. They have the films and sell copies! And glad your perhaps got inspired. 💝

[@nd96_]

@@landryprichard6778 Hi! I'm hoping to use some of the footage as well. I've only been able to find Mississippi Department of Archives & History in Jackson Mississippi. Is this the same thing as you mentioned?

[@CarolinaJayhawk]

I believe this is pre 1947. Most of the cars I can ID are ‘46 or ‘47 and the 8th Air Force serviceman at 19:39 appears to be US Army, not USAF. They switched in 1947.

[@landryprichard6778]

@@CarolinaJayhawk Nice call! I think the late 40s is as far as I could get.

[@bibletruthholinesschurch]

It sure does look different!

[@dixiegreaser3238]

take me back..

[@kkaochannel2698]

With the looks of those cars I'll say this was between the years 1935-1945

[@cyruskamkar1324]

This is definitely late 40s/early 50s. Many people still drove cars from the 1930s even in the 50s, and usually one car per family. People weren't always trying to get the new thing back then. They got what they could afford and were content with it, unlike today. People who bought the newer cars were usually people with more money. Every day people typically had cars that were 10-20 years old.

[@1982kinger]

They stopped making cars from 1941 to 1946. Production ramped up slowly until about 1950-1954. People in Mississippi would have older cars because of the poverty

[@marshallemmet1366]

@@cyruskamkar1324 Haha, I guess my family is old fashioned then!

[@landryprichard6778]

@@cyruskamkar1324 Great observations from all. Yes, the Delta's peak days are far behind them unfortunately. Growing up there in the 70s to the 90s, our version was seeing cars from the 70s being used to and through the late 90s or even 2000s. You use what you have...the family car is still that.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@cyruskamkar1324 1945. This is 1945, not late 40's early 50's.

[@avalondreaming1433]

I find tons of these in the Goodwill Bins I didn't know about the legality of showing them... I know that I'd personally be very mad if someone was making money off my families history. I wonder if I should donate them to the library?

[@landryprichard6778]

You should donate them. And fast. The film rots.

[@teddlear970]

Got bad news. These where NOT professionally Digitized. They where produced on a 8mm projector of standard regular light bulb. Awful..

[@NYC1927]

Seeing how the footage of the young couple seems to go in tandem with the growth of their relationship, I take it that there was a mistake with the film editing in regards to the sequence of the baby shower up until the baby is about 3 and the wedding ceremony footage. Lol!

[@landryprichard6778]

Lol. No editing. Back then, footage was shot, the camera stopped, and they started up some other time. And sometime it was a different reel. There is no real sequence of events that is followed logically.

[@NYC1927]

@@landryprichard6778 True, it just looked funny that the wedding events played after the birth of the child. Lol. Especially being the 1940s/50s. Lol! :)

[@HerbWalker]

Who ever they were they lived in California and had MONEY. Took a lot of COTTON to buy all those fancy dresses, cars and houses.

[@landryprichard6778]

The family name is in the intro. The Hammonds. Greenville, Mississippi farmers.

[@joycepickett8383]

Don't see people like me in here!

[@person-ce8cr]

Its the past.

[@zweltzcited4852]

Well next time it goes up for an Oscar nomination you can sign a petition to get it removed for lack of diversity

[@sharreetaylor861]

They were in jail.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

I did, your just being biased

[@rondothard1698]

its the truth. I didn't see anybody who looked like me here also and my family lived in Mississippi then.

[@Luftwaffengel]

America when it was still in a mental purity.

[@felipenunez2058]

😂😂😂. Since when was america in mental purity do you not know American history and its events.

[@relacionar111]

When people pray to God while killing a human life (black) in their basement. This was a hypocrite time.

[@Luftwaffengel]

@@felipenunez2058 There were moments a little better. But the Americans remain degenerate Europeans, whom the Europeans did not want them

[@relacionar111]

False happiness. How can someone be happy while treating another human so cruelly by the color of their skin? how can they practice Christianism while being so bad with neighbors?

[@relacionar111]

It is easy to judge good while you are benefitting from the suffering of others. Black people lived a hell there because of ''Christian and happy people''.

[@carlfrye1566]

Mississippi, Democrat Governors from 1876 to 2004.

[@devonbond3093]

yeah, Southern Democrats that became Republicans after support of AuH2O in 1964 and then going fully racist after Nixon's Southern Strategy during his campaigns.

[@jzj2212]

This is not Greenville

[@landryprichard6778]

It's from many places, but mostly Greenville. The family confirmed it.

[@gulfrelay5071]

This is not Greenville I was born and raised there I recognize nothing in this video

[@landryprichard6778]

Here we go again. Yes, some of it is. Much is the surrounding areas. Leland. Cleveland. Clarksdale, etc. And the western states when they went on vacation.

[@rossmorebaz]

this is from Wyoming .. not mississippi

[@landryprichard6778]

Yes, some of it is. I've been trying to explain to people, but perhaps I should do a better job: These are home movies from a family who lived in the Mississippi Delta. Some of these are their vacation trips. Wyoming, Montana, California, etc.

[@rossmorebaz]

Landry Prichard ...yeah I noticed some of the signs for places in this video are in Yellowstone !

[@landryprichard6778]

@@rossmorebaz It's really cool to unearth a family history that the family themselves were unaware of it.

[@jmeindersma4492]

Nice pictures, I think for that time it was a good camera, I don’t mean to be rude but it is the worst camera work I’ve ever seen!

[@landryprichard6778]

Well, it was probably a home 16mm camera. Very tough to afford one back then. They weren't film makers. Just a family.

[@jmeindersma4492]

I do admit that I really enjoyed the film. But sometimes you wished it go a bit slower, so you would see the details a bit better. But that can not be changed. This is a very valuable film. And as you say, they were no film makers they just enjoyed doing it.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@jmeindersma4492 it's also oh I don't know....mmmm, more than 70 years old film. I'm sure the color has been morphed and fainted over time on some of it, but this is very close to how it looked.

[@rondothard1698]

Movie film was crazy expensive back then! I even thought it was expensive as a kid in the 1960s with the 8mm movies.

[@shungilmore7506]

This is not Greenville ms at all

[@landryprichard6778]

Well, some of it is. The family who shot it confirms it, and I grew up near there. But, yes, some is outside greenville, and some is a trip out west.

[@HajisSaya]

Look like some elit3s up to something

[@landryprichard6778]

Well, I think I know what you are trying to insinuate. And you aren't far off. In Mississippi, at that time, if you owned a lot of farm land, you were part of the elite. And it's not something that is tasteful to too many people. I get it. But this is merely a look back from the perspective of this well-to-do family. Nothing more.

[@HajisSaya]

@@landryprichard6778 I've noticed that only certain kinds of people owned cameras back then. Generational tranz.

[@GottaBeCarefulWhenIDip]

The older I get the less stuff like this feels like so long ago??

[@GottaBeCarefulWhenIDip]

And to think all those horses are dead

[@pamelacotton6420]

most of the people too