Down Mobile Way - 1935

A profile of the active shores of Mobile, Alabama circa 1935, this film highlights local parks, the work of the CCC, and the bustling commerce of the South.

Scenes of azaleas in bloom, old homes, ships at docks, and bales of cotton, barrels of turpentine, and bunches of bananas being loaded on board freighters in Mobile, Alabama, depict the states culture and commercial activity. The film shows a panorama of Gulf, Little River, and Cedar Creek State Parks in Alabama. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) boys work in the forests and operate tractors and graders in State Parks; picnickers eat on outdoor tables. An African American CCC boy dances.

Transcript (PDF): http://archives.gov/social-media/tran...

CREATED BY
Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures.

ARC ID 11662
LOCAL IDENTIFIER 48.31

REPOSITORY:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.

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SUBJECTS
African Americans; Architecture; Cargo ships; Civilians; Dance; Picnicking
Department of the Interior. National Park Service.(1916 -1933 ), Producer
Cedar Creek State Park (Mobile county, Alabama); Gulf State Park (Baldwin county, Alabama); Little River State Forest (Alabama)

MORE INFORMATION:
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[Misty Henderson]

Actually Mobile did have Mardi Gras first, it started 15 years before New Orleans.

[Deborah Waddell]

they probably tho't nola had mardi gras first too.

[tonebuff]

A heart-tugging document. Some grabd houses are still there, but age-old trees were felled by the venal Chamber fo Commerce, then left to the strip malls and, worst of all, trashy filling-stations on Anne St and other sacred crossroads. Our city emphasized manners, breeding, codes and morals when others had become lax and relativist. US history focuses narrowly on only one topic in Mobile history: slavery and civil rights. There is so much more there. Bless the Port City.

[btlh2oguy]

Its amazing seeing all the mansions in midtown back in the 30's.

[slharris1984]

Awesome, except Mobile was founded in 1702, not 1711.

[Rewwgh]

ok this is really cool :)

[ratatui66]

moreee pleasee :):)