Black Film Center/Archive
Selected Film Clips
Extracted from films in Public Domain.
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In order to maintain a comprehensive research archive,
the BFC/A does not loan, rent or distribute any part of its collection.
- Dancing Darkey Boy (1897). 15 seconds. A
young boy dances a combination of jig, clog and negro cake walk steps for a
group of white stable hands.
- Morning Bath, A. (1896). 20 seconds. A woman washes her baby.
- Native Women Washing Clothes at St. Vincent,
B.W.I. (1903). 15 seconds. Several bare-breasted women wash clothes in a river.
- Nigger in a Woodpile, A. (1904). 15
seconds. White actors in blackface steal a woodpile. However, when the woodpile
explodes, the farmers are able to locate the culprits.
- Pickaninnies, The (1894). 20
seconds. Three men dance the jig.
- Watermelon Contest, The (1896). 15
seconds. Several black men participate in a watermelon contest.
- Who Said Chicken? (1900). 15 seconds. A
white actor in blackface steals a chicken and hides in a coal bin. A policeman
looks in the coal bin, sits on the lid and calls for help. The man happily escapes after he pushes the policeman off the lid.
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