Erwin (N.C.), circa 1937-1939 (Reel 1)

This film is part of a series of films taken by H. Lee Waters titled Movies of Local People. The series captures residents of small towns across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia between 1936 and 1942.

00:00:47--Moviegoers buying tickets at movie theater
00:01:38--African American man walking down sidewalk
00:01:42--People walking down street; store fronts; The Leader Stores Inc.; Pate's Café
00:02:53--Erwin Cotton Mills sign; men and boys on street; man in Esso coveralls; Harnett Supply House; people on sidewalk; some stopping to pose for camera
00:03:40--Jernigans Dry Cleaning; boys and girls walking down sidewalk; boy in aviator helmet cap
00:04:13--Students and teachers outside school on playground; boys in aviator helmet caps
00:04:42--Girl in aviator helmet cap; girls outside school and walking down sidewalk; boy riding bicycle with aviator helmet cap; crossing guard; groups of children posing for camera;
00:05:19--High school students posing for camera; African American man; students moving around outside
00:05:54--Men in mule-driven cart; men trading jackets on porch; workers outside mill; man with tattoo; African American woman riding in back of horse-driven cart; workers leaving mill
00:07:54--Street scenes; people walking down street; man with pipe; train in background; African Americans standing on sidewalk; elderly man dancing; white man and African American man standing and talking together; Pate's Café
00:08:55--Man smoking cigar; close up, posed, and candid shots of people on street; boy in aviator helmet cap and jacket;
00:09:56--People gathered around car; boys in aviator helmet caps and jackets; street scenes
00:10:57--High school girls outside of Erwin High School; male teacher putting his arm around girls
00:11:25--Two girls dressed the same, possibly twins; street scenes; three boys in aviator helmet caps; man with cane smoking cigarette in front of barbershop; two young girls wearing hats
00:12:13--Modern Laundry and Cleaners sign; Cut Rate Furniture sign; large gas station
00:12:27--Street scenes; close up, posed, and candid shots of people downtown and in residential areas
00:13:59--Shug's service station and restaurant, Gulf sign, neon signs for "Beer-Wines," "Roasted Oysters," and "Private Dining Rooms"; J.B. Rouse Vulcanizing Station Retreading; Economy Auto Supply, Goodrich Tires sign; Rose's 5-10-25-cent Stores; Hap's Bicycle Shop; movie theater with sign for "Jungle Princess"; Beauty Parlor sign and customers having hair styled, manicure, facial; Erwin Furniture Company
00:16:00--Reflection of H. Lee Waters in window as he shoots footage
0016:08--Erwin High School girls basketball team and boys basketball team
00:16:22--Erwin 5-10-25-cent Store exterior; customers shopping in stores; The Leader Stores exterior
00:18:19--Students and teachers outside school; children getting on bus; men and women in car
00:19:19--Street scenes; men and women around and in cars; men sitting in storefronts; man eating ice cream; boys on bicycles
00:20:32--Men outside mill, sitting on curb and sitting and lying on grass; elderly man sitting on bench; street scenes, men and women walking to or from mill, gathering at convenience or company store; boys and girls outside of mill, some on bicycles
00:23:08--Man eating banana and laughing; men, women, and children on street; two men in straw hats; boy on crutches with corn cob pipe; boy wearing a whoopee cap; men and women coming and going from mill
00:25:28--Men and women leaving mill as train moves on railroad tracks.
00:26:43--Close up, posed, and candid shots of people on street; boys with golf clubs
00:28:22--Boys clapping while man dances; two men in rocking chairs on porch; men sitting and lying on grass in park; boy with BB gun; boys on bicycles riding in a circle, with fast motion effect
00:29:41--Close up, posed, and candid shots of people on street; two African American women with white girl; woman in car; man on motorcyle; African American man in front of shop
00:31:48--Fast motion effect of people going in and out of post office; close up, posed, and candid shots of people on street; two African American women with white boy; girl eating ice cream
00:33:04--Nurses posed together next to hospital; boys playing catch; girl on bicycle; boys and girls on residential street; men and boys in front a store; shots of women walking down street; Asian man with other young men; close up, posed and candid shots of people on street; Pate's Cafe
00:35:08--Boy shining shoes; close up, posed, and candid shots of people on street; man in horse-drawn cart; African American man rinsing chicken in pot of boiling water; African American man reading from a sheet of paper; African American man de-feathering a chicken in fast motion
00:36:45--Girl and boys in front of movie theater; close up, posed, and candid shots of people on street; man with fish getting out of car, elderly man with pipe; elevated fast motion effect of people on street; "George O'Brien in Renegade Ranger" sign in front of movie theater
00:38:51--Backwards motion effect of boys popping balloon; close up, posed, and candid shots of people on street; delivery boy on bicycle; boys swimming in river; backwards motion effect of boys diving in river from platform; boys and girls sitting on curb; people around service station, Chesterfield sign, 7-up sign, Stewart Hardware, people smoking; movie theater; E.W. Williams store; Conoco sign; girl in front of Union Store