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Old Fitzgerald story

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@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Segment one: Townspeople, 0:00. Sign: "-Fitzgerald- The Colony City Center of South Georgia" strung up across the street. People shown on sidewalk: toddler, woman, and man and sign: "Coca-Cola." Leaves are being raked in the town square and sign: "Texaco gas" in background. Child standing by yard with parents. Camera pans to individual citizens smiling for the camera. African American women sit with children on grass by the sidewalk. Women standing in front of a car with a child in it. African American women sit babysitting babies and children. Children smiling for the camera. Man riding donkey down the street. Man walking by. Child in stroller. Women smiling for the camera. Woman walking across street with toddler. . Police standing in front of building. Fire engines with riders on them. Segment two: School Activities, 3:06. Sign: "School Activities." Boys working with wood in a class, making chairs, etc. Students and teachers standing outside of the school for the camera, close-ups on groups of teachers and students. Scene of the American flag and the Georgia flag on a flagpole behind a school. Students driving by school and walking out of it. Children dressed up with paper hats and holding American flags. Students running out of school. Segment three: Work in Fitzgerald, 7:14. Powerlines. Men work on fixing the cables on a powerline. Sign: "A WPA Project" is improving the water system of Fitzgerald. Men digging on a road. Holes are being filled. Men digging a trench. A horse pulls a carriage...

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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia