[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis–home movies] Reel 40
[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 40
Identifier:
1375.004
Collection:
Gertrude Jane Eustis Collection
Date:
1936
Original Format:
16mm
Color:
Color
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
425 ft
Viewing Notes:
NHF cataloguer's notes, 7/96 (reel numbers assigned by donor or creator): Reel 40: (following footage sepia tone) Antique truck w/child on running board drives toward camera;group of children playing on grass in front of parked truck;young girl w/ frilly dress comes down front steps of house towards camera;boy and girl enter house together;two women carrying baskets walk across lawn;many children on front steps, (2:00) Jack Russell terrier enters, baby in carriage at top of steps;open launch, 'Wawenock', coming toward camera;sloop;outboard in distance comes closer, operated by two boys, joins sloop;(3:00) over the shoulder shot of woman driving open launch, bow flag and boy on bow in frame;they approach 'La Reine' schooner;small girl on deck schooner;(4:00) girl at helm;looking at compass (?) w/ woman;(following footage b&w) open launch at float;boy w/ wheelbarrow coming up ramp;captain unties boat;sloop;captain & boy carry trunk up ramp;(5:00) skiffs at float;man carrying small girl;POV from boat of shoreline;Camp Wapello' on shore;woman and man disembarking;woman, boy & girl walk up field path;man beating rug on porch;(6:00) small girl on porch;woman locking door;boy picks up luggage from porch;man gets luggage from back of porch;woman walks down ramp;(7:00) man shaking hands with kids;loading launch;POV from boat w/ stern flag waving;girl w/ beret and boy in boat;boy on bow w/ flag;docking;man walks up ramp w/ luggage & hat box;(8:00) street corner w/ parked cars, boy in beanie, girl in beret, and man drink from water fountain on corner;girl & boy walk out of house;convertible pulls up for them;front of school;children gather;(following footage sepia tone) girl w/ basket and balloon;(9:00) boy w/ shovel joins girl on lawn, man w/ rake arrives, they work on garden plot. (10:00) people on tree-lined neighborhood street;two boys and girls at street corner cross street;woman hands boy coconut;he tries to smash it on sidewalk while woman, girl and man watch;woman tries in the same way;man tries;(11:00) man uses hatchet on coconut;splits it open and finds smaller one inside;man makes hole for straw;(12:00) each person takes sip from coconut;man pours coconut milk in glass while boy & girl watch;man cuts coconut into pieces;(13:00) boy & girl on front steps;pans of ocean liner 'Queen Mary;(14:00) football game & stadium;boy & girl pose outside house, boy in tie and long dress coat;girl in hat & double breasted coat;(15:00) girl smelling rose on bush, laundry on line flutters in background;girl dressed in costume as cop w/mask & boy dressed as old man w/ mask;girl shows her stop and go traffic cop sign;they remove masks and put hats back on;(17:00) children bring jack-o-lanterns on to porch and sit on steps w/ pumpkins in laps (very good focus);boy remains, girl leaves, woman joins him holding pumpkin;parade w/ large paper mache or wooden animals;floats;clowns;fairy tale floats;cat costume;large wooden dog;Robinson Caruso float.
Subject(s):
Amateur films, Automobiles, Boats and boating, Children, Costumes, Football, Ships
Place(s):
Maine, USA;New Jersey, USA;New York City, New York
Rights:
This item may be available for reuse, please contact Northeast Historic Film for more information
Source:
https://oldfilm.org/collection/Detail/occurrences/27401