[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis–home movies] Reel 66

[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 66


Identifier:
1375.0066
Collection:
Gertrude Jane Eustis Collection
Date:
1951 – 1952
Original Format:
16mm
Color:
Color
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
400 ft
Viewing Notes:
NHF cataloguer's notes (reel numbers assigned by donor or creator): Reel 66: (36:15) man walks up path away from camera, firecracker goes off in grass;man in floppy hat points and talks to others, women in bathing suits walk up beach, man in trunks greets them;women sit on beach towel;man puts string of fireworks on rock, lights them and runs away, several go off and they fall off rock;(36:59) dressed up women leave camp (37:11) three women sit in stern of boat one has flowers (37:18) women walk up pathway toward camera and away from car;(37:26) two children in matching clothes walk over to a woman in front of a car while maid watches;older woman joins them;another older woman kisses children;maid joins woman and children;two children in dirt pile, older man joins, kisses smaller child, then other kid;(38:21) launch approaches dock;woman walks by car w/ trunk open;(38:46) man leaves house w/tennis racquets under arm, wearing wig and women's clothing, woman follows;man and woman pose for camera, man smokes;group of men in women's clothes;man wearing dress approaches camera;pan up legs of man in dress;man in large odd hat approaches with child, drinking out of a can and smoking;several more men come up path toward camera, all in dresses, one is holding a parasol and is skipping w/ another man;two men walk past camera, one in black raincoat, the other dressed like Ebenezer Scrooge w/ candle and nightgown, both carry tennis raquets;man w/ nightgown holds candle for man to read by;two men in dresses and wigs play tennis against two women;man /w nightgown talks to young man behind chicken wire fence;woman (?) pushes stroller up against bench, boy in striped shirt and red cap walks past and away from camera towards her;man in yellow bonnet faces camera frowning;man on tennis court wearing dress removes coat, man on other side of net (also wearing dress) catches tennis balls;man wearing cast and bandages holding racquet hobbles around;men wearing dresses play more tennis;man holding parasol walks toward net, man w/ umbrella hits tennis ball;Ebenezer watches ball cross net;wounded man' and man dressed like box of Tide play tennis;man w/ inner tube around neck and man w/ dress and sash play tennis;(41:30) box of Tide chases ball;man holding two racquets and wearing grass skirt approaches camera, followed by woman pointing and laughing;woman dressed as nurse helps 'wounded man towards camera;crowd watches tennis game;man w/ inner tube holds baby;children play w/ cats (?);man in grass skirt walks onto tennis court, away from camera;man in inner tube and man in life vest walk back from net;woman in black dress hits backhand;woman in black hits another backhand, man in dress watches in background;man in dress and woman in black shake hands;man in grass skirt stands in front of court;wounded man walks off court;man in dress walks across court past camera w/ Ebenezer;(43:30) man in grass skirt serves over net;group under beach umbrella watches game;kids watch game;group under umbrella from different angle;people in costume parade around tennis court;(45:00) man in yellow bonnet and man w/ dress and wig face camera;(45:05)young woman stands in front of trees w/ loaf of bread, then walks off left;(45:10) woman in shorts pushes garden implement along ground;woman pushes implement toward camera;woman displays implement, a sort of shears on wheels, woman pushes shears through weeds;CU of shears in action;(45:43) woman in pants walks down walkway right to left;(45:31) shot of house w/ deck;women coming down stairs from deck;women climbing up off beach, (46:17) woman walks out of woods w/ two milk jugs;woman walks down stairs w/ suitcases and puts them on wheelbarrow held by another woman;older woman walks down stair;man picks up purse from top step;(46:50) people milling on dock;(46:53) man w/ no shirt shakes hands w/ man wearing hat;man and woman w/ bathing suits;man and woman sunning themselves on pier;man in rowboat;woman cannonballs off pier;man holds dog woman gets out of water;man belly flops off pier;older man does shallow dive;man swims back;(47:46) man and woman approach camera, man has small table and basket, woman has balloons;CU on basket;two women go down stairs, older man watches, younger man joins at bottom smoking pipe;two men go down stairs;man and woman leave house w/ tennis racquets;two men, two women leave w/ tennis raquets;man, two women watch something from porch, man leaves, older man joins;young man returns, picks up BBQ utensils, men leave, man lies on porch reading, older woman comes around porch, gives him a bag;(49:15) man starting fire (dark);man w/ camera and woman watch fire man turns away;man taking picture of woman on porch;two women man on porch, older man joins w/ large piece of steak;(49:37) man w/ yachting hat gets out of boat;(49:40) man goes through bags in trunk of car, closes trunk, woman watches, large building in background;car pulls out;pan of large building, car passes;(50:20) shadowed monument, man looks at plaque, woman walks toward him, pan up monument;man reading plaque, CU of plaque (shadowed, illegible);statue;CU of plaque, 'shot heard round the world' poem;revolutionary war statue w/ gun;man, two women walk along bridge toward camera, (51:36) something unidentifiable on street;people across street, kids playing in empty lot;(52:04) dressed up woman in front of house midshot of woman;(52:15) lot, pan across, left to right, truck backs in;dump truck backs in, dumps fill, dump truck, from side;truck driving away;something unidentifiable (too dark);man unloading bags from truck (dark);men (cutting trees?) and truck (dark), man sweeping next to cement mixer;(54:03) woman in blue dress in front of garage.
Subject(s):
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Place(s):
Concord, Massachusetts
Rights:
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Source:
https://oldfilm.org/collection/Detail/occurrences/14988