Children and parents alike laugh and play during a picnic on a sunny day in an unidentified park. Games played include wheelbarrow races, one-legged races, and volleyball. Based on the title, this film was likely made during a company picnic for the UnIted States Postal Service, for which JoAnn Elam worked for many years as a mail carrier. The similarities in form and content to ” Post Office Picnic ” (F.2011-01-0130) suggest the two are intended for presentation as double projection, in which the two films would be projected side by side simultaneously.
Post Office Picnic
Post Office Picnic
Video:
Collection:
Elam Subseries I: Films
Date:
circa 1977
Original Format:
8mm
Color:
Color
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
0h 5m 31s
Abstract:
Children and parents alike laugh and play during a picnic on a sunny day in an unidentified park. Games played include wheelbarrow races, one-legged races, and volleyball. Based on the title, this film was likely made during a company picnic for the UnIted States Postal Service, for which JoAnn Elam worked for many years as a mail carrier. The similarities in form and content to " Post Office Picnic " (F.2011-01-0130) suggest the two are intended for presentation as double projection, in which the two films would be projected side by side simultaneously.
Genre:
Short
Subject(s):
Picnics, Postal service
Source:
http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/collections/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/7861
Repository:
Chicago Film Archive