White House Garden Party, ca. 1936–Dewson Family–home movies. Reel 5
White House Garden Party, ca. 1936--Dewson Family--home movies. Reel 5
Video:
Identifier:
2155.0005
Collection:
Dewson, Mary W. Collection
Date:
circa 1936
Original Format:
16mm
Color:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
100 ft.
Can Description:
Label on film box: 'Weis-White House Garden Party.'
Viewing Notes:
B&W – A young girl, boy, and woman stand on a small beach. The boy breaks a stick and throws it into the water. The three of them walk away from the camera toward the street. They walk out of the “Railway Mail Service Air Mail Field Transfer Office” building. They join a crowd looking at an old helicopter. An airplane taxis. The girl and boy lead a dog (Sheltie) down the street and get into a car, followed by three women. The little girl jumping rope. The boy climbs on the railing of a porch. Women in dresses lined up in a receiving line. A woman in a white flowered dress, white hat, and white mink stole (Eleanor Roosevelt) at the head of the receiving lone. The camera starts on her and pans down the line of women. A woman walks toward the camera adjusting her clothes and smiling. A large crowd of women seated outside. Portraits of several women who walk toward the camera talking. Women in a line smile and wave at the camera. A woman (Molly Dewson) smiles and walks toward the camera. Eleanor Roosevelt walks by and smiles at the camera. People on stage, some men with guitars in the front singing, Washington monument in the background. Pan from the stage out over the crowd. [End of Reel]
Subject(s):
Airplanes, Beaches, Children
Place(s):
Washington D.C. USA
Rights:
This item may be available for reuse, please contact Northeast Historic Film for more information
Source:
https://oldfilm.org/collection/Detail/occurrences/26488