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1) 0158.0001 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 1
'Cushman southern No. 1' ;First of four reels on a trip to the South. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (10 min.) 'The Ladies Travel South, a four reel picture of scenes from Pinehurst, N.C. to the Mississip...
2) 0158.0002 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 2
Travel scenes from Florida towns. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (12 min.) Alligator and ostrich farm. Alligators sliding down slides, creeping through shadows. Ostriches running...
3) 0158.0003 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 3
Amateur: Travel scenes in Florida resort towns. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (11 min.; film has red tint) Shipwreck. Women pretend to scream. Hurricane aftermath: trees blown d...
4) 0158.0004 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 4
'No. 4. Tallahassee, New Orleans, Miss. Riverboat to NY.';NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (7 min.) Tallahassee to Mississippi Delta. 'Tobacco planters.' Group in the distance. Pigs running along road. Herd of cattle. Men changing tire. N...
23) 0284.0052 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 52
Eddie Cantor appears with luggage and performs before camera. Rudy Vallee in sunglasses tips his cap to the camera beside Kezar Lake. Several people, including Meyer Davis, shoo...;// Meyer Davis Logbook: 'Rudy Vallee's camp, summer 1939. Ginny, Garry, M.D, Revues [?]. Farringtons 1939. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman. Bill Dasheff. Picnic, Liptons 1938. Butler's Bal...
57) 0291.0001 Florida/Panama to Tahiti, 1936-1937--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 1
Reel label: 'Florida to Tahiti.' Can label: 'Panama to Tahiti 1936-1937.' ;View of waves from a ship. A passing steam ship. (Film changes to black and white) A life jacket drill on ship. Panama Canal passage as viewed from the cruise ship, including sh...
1) 0291.0002 Tahiti to Fiji, 1937--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 2
Can label: 'Tahiti to Fiji Stella Polaris 2 1937.' ;A dance performance (possibly hula or otea), three women and one man performing, accompanied by guitars. Footage of dancers, slowed down. A man standing in the water, holding an...
3) 0291.0003 Fiji to Ceylon, 1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 3
Can label: 'Fiji to Ceylon Stella Polaris 3 1938.' ;Dance performance. (Fiji?) Dancers preparing kava. Dancers serving kava to tourists. (Film changes to black and white) Dance performance. Performers in masks and headdresses. Pe...
33) 0291.0004 Ceylon to Liberia, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 4
Dancers and drummers, continues from previous reel. (Film changes to black and white) Same dancers. A covered wagon pulled by an ox. An elephant and mahouts by a stream. Boats b...;Ceylon would become Sri Lanka in 1972.
5) 0291.0005 Blue Hill to Jaipur, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 5
Ferris wheel and fair scenes in front of Blue Hill harness race. On board a cruise ship, waves, the White Cliffs of Dover. A farm. Sheep. Scenes of the English countryside, a ra...;From Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine 1938 – 1939 Nov. 3 – Jan. 22 N.Y. – to – Benares Films to # 33 0 = C = 1 = C. ? (landing/wandering?) Chester (Chester to...
25) 0291.0006 Jaipur to Delhi, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 6
Boys weaving. Jantar Mantar, (an equinoctial sundial) Jaipur. A cow turning a mill. A man and a boy in a storefront. (Film changes to color) Tourists getting on an elephant. Cam...;From Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine 1938 – 1939 Nov. 3 – Jan. 22 N.Y. – to – Benares Films to # 33 14 C - Batik workers : Camels (Amedabad) Jaipur – Sun Gat...
12) 0291.0007 Delhi to Elwins, 1938--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 7
A group of children sitting on the ground. Women and children on the street. People sitting on a rooftop. Girls carrying platters on their heads. People on the street. Shots ins...;From Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine 1938 – 1939 Nov. 3 – Jan. 22 N.Y. – to – Benares Films to # 33 23 – C. - Delhi potters painting : Agra Fort : - Taj 25 –...
13) 0291.0008 Elwins to Calcutta, 1938--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 8
Rock formation. Village scenes. Children and adults. Men and boys performing an acrobatic dance. A group of children. Children on a swing. Shots of the village. A western man wa...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 37, 38, 39 B+W Elwins Finished...;Mahatma Gandhi at Sevagram ashram near Wardha, India, where he lived from April 1936 to near the end of his life.
71) 0291.0008.01 [Adelaide Pearson--home movies] Elwins to Calcutta (Release Print)
Mahatma Gandhi at Sevagram ashram near Wardha, India, where he lived from April 1936 to near the end of his life.
14) 0291.0009 Calcutta to Bangkok, 1936-1937--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 9
People making offerings. (?) Shots of a town street. Goats. Women carrying baskets on their heads. Beggars. Boats on a river. (Film changes to color) A temple. A garden. Boats o...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 47 B+W Calcutta – Kali Temple River Tr...
15) 0291.0010 Bangkok to Angkor--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 10
Standing Buddha shrine. Monks washing beside a canal (klong). Panning shot of temple (wat) roof and klong. (Wat Benchamabophit, Bangkok, Thailand) Wat entrance with yaksha statu...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 53 - C – Bangkok – Palace + Temple encl...
36) 0291.0011 Angkor to Peking, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 11
A road. Musicians carrying instruments. Dancers performing in front of Angkor Wat. (Siem Reap, Cambodia) The Cambodian Royal Palace. (with French flags) A funeral procession. Mo...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 62 C – Siem Reap = Pra Khom Pre Rup – P...
16) 0291.0012 Peking to Blue Hill, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 12
Imperial palace and Temple of Heaven in Peking (Beijing). A procession of boys carrying tasseled poles. A procession of men in white carrying crosses. Pall bearers carrying a co...
3) 0291.0015 Asiatic Potters, India 1938-1939
Titled amateur film: 'Asiatic Potters India 1938-39.' 'Our first Hindu Potter...' etc. Amritsar. 'Miss Paddock, judging the workmanship of the ware.' Good CUs. // Original foota...;Title card: 'Our First Hindu Potter Note how he turns his wheel. The only potter we saw who tooled the bottom of his piece.' A potter using a potter’s wheel to make a pot out of...
4) 0291.0016 [Asiatic Potters, 1938-1939]
Appears to be part of 0291.0015. // Film on Puri leper potters and their methods. Japan. Calcutta. Pegu, Burma; Kuala Lumpur, Bienhoa, French Indochina; Annam. // Original foota...;Title card: 'The leper potter of Puri. Large pots are thrown without bottoms then batted over a stone till thin, well-shaped and dec-orated.' A man pats a bottom-less pot into s...
7) 0660.0001 Blue Hill Class Reel 1
Date from edge code on film. // About 20 people in chairs draw people on lawn. Cow is led about in front of them. Shot is from rear of students. Boy climbs on donkey and is led ...;A woman with a donkey stands in front of a group of students with notebooks. A boy leads the donkey in front of the group. The boy sits on the donkey while another boy leads it....
3) 0660.0002 Blue Hill Class Reel 2
Date from edge code on film. // Pekinese dogs on lawn. Asian girl, about 5 years old, gestures, dressed in robe. Waters flowers. Goose. Boy does somersault on lawn, plays in spr...;Three Pekinese dogs on the lawn. Pekinese and Pekinese puppies playing tug-a-war with a person off screen. Close up shots of the dogs. An Asian woman and little girl. Shot of th...
19) 0660.0003 [Nice, North Africa] Reel 1
Title, 'Nice from the sea.' Water, hillside. Title, 'Nice, Promenade des Anglais.' People at tables. Title, 'Herald of the Carnival, Nice.' More such titles. Stable shots, no CU...;Title card with the still image of a man and woman standing near trees: 'Nice from the sea'. Panning shot of Nice shoreline, seen from the water. Shot of the beach. The Jetée-Pr...
14) 0660.0004 Nice, Algiers, Paris. Reel 2.
Title, 'Florence--Eastertime Procession of the Holy Light.' Parade. 'Easter Monday Procession Signa (near Florence).' // Date from edge code. // Men with banners. 'Paris in the ...;A woman feeding a monkey (rhesus macaque?) sitting on a metal roof. Shot of the monkey in a tree. Title, with a still image of a man and woman standing near trees: 'Florence -- ...
20) 0660.0005 American Indian
Date from edge code on film. // Hopi House. Grand Canyon. Native American dance with two men. Drummer outside. Various shots of larger group of Indians dancing. About 10 Indians...;Shot of Hopi House, a multilevel stone building. (Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona) Four men, two dancers and two drummers, perform in Native American dress. Shots of a diffe...
1) 0660.0006 Guatemala, 1932
Title, 'Costa Rica, Billy the Ant Eater.' Woman's legs and small animal on ground. Title, 'Nicaragua, Where More U.S. Marines were ruined by Boredom like this than were killed b...;Title card: [Costa Rica. Billy the Ant-Eater.] An anteater on a leash, being played with by two women of whom only their feet are shown. Intertitle: 'Nicaragua. Where more U.S. ...
15) 0660.0007 Guatemala, Mexico 1932-1933
Street scenes including vendors, people smiling and waving at camera, bull fight.;A line of men in various uniforms walking down the street. One man breaks off from the group to pose for the camera and is joined by a man with a guitar. A crowd gathers to pose...
28) 0660.0009 Palestine
Title, 'Life in a tent. Swaddling baby. Making coffee. Spinning. Making bread.' Silhouettes. Exterior. 'Village scenes. Lilies of the Field? Shepherd boys. Views of people outsi...;Title card: 'LIFE IN A TENT – Swaddling Baby Making Coffee Spinning Making Bread.' A family gathered under a tent. A woman swaddles a baby and rocks the baby in a hammock. A man...
6) 0706.0006 [Forrest Colby--home movies] Reel 6
Date from edge code on film. // Assembled trims of China including Shanghai house of Branch family, yard, car.
5) 0706.0007 [Forrest Colby--home movies] Reel 7
Label on film: 'Hangchow 2, NY '34.' // 1934 edge code on film. // China. Ferry, big car. Lakes with boats. Water buffalo plowing. Countryside, mountains. Traveling, various sce...
34) 0706.0010 [Forrest Colby--home movies] Reel 10
Label on film: 'Shanghai Easter 1936.' // 1935 edge code on film. Color faded to red. // Easter egg hunt outside in yard.
34) 0706.0014 [Forrest Colby--home movies] Reel 14
Label on film: 'Maine Reel 1.' // Date from edge code on film. // Canoe setting off, camp scenes.
27) 0706.0021 [Forrest Colby--home movies] Reel 21
Date range from edge codes on film. Process date: October 29, 1935. // Snowy scenes with building sign in background that says Augusta House.
18) 0706.0030 [Forrest Colby--home movies] Reel 30
Label on film: 'Camp 1936.' Can note: 'Good reel.' // 1936 edge code on film.
18) 0713.0001 [Elizabeth Thompson Reed--home movies] Reel [1]
Amateur footage. Particularly good depiction of women interacting with affection. NHF cataloguing notes, 7/97 for Reel [1]: (0:00) Outdoor tennis ca.1930s, men and women on cour...
19) 0713.0002 [Elizabeth Thompson Reed--home movies] Reel [2]
Amateur footage. Particularly good depiction of women interacting with affection. NHF cataloguing notes, 7/97 for Reel [2]: (9:50) Women at house, holding a cat. Man with bowler...
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