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Houston, Charles S. Collection
1) 1515.0001
[Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 1
Delaware River. Footage of the river. Several shots of people in canoes, alone and in pairs. A group of rowers taking a break along the side of the river. Footage of a man i...
25) 1515.0002
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 2
Bash Bish Falls State Park in Mt. Washington, MA. Footage of a waterfall. A shot of two men in the surrounding rocks. Footage of a boy climbing up a fallen tree and over some...
29) 1515.0007
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 7
Footage of people in small sailboats on Honnedaga Lake, NY. Shots of people on the dock along the lakefront. A shot of a sailboat. People on the docks. Two women exit a smal...
2) 1515.0008
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 8
Footage of a riverbank shot from a boat on the river including buildings, several local people washing and swimming in the river, boats passing by and shots of temples. A man s...
18) 1515.0010
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 10
Footage of a riverbank shot from the river including shots of buildings, temples, boats passing by, ferries unloading people on the shore, locals on the bank and in the river wo...
1) 1515.0012
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 12
Men and women stand by as men in turbans unload luggage from a cart. Footage of a large, ornate building from several angles both inside and out. Footage of a street including...
12) 1515.0022
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 22
A shot of a man, a boy and a dog playing on the rocks by the water. Footage of a boy sailing, including a man preparing the boat and woman and another man watching and taking p...
8) 1515.0031
[Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 31
Footage of Houston family members, including Charles S. Houston, exiting a house and posing for the camera, including a young girl trying to control a large dog and two men play...
16) 1515.0035
[Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 35
Footage of several men rowing a boat. Footage of a large procession down a hill. The footage for both of the previous scenes is reversed, i.e. people are clearly moving backwa...
10) 1515.0037
[Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 37
Two shots of a bookshelf filled with books on mountain climbing. A hand takes down the book Five Miles High and opens it to a picture of K2. A few shots of maps. A few shots ...
25) 1515.0040
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 40
Two shots of a wooden structure on a bridge. A shot of children writing on paper outside. Footage of a pond with stones set in it forming a pathway across and people crossing ...
3) 1515.0041
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 41
Two shots of wreaths placed in front of a building. A shot of women carrying baskets on their back. A shot of a bridge. A shot of a statue. A few shots of a pond. Footage o...
4) 1515.0042
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 42
A shot of three men holding large, dead game birds. A shot of workers and pack mules carrying large, wooden poles. Footage of ruins, including a few bridges and shots along th...
5) 1515.0043
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 43
A shot of people loading a horse-drawn cart. Footage of ruins, including an amphitheater, with a shot of a cafe in between. A shot of an old building. Footage shot from a boa...
19) 1515.0046
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 46
A shot of clouds and water taken from a plane. Intertitle: “A glimpse of the mountains and the sea on the South Coast of Kyushu” A few shots of a garden pond and the surroundi...
20) 1515.0054
[Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 54
Footage of a woman and two boys exploring a fort, including one of the boys climbing a wall. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tughlaqabad_Fort] Donor Notes: "India: Peace Corps Tu...
1) 1723.0001
K2 1953 Lecture Film
K2 1953 Lecture Film contains footage that was used for a lecture given by Charles S. Houston related to an expedition to reach the summit of K2 that he led in 1953. Two shots ...
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