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27) 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.
41) 2550.0006 [Adelaide Pearson -- home movies] Reel 6
A production on stage of people in period dress. A chorus of children, being conducted by a woman. A group of people with signs (protest? Rally?) People in the crowd wearing str...
25) 2550.0007 [Adelaide Pearson -- home movies] Reel 7
A tug of war. People in the stands around a field. Dark shots of a crowd of people. A band on a stage. Children on stage in costume, with an American flag, a fief and a drum. A ...
46) 2550.0011 [Adelaide Pearson -- home movies] Reel 11
People in period dress. Children in costume dancing. [End of Reel]
33) 2550.0014 [Adelaide Pearson -- home movies] Reel 14
A woman in costume. A group of children run over to her and sit around her on the grass. A parade with a marching band and children carrying signs, including: ‘BROOKLIN INTERMED...
32) 2550.0015 [Adelaide Pearson -- home movies] Reel 15
A woman (Laura Paddock) and dogs sitting by the water. Paddock is breaking stones with a hammer. Paddock examining stones and playing with the dogs. [End of Reel]
33) 2550.0016 [Adelaide Pearson -- home movies] Reel 16
A woman (Laura Paddock) breaking stones with a hammer and putting the broken pieces in a bag. Paddock digging and collecting sand on the beach, accompanied by dogs. [End of Reel]
15) 2550.0017 [Adelaide Pearson -- home movies] Reel 17
C-bad, too dark - Paddock copper - 1st half possible;A woman (Laura Paddock) walking with a dog. She stops periodically to examine and collect stones. [End of Reel]
14) 2550.0018 [Adelaide Pearson -- home movies] Reel 18
Women selling items at roadside stands. People on horseback. A tree in a field, with mountains beyond. Market stalls selling with pot and baskets. Panning shot of a cove. A bird...
5) 2550.0027 [Adelaide Pearson -- home movies] Reel 27
Slides 1-3-5-6-7-9-18-27-25-31-34/ Monte Alban
65) 2550.0030 [Adelaide Pearson -- home movies] Reel 30
Note in can reads "Slides - 13-14-15-16-24-25-31-32"
16) 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...
10) 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...
2) 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...
1) 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...
31) 2550.0013 B&W - Paddock - copper - quartz - lead -- Adelaide Pearson -- home movies, Reel 13
B&W - Paddock - copper - quartz - lead;A woman (Laura Paddock) examining a stone. Paddock and a dog on a beach. Paddock digging in the sand. Paddock breaking stones with a hammer. [End of Reel]
21) 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...
17) 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....
9) 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...
27) 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...
39) 2550.0004 Brick Yard, Penobscot -- Adelaide Pearson -- home movies, Reel 4
Brick Yard Brick Yard, Penobscot;A man making bricks. A man pushing a wheel barrow past rows of drying bricks. He shakes sand over the bricks. A man laying out bricks. Men stacking bricks. (Inside the kiln?) Sh...
1) 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...
40) 2550.0005 Carter Digging Clay -- Adelaide Pearson -- home movies, Reel 5
Carter digging Clay;A man (Carter?) digging for clay. [End of Reel]
9) 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.
24) 2550.0008 Chinese Funeral -- Adelaide Pearson -- home movies, Reel 8
Chinese funeral [illegible];A Chinese funeral procession. [End of Reel]
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