[Alan Bemis—home movies] Reel 9

Date1927

AbstractCan notes: "S.T. Christmas 1927" Bemis family Christmas at their farm in South Tamworth, New Hampshire, 1927. Alan Bemis in some shots. Sunny day with snow on the ground. Snowball fight among Bemis children and friends. Young people have fun downhill skiing on track through woods. Good sledding down track on several hills through the woods. Group walking along snowy track. View of family at table, including an older man mugging with large loaf of bread, everyone around the table. More sledding shots, including several races where everyone starts at once. Pans of hills around farm. One POV as camera person goes down the road on a sled. The young people participate in a pie-eating contest around a table. Alan is a participant. Carriage sled outdoors with five bench seats: skis are put in the sled and people get in, all wearing fur coats, then a two-horse team takes the group off on a ride. POV from wagon of the ride. More, various sledding shots and snow fight.