[Fields--home movies] Reel 5

1335.0005
United States (?)
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1959
Amateur footage of family activities. NHF xfer notes as follows. Reel numbers are NHF-assigned. 5. David's 11th birthday '59, Danny summer '59, Susan's 9th birthday, Danny fall of 1959, David and Susan's Halloween outfits. (UNEDITED) NHF Cataloguer's notes for Reel 5. Intertitles: '1959. (1) David's 11th birthday. (2) Danny's summer. (3) Susan's 9th birthday. (4) Danny-fall. (5) David & Susan's Halloween outfits.' 00:06. Boy astride bike. He waves. Pedals down path and around grounds of home. CU of boy. He rides bike a little way. Smiles. Boy in school sport's jacket. He smiles. Infant. Woman comes up behind him. 01:02. Holds infant in arms as she stands in doorway. She bounces him up and down. Boy on bike. CU bike, frame, etc. Boy smiles, waves. Infant in bathtub. Woman is bathing him. 02:01. Bathroom window. She lifts him out of tub. She places him back in tub. Wiggles his arms back and forth. Infant looks around. Woman holds him as she picks up washcloth. Moves it up and down as if to show infant how it is used. Infant moves arms. 03:02. Woman places rubber toy on side of tub. Woman squeezes toy. Infant splashes arms in water. Woman squeezes toy once more, encouraging him to bathe and play. Woman by doorway of home. She moves back and forth with infant in her arms. (These shots a bit faded.) Woman waves infant's arm for him. Woman holds onto infant as she encourages him to take a few steps. 04:03. As she holds him, he takes a few steps. CU infant. Woman moves infant up and down while holding him. She alternates this dandling with kissing him. He smiles as she holds him in her arms. CU infant smiling. 05:00. Infant sitting. Woman holds him up. He takes a step or two. Both are beside of car. She moves him back and forth gently. He smiles. House, trees in background. Woman holds his arms as he takes a few steps on lawn. Woman holds infant in her arms as he nurses from bottle. He looks up, pauses in nursing, and rsumes doing so. 06:04. Woman holds him as he pauses. He smiles. Man relaxed in lawn chair. Woman with infant. He has two fingers in mouth. He smiles with fingers still in mouth. Woman says a few words to him. 07:05. As she holds him, he leans back. Infant sitting on lawn. He sticks tongue partially out. Girl, boy playing on lawn.. Each has red plastic pail Boy picks up hose at side of building. Girl empties pail of water. She wiggles around, does feverish dance. Boy ducks head in pail. (Cataloguer's correction: These are two young women, not boy and girl.) 08:01. Girl does quick dance. Douses self with pail of water. Other girl does the same. Dances about in reaction. Girl dabs at eyes as friend refills pail with hose. Girl smiles, says a few words a water drizzles from face. Girl has pail in hand as friend continues filling hers with hose. Girl holds her pail while friend fills it with hose. Friend lifts pail as girl sprays her with hose. Girl rides her bike about on lawn. She waves as she rides bike on path. 09:01. She waves as she stands by bike. She remounts bike. Shot of girl astride her bike while grasping handlebars. She shrugs her shoulders as she smiles. Slightly younger girl joins her with her bike. Infant crawls along lawn. 10:01. He continuses to negotiate lawn on 'all fours'. CU infant as he pauses. Puts finger in mouth as he smiles. Infant sits on lawn. He wears diaper only. Pressing hands together, he smiles. He resumes crawling on lawn. 11:09. He continues to inch himself along. Infant on carpet in house. He now wears little suit. He crawls along and lifts himself up by holding onto object. He smiles while standing, supporting self by holding onto furniture. 12:01. Bounces up and down while holding onto center of chair. He resumes crawling along carpet as girl emerges from under crib. Woman holds infant's hand as he stands by chair. He sits on floor. Woman helps him rise. Woman takes one hand, girl the other. With the two, the infant walks forward. Girl ruffles his shirt as he holds onto woman's skirt. 13:12. He walks on his own. He falls by crib. Girl helps him rise. He jounces self up and down, 14:03. Woman holds him by shoulders as he walks forward. He stands, walks by couch. Girl sitting in chair. She is encouraging infant to walk on his own. He falls, rises, grasps rocking chair. Two children in grotesque Halloween masks. One in Japanese mask waves. This child bows deeply. They lift their masks. Girl was Japanese. Boy wore other frightful mask. Girl resumes Oriental mask. 15:03. Bows deeply once again. Boy in his horror mask. Pan. of kitchen closets. Kitchen area. (End of Reel 5.)

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