[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 25
1375.0025
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1933
25. 1933--May 20, Tom launching boat, S.Q., June 10, San no clothes, Tom's 1st report, June 25, 'Go Bridge Daddy,' July 4, San and Re Henderson, races and show horses park, July 10, Isle of Springs dan and Tom, July 12, [Isle of Springs], Tom and carl Richards, lemon cart and Tom and San walking from hotel, Ruth Chamberlain, Doug and Dan Morrison.
NHF Cataloguer's notes for reel 25:00:00. Family in open car. Large toy sailboat is in back seat. Man backs car up. Boy sits on top of back seat. This might be a touring car or convertible of past times. Rumble seat in back of car. Woman has toddler by hand. Cars go past on highway. Group boys wading in water. Toy sailboat floats in water. Boy observes sailboat as it floats. Boy pulls in boat using string. Observers at poolside. 01:02. Girls wade in water. One girl eats snack. There are other toy sailboats in the water now. Children wading in pool. Lone sailboat gracefully skims pool surface. Boy wades into pool, secures sailboat. Two boys push sailboat along. Man in uniform smoking pipe. Might be policeman. Infant is by his side. 02:02. Infant swings arm. Man takes her by hand. They walk away. Infant takes measured steps as if she is marching. Poolside, waders, sailboats on surface of pool. Boy in striped shirt grasps his sailboat by bow. He pushes it forward. He kicks up water. Infant walking with man and woman holding each of her hands. Small monkeys in pen. Children, adults observing them. 03:00. Infant secures something from grass. Family group walking on lawn of recreation area. Man carries child's sailboat, other man carries infant. Two children and woman complete group. Young boy and girl walk arm-in-arm. Young boy chins himself on upper bar of swing set. Another child exercises by grasping rings extended from bar. Another boy grasps bar similar to small trapeze. This is a gym set in yard of home. The children continue their exercise. 04:02. Boy hangs by his heels from trapeze device. Boy balances self in swing. Girl grasps rings. Boy does somersault on top bar of gym set. Woman holds infant's hand as she descends bottom step. Infant walks on grass in yard. Infant is topless. Infant plucks blade of grass. Infant rejoins woman. Infant approaches boy who is sitting on bottom step of home. He is moving his hands back and forth. 05:04. Infant retrieves item from sidewalk. She sits beside of boy on step. Boy stands up. Infant crawls between boy's legs. Boy touches infant's buttocks. She crawls between his legs once more and walks away. Boy walks down sidewalk. Infant stands in playpen which is on sidewalk. He holds paper he's been carrying aloft. 06:03. He walks away with paper as infant watches him. CU of envelope which has indentation in center. Could be a school report card. Woman sitting on step examines this envelope. Man is crouched part way over. Infant crawls between his legs. Boy with basket or volleyball in hand looks on. Boy runs. Man crouches part way down. Infant walks between man's legs. 07:00. Boy throws basketball. He bounces ball. Man catches it. Infant walks about on sidewalk. Woman in garden by home. She reaches down and picks a flower. Infant approaches. She has sticks in her hand. She kneels down in garden. 08:02. She picks a flower. Man sits on swing of gym set. He picks up infant and holds her in his arms. Holding her gently, he swings. Infant on lawn. Another infant is with her. Woman touches one of the infants. Infants walk down lawn. Racetrack. Spectators. Jockey in sulky comes down track. 09:04. Group jockeys driving sulkies. Horse with jockey astride canters. Horse dances gracefully. Another horse with jockey astride follows behind. Sulkies, jockeys going through their paces. 10:03. Boy holding infant's hand. They are on porch of home. Boy waves. Infant tries to walk. She is very cautious. She is timid about descending the steps. Boy holds her arms as she descends the steps. Hand in hand, they walk on the grass. Infant standing on grass. 11:00. She plucks a blade of grass. She plucks a leaf of foliage. Boy crouched down in grass. He takes item from grass, eats it, smiles. 12:03. Boy sits on grass as infant watches. Infant sitting on steps. She has small sticks in her hands. Infant in open carriage on sidewalk by home. She has a small pail. Boy, dressed for swimming, pushes carriage forward. Woman helps infant walk forward. They are at the seashore. Infant picks up small pail. She walks forward. 13:05. Man and boy emerge from home. They are dressed identically, white sweatshirts and black swim trunks. Infant in garden by foliage. She walks forward. Woman enters garden. 14:00. Man leads horse by rein. Horse draws carriage. Boy sits on carriage. Man wielding sledgehammer. Man picks up infant sitting on steps. He places her on a higher step. Man pours water from a pitcher. Hand in hand, infant and boy walk onto grounds of home from porch. Infant stumbles. Boy helps her straighten up. 15:01. They walk forward. Infant carrying baby bottle approaches porch railing. She sits on porch holding bottle. Two men and boy emerge from home. They walk down yard. 16:01. Man and boy in boat. Man steps out of boat onto shore. Other man in boat hands boy item. Harbor with sailboats on water. (Photography a bit blurry.) Pov. ride down harbor. (Photography back to normal.) Sailboat skimming over water. Two men adjusting light gear aboard boat. Boy, on shore runs by boat. 17:03. Boy is helped out of boat by one of the men while the other holds boy's shoulders. Boy makes face at camera. Boy strides about on dock. Two men playing tennis on court. Trees surround court. Woman approaches back of court. (End of Reel 25.)
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