[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 50

Date1940

Viewing NotesNHF cataloguer's notes (reel numbers assigned by donor or creator): Reel 50: (17:52) two girls in costume, one is a witch; girl rides bike w/ witch hat; other girl also rides bike; door w/ #19 on it and a spray of pine greens, pine cones and ribbons; boy and girl pose in front of it; painting of house w/ star over it; camera moves up painting to reveal that it is a painted window; above it are more windows painted w/ angels; several pans of windows; (20:00) dark shots of kid w/ pile of brush in snowy street; kids drag branch across lawn; boy dressed in (Marine?) uniform; girl shovels snow; boy joins her; woman exits house through front door and slowly tries to pick her way through the snow; boy cross-country skiing into open field w/ hill and other skiers; (22:40) girl in colonial costume w/ doily like hat on her head; she goes in and out of house, claps her hands and curtsies; pan from woman's shoes up to her face w/ girl, woman wears striped winter coat w/ fox fur collar; both wave w/ gloved hands; boy and man pose; kids w/ smaller child on tricycle; girl takes basket out of trunk; boy, girl and man walk into grassy field; woman w/ fur collar joins them and sits on ground; they eat and sip tea; girl in yellow flowing costume w/ large sleeves dances; she holds flowers, sniffs them and smiles; (26:56) woman w/ very large corsage walks toward camera; girl in brownies uniform at some kind of outdoor flag ceremony; they march past camera; girl is pulled in wagon; girls in costume dance around Maypole; Brownies holding hands in circle move in and out; girls dancing in twos; girl in pink dress poses w/ purple irises; marching band on hill getting into formation; (29:00) parade w/ kids running along side marching band, band uniform is white shirt, pants and tie; boy w/ bass drum; band marches by a Mercury dealer w/ car in window; veterans march away from camera; black woman crosses frame; two girls and two boys hold up small United States flag on front lawn next to larger flag; boy exits front door carrying large United States flag followed by girl; woman joins them and they pose; girl salutes; two boys dressed in suits; girl dressed in majorette or toy soldier costume; two girls walk across lawn and get in school bus, wave from windows; woman and girl hug; girl shows her family her tent at camp; many young girls in red bathing caps at the edge of lake, swim to float and back; MS girl in bathing suit; LS many swimmers in water; fair booth where woman throws something; man at another booth; swimmers; girl wears large yellow hat and black cape; LS field that ends in woods w/ large group of people; smoke billowing across parade. (end of reel)