[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 49

1375.0049
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1939 – 1940
NHF cataloguer's notes (reel numbers assigned by donor or creator): Reel 49: boy on bike; girl, boy, woman and older woman (grandmother?) walk across frame; woman and children pose w/ bike; woman rides bike; bike against tree; girl comes skipping rope into frame; (1:00) front door of house, man comes out unfurling flag; girl carries smaller flag; they each put flag in hole in ground and salute; parade- boy scouts, marching band, cub scouts, girl scouts; boy and girls ride bikes down sunny, tree-lined street then dismount and walk bikes; boy in scout uniform and girl in brownie uniform hold flag in front of house; (3:12) girl in costume dancing on lawn, curtsies; boy in colonial costume and white wig poses on lawn; he dances; girl takes another bow (out of focus) new green car; woman gets in and drives in reverse into garage; group (10-15) girls standing and sitting on picnic table; LS they eat; (6:00) two girls in white dresses out front door of house; girl and boy hitchhiking; woman, man and girl in parking lot w/ car; large letters on roof of building in parking lot 'Sea Bay...'; woman and man walk away from building toward camera; (7:48) girl and boy do the same; shaded house; girl walks down sidewalk with suitcases, puts them down indicating that they are too heavy; man takes her bags and opens car door for her; man, woman, boy and girl in field beside car eating something from a bag; pan of large stone house w/ ivy; side views of same house; extremely crowded float w/ sailboat sailing by; two sailboats cross each other's path;; swimmers dive in from float; sailboats; swimmer swims to rowboat and back to float; (10:41) rowboats w/ adults next to float watching swimmers; girl swimming w/ house in background; front porch w/ people milling about; pan of small building abutting one another w/ fence in front; girl, two boys come out one building while man loads trunk of car; girl walks away from camera down street w/ flag fluttering; stucco houses w/ exposed beams; statue in traffic circle; boy and man walk away from statue; POV from boat w/ kids and adults; boat approaches bridge and goes under it; three kids in bathing suits dance; woman, boy and girl read on bench; woman leaves, another boy enters; kids exit house w/ luggage; boy carries suitcase on his head (14:24); group of people on float getting in boat; poorly exposed footage of tennis; people on bench outside tennis court; nice shots of boy serving; girl picking flowers; ; two girls leave house together; woman walks down path, girl runs towards her and they hug; two girls w/ card table outside on path in wooded area selling lemonade; (16:05) tennis; boy buys lemonade; large group of adults under umbrella table; man w/ chefs hat walks toward camera w/ pie and gives it to a girl who runs away; he then gives a cake to a woman; girl swinging something in grass; man and boy on ladder behind her; kids hammer at structure in woods (water tower?).

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