[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 40

Date1936

Viewing NotesNHF cataloguer's notes, 7/96 (reel numbers assigned by donor or creator): Reel 40: (following footage sepia tone) Antique truck w/child on running board drives toward camera; group of children playing on grass in front of parked truck; young girl w/ frilly dress comes down front steps of house towards camera; boy and girl enter house together; two women carrying baskets walk across lawn; many children on front steps, (2:00) Jack Russell terrier enters, baby in carriage at top of steps; open launch, 'Wawenock', coming toward camera; sloop; outboard in distance comes closer, operated by two boys, joins sloop; (3:00) over the shoulder shot of woman driving open launch, bow flag and boy on bow in frame; they approach 'La Reine' schooner; small girl on deck schooner; (4:00) girl at helm; looking at compass (?) w/ woman; (following footage b&w) open launch at float; boy w/ wheelbarrow coming up ramp; captain unties boat; sloop; captain & boy carry trunk up ramp; (5:00) skiffs at float; man carrying small girl; POV from boat of shoreline; 'Camp Wapello' on shore; woman and man disembarking; woman, boy & girl walk up field path; man beating rug on porch; (6:00) small girl on porch; woman locking door; boy picks up luggage from porch; man gets luggage from back of porch; woman walks down ramp; (7:00) man shaking hands with kids; loading launch; POV from boat w/ stern flag waving; girl w/ beret and boy in boat; boy on bow w/ flag; docking; man walks up ramp w/ luggage & hat box; (8:00) street corner w/ parked cars, boy in beanie, girl in beret, and man drink from water fountain on corner; girl & boy walk out of house; convertible pulls up for them; front of school; children gather; (following footage sepia tone) girl w/ basket and balloon; (9:00) boy w/ shovel joins girl on lawn, man w/ rake arrives, they work on garden plot. (10:00) people on tree-lined neighborhood street; two boys and girls at street corner cross street; woman hands boy coconut; he tries to smash it on sidewalk while woman, girl and man watch; woman tries in the same way; man tries; (11:00) man uses hatchet on coconut; splits it open and finds smaller one inside; man makes hole for straw; (12:00) each person takes sip from coconut; man pours coconut milk in glass while boy & girl watch; man cuts coconut into pieces; (13:00) boy & girl on front steps; pans of ocean liner 'Queen Mary'; (14:00) football game & stadium; boy & girl pose outside house, boy in tie and long dress coat; girl in hat & double breasted coat; (15:00) girl smelling rose on bush, laundry on line flutters in background; girl dressed in costume as cop w/mask & boy dressed as old man w/ mask; girl shows her stop and go traffic cop sign; they remove masks and put hats back on; (17:00) children bring jack-o-lanterns on to porch and sit on steps w/ pumpkins in laps (very good focus); boy remains, girl leaves, woman joins him holding pumpkin; parade w/ large paper mache or wooden animals; floats; clowns; fairy tale floats; cat costume; large wooden dog; Robinson Caruso float.