Italy, Austria, France, 1931--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 13

96-034.0013
Houston, Oscar R. Collection
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1931
Compiled black-and-white home movies, edited with intertitles, of the Houston family's travels in Italy, Austria, and France, 1931, including footage in Venice, Fulpmes, Caen, and Mont-Saint-Michel.
Intertitle: "The Lido" Beach scenes, swimming, boys on pedal-powered, surf-riding vehicle, boaters coming ashore. Intertitle: "The Lake of Garda" Intertitle: "Fete at Fulpmes" Children in costume on hand-pulled carts, a brass band seen at rest around café tables, then playing in the parade. Intertitle: "Serious Business" Three little girls lined up at a trough filling water pails. Intertitle: "NORMANDY" Intertitle: "HOSTELLERIE DU GRAND CERF" Intertitle: "CHATEAU GAILLARD" Intertitle: "CAEN" Intertitle: "WHAT IS LEFT OF THE CHATEAU OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR." Intertitle: "THE MEN'S MONASTERY BUILT BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR." Intertitle: "THE WOMEN'S CONVENT BUILT BY QUEEN MATHILDE." Intertitle: "FALAISE: THE CHATEAU OF ROBERT THE DEVIL" Intertitle: "THE FOUNTAIN OF ARLETTE BESIDE HER FATHER'S TANNERY" Intertitle: "DOOR TO THE ROOM IN THE THICKNESS OF THE WALL WHERE WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR WAS BORN." Cut to Mont-Saint-Michel as seen on a bumpy approach by car.

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