Abraham Katz--home movies. Reel 54

Date1938 – 1941

Viewing NotesReel 54: b&w, boy at beach drinks from water fountain. Walks to camera with sea behind him. In water, waving hands. With man in water. Small waves. Child in sand. Thermos and clothes in foreground, father reclines behind him. Boy with pail. Toddler walks down steps with mother. Sign says "Paint" next to stairs. Box on sled in snow with toddler holding on. Woman walks backward with sled pulled by rope, lots of snow on ground. Man pulls child sitting on shovel. Building a snowman. Woman carries toddler. Smiles at camera. Car passes behind them. Color: Spring, toddler in back yard, carries a toy. Picks a tomato. Makes a pile of tomatoes. Boy has toy watering can. Climbs ladder in back yard. Brief shot on very little tricycle. Has a lollipop. Climbs out of concrete basin in yard. In chair in yard. With cart. In neighborhood with other toddlers and toys. Camera follows children in driveway, mother comes out. Boy inside in underwear, climbs out of crib. Walks behind camera light on stand. Climbs into high chair; light is visible in upper left of frame. CU boy drinking juice in high chair. Boy at fireplace, briefly, then seated and standing in dress shorts and short sleeve shirt. On toilet using potty chair, very dark. With mother and book. Benson's Wild Animal Park: b&w: in a park with a concrete elephant and on a cart with a sign on it. Monkeys play in enclosure. Feeding small monkeys through wire fencing. "I Ham Bringing home the bacon to Benson's Wild Animal Farm" sign on very small cart attached to very small pig. Children, elk, picnic on grass. color: pony rides. Red-headed girl in pink dress and bloomers, boy in striped shirt. Donkeys hooked up to merry go round, children ride them around. Boy eats something in a wrapper while standing behind car in driveway.