[Marie and LeGrand Cannon III--home movies] Reel 31

2791.0031
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1961
1961 Reel 1
A man (Lee III) packing a car. A woman holding a baby. A girl and a baby walking on the driveway. Sign: ‘Entrance, Massachusetts Turnpike’. Sign: ‘Massachusetts Turnpike.’ A blimp seen overhead. Front of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Shot of the Hotel Winfield Scott. (Elizabeth, New Jersey) Sign: ‘Turnpike Entrance.’ Sign: ‘New Jersey Turnpike.’ Road sign: ‘Harrisburg Pittsburgh Scranton, Ohio Turnpike Allentown, US 13 Bristol Levittown.’ Sign: ‘Welcome to Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Turnpike System.’ Speed limit sign. Woman laying out food on a picnic table. Road sign: ‘Exit 2 Miles, Penn Lincoln Pkwy, Pittsburgh, VIA US 22.’ Road sign: ‘Pittsburgh, Wilkinsburg.’ Shot of a town seen through a car window. The front of St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh. Sign: ‘Gateway, Pay Fare, 1 Mile.’ Sign: ‘Sohio, Welcome to Ohio, Sohio Stations Convenient to Turnpike.’ Sign: ‘Ohio Turnpike Welcome.’ A woman in an apron and bonnet. Road sign: Exit 12 1 Mi, Akron, Route 8.’ Road sign: ‘Akron, Route 8, Keep Right.’ Sign: ‘B.F. Goodrich 500 So. Main St. Receiving.’ The Firestone factory building. Sign: ‘Diamond Crystal Salt Company, 266 Days Without Disabling Injury.’ Shot of the Diamond Crystal Salt factory. Sign on a building for Good Year Tires. A clock tower. Close up of Lee sitting in the trunk of a car. Sign on the side of a building: ‘Cathedral of Tomorrow, Rex Humbard, Pastor.’ Panning shot of the outside of the cathedral. Sign for Akron. Road sign: ‘Columbus 57.’ Speed limit signs. Road signs: ‘Vandalia 23, Dayton 25, Troy 26, Columbus 43, Mechanicsburg 18, South Charleston 13.’ Shots of the street. Road sign: ‘Dayton, New Carlisle.’ Sign: ‘Steimla Guest Home, Television.’ Children playing in the yard. Sign: ‘Dixie Tourist Home, Vacancy.’ Sign: ‘Dayton, Home of Orville and Wilbur Wright, Fathers of Aviation.’ Signs: ‘Deeds Park, For your enjoyment, City of Dayton, Welfare Department.’ Road sign: ‘Indiana State Line.’ Sign: ‘Welcome to Indiana, Drive Carefully, Thank You, Matthew E. Welsh, Governor.’ Sign: ‘Earlham College, Founded in 1847 by the Society of Friends, Quakers.’ Shot of Earlham Hall. Nuns walking around the campus. Gardens. Sign: ‘Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church.’ Shot of a brick house. Sign: ‘Birthplace of Lew Wallace.’ Shot of a white house. Sign: ‘Brookville City Limit.’ Sign: ‘Greensburg City Limit.’ Sign: ‘Oldenburg City Limit.’ Shot of a brick church. Panning shot of a cemetery. Close up of a stone cross with the inscription: ‘Sister Mary Austin, Died Feb. 14, 1959, Helen Young R.I.P.’ Nuns and women walking away from a stone church. People sitting on benches near the cemetery. Sign: ‘Labolt’s Motel.’ Sign: ‘Victory Field, Home of the Indianapolis Indians, Next Game Louisville Wednesday 7:45’. Sign: Indianapolis Motor Speedway.’ Shots of the track. Lee and a woman sitting in the stands. Sign: ‘Speedway (obscured) Ride around the famous 500 Mile Race Track, Per Person 25¢, Approximate time __ minutes.’ Sign: ‘Carmelite Monastery Addition.’ Shot of an outdoor altar. People sitting on the grass. Children playing on a playground. A park. View of the Indiana State Capitol building. Sign for the capitol building. The Scottish Rite Cathedral, Indianapolis. Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Indianapolis. Sign: ‘The Riley Trail.’ Panning shots of houses and gardens. The front of a ‘Children’s Museum.’ Building with the sign: ‘Indianapolis Life Insurance Company.’ Statue of Benjamin Franklin outside of Franklin College. Sign: ‘Benj. Harrison Memorial Home.’ Shots of the historic house. A man watering a garden. Sign: ‘Lockerbie Home of James Whitcomb Riley 1849 – 1916.’ Shots of the house. The Indiana World War Memorial, seen from a moving car. Sign: ‘National Headquarters, The American Legion.’ Shots of the building. Gothic arches. Sign: ‘Lafayette City Limit.’ Sign: ‘Purdue University Dairy Farm Center.’ Cows in a field. People on the street. Storefronts, including ‘Deac’s Purdue University Book Store.’ Panning shot of Purdue University campus. Sign: ‘Crawfordsville City Limit.’ Sign on a building: ‘Study of General Lew Wallace, Author of “Ben-Hur”.’ Sign: ‘Wabash College’. Shot of an American flag. A brick church. Sign: ‘Lane Place.’ [End of Reel]

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