[footage of various institute activities]

Can DescriptionsDocumentary film. According to Hamilton Archives at Hartford Hospital, now owner of the Institute for Living, the Institute was established in 1822. Dr. Charles Burlingame rejuvenated the Institute in the 1930s and 1940s complete with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted. The people seen in the film are staff members not patients. Reel 1: Color. Women working. House cleaning. Golfing with men. Having tea. Candlestick bowling. Reel 2: B&w. Men exercising. Rowing machines. Punching bags. Cycling machines. Racketball. Women diving. Knitting. Garment making. Fashion show. Gardening. Landscaping. Reel 3: Color (poor). Physiotherapy. Doctors performing physiotherapy. Technicians preparing patients. Wrapping with gauze. Blankets. Bathing. Reel 4: Color (poor). Film damaged; not to be projected. Sports training. Garden party. Golf. Bowling. Pool (billiards?). Racquetball. Women diving. Knitting. Library footage. Music instruction. Arts and crafts. Reel 5: Kodachrome color, 100 ft. Removing (tree?) stump. Exterior shots of Institute facility. Reel 6: Kodachrome color, 100 ft., 1949. Futuristic fashion show. Reel 7: Kodachrome color, approx. 70 ft., 1949. Exterior shots of facility. Doctors and nurses walking.