[Bacheller Family - home movies]

Date1927 – 1929

Can DescriptionsLetter from donor in collection file. Most scenes set at Breezy Hill, summer home of Joseph Henry Bacheller, Sr. Extensive family information included. NHF cataloguer's notes for Reel 1: [intertitles on shots of chalkboard for reels 1-2] Denville, summer 1927. Scenes of family and dogs in backyard. Canoeing in Rockaway River. Swimming. Children in wading pool. Intertitle: 'Scenes at Awosting'. Diving. Tennis. Golf. Intertitle: 'Jack's birthday picnic -- Edison'. Golf. (End Reel 1). Reel 2 (18:00): 1928. Spring picnic. Family. Smoking (including shot of girl smoking cigar). Intertitle: 'Grandma's birthday'. Intertitle: 'Jack's graduation, Princeton'. Tree swing. Girls swimming. Reel 3 (29:43): 1929. Reel has Kodak intertitles. Denville. Family scenes in yard. Hammock on porch. Kittens. Wedding and birthday cake. Picnic. Reel 4 (38:30): Kodak Cinegraph shorts. Very brief animated scene Our Gang in 'Hunting Party' Charlie Chaplin in 'Funny Fisherman,' 'Easy Street,' and 'The Adventurer'