[George Erswell, Sr.--home movies]

Date1936 – 1938

Can DescriptionsKS notes 7/94: Reels 1-9. Poor visual quality. Dirty. Florida? Boy on rollerskates, dog, father. Girl and boy in chair swing. Trailer house. Women emerge. Couple kiss. Man with python [boa constrictor?]. Large snake in back yard. Snake in truck. Women in pants dance in back yard. Air show, pan of airfield, lots of cars. Horse race. Maine: golfing, skeet shooting. Waterfront. Launching? Sailboat with no mast. Flood of 1936 or 1938: Ice on river, ice moving downstream. Wreckage of houses in ice on river. Snowplow. Quick pan of gas station. Flood. House washed up. Bridge out. People in little boat. Children. Double exposures of fishing. Pink camp footage. Blue tropical footage, pool. Feats of strength. Man walks on hands, man shows abdominal muscles. Maine color (not good visual quality). Color croquet, short. Color mother, child and doll outside and same with dog in snow. Airplane, single engine. B&w covered bridge. Man with two fish on frozen lake. NICE SHOT. b&w huskies. Sled dog races. B&w demolition of brick tower. Workmen on rubble. Bad color, faded baby outside. [Listed incorrectly as 1022 in Collections Guide]