[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 72

Date1953 – 1954

Viewing NotesNHF cataloguer notes (reel numbers assigned by donor or creator): Reel 72: [all color, exterior shots; well composed, fairly lengthy, and steady] 4:35:53 car driving away from garage, down residential street in snow; boy shoveling sidewalk; another car driving down street 4:37:00 birthday celebration; cutting the cake, 'HAPPY 60TH MOM'; women take off their glasses for camera 4:37:29 giant backhoe on residential street, snow, 4:38:34 cleaning out the coal bin in the cellar; African American men with large truck carry up barrels of coal pieces from cellar and empty them into the back of the truck; shoveling the coal into barrels on the truck; sweeping up the work area; closing the outside cellar entrance; directing the truck out of the driveway area; sign on door of truck is illegible; 4:40:44 young woman polishing the chrome on the two door car; sign on building, 'Cunard Line' name on ship's bow, 'QUEEN MARY', scene of harbor from boat; group posed for camera on boat, women in fur coats, men in overcoats and hats, British flag flying; people waving from upper deck of boat as it sails off; good shoot of boat being pushed by tug boats; helicopter flying overhead 4:43:33 CU of a cat cleaning itself on rug in the sun; man and young woman washing car in driveway in front of garage; two women in front of garage; young woman picking up branches in yard; woman removing 1953 license plate from car and attaching 1954 plate; two women waving to camera from front door of house; CU of two corsages on black background; a number of flower arrangements on black cloth on front step of house, one sign, 'HAPPY EASTER'; pan of the different arrangements; two women in front of four door black car; group standing in front of a waterfalls; puppies playing at people's ankles; young woman posing for camera carrying a gift wrapped present; people saying goodbye, kissing in front of garage; couple playing tennis at badminton net in back yard; backyard picnic; watermelon feast, group eating quarters of watermelon on driveway; man cleaning row of flower pots with hose on driveway; garbage truck pickup; African American man operates truck with African American crew; 4:51:38 women in old fashioned bonnets walk down sidewalk past camera; all wear shorts or pants and arrange themselves underneath a sign '53' all the women eat taffies and hold streamers that come from the sign; women in sheets walk about; women in bonnets walk down street with the 53 sign.