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1) 95-40.0001 A picnic at Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 1

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 1: interior scenes of summer cottage, furnishings; elderly man smoking a pipe; men and boys (four or five in number) carrying picnic suppli...

2) 95-40.0002 Fishing industry at Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 2

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 2: boy of 8-10 yrs. reading in parlour overstuffed chair dressed in suit with white starched collar; small commercial fishing boat and deta...

3) 95-40.0003 Camping trip at Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 3

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 3: bull moose swimming across calm lake water; exits onto wooded shoreline; boy, an eldery man, and a young woman fishing for 'muskie' from...

4) 95-40.0004 Awinita, first cruise--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 4

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 4: Boatyard; 6-8 member boatbuilding crew in process of putting finishing touches on cabin cruiser; man using hand brace and bit; boat chri...

56) 95-40.0005 Scoville Point Camp on Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 5

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 5: Onboard family cabin cruiser; elderly couple standing on deck, dressed in suits; young woman and boy seated on deck; rock outcrops along...

6) 95-40.0006 Mother and father, Tim Byson, Lucy--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 6

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 6: Home library/study; elderly woman sewing, middle aged man reading magazine and smoking pipe; adolescent male in easy chair reads magazin...

12) 95-40.0007 Slate Islands, picnic at McCargoe Cove, Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 7

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 7: Entrance to bay on shore of Lake Superior; panoramic shot of wooded, hilly shore forming bay; 8-10 men 'poling' saw logs as they float i...

8) 95-40.0008 Cruising on the north shore of Lake Superior--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 8

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 8: Reel opens with map depicting north shore of Lake Superior; family members aboard cabin cruiser (boy and elderly man wearing nautical ca...

8) 95-40.0009-.0010 The east shore of Lake Superior--Dassler family--home movies. Reels 9-10

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reels 9 and 10: Family aboard cabin cruiser, including spaniel dog; panoramic footage of wooded hills along shoreline; boy rowing boat on calm w...

9) 95-40.0011-.0012 Apostle Islands to Port Arthur--Dassler family--home movies. Reels 11-12

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reels 11 and 12: Note: First five minutes (approx.) of reel 11 are generally in poor focus and dimly lit. Sunrise over lake waters,cabin cruiser...

11) 95-40.0013 New York World's Fair, 1940--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 13

Shot in black-and-white and color, this home movie records a visit by the Dasslers during the final month of the 1940 New York World's Fair, scenes of Times Square at night, and...;In black-and-white, footage shot on a cool, wet day, beginning with crowds entering the main New York World's Fair grounds through the Amusement Zone, near the Home Furnishings ...

12) 95-40.0014-.0015 Saint Ignace Island on Lake Superior, 1940--Dassler family--home movies. Reels 14-15

Black-and-white and color home movies shot and compiled by J.C. Dassler of the Dassler family's 1940 vacation on Lake Superior.;NHF cataloger's notes, 2/96 for Reels 14 and 15: Crowd of about 50 people stand at dock awaiting arrival of mail boat; mail boat steaming into port; crew unloads small cargo; ma...;Title card: "SAINT IGNACE ISLAND in LAKE SUPERIOR *** J.C. Dassler 1940" Intertitle: “We spent a few days in Tobins Harbor, Isle Royale.” Intertitle: “Here - Early Sunday morn...

13) 95-40.0016 The yellow peril goes west, 1940--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 16

Compiled black-and-white and color film of Dassler family road trip across South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado in 1940, featuring many hand-drawn, illustrated intertitles.;'The Yellow Peril Goes West (Yellowstone).' // NHF cataloger's notes, 2/96 for Reel 16. Note: intertitling is of commercial quality throughout reel. Four young men load 1930...;Main titles: “The Yellow Peril Goes West 1940/Photography by Dale Dassler” Intertitle: “Loading the car” Intertitle: “Lunch on the desert near Chamberlain S.D.” Intertitle: “...

11) 95-40.0017 Dassler-Lichte wedding, July 1941--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 17

'Dassler-Lichte wedding, Cornell University, home 307 Arbor Lane.' // NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 17: diesel locomotive drawn passenger train arriving at Kirkwood stat...

2) 95-40.0018-.0019 Awinita's cruise--Dassler family--home movies. Reels 18-19

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reels 18 and 19: Two middle aged men engaged in outdoor camp cooking; prepartion of planked (fileted on plank) lake trout; crowd of 25 people wa...

14) 95-40.0020 Gulfport, Mississippi--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 20

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96: Gulfport military airfield; four engine bombers (B-52?) flying in formation; brief close-up of young pilot; shot pans from his hands on controls to...

17) 95-40.0021 Portage Entry--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 21

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 21: Sedan pulls into dock area; boathouse and other small buildings are shown; older man and woman emerge from car and board boat; teenaged...

12) 95-40.0022 Huron--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 22

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96: Interior shots below deck of cabin cruiser; older woman opens window below deck; younger couple rows toward cabin cruiser with dog seated in rowboa...

19) 95-40.0023 Coldwater and St. Albans--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 23

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96: Man practicing rifle shooting in a wooded, rustic setting; two women approach him; one dressed in a suit, the other wearing a knee length coat; wom...

29) 95-40.0024 Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 24

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 24: Young adults (3-4) walking wooded trail; osprey(?) nest perched on elevated rocky outcrop; osprey in flight; lake shoreline depicting ...

14) 95-40.0025 Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 25

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96: Group of adults picnicking close to island shore (Lake Superior); cabin cruiser docks, adults disembark at Isle Royale National Park; adults gather...

13) 95-40.0026 Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 26

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96: Reel 26: Woman picking, displaying blueberries with wooded hillsides in background; open waters of Lake Superior and wooded shoreline; whitecaps an...

23) 95-40.0027-.0028 Alaska, Northwest Farmers Tour--Dassler--home movies. Reels 27-28

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96: Reels 27 and 28: Travel posters depicting the Alaskan coast, a Yakima Indian woman; mountainous coast taken from aboard large cruise vessel; dock a...

24) 95-40.0029 Isle Royale, summer--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 29

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96: Landscape shots of island shore; rocky, forested w/protected coves and open water; summer scene depicts family (adults and small children) eating l...

25) 95-40.0030 Children--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 30

NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96: Reel 30: Toddler and pretoddler boys at play (interior shots); birthday cake and toddlers adorned in cowboy outfits complete with guns and hats; at...

23) 95-40.0031 Isle Royale, summer--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 31

Isle Royale, Summer (1953)

12) 95-40.0032 Richard, baby shots--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 32

NHF cataloguer's notes: Dimly lit interior shots of two toddler boys being held by grandmother in overstuffed chair as she reads them a story; newborn infant arriving at home; c...

28) 95-40.0033-.0035 Mediterranean cruise--Dassler family--home movies. Reels 33-35

NHF cataloguer's notes for Reels 33-35: Cargo-liner 'Jesse Lykes'; cargo is loaded by longshoremen, using forklifts, for departure from Houston; Houston's industrial shore zone;...

35) 95-40.0036 Coldwater, new house, Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 36

Coldwater (1955)--New house, Isle Royale (1958)

5) 95-40.0037 Isle Royale, Lake of the Ozarks, Coldwater--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 37

Isle Royale--Skip and Dale, Steve's 3rd birthday, Lake Ozarks, Alton Club, Coldwater (1955-1956).

18) 95-40.0038 Christmas, Norfork--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 38

Xmas (1956-1957), Norfork (1957), Lee's 1st (1958)

17) 95-40.0039 1957--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 39

33) 95-40.0040 Stag, Table Rock, Coldwater, Gables--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 40

Stag--Table Rock--Coldwater--Gables (1959)

15) 95-40.0041 Pvt. Clea, Biloxi, W.F.--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 41

Pt. Clea (1960)--Bilox (1964)--W.E. (1965)

35) 95-40.0042 Norfork, 20th reunion--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 42