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1) 0284.0043 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 43
Doris and Pierre Monteux (and others) dance in park. Short views of children and dog. Children lined up at school. Series of friends walking and laughing in park. Monteux and Da...
12) 0291.0002 Tahiti to Fiji, 1937--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 2
Can label: 'Tahiti to Fiji Stella Polaris 2 1937.' ;A dance performance (possibly hula or otea), three women and one man performing, accompanied by guitars. Footage of dancers, slowed down. A man standing in the water, holding an...
30) 0291.0003 Fiji to Ceylon, 1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 3
Can label: 'Fiji to Ceylon Stella Polaris 3 1938.' ;Dance performance. (Fiji?) Dancers preparing kava. Dancers serving kava to tourists. (Film changes to black and white) Dance performance. Performers in masks and headdresses. Pe...
31) 0291.0004 Ceylon to Liberia, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 4
Dancers and drummers, continues from previous reel. (Film changes to black and white) Same dancers. A covered wagon pulled by an ox. An elephant and mahouts by a stream. Boats b...;Ceylon would become Sri Lanka in 1972.
8) 0660.0001 Blue Hill Class Reel 1
Date from edge code on film. // About 20 people in chairs draw people on lawn. Cow is led about in front of them. Shot is from rear of students. Boy climbs on donkey and is led ...;A woman with a donkey stands in front of a group of students with notebooks. A boy leads the donkey in front of the group. The boy sits on the donkey while another boy leads it....
1) 0886.0001 [Middlebury Movie Queen]
NHF cataloguer's notes: Views of downtown Middlebury, VT, truck passes with milk cans in back. Catalog of churches. Woman crossing guard. CUs of young women. Kids. Houses, Railw...;Source of Information: Polly Darnell, Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, Vt. Sponsored by the Middlebury Chamber of Commerce, the film in this collection was shot on 1 November 1939. ...
1) 1683.0001 [Groton Movie Queen]
The Groton Massachusetts, Movie Queen film was shot in January, 1939 and shown in the Groton Town Hall January 26-27, 1939 as part of a larger local talent production. The "Mov...
6) 1902.0006 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 6, Accession 1902
Notes from titles: "Boston Skating Club Carnival 1937 and 1938" Intertitle: "Boston Skating Club Carnival 1937" Choreographed dance of young women in pink tulle costumes dancing...
7) 1902.0007 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 7, Accession 1902
Can note (and on title): "Boston Skating Club Carnival, 1939" Intertitle: "Boston Skating Club Carnival 1939" Skaters dressed as toy soldiers, toreros, majorettes, and horses s...
2) 1949.0002 [Lauren K. Woods—home movies] Reel 2
Toddler in snowsuit and boots walks around outside for camera. Interior shots of child in crib with book, light and shadows. Views of infant laying in crib. Pan wall of photos...
32) 2145.0023 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 23
Little Wohelo 1933;A toddler on the beach. Girls playing on the beach. Girls (campers) riding horses up a dirt road. A man walking towards the camera. Girls seated in the grass. Campers on horseba...
36) 2145.0034 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 34
Little Wohelo 1939;People gathered on the shore. Girls (campers) diving from a raft. Campers canoeing. Swimming. A paddleboat race. A dance performance. Panning shot of the people watching the dan...
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