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7) 0284.0001 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 1

Croquet match with children, women in fancy dress, views of front of large house and surrounding yard, overview of croquet match, CUs of children, more views of house and cars, ...

8) 0284.0002 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 2

Views of mansion and surrounding fountains, hedges, arches, children posing for camera, workmen unloading supplies, children on boat, view inside boat, approaching a harbor (Bar...

8) 0284.0003 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 3

Good views of huge crowds lining the streets as various official-looking cars pass. Parade begins, a band passes, women with parasols, another band, a large float and 'Queen' at...

19) 0284.0004 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 4

View from inside house, elderly woman on porch. Same woman (Mrs. Davis?) and elderly man approach camera. CU of same woman. Long pan of Bar Harbor area. Pan of house and yard, p...

5) 0284.0005 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 5

Children rolling on beach, CU's of children swinging on tires, pan of house and yard, children racing toward camera, playing on lawn. Two women walk toward camera, dance on lawn...

12) 0284.0006 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 6

Children dancing and acting for camera, interesting views of Willow Grove Park amusement park. Girl and boy smiling and quickly kissing for camera then cartwheeling and dancing ...

22) 0284.0007 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 7

Birthday party July 28, 1927 Gary poses for camera as do his young guests in a group shot then in CU's, playing a game called Going to Jerusalem (musical chairs), a watermelon e...;Meyer Davis rented a house in Jamestown, RI, at 22 Old Walcott Avenue for several years. The house was called "Fairacre."

15) 0284.0008 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 8

Children on porch, croquet, playing with dog inside house, adults playing cards on porch, children acting for camera, playing in yard, croquet, playing pool, child playing by se...

14) 0284.0008A [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 8A

Children act for cameras (dying, etc.), play on beach (with brief shots of adults), a couple kissing, pans of a mountainous region, CU's of adults and children. Birthday party f...

16) 0284.0009A [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 9A

Children at the Jamestown house, wrestling, rolling, swinging bats, throwing balls. Family shots with mother. Running toward camera, adults on lawn chairs. // Meyer Davis Logboo...

9) 0284.0010 All is Not Gold That Glitters

Home drama, 'All is Not Gold That Glitters' filmed in Jamestown, RI. The Ritz-Carltons are lounging about on the porch and a car arrives. Chauffeur releases man who greets famil...;Scanned at 2K for an NFPF grant in 2022.

12) 0284.0011 St. Mihiel Drive, The

'Official films of the signal Corps of the US Army taken under action and service conditions in France.' Pershing signing orders, troops transported by truck and horse, map show...

2) 0284.0016 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 16

'Mother Davis' with young girl and on swing. Pierre clowning with two ladies, nurse brings a baby out to a couple. Two children playing by the lake and roasting hot dogs, marshm...

36) 0284.0017 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 17

Boarding ship, Davis and friends laughing, large band on board ship plays to crowd (Meyer Davis Orchestra?), xylophone being played, strange man walking up stairs, life-preserve...

11) 0284.0018 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 18

Street scenes along Amalfi drive (most taken from car). Visiting a Capucine Monastery, visiting the ruins of Hadrian's villa and some spirited dancing among ruins. A 'peasant' g...

7) 0284.0019 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 19

Views of the Colosseum and St. John's Cathedral, Hilda Davis gives men something to eat, doormen at the hotel Excelsior, poor exposures of the Pope's garden, Hilda with scarf-co...

15) 0284.0020 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 20

Driving through the Italian Alps, views of St. Marks Square and the Cathedral, feeding doves, CU's of Italian children, Italian Police, the Bridge of Sighs, views of the Rialto,...

17) 0284.0021 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 21

Series of scenes along the boardwalk at Cannes including shops, dogs, donkeys, small cars, tourists, street scenes in Grasse, outside Auteuil Race Track, Horse Racing and Specta...

19) 0284.0022A [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 22A

Views of Netherlands taken from a ship or boat: windmills, houses, trains. Hilda with Dutch people. Exposure problems. Amsterdam street scenes. Quick shot of Pierre Monteux, dan...

30) 0284.0023 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 23

Long pan of mountain range and lake (Bubble Pond, Mt. Desert Island). Boy surveys the scenery. Hilda and Meyer golfing, Hilda dances. Golf shots. Pan of mountain range and car. ...

20) 0284.0024 No Indian to Guide Them, or What Is It a Kemp?

Home drama with titles. Begins with a CU intro of fourteen Davises in a small boat. One of the girls falls overboard and is saved. A woman drops her jewels overboard. Family dis...

22) 0284.0025 Miss Olympia

Amateur comic drama. Two boys playing tennis and two girls talking. They all run to hear letter read. The girls talk about arriving 'personality.' The little boys hold a toy gun...;Scanned in 2K as part of NFPF grant in 2022.

21) 0284.0026 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 26

Boating and swimming at Lake Placid, children playing with a puppy. Lake, scenes from the boat of boathouses and speedboats, picnic, diving and swimming. Rolls Royce. // Meyer D...

24) 0284.0027 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 27

Scenes of Willow Grove, an amusement park, with children, rides, flappers, arcades and crowds. A festival at Oak Lane Country Day School with children in costume, gymnastics, da...

25) 0284.0028 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 28

Children playing on land and on boat. Pan of lake and speedboats. Meyer having a smoke. Hilda and the children playing and going on a boat ride. Shots of sailboats, docks, dogs,...

23) 0284.0030 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 30

Swimming and rowing. A gathering on the porch with family and friends. Having fun by the lake. A costume party with little David dressed in blackface and other children dressed ...

22) 0284.0031 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 31

The Lake Placid Ferry. Swimming with the children and Rube Bloom. Picnic at lake house. The Wachapreague Hotel [Virginia]. On the docks with Meyer and friends geting ready for f...

30) 0284.0032 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 32

Views of Grand Canyon. Views of construction of Hoover Dam. Setting up for a polo match. Swimming and relaxing (possibly Peabody's house with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Muni). Visiting t...

29) 0284.0033 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 33

A visit to Atlantic City, the beach, Hilda rides a pedal-powered cart, huge billboard advertising Meyer Davis at the Gateway, sign for Bennie Davis. Street scenes in Bar Harbor,...;At the beach. Woman in fur collared coat applies powder. Other woman hods her arm. The both wear cloche hats. Little girl. Man and woman embrace and kiss passionately. He is in...

28) 0284.0034 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 34

Reel 34. Hilda and Ginny on the boat in New York Harbor with pans of harbor. Hilda and Ginny on board the boat, leaving and crowds waving goodbye. Boat life: badminton, lounging...

7) 0284.0037 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 37

Beach. Tourists. Lounging by the water. Includes men in ties. Brief shot of band. Nice beach scenes with tourists. Margie (a little girl) on golf course and in front of large ho...

9) 0284.0038 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 38

At the Franklin D. Roosevelt Inaugural parade, Washington, D.C. Nice long shots of parade, good exposures. Crowd including Paul Muni and wife, street shots of crowds and friends...

30) 0284.0040 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 40

Davis children by the lake, dancing, mugging and rowing canoe. Swimming with children and adults. Adults and children model swimsuits. Davis children dressed like Indians, doing...;http://www.sdbonline.org/sites/archive/SDBMembership/Oppenheimer.html Jane Marion Oppenheimer, 1911-1996 Jane Marion Oppenheimner...achieved distinction as an embryologis...

32) 0284.0041 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 41

Close-ups of Hilda and family at Lake Placid, pan of lake, Uncle Jake by lake. Davis' family and adult friends mugging for camera and kissing and dancing. Playing ball with chil...

32) 0284.0042 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 42

Massive summer springs resort. Pan of Moosehead Lake. Greeting old woman. The Chateau Frontenac and horse-drawn carriage arriving there. Scenes of park. A wrecked car. Niagara F...

4) 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...

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