[Karl Stefan--home movies] Reel 20

Date1957

Can DescriptionsAmateur footage of family and travel. Leader notes as follows: 20. [?]ay '56, swim, Ft. Taylor, aqualung. Key West, fall '56, picnic, wives lunch, Halloween. Key West, picnic Ft. Taylor, fall '56. Key West, Dec '56, new boat, water ski, Ft. Taylor, baby brother. Key West, Feb '57, girls on beach, [fawto?] fish boat, Uncle Bill Stefan. NHF Cataloguer's Notes: (07:44) Man in cap and swimming trunks putting life jackets on little girls in bathing suits. One girl standing on picnic table, one sitting. Two girls kissing baby and with it on lounge chair. Girls on rubber raft in water wearing bathing caps and life jackets. Woman in bathing suit and swim mask descending into water from stairway. She swims with mask on. Naked baby in bassinet asleep on belly. Woman with mask joins girls with raft and shows that she is also wearing fins. Man in scuba gear disappears under water. He surfaces and climbs up the wooden stairs on to dock. He pulls the girls in by a rope attached to their raft. He holds baby in diapers nest to lawn chair. He is still in scuba gear. Baby laying on pillow falling asleep. Woman in sundress holds baby down next to girls. Family group shot. Woman holds baby's face up to camera and waves its hand. Baby laying on lounge mattress fidgeting and crying. Little girl puts baby's thumb in its mouth then pulls it out. They prop baby up on pillow. It keeps crying. They bounce it on pillow then pat baby's face and cover it with their hands. Woman exits house in long colorful dress with big bow in front. She leans over lounge chair where girls and baby sit. Little girls have bows in their hair. Little girls make faces at camera. Woman holding pillow with baby. (12:47) New setting - tropical foliage. Little girls in summer dresses. Woman with baby in wicker laundry basket. Baby crying. Man in shorts holding hands with two little girls in bathing caps, suits and life jackets. They are at a tropical sand beach. He has fins with him. They all run away from camera - next to pier. Baby in basket on table fussing. Woman in sunglasses plays with baby's feet. Man wades with baby in shallow water. Lawn chairs, round grill, kids in bathing suits. Man holds baby. Naked baby on belly on blanket. Little girls crawl around and visit with baby on blanket. Lunch on the beach. Woman hands plates of food to girls. They show food to camera. Fruit on table with flowers. Bacon cooking on grill. Little girls in bathing suit pokes meat with long fork. CU man cracking eggs open onto grill with bacon. He wears sandals, trunks, and cap. Little girl cutting a canteloupe, the other spooning it. Man grilling and smiling. Ocean, palm trees, sand. Man props baby up next to little girl spooning out melon. Grilling sausages. Woman taking off skirt to reveal bathing suit. She hangs skirt on tree. (16:31) Residential area. Two little girls swinging. One stands in her wooden chair type swing. Girls pushing the merry-go-round. One stands in swing. Teeter tottering - bouncing each other by letting teeter totter hit the ground. Woman sits on one side of teeter totter and keeps other side from coming down. Girls, one at a time, walk from one end of teeter totter to the other. Girls playing on slide. Green and yellow station wagon with back open. Beach and ocean in background. Man loading back of car. Barbecue with many people. Pier in background. Windy. Garbage cans, grills, picnic backets. People eating off yellow plates. Men smoking. Baby laying with fingers in mouth. (18:40) Men pulling fish on back of moving boat. Woman in white bathing suit and big sun hat holds fishing pole. Crabs and fish on deck of boat. Baby smiling. Little girl waving to camera in bathing suit and cap next to swimming pool with lawn chairs all around. Girls kicking around in pool with life jackets on. (19:57) Little girl in angel costume or fairy costume. Other girl in costume too. They lay on red blanket with baby. They put baby on its stomach and it tries to prop itself up. Happily fidgets. It lays on stomach like it is flying with arms and legs out and off blanket. Girls walk around yard with beautiful flowering trees. (21:19) Woman with name tag holds up cloth like a bullfighter. Women being silly at a table outside. They are playing cards. Baby carriages around. They smoke. Small powerboat, outboard on trailer. CU boat with canvas. Motor, wooden interior. Man backs boat into water with black car. Hand cranks trailer jack and boat tips off trailer and slides into water. Man and girl in boat. He uses wooden paddle to get away from beach and shallow water before starting engine. Woman on dock in bathing suit, sunglasses and head kerchief. Man starting up on waterskis. (23:18) Waterskiing. Two girls sitting on side on boat with feet in water, jump in. Man holds baby, baby plays with throttle. Girl rides on man's shoulders in water. He has a snorkel. Baby playing with conch shell. (25:06) Baby playing in playpen outside inshade. Laughing as man runs by. (Poor quality) Girls with floatation rings on sandy, tropical beach. Hanging on palm fronds. (Better quality) Teeter tottering in bathing caps. Cars in background. Woman and girls posing on dock. Camera pulls away in boat. Roadster, convertible in background. (26:25) Marina. Power boats and sailboats. Wake of boat. Fish being caught off stern. Man pulls in and holds up fish on line. Little girls playing with fish in piles on dock. (scratchy film) Girls in party dresses with man who climbs palm tree in bare feet. Drops coconuts to the ground. Girls skipping down the road with cars passing by. Girls in tree with bouquet of flowers in hand. Girl walking on top of stone wall with woman spotting her. Two people running camera on tripod.