[Unidentified—home movies] Reel 1

Date1932

AbstractIntertitle: “A TRIP AROUND WAYSIDE INN FEBRUARY 5, 1932.” Intertitle: “REAL WINTER AT LAST” followed by men and boys shoveling grounds. Intertitle: “SHOVELING OUT THE INN” followed by men and boys shoveling pathways, a shot of the Inn, snowy grounds and trees. Intertitle: “THE PINE BOWS UNDER ITS’ [sic] WHITE MANTLE” followed by shot of pines covered in snow. Intertitle: “RECESS TIME” followed by children running through the snow. Intertitle: “IT’S BEAUTIFUL! BUT HARD ON THE OXEN” followed by shot of oxen hitched together side by side walking through snow, pulling a plow behind them. Intertitle: “NO SHEEP TO DRINK HERE NOW” followed by shot of small stream between snowy banks. Intertitle: “BUT WORK MUST GO ON” followed by shot of a mill’s water wheel. Intertitle: “CALVIN HOW HOUSE ‘SNOWED UNDER’” followed by men shoveling snow off steps of house and shot of oxen on snowy lawn. Intertitle: “HIS SPIRITS AREN’T DAMPENED” followed by a young ox running through the snow. Intertitle: “WE CATCH MISS BRYANT AND MISS WALLACE PEEKING INTO THE PARMENTER SISTER’S HOUSE” followed by shot of women sneaking up to a window and looking into a house. Footage of snowy grounds shot from a moving vehicle. Intertitle: “COWS IN THE CORN?” followed by shot of man walking in snowy field who shoos oxen away from the field. Man plowing on tractor. Intertitle: “ADAM HOW HOUSE” followed by shot of large snow-covered house. Intertitle: “SOUTH WEST SCHOOL AND MRS. BENNET” followed by woman walking alongside house. Intertitle: “WOODS ROAD TO LABRATORY [sic]” followed by shot of road and two women walking down the road, hand in hand. Intertitle: “HOME AGAIN” followed by women who had been on the road entering a house. Intertitle: “APRIL AT WAYSIDE INN 1932” followed by shot of butterfly on flower. Intertitle: “SPRING CLEANING” followed by shots of work on grounds (raking, clearing garden, man on ladder taking off storm windows, man sweeps barn). Intertitle: “THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN THE SPRING” followed shots of grounds and flowers. Intertitle: “BREAKING GROUND – THE OLD AND THE NEW -” followed by shot of oxen hitched side by side, pulling equipment, tilling the land. Man guides metal hand-tiller. Shot of man on tractor pulling metal tiller. Man guides horse pulling tiller. Intertitle: “PLANTING” followed by shot of boys and men planting seeds in a field, wide shot of work and close-up shots of hands and seedlings in a row. Intertitle: “AFTER THE LONG WINTER” followed by shot of oxen in fenced area and cows playing. Intertitle: “THEIR FIRST APRIL” followed by shot of lambs and sheep.