[Unobskey--home movies] Reel 15

Date1957 – 1958

Donor-supplied NotesAmateur footage. Donor's notes in quotes. Reel numbers are NHF assigned. 15. (250 ft., col.) 'Sidney leaves for service with Fred, Mother, Joe and Arthur to see him off 1957. (Fire in Calais. Spring of 1958.) Parking lot in Calais, and other construction.'

Viewing NotesNHF cataloguer's notes for Reel 15: (3:32:26) Man putting suit case in back of large truck. He hugs older woman good-bye and pats young boy on the head. Other man with glasses (husband and new father we've seen) hugs man good-bye. Another man joins them and waves. Man bends down and blows on little boy's stomach. Man who is leaving puts little boy on his shoulders. Woman (wife and mother) in white sweater and dark dress joins them. More hugs. Truck is army green. (3:33:58) Cement block. Motel room with number 31 above [door]. Lawn chair in front of room. Little boy carrying make-up case out of room. He smiles at camera with tongue hanging out slightly. Pan of 'Super A&P Market' 'Western Auto Associate Store' in the same plaza. Pan of parking lot with water in background. 'Harvey Studio' business with 'Kodak' sign. Pan to laundromat 'U-launder-IT' and back to parking lot and other business and houses on street. 360 pan. Construction site with dump trucks and bulldozer. Small white houses among trees around site. Pan of red brick industrial building. Person walks up to camera and puts hand to lens. More shots of site, a line of cars parked at edge. (3:36:40) Pan of barn and attached sheds. Long pan of steam shovel. Long unsteady pan of garden. Men walking around site. Building being demolished. Piles of rubble. Many fast pans. More demolition. Man walking through site. LS man in apron and man in suit talking at site. More pans. Four to five men on metal beam between two concrete block walls. Pan of site shows more cars. Steam roller. Man on crew waves. Machine laying asphalt. Finished product is large parking lot.