[Fields--home movies] Reel 8

1335.0008
United States (?)
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1961
Amateur footage of family activities. NHF xfer notes as follows. Reel numbers are NHF-assigned. 8. Dan with lawn mower, Sue in drill uniform, Karen from hospital and christening, Xmas '61, Edward racing Saab at lake, Karen 7 months old. (UNEDITED) NHF Cataloguer's notes. Reel 8. Intertitles. (1) Dan with lawn mower. (2) Sue in drill uniform. (3) Karen from hospital. (4) Karen's Christening. (5) Christmas-1961. (6) Edward racing Saab? on lake.(Timecode obscures 'Saab'.) (7) Karen 7 moments old.' 45:09. Young boy pushes toy lawn mower across lawn. He pounds it against grass. He runs toward home. Girls run at side of lawn as boy tries to get toy lawn mower to cut grass. 46:04. Continues to push lawn mower over grass. Girl, nicely dressed, wearing veil enters car. Girl smiles. She wears white hat, coat. Woman waves. She wears conservative flowered hat. Girl waves coquettishly from car window. Shields eyes from light. Boy stands in yard beside woman. 47:00. Woman wears white gloves, boy suspenders. She caresses his hair. She marches in place. The two walk forward. Woman opens car door. Boy rises from step. CU boy. 48:02. He talks. Makes semi-face. Young man in car. He removes dark glasses. Girl walks in yard. Steps measured, sort of semi-march. Little boy joins her. He tries to emulate her marching steps. They walk forward. CU girl. Little boy and young man wave from sides of car windows. 49:00. Two women, man at front of home. Woman walks forward, blanket in hand. CU infant wrapped in blanket. Infant yawns. Infant in her arms, woman emerges from car. Infant in woman's arms. (These shots a bit faded.) Girl attends woman, infant. Woman in doorway. She has paper bag, cardboard package. Young boy joins her. 50:02. Boy has plush panda. She lowers infant so that boy can view her. Little boy in bath tub. He jumps joyfully up and down. Wearing trunks, he continues frolicing. Holding side of tub, he continues splashing. Sits down in tub. Turns about. Girl, two women walk forward. Woman, man emerge from church. People talking by door. Woman carries infant wrapped in blanket. 51:02. Woman, infant, man stand at side of church. CU infant asleep. CU woman, CU man. He makes slight bow. Meat cooking on grill. Steam ascends. Boy sprays himself with hose. 52:07. After saturating his shorts, he allows hose to fountain on lawn. Livingroom. Boy waves. Woman displays present, pair of blue slippers. Boy plays small zxylophone in vertical position. Woman displays present, blouse. She presses it against boy who is still in pyjamas or long-johns. This boy displays gift, large plush toy. 53:01. Vertical pan Christmas tree. Little boy's plush elephant. Older boy wearing party hat has object on end of finger. Man holds glittery object of cone shape. Boy, woman with him. This is a hat. Man places hat on boy's head. Boy waves. Older boy diplays his present, a ring. Girl models her present, a new dress. Pan assorted presents displayed. Girl holds casually clad little boy in her arms. Both wave. 54:03. Girl jounces little boy gently. Tree once more. Sign on upper wall states in large letters: 'Merry Christmas'. Little boy skims over snow in his snow saucer. He falls out of it at end of ride. Goes for another slide. End up at corner of house. Bare trees. He retrieves saucer. Looking into camera, he descends once more. 55:02. Repeats excursion. Crawls off of saucer at side of house. Little boy runs through snow. Flapping his arms, he runs joyfully. Another saucer excursion. Infant in high chair. He smiles, waves. Older boy at right. Boy points sight in distance to infant. CU infant. 56:00. Three men of assorted ages outdoors. One has sunglasses. One has bare eyes. Buddy wears regular glasses. Man in dark glasses laughs. Pan. of the three. Parked cars. Man drives one forward. Man walks along. Man emerges from car, waves, renters. Snowy ground. 57:00. Car is driven over ground. Mountain tops in immediate distance. Trees are at base of mountain. Snowy ground, car, mountains, trees. Front, side views of car motoring over snowy ground. Car traverses boundaries, set limits marked out in snow. Crowd gathered at side of area. Infant sitting on floor. 58:02. He looks around. Touches carpet. Smiling, he crawls forward. Boy, sitting crossslegged in easy chair watches infant. Infant smiles, pleased with crawling progress. 59:02. Boy, infant rock together in easy chair. (End Reel 8.)

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