[O.P. Geer--home movies] Reel 2

1005.0002
Boothbay, Maine
Harbor
Quebec, Canada
United
Adirondack Mountains, States
New Jersey (Montclair)
New York (New York, Niagara Falls)
Virginia (Virginia Beach)
Washington, D.C
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Collection-level description: amateur, edited footage with intertitles and scenes of family life, work at the law office, travel, summer camp, boating and sailing. Also contains footage of an American Legion parade in New York in 1937, and battle ships in New York harbor in 1934. Also contains amateur fiction: a skit at Geer's law office regarding a bankruptcy case. (UNEDITED) NHF Cataloguer's notes for Reel 2: REEL 2 (real time no time code): 18:36. Track shot of stadium, crowd. 19:00. Shot tracks right to reveal grounds, trees. Man, woman climbing exterior stairs. Track shot crowds. LS of horse-race commencing. Horse race progresses. 20:02. LS field, horses, jockeys racing down. Slow motion of horses racing. Man, woman on crowded street. CU man. Man looks at paper. LS of field, adjacent grounds, horses racing down field. Track shot spectators, horses racing. 21:05. Track shot of cathedral, official buildings, streetcars in city. Shot tracks to left. Palm trees. Maybe Rome, Italy. MS. of ocean, body of water. MS. of stone buildings. Woman in foreground points to stone buildings. 22:09. Quick shot of river. Track shot of stone buildings near river. Track shot building with arched porticoes. MS wishing well. Stone staircase, doorway adjacent. Track shot of ancient stone building, shutters, arched doorways. 23:17. MS of doorway photographed from within. Overhead shot of stone buildings, people in street. Shot tracks left for more stone structures. LS of street with stone arch. 24:01. Track shot of roofs of stone buildings. Shot tracks right. Minarets, stone buildings. Silhouette shot stone buildings against horizon at sunset. M.S. of city street, ancient stone buildings. 25:02. Shot tracks left. M.S. of people walking down street with stone arch. Quick shot of donkey cart. Pigeons gathered on stone steps. LS stone arch, people in street. Man carrying rifle descends stone stairs. Small section of street as viewed from arch in street. 26:02. Woman sitting on steps. She rises. People walking in street. Left track shot of stone buildings, churches, minarets. Arched porticoed building, stone stairway, people walking in street. Woman walking on stone pathway surrounding building. 27:02. Stone houses on hillside. LS of people walking by stone-columned building. Silhouette shot of woman looking at building on hillside. Shots of city streets, building with stone columns. MS group of people with donkeys. (This may be Turkey, rather than Rome.) 28:51. Group of people with their donkeys. Herd of white cattle advancing. 29:18. Fountain in city square. Shot tracks left to reveal stone-columned structure. Track shot of building with minaret. 30:07. Track shot of stone building with equestrian statue in front. Left-tracking shot of ancient building which resembles the Colosseum at Rome. Track shots of ancient, crumbling structures, also 'Arch of Trajan'. 31:04. Trees near structures. Left-tracking pan. of this area. Ocean waves breaking against rocks. Large rocks on which waves break. 32:14. Ocean, rocks. Group of women wearing tall lace hats. This could be Brittany. Harbor, cars parked near pier. Quick shot of woman in native dress, tall hat. MS of buildings, group of homes. 33:12. Woman leaning against stone wall. Leftward-tracking shot of river, topiary, landscaped shoreline. Track shot group of fountains, trees of city square. Crowd of people emerging from building. 34:11. Left pan. of group of fountains. Groups of people walking in area. Fountain, people talking. 35:02. Group of miniature fountains. More fountain footage. People walking. Fountain, people walking, shot as if from behind fountain. Upward track shot of cathedral. Pan. of group of city buildings. 36:02. Upward track shot of building with arched windows. Woman descending stone steps at the foot of which is lion statue. Quick shot of man lighting cigarette. Shrine with gate enclosure. Famed statue of little boy from whom water issuing forth makes him appear as if urinating. 37:07. Track pan. of city buildings. Left-tracking pan of river, bridge. Pan. of bridge, adjacent trees. 38:02. M.S. of river with woman on bridge. (End of Reel 2) Reels 1-4 Girls in park, helium balloons. Europe? Stadium horse races, historic buildings and monuments of France. Arc de Triomphe. New Orleans, 1952. Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, grille work on Royal Street. Stormy ocean. Boats, beaches, women in white hats. Fountains. Color. Natural Bridge, Virginia. Colored houses. Empire State Building, New York.

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