[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 51

Date1941

Viewing NotesNHF cataloguer's notes (reel numbers assigned by donor or creator): Reel 51: boy climbing down ladder on house; carries ladder away; man on ladder picking ?apples; girl pulling wagon; lemonade stand w/ two girls, boy rides bike up to stand; woman buys lemonade; girls pulling wagon and waving to camera, sign 'Lemon-Ade', 'small glass 3 (cents) Large glass 5 (cents)'; girls eating at lemonade table; girl w/ woman in dress w/ apron setting up table w/ drinks on lawn; sign reads 'The Cedars Guests, Breakfasts'; sign reads 'Williamsburg City Limits'; LS of Williamsburg; pans of various buildings; man in colonial costume; ?racks; woman in colonial costume with hoop-like skirt; obelisk; POV of brick building from car; (dark exposure) person in white robe and hood; boy and girl exit house (40:19); better exposure, door w/ bells on it, kids pose in front of door; girl and woman in white fox collar coat in front yard w/ flag; shot of brick buildings close together; boy exits one carrying stars and stripe flag (thirteen stars in circle), camera moves up building revealing flag w/ black, white and yellow vertical stripes, other people file out of building, girl carries very large floral wreath, man carries another flag, they pause at street corner and approach monument where another floral wreath is already there; they put wreath on monument of a man in a tri-corner hat w/ horse; (42:12) woman and girl out front door; girl wears red hat; woman in striped, fox collar coat; boy follows wearing argyle sweater and overcoat; old man and boy roll grass next to sidewalk; LS white brick building w/ two cars out front; kids in foreground, flagpole; woman, man and girl pose in front of building; girl in sailor dress and red hat walks away from camera to car; woman walks w/ her towards camera; (slow pan) cherry blossoms in front of house; Irish setter w/ black and white kitten; grey kitten is taken out of basket, dog watches; woman in driveway smoking cigarette in flapper dress; pan of brick institutional building; two women dressed up w/ hats, one wears corsage, pose in front of table w/ bouquet; boy and girl play w/ grey kitten; woman joins them; CU man reading paper w/ kitten on his shoulder; (47:35) chair on lawn w/ afghan on it; two women show it off; two girls pose w/ afghan; woman walking on mown grass path pulling wagon; boy painting wagon; plays w/ kitten; girl and boy dress kitten in doll's clothes and put it in baby carriage; (49:08) four people in bathing suits walking towards camera, one man smoking; woman in print dress walking down path to shoreline; house in woods; two men at each end of fishing net; girl pulls up sieve-like bucket in water and looks inside; (49:53) wooden cage w/ goats inside two girls pet them; (dark exposure) girls in woods w/ bucket and adults; girl w/ chickens in cage; women getting out of car, man w/ her carrying packages; girl in swim suit; boy and man walk up path; girl wears sunglasses; man dumps wheelbarrow at beach; CU campfire; man puts rack over fire; family at picnic table; people exit house; (52:20) boats at float; LS open launch; POV from boat of shore; tennis. (end of reel)