[Marie and LeGrand Cannon III--home movies] Reel 39

Date1964

Can Descriptions1964 New Port + Vac

Viewing NotesSign: ‘Newport Hospital.’ Sign: ‘The Breakers.’ Shots of the Breakers mansion and grounds. Shots of the Marble House mansion. Panning shots of mansions along the water. Sign: ‘Marble House.’ Cut to a boy (LeGrand "Lee" Cannon IV) playing in the driveway. Lee IV getting into a car. A woman (Marie) carrying Lee IV down the street. A man (LeGrand "Lee" Cannon III) carrying Lee IV. Lee closing the garage door. Shot of the airport, with the sign: ‘American Airlines Allegheny.’ Close up of an airplane, with: ‘Flagship Monterrey’ written on the side. People boarding the plane. Landscape filmed through the airplane window as the plane takes off. Shot of landscape from the air. The airport as the plane lands. Sign: General Electric, Progressland, Walt Disney Presents.’ (Part of the 1964 New York World’s Fair) Blurry shot of a logo. Sign on a building: ‘Henry Hudson Gate. For Free Re-Entry to Fair Today Have Hand Stamped at Turnstile.’ A line of flag poles at the turnstile. Shot of the Port Authority Heliport. General Motors building. Sign for: ‘Chrysler Corporation, autofare.’ The World’s Fair entrance. A trolley. The Ford building. Shot of the Mormon pavilion. People in an auditorium, where the stands lift into the air. (IBM’s People Wall?) Shot of the IBM logo. Shots of the Fair from above. Shot of the Unisphere. Shots inside a building. The entrance to the Austria pavilion. The sign for the Japan pavilion. The dome of the pavilion for the Republic of the Sudan. Close up of the Jordan pavilion, with the sign: ‘Jordan, The Holy Land.’ People in traditional garb. Signs for the Morocco and Jordan pavilions. Cut to the Fair seen through the windows of a moving vehicle. Road sign: ‘Grand Central Pkwy, Kennedy Airport.’ Shots of various buildings. Close up of ‘The Great Seal of the State of Missouri.’ Close up of the sign for the Vatican Pavilion. The Minnesota pavilion. The Fair and water seen from above. A helicopter taking off from the roof of the Port Authority building. Shot of the roof and Moon Dome of the Transportation and Travel building, including the sign: ‘To the Moon & Beyond.’ Sign: ‘US Royal Tires.’ The General Motors building seen from above. A blimp seen flying overhead. The Fair seen from above. A Helicopter flying overhead, and landing on the Port Authority Heliport. Shot of the Hawaii pavilion. Shot of the Florida pavilion. Shot of the Sweden pavilion. The Unisphere. Cut to children feeding sheep and a calf. Close up of a fawn. Shot of the New England States pavilion. Sky tram over the Republic of the Philippines pavilion. The Greece pavilion. The Republic of China pavilion. Close up the sign on the China pavilion: ‘Chinese Painting Demonstration by [R]enowned Artist Professor Wang Ya-Chun, 2nd Floor 2-5 PM Admission Free.’ Close up to the sign for ‘The Republic of China,’ pavilion. The Mexico pavilion. The Protestant and Orthodox Center. The sign for the ‘Sanford Motor Hotel.’ Cut to a large brick building, ‘Our Lady of the Skies Chapel at JFK airport. Close up of a statue of the Virgin Mary standing on an airplane propeller. Several shots of an airplane taxiing. View out the airplane window. Cut to a sign by the road: ‘Welcome to New Hampshire.’ Lee and Lee IV walking together. People on horseback. Lee and Lee IV with a pony. Lee and Lee IV on a horse. Lee IV and Marie outside. Sign: ‘Expressway to Boston.’ Lee IV on a tricycle. [End of Reel]