[Fields--home movies] Reel 17

Date1969 – 1970

Can DescriptionsAmateur footage of family activities. NHF xfer notes as follows. Reel numbers are NHF-assigned. 17. Karen's 1st communion '69, 4th of July parade, storm 1969-70. (UNEDITED) NHF Cataloguer's notes: Reel 17. Intertitles: '(1) Karen's 1st Communion-1969. (2) 4th of July parade. (3) Storm -1969-70.' 38:02. Girl in veil, 1st communion dress. Other girls similarly attired in church parking lot. (These shots radically faded.) Altar boys bearing crosses. Communion candidates walking. We are outside. Someone using hula hoop. (Poor photography.) Parade on Main Street. Cop aboard vehicle. Fireman aboard truck. (Photography improved, but still a bit faded.) Fire engine with ladder attached. 39:05. Cop waves from fire engine. Front of engine, truck. Spectators at side. View of side of long engine. Crowd dissembling. Boy runs through snow. Snow-covered ground. Roof blanketed in snow. Boy walking, observing snow, buildings. 40:05. Exterior of building. (Film faded.) Gate. Snow-covered trees. Pan. of area. Besnowed rear of car parked in garage. Exterior of house. Woman bundled up in coat. Man, girl. Family assembling. Snow is falling. Boy waves hands. 41:03. Woman enters car. Evergreen trees. Fence. High snowbanks. (End of Reel 17.)