| Catholic Graduation/Western Va | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 246 |
| Catalog #: | 313270 | |
| Clip Number: | 313270-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 016 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | USA various | |
| Year Shot: | 1969 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Graduations | |
| Description: | Graduation of Mary Pat Aylward from St. Margaret Mary's (junior high) School (but this could easily pass for high school graduation scenes) in Chicago, Illinois. Shots of graduates in blue gowns, and tasseled caps. Mary Pat with girlfriend walking, Mary Pat looks at camera. Shot of cap, ribbons "Class of 1969, St. Margaret Mary School" 11:50 underexposed shots of her diploma, a cake with the words "Congratulation Mary Pat" written on it, Mary pat walks into living room and looks at her diploma on the mantle. Mary Pat in the kitchen holds up a bottle of root beer. 12:36 Various underexposed shots inside the Aylward house (?) during a bridal shower for Susie and charles. photo of young girl (Susie?) on mantle, presents stacked on floor, cake "Best Wishes, Susie and Charles". 12:52 Map of Arizona. VS Arizona landscapes. Sign "Roosevelt Lake: Formed by Theodore Roosevelt Dam. A Water Storage Reservoir Built for the Salt River Project - 1905-1911....Arizona Grows Where Water Flows" Young girl walks along bridge and approaches a road sign "Apache Lake 14, Phoenix 78". 13:30 girl with dad and grandmothers(?) wave at the camera and shoo it away (funny). VS of young girl and mother wlaking around in a marketplace. Vs hotel resort area and overexposed beach scenes. 14:53 good shots of mother and daughter in pool with palm trees and thatched overhangs. Pan poolside. Lots of overexposed pans of resort. 15:57 Good overhead pan of resort grounds, pool, ocean and mountains. 16:38 young girl and her mother walk past flower shop. more pans of tourists at unidentified monument/attraction. New Mexico? 17:33 pan of temples (similar to Mayan). 18:30 "welcome to Willimasburg - Capitol of virginia 1699 - 1780" Lots of pans and tilts of historic Williamsburg buildings and sites - not well shot and mostly over or underexposed. 19:29 reenactment of revolutionary war battle, people in costume etc., firing cannons. VS family walking around Williamsburg, Vs Williamsburg, historic boats and houses, Notes on can: "Aylward #16: Graduation 1969, Arizona, New Mexico, Williamsburg, VA". Nice color home movie footage of a graduation ceremony from Parochial School (girls'). Also: pretty typical and dull footage of Arizona, New Mexico, and Colonial Williamsburg. Travel, Vacation. | |
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