| Christmas, Etc., 1941 | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 304 |
| Catalog #: | 313200 | |
| Clip Number: | 313200-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 085 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | N/A | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: Home Movies | |
| Description: | Color home movie footage. Note on can: "1941-2 Xmas/Lake". Note inside can: "1941-White Lake/Peg, Huffy/(Winter)/Puppy Tauntry/1942 Xmas Etc/Peg's Ring” In addition to Christmas shots and shots of the family at some lake in winter, this reel contains shots of a woman displaying her new engagement ring. Good wartime/home front shots. Couple, marriage, wedding. man hitches wagon full of leaves to car. Car drives onto o open lot and the guy dumps the leaves, two girls with him. Various shots playing in leaves with dog. This sequence looks like some serious fun with autumn leaves - the guy even pole-vaults into the pile! VS flowers in bloom. 05:55 two women swimming in the lake 06:02 poking at a snake in the grass with a stick 06:16 two women on motorboat with two dogs, they (the women) jump into the water, shots of the dogs on the boat. Dogs on the beach, playing fetch with a stick. 07:22 winter - long shot of two people walking on snowy beach (overexposed). 08:03 playing in the snow, young couple builds a snowman, dog jumps over it, guy runs into pile of snow, play with dog, throw snow. 08:31 summer again on the lake, crowd of people on pier, people on boat. Boy climbs up ladder on pier to sit on collapsible seat - he falls into the water. Series of overexposed boating shots. 10:13 VS flowers blooming in garden 10:24 dogs playing in snow, man playing with dogs, throwing stick - fetch, dogs fight over stick. Some very exuberant, playful scenes. 12:25 Christmas decorations on huge tree. man and woman take stocking down from mantle, VS opening gifts. Woman receives teapot and shows camera, opens gift, shows a glass to camera. 14:08 summer again, two girls cut down tree, MS bullfrog, 14:47 family picnic outside in park. Man setting up barbeque (shaky camera), women peeling corn cobs, putting cobs in boiling water, woman drinking water from well pump. 15:27 back to previous Christmas footage, man holds up spinning globe, he turns it around but doesn't look to happy about it. 15:41 man and woman silhouetted behind curtain. he is kneeling (down on one knee) and asks her to marry him, she nods yes and he slips a ring on her finger, they kiss. Girls plays with dog behind same silhouetted curtain. (engagement, marriage proposal, proposing) 16:09 under the tree again. 16:21 the newly engaged couple sit close on a couch, she shows off the ring in CU. out of focus shots of dogs playing, family eating formal dinner. 17:35 couple in snow, sledding, out of focus. 18:15 in focus, good sledding shots. 18:52 women sawing log | |
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