The Old Swimming Hole Footage

The Old Swimming Hole
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	Catalog #:	373483
	Clip Number:	373483-1
	Orginal Film:	WPA 139
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	Headings:	ENTERTAINMENT/MOTION PICTURES: Amateur ENTERTAINMENT/MOTION PICTURES: Home Movies RECREATION: Travel, Tourism, Sightseeing
	Description:	Title says ôThe Old Swimming Hole.ö MS man in bathing suit fishing at edge of creek, boy (or could be girl -- this was the age of full coverage above and below for swimsuits of both genders) in Tom Sawyer hat. Kids playing on lawn, picnic (brief). Very elegant motor car is visible. Same car from different angle shows woods, people standing around, young girl in Blue Bird uniform. title explains that a 10-ton boulder has rolled onto the road after heavy rains. Shot of kids and men standing around, as if theyÆre saying, ôAyup, itÆs a big one all right.ö Interesting rural look with cowboy hats and overalls. They have a chain over the rock, and try to roll it down a cliff, which unfortunately we donÆt see, just the teetering before. LS rock in road with cars now able to squeeze by. title says ôBeautiful Jemez and Soda Dam.ö Good shot of elegant open automobile and rocky scenery behind. People hike through wilderness trail. Hand made title card, "THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE" Black and white shots of yound women in bathing suits sitting on rocks nest to The Old Swimming Hole Man Fishing in river while standing on rocks (very nice scenics around him) Woman in hat fishing at same river while standing on rocks. Woman in joined by teenaged boy and a yound girl. Family (three kids, two adults) standing at edge of rushing river, fishing. MCU of two children playing in the river Family enjoying the day together, seting up a picnic on the grass, children playing. MCU of two women in hats standing at the rear of a car with the top down. A couple of kids are in the front seat, while two other children are standing the right side of the car. Nice wooded area. Many tall trees. Nice MCU of child with a viser on her head. 00.27.25 TEN TON BOULDER LOOSENED HEAVY RAINS DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDE, (all written on hand made title card) Many people, women and children, mainly men standing around in front of the boulder. Mountainous scenics, many trees in background. Very nice. The men try and loosen the boulder by wrapping chains around it and prying it loose from the bottom. They succeed in rolling the boulder a bit. Long shot of boulder on road. 00. 28.48 JEMEZ/SODA DAM (hand made title card) Three people, one man behind the wheel and a woman in the passager seat next to him in the front seat and a woman in the back seat with glasses and a hat on sit in a car with the top down. Behind them is a rocky terrain with many trees. Panning shot of rocky terrain, this could be the dam. Waterfall situated underneath a rocky cave. Back ot the people in the car. MS of car and man hugging a small boulder. Cuts to the three of them hiking up a rocky hill. Next cuts to a nice view of the river and trees below.