1970s BLACK FAMILY HOME MOVIE BIRTHDAY PARTIES TREE PLANTING TRIP TO WINE COUNTRY GG46845

Genre: home movie

Description:

Shot by an unknown filmmaker, this Super 8mm silent home movie shows some of the activities of a Black / African American family presumably living in California. It begins with a couple of birthday parties and a tree planting. This is followed by some family outings to the zoo, a park, and the Christian Brothers Wine Cellar. The focus throughout is on the kids and the family walking together. It ends with a gathering and people enjoying themselves in their home.

00:00 a woman with her hair in a net and curlers sweeping in front of her house, 0:35 the woman poses together with her son in front of a 1967 Ford Mustang, 0:55 the son looks at the camera with the 1967 Ford Mustang in the background, 1:38 a Jazz band performing at a Christian church (or possibly a club), 2:26 footage of peeking out of a window, 9:34 a child’s birthday party, looks like age six or seven 3:48 kids blowing out the candle on the cake, 4:32 the adults relight the candles so the kids can blow them out again, 5:00 the kids start cutting the cake, 5:12 the adults eating the cake and talking, 5:35 kids playing with a battery operated toy car on a string type track, 6:21 another birthday party kids standing in front of a birthday cake with candles, 6:27 one of the kids blows out the candle and starts cutting the cake, 7:18 mixed race group of people standing around during a tree planting ceremony, probably in honor of someone’s death or birth. A VW bug or Beetle is visible in the b/g 7:48 the people stand together in prayer, 8:00 they plant the tree and each take turns shoveling in some soil, 8:46 people stand in a line and pray while others continue to shovel in soil, 9:37 the family at a petting zoo, 10:00 the kids and mother next to different zoo exhibits, 10:33 a house under construction, 10:46 a 1960 Buick Electra 225 parked on a dirt road, 11:06 the two kids standing on the porch of the house, and ride a bike 11:24 men on the porch of a house, and a sign reading "Paul's Grocery" 12:26 a man and two women walking together in a public park, 12:49 different shots of the family members in the same park, 13:14 a fountain, 13;29 the family members walking through the park, 14:00 the two kids playing with a dog, 14:24 the whole family together walking down a street towards a fancy hotel, in what appears to be wine country, at 14:42 they are carrying gift boxes of wine 15:30 the family walking around under a rock arch at what appears to be the Christian Brothers Wine Cellars in San Luis Obispo, California, 16:13 footage of the vineyards as seen from a car, 16:28 the family sitting together at a table and talking, 16:58 the family cooking together in the kitchen

Complete Record: Shot by an unknown filmmaker, this Super 8mm silent home movie shows some of the activities of a Black / African American family presumably living in California. It begins with a couple of birthday parties and a tree planting. This is followed by some family outings to the zoo, a park, and the Christian Brothers Wine Cellar. The focus throughout is on the kids and the family walking together. It ends with a gathering and people enjoying themselves in their home. 00:00 a woman with her hair in a net and curlers sweeping in front of her house, 0:35 the woman poses together with her son in front of a 1967 Ford Mustang, 0:55 the son looks at the camera with the 1967 Ford Mustang in the background, 1:38 a Jazz band performing at a Christian church (or possibly a club), 2:26 footage of peeking out of a window, 9:34 a child’s birthday party, looks like age six or seven 3:48 kids blowing out the candle on the cake, 4:32 the adults relight the candles so the kids can blow them out again, 5:00 the kids start cutting the cake, 5:12 the adults eating the cake and talking, 5:35 kids playing with a battery operated toy car on a string type track, 6:21 another birthday party kids standing in front of a birthday cake with candles, 6:27 one of the kids blows out the candle and starts cutting the cake, 7:18 mixed race group of people standing around during a tree planting ceremony, probably in honor of someone’s death or birth. A VW bug or Beetle is visible in the b/g 7:48 the people stand together in prayer, 8:00 they plant the tree and each take turns shoveling in some soil, 8:46 people stand in a line and pray while others continue to shovel in soil, 9:37 the family at a petting zoo, 10:00 the kids and mother next to different zoo exhibits, 10:33 a house under construction, 10:46 a 1960 Buick Electra 225 parked on a dirt road, 11:06 the two kids standing on the porch of the house, and ride a bike 11:24 men on the porch of a house, and a sign reading "Paul's Grocery" 12:26 a man and two women walking together in a public park, 12:49 different shots of the family members in the same park, 13:14 a fountain, 13;29 the family members walking through the park, 14:00 the two kids playing with a dog, 14:24 the whole family together walking down a street towards a fancy hotel, in what appears to be wine country, at 14:42 they are carrying gift boxes of wine 15:30 the family walking around under a rock arch at what appears to be the Christian Brothers Wine Cellars in San Luis Obispo, California, 16:13 footage of the vineyards as seen from a car, 16:28 the family sitting together at a table and talking, 16:58 the family cooking together in the kitchen