Halloween Party

Duration: 6 min

Year Published: 1953

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: 18:35:37:07 Shot looking into living room of house from outside, disembodied arm enters frame and knocks on window, dog stands by window, mother inside helping children with their Halloween costumes, camera pans over to father coming through front door with pumpkins and straw.; 18:36:33:05 CU boy wearing brown paper bag mask creeps up on family dug, CU dog growls, father spreads out newspaper over coffee table and carves pumpkin, CU disembodied hand holding knife carves face out of pumpkin, CU father with moustache says “sad” then laughs, CU cute little girl with bangs and hands on check says “sorry” then smiles, CU red-head freckled boy says “spooky” and laughs, father places pumpkin in window, signals lights to be turned off, turns pumpkin toward camera outside of house, jack-o-lantern glows on window sill inside house, dog growls at the Jack-o-lantern, family laughs together.; 18:39:45:22 VS mother makes boy’s costume, turns boy into “lady scarecrow”, CU mother puts lipstick on boy’s cheeks and nose, mother puts the “Mexican hat” on boy.; 18:40:38:29 Kids dancing in circle showing off their Halloween costumes, VS children in Halloween costumes blowing up various colored balloons in schoolyard.

Complete Record: 18:35:37:07 Shot looking into living room of house from outside, disembodied arm enters frame and knocks on window, dog stands by window, mother inside helping children with their Halloween costumes, camera pans over to father coming through front door with pumpkins and straw.; 18:36:33:05 CU boy wearing brown paper bag mask creeps up on family dug, CU dog growls, father spreads out newspaper over coffee table and carves pumpkin, CU disembodied hand holding knife carves face out of pumpkin, CU father with moustache says “sad” then laughs, CU cute little girl with bangs and hands on check says “sorry” then smiles, CU red-head freckled boy says “spooky” and laughs, father places pumpkin in window, signals lights to be turned off, turns pumpkin toward camera outside of house, jack-o-lantern glows on window sill inside house, dog growls at the Jack-o-lantern, family laughs together.; 18:39:45:22 VS mother makes boy’s costume, turns boy into “lady scarecrow”, CU mother puts lipstick on boy’s cheeks and nose, mother puts the “Mexican hat” on boy.; 18:40:38:29 Kids dancing in circle showing off their Halloween costumes, VS children in Halloween costumes blowing up various colored balloons in schoolyard., HALLOWEEN PARTY. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. 6 min., sd., color, 16mm. © Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.; 29Sep53; MP4208.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.