Home Movie: 001141 (silent)

Description: A wealthy, dog-loving family in the 1940s surround their only child with every opportunity for enriched play, with toys, a swing set, a wading pool, and a sandbox of her own, which she navigates with a bit of difficulty being very young for the play environments and possibly living with a mild visual impairment. Also features extended time at the beach with fashionable family and friends.

can notes:
"Barbara + Jennifer // kids - dogs - old car - 40s"

leader notes:
"Barbara + Jennifer. // Barbara Ann"

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Subjects: 1940s, Children, Social classes, Families, Leisure and recreation, Games and play, Gender roles, People with disabilities and those who are d/Deaf and/or hard of hearing

Tags: image extends between perforations; circle driveway; mansion; red buckets; driveways; toddlers; doll carriage; child crying wearing pink dress on front steps; baby blankets; baby dolls; gates; child retrieving newspaper from street; father cuddles young child; gendered clothing; gendered hairdos; dogs; puppies; lawns; dog kennels; dog breeding; dog play; energetic dogs; croquet balls; mallets; floppy ears; beaches; piers; bathing suits; 1940s swimwear; normative people; family friends; mom wears 1940s swim suit; 1940s hair styles; mom films dad caring for children; shirtless; sand castles; waves; sunburned kids; 1940s baby wear; men's suits; mission style architecture; beach houses; sunburned man; sand buckets; parents and children play in the surf; man with binoculars at beach; ice cream dishes; soda fountains; new car in driveway; Cadillac Series 62; 1940s luxury cars; rolled hair-do; striped shirts; checked shirts; sundresses; waving at camera; sunbathing; horseshoes; first steps; beach houses; running into the surf; sunglasses smoking; cigarettes; captains' hat; bird baths; circular driveway; chaise lounges; pink bows; birthday cakes; candles; parties; domestic servant; baby wearing dad's shoes; Irish Setters; wading pool; child plays with dogs; sandboxes; roses; sombreros; teddy bears; hugging; swings; tricycles; childhood friends; possible cousins; pedaling; rollerskates; peep-toe pumps; photographer onscreen; brown leather flight jackets; autumn; family portraits; mom sets the camera going on the tripod; mom runs to join the portrait; fallen leaves; holding hands; affection between children; 1940s winter suits for children; child with possible disability, possible vision impairment; possible child with crossed eyes;

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1946

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Geographical Location: USA; California; Los Angeles County, California

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 459