Home Movie: 012684 (silent)

Description: Revelry, good fun, and good times displayed and documented by a group of young people in the Midwest during the late 1950s. Women party with cans of beer, wrestling, and slumber party hi-jinks post softball game. Includes an outing to a driving range, petting zoo, and boating in the Wisconsin Dells.

Can marked:
"The Kids see inside" "Reel 8"

Note inside can:
"[Self] - Paul - Jo - [Julia] + Tyler + [Home] - Paul
The Boys - Band + Jerry at their home/ The Kids/ Cookie-Viv-Joanne + I before going to George [Diamonds]/[Peoria] Game 1956/Joanne + Lorraine at stop + sock/Gale-Jean-Gloria-Cookie+Viv at house/Bev + Jean in [Racine]/Ernie + Filo + kids at party/June-Bud-Paul-Pauline at house/Devils Lake 1957"

Lab stamp:
"PROCESSED BY KODAK JUL 59"

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Subjects: 1950s, Women, Sports, Leisure and recreation, Drugs alcohol tobacco, Feminism, Human-animal relationships

Tags: image extends between perforations; golden hour; dusk; women smoking; cigarettes; women's softball league; softball game; dirt field; women playing sports; possible LGBTQ+ research interest; spectators; satin uniforms; running for bases; softball pitching; epic windup; driving ranges; golf clubs; women golfing; plaid shirts; saddle shoes; drinking beer; house parties; squinting at camera lights; wrestling; movie lights; Schlitz beer cans; autumn; playing catch; photographer on screen; person with camera taking photo; cuddling; women in pajamas; woman in bed reaching for beer; hiding from camera; lighting a cigarette; woman drinking beer out of a vase; raising a glass to the camera; laughing; 45rpm records; stacked record player; waving at camera from rock cliff; Wisconsin Dells area; high angle views of lake; playing tennis; The Barn; tame deer; woman feeding deer; petting zoos; spotted fawns; ponies; snakes; sunglasses; coin-operated feeder; Wisconsin Deer Park sign; "You May Take Pictures" sign; folding up tent; packing up camp; cots; leafy glade; golf swings; dogs; sunbathing; goofing for camera; shirtless; water-skiing; swimming; lakes; cocktails on the couch; wood panelled room; playing cards; fireplace; dancing in living room; sticking tongue out at camera; mid-century interiors; taking a bath; bathing

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0370, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: 1955; 1956; 1957

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Geographical Location: USA; Wisconsin; Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin; Racine, Wisconsin; Illinois; Peoria, Illinois; Devils Lake, Wisconsin

Genre/Form: home movie

Language: eng

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle, circle, circle square

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 205