Home Movie: 098504 (silent)

Description: At Singing Trail Camp, a Jewish summer camp for girls in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, campers in 1929 engage in a range of recreational and educational activities, riding on horseback, throwing darts, eating meals together, swimming and canoeing, dancing, and playing volleyball.



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Subjects: 1920s, Leisure and recreation, Children, Youth, Nature, Sports, Environmental issues

Tags: Singing Trail Camp; Jewish summer camp; sleepaway camp; camping; campers; girlhood; 1920s clothing; 1920s tent cabins; canvas tents; bobbed hair; sailor suits; possible Zellerbach family; waving at camera; tents; dart throwing; horseback riding; horses; horse trails; riding crops; swimming; posing for camera; 1920s swimwear; bathing caps; lakeshore scenes; paddling; canoes; floating dock; exercise; athletics; physical education; jumpsuits; overalls; coveralls; sailor suits; swimming caps; canoes; diving; Sierra mountain landscapes; Ponderosa pine trees; adolescents; "Nature Dancing at Singing Trail" intertitle; stretching in a circle; circle dances; skipping in a circle; folk dancing; dancing the Hora; dinners; picnics; sports; volleyball; ball games; passing the ball; coordination exercises; 1920s canvas sneakers; races; camp counselors; basketballs; dogs; hiking; Huntington Lake; canoeing; boating; oars; motorboats; lakes; enrichment activities; summer camps; girls' camp; Sierra Nevada; Big Creek; floating docks; hiking; sheepdog; dogs; girls paddle canoes; rowboats; motorboats; "outdoor shampoo" intertitle; several girls washing hair in the lake; environmental issues; pollution; polluting a lake; neckerchief; manicure; hand care; lice inspection; picnic tables; recitations; camp counselors; glassware at picnic tables; historical plays; costumes; theater; acting; performance; role playing; rehearsals; Jewish culture;

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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: 1929-07-13; 1929

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Geographical Location: USA; California; Fresno County, California; Huntington Lake; Sierra Nevada Mountains

Genre/Form: home movie

Language: eng

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Film Format: 16mm film

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Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle circle circle, plus

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 359