Home Movie - 2ND BIRTHDAY

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1941

Description: This 1941 Home movie looks at a year in the life of a young boy named Bobby. It begins with his 2nd Birthday party, which is followed by a visit to the Zoo. The film then follows Bobby through important dates like Christmas and Easter. During Christmas (which would have been just after the Pearl Harbor attack incidentally), it shows extended footage of Bobby playing with a new Lionel train set. It ends with footage from the everyday, including Bobby during different seasons, going on trips to a lake, and playing with the family dog. At least part of the film was apparently shot in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. 0:08 people standing in the front yard of a house waiting, 0:26 children playing on the lawn of the house, 0:49 people standing together in front of the camera, 1:02 a child in a stroller at the zoo, 1:18 a peacock, 1:30 the same child on the lawn with some adults, 1:52 different 2nd Birthday cards, 2:09 a child taking a book out of a bookcase and opening it, possibly encyclopedias 2:58 a card showing the 23rd of August 1941 and the name of the child Bobby, 3:02 Bobby and his grandfather, 3:44 Bobby picking things up from a field, 4:01 Bobby helping with shoveling snow, 4:30 Bobby playing in the snow, 5:03 Bobby being pulled on a sled, 5:42 Bobby next to his Christmas stocking, 6:03 Bobby sits on a chair in front of the Christmas Tree, 6:29 Bobby sitting on a children’s armchair, 6:39 different angles of Bobby playing with a Lionel or American Flyer electric train set, 7:31 Bobby carrying a basket with eggs during an Easter Egg hunt, 9:22 Bobby playing in a sandbox, 9:41 Bobby sitting on the front of a bike as his father drives,10:00 Bobby in a boat with his mother, 10:44 Bobby and his father playing in a creek, 11:17 Bobby playing in a smaller sandbox, 11:27 Bobby picking flowers, 12:03 Bobby playing with a toy panda bear and the family dog in a field the forest, and in their garden.

Complete Record: This 1941 Home movie looks at a year in the life of a young boy named Bobby. It begins with his 2nd Birthday party, which is followed by a visit to the Zoo. The film then follows Bobby through important dates like Christmas and Easter. During Christmas (which would have been just after the Pearl Harbor attack incidentally), it shows extended footage of Bobby playing with a new Lionel train set. It ends with footage from the everyday, including Bobby during different seasons, going on trips to a lake, and playing with the family dog. At least part of the film was apparently shot in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. 0:08 people standing in the front yard of a house waiting, 0:26 children playing on the lawn of the house, 0:49 people standing together in front of the camera, 1:02 a child in a stroller at the zoo, 1:18 a peacock, 1:30 the same child on the lawn with some adults, 1:52 different 2nd Birthday cards, 2:09 a child taking a book out of a bookcase and opening it, possibly encyclopedias 2:58 a card showing the 23rd of August 1941 and the name of the child Bobby, 3:02 Bobby and his grandfather, 3:44 Bobby picking things up from a field, 4:01 Bobby helping with shoveling snow, 4:30 Bobby playing in the snow, 5:03 Bobby being pulled on a sled, 5:42 Bobby next to his Christmas stocking, 6:03 Bobby sits on a chair in front of the Christmas Tree, 6:29 Bobby sitting on a children’s armchair, 6:39 different angles of Bobby playing with a Lionel or American Flyer electric train set, 7:31 Bobby carrying a basket with eggs during an Easter Egg hunt, 9:22 Bobby playing in a sandbox, 9:41 Bobby sitting on the front of a bike as his father drives,10:00 Bobby in a boat with his mother, 10:44 Bobby and his father playing in a creek, 11:17 Bobby playing in a smaller sandbox, 11:27 Bobby picking flowers, 12:03 Bobby playing with a toy panda bear and the family dog in a field the forest, and in their garden.