Home Movie: Arthur Parga Collection: 005019 (silent)

Description: Domestic and recreational scenes of a Mexican American family in Southern California; wedding celebrations; a visit to Tijuana; a Día de la Constitución festival; trips to the beach; and more.

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Subjects: 1950s,Latina/o/x/e and/or Hispanic people,Families,Celebrations and ceremonies,Leisure and recreation,Automobiles,Car culture,Fairs and festivals

Tags: Munis Liquors; Gail Russell Jailed newspaper headline; cola bottles; child driving convertible car; beaches; Palisades Park in Santa Monica; Tappie's Car Service; car mechanics; man riding motorcycle; hiking; piers; Jai Alai Games building; Frontón Palacio Jai Alai; ferris wheels; just married cars; Constitution Day festival; Día de la Constitución; weddings; mariachi bands; wedding receptions; flower girls; multiracial wedding parties; living rooms; kitchens; domestic interiors; man cooking food; men working in yard; shoveling; planting lawn; lawns; grass seeds; gas stations; washing cars; beaches; swimming; hand washing clothes; cemeteries; posing for camera outside of market; waving at camera; snack truck; coke in the convertible; convertibles; binoculars; ocean; motorcycles; person filming in mirror; reflection of person filming; carnival rides; home interiors; inside the refrigerator; lots of milk; teenagers posing for camera; sticking out tongue; dancing; burned frames; golden hour; dusk; men smoking; shaking hands; street scenes; cemeteries; Maria G. Parga gravestone; matching outfits; ringlets; Mexican American people; Chicana/o/x/e people

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Creator: Arthur Parga

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Arthur Parga Collection PC-0008, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: circa 1954

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Geographical Location: USA; California; Mexico; Los Angeles, California; Santa Monica, California; Baja California; Tijuana, Baja California

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: square

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 412