Home Movie: David Schmidt Collection: 003810 (silent)
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Description: Domestic and recreational scenes of a family living in the Portola District of San Francisco, with a central focus on children. Includes images of children's birthday parties, beach days, the January 21, 1962 San Francisco snow day, and more. Also includes a sequence of flotilla operations and helicopters landing on naval ships.
Reel 17
Post-it Note: “ Aug.-Dec. 1960; Mountain View, CA”
Box Notes: “Nini - 1st birthday to 17 mos. and Dave”
Reel 18
Post-it Note: “Flight to Baltimore, June 1961”
Reel 19
Post-it Note: “Flotilla operations and helicopter, Long Beach, CA; June 1961”
Reel 20
Post-it note: “Lake Tahoe, Summer, 1961”
Reel 21
Post-it note: “Snow in San Francisco, 390 Cambridge St.; Jan. 1962”
Return Address [NEW, 1st instance]: “G. Schmidt 390 Cambridge St.”
Reel 22
Post-it note: “Winant’s, Antoninis, Mahon’s, & Schmidts at Clear Lake, Calif., Aug. 1962”
Return Address: “G. Schmidt 390 Cambridge St., SF”
Reel 23
Post-it note: "Stephanie & Dave 3rd birthday; 390 Cambridge St., S.F. and with Tanners in San Jose; Aug. 1962”
Box notes: “Nini & Dave around the house / Nina - 3rd birthday party / The Tanners & Dave & Nini in Capitola & San Jose, Aug 1962”
Reel 24
Post-it note: “Oct. 1962 - July 1963”
Reel 25
Post-it note: “Disneyland #1, Summer 1964”
Reel 26
Post-it note: “Disneyland #2, Summer 1964”
Reel 27
Post-it note: “Disneyland #3, Summer 1964”
Reel 28
Post-it note: “Sonoma Mission Inn, Boyes Hot Springs, Calif., Summer 1966”
Box Printing: “Moviechrome 8 gaf Ansco 8 Daylight Color // Exp date JUL 1965 Emulsion: 6403614”
Reel 29
Post-it note: “Weimar, Calif., Greenwood Lodge; Soquel, Calif., Summer, 1964”
Box notes: “Wiemar Denton’s”
Reel 30
Post-it note: “Greenwood Lodge; Soquel, Calif., and Capitola Beach 1964”
Box notes: “1964 Denton’s”
Reel 31
Post-it note: “Storyland by S.F. Zoo, new 1964; Jetstar 88, San Francisco Aug-Sept. 1964”
Box notes: “Nina’s 5th Birthday / With the M…..[???] at Storyland / our new car / Aug. - Sept. 1964”
Reel 32
Post-it note: “Easter, 1965”
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1960s, Families, Leisure and recreation, Children, Celebrations and ceremonies, Boats and boating, Vacations, Holidays
Tags: children riding bicycles; greenhouses; gardening; birthday cakes; children's birthday parties; airports; filmed from airplane window; airplane taking off; United Airlines equipment; helicopter landing on ship; Navy ships; naval rescue activities; cam-load nose; human transfer ship to ship; highline transfer; children playing on beach; children horseback riding; horses; fishing; playground slide; San Francisco snow; Lost Landscapes; snowmen; parks; see-saws; motor boats; backyards; Halloween kids; Halloween costumes; Oni masks; girls on swings; swing sets; children feeding deer; bagpipes; swimming pools; Western Airlines; Disneyland; Magic Mountain; Spinning Teacups ride; boogie boarding in pool; California King Snake in grass; handstands; cartwheels; girl ringing bell; blowing out candles; llamas; petting zoos; goats; emus; piglets; Easter Egg hunt; Ray Winther Company truck; May Day celebrations; toddler washing windows; girl with balloon; feeding ducks; life jackets; beaches; children riding donkeys; speed boats; Linda Gail boat; water skiiing; demon masks; devil costume; bindle; underwater; lawns; Shell gas station; children in schoolyard; person with camera filming
Film Sponsor:
Creator: G. Schmidt
Credits:
Distributor:
Contributor: David Schmidt
Source Collection: David Schmidt Collection PC-0230
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1960-1965
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; California; San Francisco, California; Clear Lake; San Jose, California; Anaheim, California; Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada; Portola District, San Francisco, California; Lake County, California; Long Beach, California; Soquel, California; Capitola, California; Mountain View, California
Genre/Form: home movie
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: 8mm film
Element: reversal
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: square square
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 871
Complete catalog record
Reel 17
Post-it Note: “ Aug.-Dec. 1960; Mountain View, CA”
Box Notes: “Nini - 1st birthday to 17 mos. and Dave”
Reel 18
Post-it Note: “Flight to Baltimore, June 1961”
Reel 19
Post-it Note: “Flotilla operations and helicopter, Long Beach, CA; June 1961”
Reel 20
Post-it note: “Lake Tahoe, Summer, 1961”
Reel 21
Post-it note: “Snow in San Francisco, 390 Cambridge St.; Jan. 1962”
Return Address [NEW, 1st instance]: “G. Schmidt 390 Cambridge St.”
Reel 22
Post-it note: “Winant’s, Antoninis, Mahon’s, & Schmidts at Clear Lake, Calif., Aug. 1962”
Return Address: “G. Schmidt 390 Cambridge St., SF”
Reel 23
Post-it note: "Stephanie & Dave 3rd birthday; 390 Cambridge St., S.F. and with Tanners in San Jose; Aug. 1962”
Box notes: “Nini & Dave around the house / Nina - 3rd birthday party / The Tanners & Dave & Nini in Capitola & San Jose, Aug 1962”
Reel 24
Post-it note: “Oct. 1962 - July 1963”
Reel 25
Post-it note: “Disneyland #1, Summer 1964”
Reel 26
Post-it note: “Disneyland #2, Summer 1964”
Reel 27
Post-it note: “Disneyland #3, Summer 1964”
Reel 28
Post-it note: “Sonoma Mission Inn, Boyes Hot Springs, Calif., Summer 1966”
Box Printing: “Moviechrome 8 gaf Ansco 8 Daylight Color // Exp date JUL 1965 Emulsion: 6403614”
Reel 29
Post-it note: “Weimar, Calif., Greenwood Lodge; Soquel, Calif., Summer, 1964”
Box notes: “Wiemar Denton’s”
Reel 30
Post-it note: “Greenwood Lodge; Soquel, Calif., and Capitola Beach 1964”
Box notes: “1964 Denton’s”
Reel 31
Post-it note: “Storyland by S.F. Zoo, new 1964; Jetstar 88, San Francisco Aug-Sept. 1964”
Box notes: “Nina’s 5th Birthday / With the M…..[???] at Storyland / our new car / Aug. - Sept. 1964”
Reel 32
Post-it note: “Easter, 1965”
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1960s, Families, Leisure and recreation, Children, Celebrations and ceremonies, Boats and boating, Vacations, Holidays
Tags: children riding bicycles; greenhouses; gardening; birthday cakes; children's birthday parties; airports; filmed from airplane window; airplane taking off; United Airlines equipment; helicopter landing on ship; Navy ships; naval rescue activities; cam-load nose; human transfer ship to ship; highline transfer; children playing on beach; children horseback riding; horses; fishing; playground slide; San Francisco snow; Lost Landscapes; snowmen; parks; see-saws; motor boats; backyards; Halloween kids; Halloween costumes; Oni masks; girls on swings; swing sets; children feeding deer; bagpipes; swimming pools; Western Airlines; Disneyland; Magic Mountain; Spinning Teacups ride; boogie boarding in pool; California King Snake in grass; handstands; cartwheels; girl ringing bell; blowing out candles; llamas; petting zoos; goats; emus; piglets; Easter Egg hunt; Ray Winther Company truck; May Day celebrations; toddler washing windows; girl with balloon; feeding ducks; life jackets; beaches; children riding donkeys; speed boats; Linda Gail boat; water skiiing; demon masks; devil costume; bindle; underwater; lawns; Shell gas station; children in schoolyard; person with camera filming
Film Sponsor:
Creator: G. Schmidt
Credits:
Distributor:
Contributor: David Schmidt
Source Collection: David Schmidt Collection PC-0230
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1960-1965
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; California; San Francisco, California; Clear Lake; San Jose, California; Anaheim, California; Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada; Portola District, San Francisco, California; Lake County, California; Long Beach, California; Soquel, California; Capitola, California; Mountain View, California
Genre/Form: home movie
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: 8mm film
Element: reversal
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: square square
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 871
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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