Home Movie: Genter Collection: 003512 (silent)
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Description: This home movie was filmed around a military installation in Southern California and shows officers on the base performing and posing for the camera; civilian workers in base offices; and families on the street, at a picnic and engaging in recreation.
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1940s, Military, Leisure and recreation, Children, 1930s
Tags: dogs; walking towards camera; goofing for camera; thumb trick; U.S. Army officer uniforms; pointing up; officers engaging in military drills; military housing; shaking hands; military drills; driving off; man in window shaving; jeeps; smoking; cigarettes; picnics; saluting; woman switchboard operator; woman standing by cannon; secretary; backyards; posing for camera; eating a sandwich; parks; swing set; American flag; California state flag; newborn baby; kids playing on sidewalk; chicken fight; front yards; suburbs; jungle gym; Firestone factory building in South Gate, California; boy with crutches; cat wrangling; twins; uneven bars; rollerskate trick; twins in matching outfits; pans; lighting a cigarette; rolled jeans; old style gasoline pumps; backyards; thermoses; picnics; Tom Sawyer potato chips; underwear; shoulder rides; shirtless; rollerskating; striped shirts; gymnastics; weights; fitness
Film Sponsor:
Creator: Genter Family
Credits:
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Genter Collection PC-0041, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: Circa 1930s, 1946
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; California; South Gate, California
Genre/Form: home movie
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: reversal
Color: b&w
Color Process:
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: triangle circle
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 851
Complete catalog record
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1940s, Military, Leisure and recreation, Children, 1930s
Tags: dogs; walking towards camera; goofing for camera; thumb trick; U.S. Army officer uniforms; pointing up; officers engaging in military drills; military housing; shaking hands; military drills; driving off; man in window shaving; jeeps; smoking; cigarettes; picnics; saluting; woman switchboard operator; woman standing by cannon; secretary; backyards; posing for camera; eating a sandwich; parks; swing set; American flag; California state flag; newborn baby; kids playing on sidewalk; chicken fight; front yards; suburbs; jungle gym; Firestone factory building in South Gate, California; boy with crutches; cat wrangling; twins; uneven bars; rollerskate trick; twins in matching outfits; pans; lighting a cigarette; rolled jeans; old style gasoline pumps; backyards; thermoses; picnics; Tom Sawyer potato chips; underwear; shoulder rides; shirtless; rollerskating; striped shirts; gymnastics; weights; fitness
Film Sponsor:
Creator: Genter Family
Credits:
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Genter Collection PC-0041, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: Circa 1930s, 1946
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; California; South Gate, California
Genre/Form: home movie
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: reversal
Color: b&w
Color Process:
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: triangle circle
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 851
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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