Home Movie: Koura Collection: 005393 (silent)

Description: This reel begins with a bountiful mushroom harvest and recreational family fishing, then follows the Japanese American Koura family on a trip to San Francisco and Southern California, with stops including the San Jose Buddhist Church, a plant nursery, and Loop's Fine Food Restaurant.

can notes:

Middaugh #10

12/53

California trip

First Part

paper note in can:

Shoja 'san' [--] on way down to L.A. to get Dale

Golden Gate Park w/ Shoja

[--] Karen

Warren Okagaki

San Joe Bud. Church

Iris Akiyama

Toshia[?] Mikami

Mrs. Oyama

Mr. Chiyuko[?]

Teruso[?] Oyama

Knotts Berry Farm

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Subjects: 1950s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Families, Vacations, Tourism, Leisure and recreation, Road trips

Tags: image extends between perforations; mushroom harvest; mushrooms; dirt roads; polishing car fender; washing car; people with cameras; posing for camera; fishing with bamboo poles; dungarees; football games; referees; San Francisco City Hall; domestic workers; maids' uniforms; tuxedos; Golden Gate Bridge; women holding hands; posing with dog; Steinhart Aquarium; California Academy of Sciences; Golden Gate Park; beaches; ocean waves; Ocean Beach; California coast; foggy vistas; sightseeing; group portraits; posing with cat; cats; fathers and daughters; child wearing adult shoes; pedal pushers; goofing for camera; San Jose Buddhist Church; elders; suspenders; walking towards camera; Knott's Berry Farm Medicine Show; Indigenous performers; panning for gold; amphitheaters; children posing and holing up drawings; plant nurseries; pottery shops; pruning plants; driving POV; palm trees; CBS Television City; motels; motor courts; Loop's Fine Food Restaurant; mid-century restaurant buildings; neon signs; motels; Asian American people; Japanese American people; Lost Landscapes

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Koura Family

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Center for Asian American Media

Source Collection: Koura Collection PC-0762, Center for Asian American Media Collection, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: 1953

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; California; San Francisco, California; San Jose, California; Washington; Buena Park, California; Los Angeles, California; Ventura, California

Genre/Form: home movie

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Rights:

Film Format: 8mm film

Element: original, reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 230