Home Movie: Koura Collection: 006109 (silent)

Description: Activities surrounding the 1960 strawberry harvest at the Japanese American Koura family farm in Washington, including workers picking berries and what appears to be an end-of-harvest celebration with workers playing tug of war and other games. The last section shows the family visiting the mountains and roasting marshmallows over a fire.

Includes images of Indigenous people from Canada and Washington state who came each year as seasonal workers for the berry harvest, as well as possibly workers of Filipino heritage and other ethnicities.

can notes: "Lucy O. / 4 / 1960 [1959 crossed out] Berry Harvest and Mr. Walker (2)"

cyan lab stamp: Processed by Kodak JUL 59

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Subjects: 1960s, Agriculture, Labor, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Indigenous people , Children, Games and play, Leisure and recreation

Tags: human wheelbarrow races; field days; relay races in big grass field; agricultural workers; strawberry harvests; strawberries; farms; camera registration issues; tug of war; greaser hairstyles; 1950s fashions; man trying to lasso around himself; people loading luggage into bed of truck; man pushing girl on swings; women workers; women's labor; workers seated in school bus; children playing on backyard playground; beach visits; roasting marshmallows; picnics; scenic views; child with camera; camping; picnicking; eating outdoors; cooking outdoors; campfires; Japanese American people; Asian American people; Indigenous people of North America; possible people of Filipino heritage; seasonal labor; migrant agricultural laborers; farm workers; farmworkers; farmhands

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Koura Family

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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: 1960

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; Washington; Bainbridge Island, Washington

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:

Edge Code: triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 183