Home Movie: Metzler Collection: 005175 (silent)

Description: A family beach trip to Camp Dearborn on a hot summer day, children swimming in an inflatable wading pool, Christmas holiday dinners, and more.

Camp Dearborn was opened under the racist former mayor of Dearborn, Orville L. Hubbard, and was racially segregated until 1965. See this article for context about its eventual integration: www.newspapers.com/article/the-windsor-star-camp-dearborn-injustice/93721922/ (accessed 2024-02-27)

For additional context, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_L._Hubbard (accessed 2025-05-29)

note on container:
"CAMP DEARBORN 1951"

note inside:
"Kermy & Ellen at Folks - kids in wading pool - 1951
Camp Dearborn with Kermy and Ellen, Bud & Flo, [Crys & Wm], Folks 1951
Wm & Crys Henry J.
Mom & Pop
Xmas at folks - 1952"

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Subjects: 1950s, Families, Leisure and recreation, Holidays

Tags: children; inflating kiddie pool with pump; wading pools; summer; pool toys; beaches; playing on beach; racially segregated spaces; man buried in sand; Camp Dearborn life buoy; temperature gauges; 110 degrees Fahrenheit; lifeguard stands; man washing car; car maintenance; untangling wire or cable; tulips; trees blossoming; geese; roosters; spring; dinner tables; holiday dinners; food; Christmas trees; opening gifts; 1950s fashion; multigenerational families; elders

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Dick and Doris Metzler

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Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Metzler Collection PC-0249, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: 1951; 1952

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Geographical Location: USA; Michigan; Dearborn, Michigan; Milford, Michigan

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: square plus, circle plus

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 203