Metro Picnic
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Black and White home movie of Metro Movie Club picnic in a metropolitan park. After eating, the children race and play games. The adults play their own game racing to switch genders as the men pull on dresses and the women put on slacks and dress shirts.
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: Amateur Film Clubs; Picnics; Games
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - PAN people setting up picnic tables and grills, CU women talking, knitting, people eating 02:11 - MLS children digging in the ground, adults take pictures, kids line up holding their partners ankles in the air for a “wheelbarrow” race, play a game with a marshmallow on a string 03:52-05:23 - men and women race to switch gender roles, men put on dresses and women put on slacks and dress shirts
Cfa elements: Print, 200 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2769
Subjects: Amateur Film Clubs; Picnics; Games
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - PAN people setting up picnic tables and grills, CU women talking, knitting, people eating 02:11 - MLS children digging in the ground, adults take pictures, kids line up holding their partners ankles in the air for a “wheelbarrow” race, play a game with a marshmallow on a string 03:52-05:23 - men and women race to switch gender roles, men put on dresses and women put on slacks and dress shirts
Cfa elements: Print, 200 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2769
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:08