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Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77A
Length:  9:46
Dates:  1920s, 1930s


Keyword Description:
Men making drinks at a bar or restaurant, man and woman smoking at the bar, others eating at tables, people line dancing, then footage of two young children playing on a lawn, another man using a home movie camera, women grooming themselves and showing off children in a flower garden, then adults on a rocky beach, eating around a campfire, followed by scenes of a man carrying bunches of flowers at a house, a group of adults on a boating trip , having drinks at a table, a man swimming, a sign that says "Socony," and more footage of a smaller sailboat. This footage was taken from 1927-32.

Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77B
Length:  12:06
Dates:  1920s, 1930s


Keyword Description:
Baby sitting in a chair, then on a rolling toy, kids playing outside, baby in a carriage, women of different ages assembling in a yard, adults going on a boating trip, then kids playing on a wheeled toy in a yard, adults and children playing on a sandy beach, followed by ducks swimming around in a small pool of water on top of a table for a banquet, an older couple sitting in a room talking, kids playing with a truck outside, then scenes of a rocky shore at low tide, kids on a sled and playing with shovels, adult men shoveling a drive way, a snow plow going down the road, other cars. Footage was taken from 1929-32.

Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77C
Length:  8:38
Dates:  1930s


Keyword Description:
Footage from boat trip to Labrador in July 1938, begins with people getting on a trolley, then looking out over a balcony and street scenes, followed by bits taken from ship "New Northland," including other boats, a rugged shore line, passengers trying on life jackets and testing life boats as well as fire hoses, then footage of fish in a creek, a covered bridge, houses on the coast, a sign reading "Pont Ross Bridge," more scenes of water and coast from a boat, bits of the dock, a loading crane, a train yard, kids lining up for a picture, the town, the ships' crew in uniform, local people at another dock greeting ship passengers and kids begging for money, then people on the ship playing shuffle board.

Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77D
Length:  9:53
Dates:  1930s


Keyword Description:
Color footage from 1938-39 begins with a large family dressed in formal clothes eating at a table outside (near what looks like a cottage), with footage of a joke about the WPA (worker with a trash can, WPA sign, and flag, takes two people to shovel dirt) and a WPA sign tacked to the rear of some kind of mechanical elephant, followed by footage of Fort Marion National Monument (in Florida?), horseback riding at the Fountain of Youth Site, pan shots of coast from above, scenes of ships on the water, then kids playing outside in a yard, boats at a dock, bits at the beach, shots of people playing tennis, kids playing outside with adults watching, flowers in bloom, women canoeing on a lake, cottages and docks, and a boy golfing.

Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77E
Length:  12:18
Dates:  1930s


Keyword Description:
Kids and mother playing with dog and cat outside, kids on slide and swing, children with egg baskets, adults in formal attire lined up outside a house, pheasant in a field, kids with adults in a yard, throwing a football, mother with a baby, adults at a table outside including a woman smoking, boy with a large train set outside, man and woman eating outside from a service tray, boys riding tricycles, adults and kids letting off fireworks (during the day), kids and adults swimming in a lake, walking on a path into some woods and looking at mountains, scenes of a lake shore, kids canoeing, driving cars, harness racing, riding horses, and men and women playing horseshoes.

Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77F
Length:  8:21
Dates:  1920s, 1930s


Keyword Description:
Taken during the years of 1928-31, the footage shows scenes from a train climbing a steep mountain and a boat, women doing their wash at the waterside, people on a trip to Italy, Germany, and France, women eating breakfast at a hotel outside their room, cars pulling in, footage of fountains, deer begging food in a street, a railroad engineer eating, people boarding a train for France, bits of a Cunard passenger liner at sea during choppy weather, two men boxing on board the ship, three men boxing blindfolded.

Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77G
Length:  11:10
Dates:  1940s


Keyword Description:
Color footage taken in 1947 of a family outing on a sail boat in a harbor and out at sea, swimming on a beach (Cape Cod?), family at a beach house, women bathing in a pool, men getting ready for a formal event, shots of a coast line, scenes of a hunting trip (men and women), at a lodge and with a tent, deer on a pike, people canoeing on a lake, gutting deer to take home.

Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77H
Length:  9:36
Dates:  1930s


Keyword Description:
Footage from Hales Camp in Maine taken in 1933 and 1936, starts with kids outside in a yard in the spring, kids in bathing suits in the yard, boats on a lake, women eating on a dock, men fishing from a canoe, lake and woods shots, man and woman hiking in the woods, paddling a canoe, woman holding a fish and pole, woman at a cabin cooking, scenes of motorboat and sailboat on a lake, family posing for pictures outside a house, scenes of a yard in winter, and people having lunch outside in a yard.

Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77I
Length:  7:00
Dates:  1930s


Keyword Description:
Color as well as black and white footage taken in 1938 of a trip to Florida, begins with airplane at an airport, people talking to a pilot, a boat in the harbor and channels, people feeding a pelican, posing for pictures in formal dress, on beach, out on the water, driving a car and scooters on a beach, and a tugboat moving a ship.

Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77J
Length:  10:58
Dates:  1930s


Keyword Description:
Footage from trip to Europe in 1931 by ocean liner starts with a chauffeur loading a car, adults kissing children goodbye, a plane flying over a ship, ocean scenes from a ship, men playing a ring game, people playing shuffle board, woman smoking, people posing for pictures, scenes of a ship deck, other passenger liners and boats, unloading ship cargo, woman riding on a train, a harbor in France, scenes of mountains in France from a train, people getting in a boat, dining at a restaurant, drinking wine, woman swimming, man rowing a boat, trolley cars on a street, a horse-drawn carriage, and train tracks.

Contributor:  Mike Hansen
Catalog No. 77K
Length:  12:28
Dates:  1940s


Keyword Description:
Footage taken in 1944 includes shots from St. Bernard's Club, begins with adults and kids riding horses and others watching, pig racing, people golfing with the greens crew out working, men's doubles tennis match with a crowd of spectators, shot of NYC from a train, kids playing outside, family eating outside, ship in harbor, speedboat, scenes from a trip to Bermuda, getting bikes off a train, shots of Angel's Cove aquarium (including penguins), family on a beach, woman and man in water wearing a diving bell helmet, people posing, kids playing outside in a yard, followed by footage of Christmas dinner, including people drinking and smoking.