1930 ca: Florida, Donald
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Scenes from a vacation in Florida and a young child's development. Donald, a toddler, is shown playing with fallen leaves and a hose, and his mother and siblings are seen enjoying picnics and fresh air.
Credits
John O. Armstrong (filmmaker); Donald L. Armstrong (participant)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Armstrong Family Collection
Notes: A baby in a bonnet is standing in a playpen. We then see him sitting on a lawn, playing with fallen leaves and smiling. He stands up and takes balanced steps and becomes amused throwing leaves into the air and watching them fall. We then see a woman holding him at her side, posing with two older children. This sequence is interrupted with a fleeting, underexposed shot of a large rodent (a gopher?) peering out behind chicken wire. We then see a sweeping panoramic shot of a large pond foregrounding a large, wide building, perhaps a clubhouse or a hotel. One of the young boys is shown venturing out onto a dock extending into the lake. Returning to the family, we see the woman and children on a picnic blanket in front of an automobile. A toddler holds a hose, at first looking dazed and holding it still, and then fitfully shaking the hose in subsequent shots, amused at the way the water splashes.
Subjects: Vacations; Children; Family recreation
Places: North America > United States > Florida
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/21986
Notes: A baby in a bonnet is standing in a playpen. We then see him sitting on a lawn, playing with fallen leaves and smiling. He stands up and takes balanced steps and becomes amused throwing leaves into the air and watching them fall. We then see a woman holding him at her side, posing with two older children. This sequence is interrupted with a fleeting, underexposed shot of a large rodent (a gopher?) peering out behind chicken wire. We then see a sweeping panoramic shot of a large pond foregrounding a large, wide building, perhaps a clubhouse or a hotel. One of the young boys is shown venturing out onto a dock extending into the lake. Returning to the family, we see the woman and children on a picnic blanket in front of an automobile. A toddler holds a hose, at first looking dazed and holding it still, and then fitfully shaking the hose in subsequent shots, amused at the way the water splashes.
Subjects: Vacations; Children; Family recreation
Places: North America > United States > Florida
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/21986
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:24