1936--A trip to Pawleys Island--Gibbes--home movies

Genre: home movie

Description:

This footage follows the Gibbes family from Greene Street in Columbia to Pawley’s Island on the South Carolina coast. The family is riding in a car with a boat attached to the back. Footage of African-American caretakers watching the camera. A woman walking up the dock, heading to the beach, noticing that there is a camera filming her when she gets close enough, causing her to laugh and cover her face. Medium shot of two women, mother and daughter, talking and looking at the camera,wearing bathing suits. A couple (man and woman) wearing matching bathing suits. Family playing in the ocean. Shots of seagulls, the waves, and a woman walking along the shore. Men carrying a boat out to the ocean.

This is from the collection of home movies shot by Dr. Heyward Gibbes in the 1920-1940s in South Carolina. Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. See more of our collection at: https://digital.library.sc.edu/departments/mirc/

Complete Record: This footage follows the Gibbes family from Greene Street in Columbia to Pawley’s Island on the South Carolina coast. The family is riding in a car with a boat attached to the back. Footage of African-American caretakers watching the camera. A woman walking up the dock, heading to the beach, noticing that there is a camera filming her when she gets close enough, causing her to laugh and cover her face. Medium shot of two women, mother and daughter, talking and looking at the camera,wearing bathing suits. A couple (man and woman) wearing matching bathing suits. Family playing in the ocean. Shots of seagulls, the waves, and a woman walking along the shore. Men carrying a boat out to the ocean. This is from the collection of home movies shot by Dr. Heyward Gibbes in the 1920-1940s in South Carolina. Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. See more of our collection at: https://digital.library.sc.edu/departments/mirc/