1970s BLACK FAMILY HOME MOVIE BIRTHDAY PARTIES TREE PLANTING TRIP TO WINE COUNTRY GG46845

Shot by an unknown filmmaker, this Super 8mm silent home movie shows some of the activities of a Black / African American family presumably living in California. It begins with a couple of birthday parties and a tree planting. This is followed by some family outings to the zoo, a park, and the Christian Brothers Wine Cellar. The focus throughout is on the kids and the family walking together. It ends with a gathering and people enjoying themselves in their home.

00:00 a woman with her hair in a net and curlers sweeping in front of her house, 0:35 the woman poses together with her son in front of a 1967 Ford Mustang, 0:55 the son looks at the camera with the 1967 Ford Mustang in the background, 1:38 a Jazz band performing at a Christian church (or possibly a club), 2:26 footage of peeking out of a window, 9:34 a child’s birthday party, looks like age six or seven 3:48 kids blowing out the candle on the cake, 4:32 the adults relight the candles so the kids can blow them out again, 5:00 the kids start cutting the cake, 5:12 the adults eating the cake and talking, 5:35 kids playing with a battery operated toy car on a string type track, 6:21 another birthday party kids standing in front of a birthday cake with candles, 6:27 one of the kids blows out the candle and starts cutting the cake, 7:18 mixed race group of people standing around during a tree planting ceremony, probably in honor of someone’s death or birth. A VW bug or Beetle is visible in the b/g 7:48 the people stand together in prayer, 8:00 they plant the tree and each take turns shoveling in some soil, 8:46 people stand in a line and pray while others continue to shovel in soil, 9:37 the family at a petting zoo, 10:00 the kids and mother next to different zoo exhibits, 10:33 a house under construction, 10:46 a 1960 Buick Electra 225 parked on a dirt road, 11:06 the two kids standing on the porch of the house, and ride a bike 11:24 men on the porch of a house, and a sign reading "Paul's Grocery" 12:26 a man and two women walking together in a public park, 12:49 different shots of the family members in the same park, 13:14 a fountain, 13;29 the family members walking through the park, 14:00 the two kids playing with a dog, 14:24 the whole family together walking down a street towards a fancy hotel, in what appears to be wine country, at 14:42 they are carrying gift boxes of wine 15:30 the family walking around under a rock arch at what appears to be the Christian Brothers Wine Cellars in San Luis Obispo, California, 16:13 footage of the vineyards as seen from a car, 16:28 the family sitting together at a table and talking, 16:58 the family cooking together in the kitchen