Home Movie: 000257 (silent)

Description: Home movie documenting a year in the life of a two-year-old boy in a seemingly wealthy family, probably on the North Side of the city of Detroit (based on unconfirmed provenance information). The reel begins with his second birthday, and includes scenes of sledding, indoor and outdoor play, and a pony ride.

A camera registration problem inherent in the original film creates a jittery image partway through the reel.

Title card reads: "Second Birthday"

Note found in can reads: "2nd Birthday + year that followed"

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Subjects: 1930s, Children, Celebrations and ceremonies, Leisure and recreation, Games and play

Tags: homemade titles; birthday cakes; lighting candles; cutting cakes; small child lighting candles and cutting cake; opening presents; bowling pins; toy cars; knickers; two women playing cards; dealing cards at card table; tabletop animation; stop motion; women in furs; woman pulling red wagon with boy; 1930s fashion; Radio Flyer wagons; sledding; toboggans; riding a tricycle in living room; boy drinking through straw; photographs of dogs; rompers; toy telephones; matching outfits; two girls playing with dolls; horse-drawn carriages; buggies; little boy with golf club; ferris wheels; merry-go-rounds; carousels; picnics; vintage bathing suits; water play; running through sprinklers; straw boater hats; zoos; chimpanzee on roller skates; oddities; man and young boy walking down sidewalk; grassy areas between street and sidewalk; North Side of Detroit partially built out; headstands; marionettes; drinking fountains; garden hoses; pony rides; service workers

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1934

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Geographical Location: Detroit, Michigan; Michigan; USA

Genre/Form: home movie

Language: eng

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal

Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 349