Home Movie: 000631 (silent)

Genre: home movie

Description: Description: A Romani American family enjoys a road trip through Nevada and the Sierra mountains before returning home to the Los Angeles basin for leisure time together and the celebration of a marriage. With Las Vegas at night, and with signage advertising the family palmistry businesses, as well as grilling and barbecueing.

Taped label on can states:
"Boyos Wedding / Adams House / Las Vegas Reno"

Hand-etched into can lid:
"CUT"

cyan lab printing
PROCESSED BY KODAK HO OCT60

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Subjects: 1950s, 1960s, Romani people , Romani history and culture, Road trips, Leisure and recreation, Families, Celebrations and ceremonies

Tags: Romani familes; rococo domestic interiors; fancy bedrooms; drapes; curtains around bed; satin furniture upholstery; plastic furniture shields; children goofing around; pregnancy dresses; pink dresses; men with binoculars; men on front stoop trying to see parade; 1950s Las Vegas Strip; neon; dusky light; 1950s pedestrians on strip; neon sign array; woman points to jewelry through shop window; Nevada Club sign; Harolds Club; Club Prima Donna; deserts; road trips; U.S. 40; Nevada desert; eastern Sierras; Donner Pass; Donner Lake; interstate truck traffic; I-80; family businesses; fortune telling sign; roadside attraction; central California; brick homes; Los Angeles domestic scenes; pig carcass on kitchen table; pork cuisine; people treat pig carcass as a toy; family palmist shop; laundry on the line; gardens; flowery yards; white picket fence; wood-frame homes; children play in front yard; boy puffs muscles for camera; strongman act; outdoor grills; light industrial neighborhood; sign Palmist Madam Starr; tiny puppy on porch; rocket fins on car; 1950s cars; drive-ins; pancake house; Modern design; Cold War Modern; motel; domestic scenes; outdoor grilling; barbecue; back patio; aluminum patio furniture; celebrations; family poses for photos; girl with guitar; circle dancing; banquet halls; banquets; men bonding; men wear red carnation corsages; men wear suits and ties; skinny ties; lighting a cigarette; smoking; long cigarette holder; women smoking; girl singing and holding guitar; dancing like Elvis; Elvis imitators; Elvis impersonators; girl rock stars; girl tap dances; weddings; brides; bridal veils; Romani American people; Roma people; LGBTQI research interest;

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0707, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: circa 1959-1960

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Geographical Location: USA; California; Nevada; Las Vegas, Nevada; Reno, Nevada

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle circle, square square

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 292

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3_qOPi7JXI

Metadata Source:YouTube