Home Movie: 010248 (silent)

Description: Features scenes of damaged beach homes and wreckage from storms in late December 1940 in Redondo Beach, California. Includes a visit to Venice Beach, a view of the Loopa ride, and a crowded walk down the pier.

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"Redondo Beach / Dec 1940 / Big Breakers / Pounds Beach Homes / & Wrecks Fishing Boats"

Information on the Moonstone Beach district of Redondo beach: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonstone_Beach (accessed 2025-06-01)

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Subjects: 1940s, Leisure and recreation, Fairs and festivals, Parks and monuments, Natural disasters, Water, Boats and boating

Tags: funhouse; amusement park rides; swings; "Cluve Loopa" ride; beaches; bathing suits; high angle views of people playing in ocean waves; surf; bodysurfing; sand; flume ride; "Auto Ferry Balboa Newport and L.A. Highway" sign; car ferry; ferry boats; homemade titles; "The Jenkins Beach Home" title; white picket fences; eucalyptus trees; garden hoses; striped shirts; bathing caps; rowboats; swimming; shirtless; emulsion in gate; docks; diving in; suntans; back dives; motor boats; filmed from a boat; waving to camera; large yachts; Oceana; sailboats; heeling over; fishing boats; smoke stacks; Lottie Carson Los Angeles sailboat; hair in gate; dirt in gate; jetties; palm trees; umbrellas; flood damage; storm damage; debris on beach; damaged dock; searching the beach; damaged boardwalk; "The Red Hut" sign on small building; storm damage; piers; wrecked buildings; damaged buildings; spectators on beach; Fox Redondo Theatre marquee advertising "O'Shea in Jack London / Is Everybody Happy / We Sell Deliver Bonds"; crowds; looking for shells and moonstones on beach; running from incoming waves; shipwrecks; plaid coat; white boots; beachcombing; Southern California beaches; medical tent; Red Cross tent; filmed from boat

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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: 1943; 1940-12

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Geographical Location: USA; California; Redondo Beach, California; Venice Beach, California; Los Angeles, California; Los Angeles County, California

Genre/Form: home movie

Language: eng

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: b&w

Color Process: tinted

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 440