Home Movie: 010315 (silent)

Description: 1920s home movie footage of wealthy white families enjoying leisure time at a private club in Florida; many scenes of children playing with kittens and puppies. Also includes portrait sessions with multiple sitters using an 8x10 view camera outside in the yard.

Notes from can: Heidi age 2.

For information on the Cocolobo Cay Club, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocolobo_Cay_Club (accessed November 3, 2023).

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Subjects: 1920s, Leisure and recreation, Vacations, Children, Animals, Human-animal relationships

Tags: playing on beach; beach clubs; child playing with kittens; cats; fruit barrel; hillside; older wealthy couple in beach chairs; palm trees; bathing suits; bathing caps; soft focus; girl covers eyes with hands; hands over eyes; peekaboo; swimming pools; docks; Cocolobo Cay Club Private Property No Trespassing sign; African American nannies; African American domestic workers; suitcases; knickers; porch swing; diving in; swimming; 8x10 view camera; sitting for portraits; posing for photos; photography; combing hair; person with camera; hand puppets; bobbed hair; toddlers; puppies; balls; front yards, cloche hats

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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 1920s

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Geographical Location: USA; Florida; Florida Keys; Biscayne National Park; Adams Key, Florida

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: square, circle circle circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 255