Home Movie: 098615 (silent)
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Description: A portrait of life, work and business in the town of Waterloo, Indiana. Includes footage of local businesses, railroad and electrical workers, families playing in their yards, children and youth, patrons of a gas station, and more. Also includes a sequence of water skiing and swimming at a lake, and another of two young men eating a banana split and a hamburger with fries at a restaurant.
Can note: "Waterloo, Ind."
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1950s,Leisure and recreation,Rural life,Labor,Food
Tags: water skiing; motor boats; Waterloo Appliances; sinks; bathtubs; toilets; washing machines; D & D Restaurant; Skelly gasoline station; Texaco; Standard White Crown gas station; Henderson & Kogin Plumbing & Heating; Dunn's Dairy Bar; local residents; small towns; aerials; car washes; horses; railroad workers; burgers; banana splits; diners; Radio Service sign; Bob's Inn; electrical workers; gas station attendants; churches; children getting on school bus; pedestrians; walking through town; main street; Irene's Restaurant neon sign; small airplane; working on railroad tracks; Lulu's restaurant; plumbers posing for camera; ice cream; bar interiors; shuffleboard; walking toward camera; kids; Church of Christ Waterloo; saddle shoes; model trains; kitchens
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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 1955
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Geographical Location: USA; Indiana; Waterloo, Indiana
Genre/Form: home movie
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Film Format: 16mm film
Element: reversal, original
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: plus square
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 335
Complete catalog record
Can note: "Waterloo, Ind."
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1950s,Leisure and recreation,Rural life,Labor,Food
Tags: water skiing; motor boats; Waterloo Appliances; sinks; bathtubs; toilets; washing machines; D & D Restaurant; Skelly gasoline station; Texaco; Standard White Crown gas station; Henderson & Kogin Plumbing & Heating; Dunn's Dairy Bar; local residents; small towns; aerials; car washes; horses; railroad workers; burgers; banana splits; diners; Radio Service sign; Bob's Inn; electrical workers; gas station attendants; churches; children getting on school bus; pedestrians; walking through town; main street; Irene's Restaurant neon sign; small airplane; working on railroad tracks; Lulu's restaurant; plumbers posing for camera; ice cream; bar interiors; shuffleboard; walking toward camera; kids; Church of Christ Waterloo; saddle shoes; model trains; kitchens
Film Sponsor:
Creator:
Credits:
Distributor:
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 1955
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; Indiana; Waterloo, Indiana
Genre/Form: home movie
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: reversal, original
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: plus square
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 335
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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