Home Movie: Hirota Collection: 071161 (silent)

Genre: home movie

Complete Record: Description: Domestic and leisure scenes of a Japanese Americn family in the San Francisco Bay Area, including images of family beach days and professional picnics at McNear Beach, leisure time in Golden Gate Park, cute babies, Christmas celebrations, and wild New Year's parties. reel marked: "10" Six assembled rolls. Can and leader markings below: 1. Written on leader: “Joyce Xmas, Toyo Uyeyama -- Baba’s baby” Written on box: “Joyce bedroom -- McNew, Uyeyama, us -- Joyce buggy” 2. Written on leader: “Uyeyama’s -- McNear Beach - Joyce’s Home” Written on box: “Alcatraz -- Fisherman’s Wharf - Presidio - City Hall” (wrong box - different labels) 3. Written on box: “Pt 1 - New Year Party” (Crossed out “Pt 2 - Nite before [Hare] left for Hawaii at home”) 4. Written on box: “Pt 1 Dental Picnic McNear Beach - Pt 2 At Golden Gate Park [illegible]” 5. n/a 6. n/a Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1930s, Families, Children, Holidays, Celebrations and ceremonies, Drugs alcohol tobacco, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture, Leisure and recreation, Sports Tags: child waking up on Christmas morning; presents under Christmas tree; opening gifts; fireplaces; fire in fireplace; toddler in kimono; baby learning to walk with mother; happy baby; baby in crib; babies; ducks swimming in lake; children playing with toys; playing in the sand; baby with cross-hatch bandage on head; beaches; reading newspaper on beach; sunbathing; man on the phone; dancing in the living room; drinking alcohol; drink glasses; parties; laughing; man passed out; driving POVs across Golden Gate Bridge; picnics; chopsticks; golfing; golf; hiding from camera; drinking out of glass bottles; crowd watching golf; spectators; naps; napping; Japanese American people; residential neighborhoods; Fillmore District; Western Addition, San Francisco; waving at camera; covering lens with hand; hand over lens; likely Berkeley, CA; men wearing ribbons on their lapels Film Sponsor: Creator: "Carl Hirota, DDS" Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Hirota Collection PC-0050, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1937; circa 1938 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; California; San Rafael, California; San Francisco, California; Marin County, California; Berkeley, California; Fillmore District, San Francisco, California Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 8mm film Element: reversal Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: triangle circle, square circle, square triangle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 252