Home Movie: Hirota Collection: 071163 (silent)

Description:

Description: The Hirota family was incarcerated in the Minidoka concentration camp during World War II. At 15:20 there is a possible short sequence showing the family revisiting the camp. At 15:35 a sequence shows a business street thought to be in Twin Falls, Idaho, approximately 17 miles from the camp. This reel also includes the family spending leisure time at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, and concludes with a birthday party and crowds throwing rice at newlyweds as they make their way out of the church.

Last few seconds of film is badly scratched.

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1930s, 1940s, Families, Extractive industries, Leisure and recreation, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture

Tags: toddlers; lawns; clover; parks; feeding the squirrels; San Francisco skyline; filmed from boat; ferries; Alcatraz; Lost Landscapes; city streets; sidewalks; black swans; picnic blanket; Golden Gate Park; little girl putting on lipstick with a compact mirror; playing with balls; boy and girl holding hands; Aquatic Park; beaches; photographer onscreen; person with camera; sand; Bayshore Highway; Moffett Field Hangar One; Northern California Fertilizer Company; families relaxing in front yards; running towards camera; holding hands; Golden Gate Bridge; letterman's sweater; doffing hat; Hagiwara Tea Garden; Golden Gate Park; Fisherman's Wharf; ships; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; Embarcadero; posing for camera; embarking on a transpacific steamship journey; Kamakura Maru; throwing streamers off of boat; tugboats; visiting Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, Ruth, Nevada; open-pit mine; snowy hills; filmed through windshield; mine; walking on streets of Ely, Nevada; two men walking across railroad tracks; birthday cakes; child's birthday party; turkey in the oven; removing turkey from oven; young boy pointing toy gun at camera; candles; fishing; wedding; throwing rice; bouquets; image extends between perforations; filmed from moving vehicle; lost landscapes; family and friends gathering on sidewalk in Western Addition, San Francisco; wedding in San Francisco; man pointing still camera at moviemaker

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 1940; circa 1947

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; California; San Francisco, California; San Francisco Bay; Nevada; Ruth, Nevada; Sunnyvale, California; Ely, Nevada

Genre/Form: home movie

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: b&w, color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle circle, plus triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 327

Complete Record: Description: The Hirota family was incarcerated in the Minidoka concentration camp during World War II. At 15:20 there is a possible short sequence showing the family revisiting the camp. At 15:35 a sequence shows a business street thought to be in Twin Falls, Idaho, approximately 17 miles from the camp. This reel also includes the family spending leisure time at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, and concludes with a birthday party and crowds throwing rice at newlyweds as they make their way out of the church. Last few seconds of film is badly scratched. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1930s, 1940s, Families, Extractive industries, Leisure and recreation, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture Tags: toddlers; lawns; clover; parks; feeding the squirrels; San Francisco skyline; filmed from boat; ferries; Alcatraz; Lost Landscapes; city streets; sidewalks; black swans; picnic blanket; Golden Gate Park; little girl putting on lipstick with a compact mirror; playing with balls; boy and girl holding hands; Aquatic Park; beaches; photographer onscreen; person with camera; sand; Bayshore Highway; Moffett Field Hangar One; Northern California Fertilizer Company; families relaxing in front yards; running towards camera; holding hands; Golden Gate Bridge; letterman's sweater; doffing hat; Hagiwara Tea Garden; Golden Gate Park; Fisherman's Wharf; ships; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; Embarcadero; posing for camera; embarking on a transpacific steamship journey; Kamakura Maru; throwing streamers off of boat; tugboats; visiting Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, Ruth, Nevada; open-pit mine; snowy hills; filmed through windshield; mine; walking on streets of Ely, Nevada; two men walking across railroad tracks; birthday cakes; child's birthday party; turkey in the oven; removing turkey from oven; young boy pointing toy gun at camera; candles; fishing; wedding; throwing rice; bouquets; image extends between perforations; filmed from moving vehicle; lost landscapes; family and friends gathering on sidewalk in Western Addition, San Francisco; wedding in San Francisco; man pointing still camera at moviemaker 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 1940; circa 1947 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; California; San Francisco, California; San Francisco Bay; Nevada; Ruth, Nevada; Sunnyvale, California; Ely, Nevada Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 8mm film Element: reversal, original Color: b&w, color Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: triangle circle, plus triangle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 327