Home Movie: Muraoka Collection: 004854 (silent)

Description: Domestic and recreational scenes of a Japanese American family in Southern California. Features traditional Japanese dance performed by children and adults dressed in kimonos, a child's second birthday party in the backyard decorated with paper lanterns, visits to amusement parks, family portraits around the home, and more.

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Subjects: 1960s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Families, Children, Leisure and recreation, Celebrations and ceremonies, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture

Tags: children; neighbors; domestic interiors; family portraits; babies crawling; suburbs; sidewalks; front yards; mountains; icy creeks; Marineland of the Pacific; Oceanariums; seals doing tricks; sea turtles; aquariums; California Boat Center; Disneyland; parks; picnics; swings; children's relay races; kimono; dances; performances; dinner tables; snow cones; shave ice; parties; birthday cakes; children's birthday parties; 1960s fashions; amusement park rides; carousels; mini trains; Southern California; Japanese American families; "Gardena U.S.A." balloons; children posing on sidewalk; shirtless neighbor; family posing for camera on couch; toddler with small white dog; attractive couple at golden hour; sitting on front lawn; lawns; aloha shirts; toddler with cigarettes; toddler with aloha shirt, hat and cigarette

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Creator: Muraoka Family

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Muraoka Collection PC-0089, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1961; circa 1962

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Geographical Location: USA; California; Rancho Palos Verdes, California; Anaheim, California; Los Angeles, California; Gardena, California

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle square, triangle triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 224