Summary

HOME MOVIES

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: HOME MOVIES
File Number: BB-45 16mm; Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Home Movie
Year: 1980 - 1985
Description: NOTE: here is the order of what you ACTUALLY SEE on this tape: 01:00:00:00 - 01:08:13:00: Late 1970s Christmas celebration (tree in living room, etc.) Trip to Disney World or Disneyland vs rides and attractions at the theme park. Hearst's San Simeon Castle in California Pacific coast golf course (Pebble Beach golf Course) Overhead highway sign for Route 101 to San Francisco scenic views from car on Route 101. San Francisco: cable cars, fog-shrouded Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, cable cars on hilly SF streets. 01:08:13:00 - Southern trip: interstate highway exit sign "Interstate 16, Macon Savannah, 1 1 4 miles" (GEORGIA). Sheraton Savannah Inn and Country Club (Savannah, Georgia) people playing golf. Man swimming in crystal-clear oceanside hotel swimming pool. Hostess serving drinks outdoors at resort swimming pool. Then - some brief mentions: Niagara Falls Little League baseball game Christmas tree trip to Florida - highway sign for US Route 1 Biscayne Boulevard (Biscayne Bay) pleasure boats in harbor man climbing palm tree great roadside hamburger stand: HUM-DINGER BURGER on Almond Avenue (in Florida city), specializing in the "Hum-Dinger Buster" ("Burgers, Shakes, Take Out Service") Florida beach, people sunning on beach young couple posing in 1970s formal wear (he's wearing a cream-colored ruffled shirt and a huge bow tie!) teen graduate girl wearing white cap and gown moving van bringing furniture into new home kids pitch tent in back yard another moving van shot people playing tennis in tennis court new baby - baby outdoors in portable crib (summer time mostly filmed too dark) woman in wedding gown, and wedding party (too dark) at the beach again lighthouse (Cape hatteras??) golfing again woman teaching young child how to swim (community pool or large backyard pool) party at "The Short Hills" Country Club (New Jersey) - I assume this is "Mark & Jane's wedding outside of Short Hills Caterers" man skydiving at Montclair Beach Club (July 5, 1981) - he dives right into the pool ! riding sailboat on ?Lake Hopatcong good shot of woman diving off short springboard into pool, at resort woman swimming backstroke in resort pool Niagara falls, again highway sign "Welcome to New York, Hugh L. Carey - Governor" christening party woman in frilly late 1970s wedding gown deer in back yard home remodeling: building a backyard addition to the house wintertime skydiving baby with young parents at the beach. (Note that the high quality of the earlier Bardel home movies of the 40s and 50s had somewhat disappeared by this time, as many of the shots are too dark, underexposed or overexposed. There is some usable material here, though, if you can slog through it...) John L, June 2005 the following are the original contents of the film can: REEL SIX: 1980 - Cape Cod - Mont Clair Beach Club - Jeff's 1st birthday, June & Dave - Golf - Florham Park CC - Mont Clair Beach Club Party - Jeanne's Graduation - Millersville, Aug. 1980 - Jeff's Playboy bib - Mark & Jane's wedding outside of Short Hills Caterers 1981 - July 5th - Boby's skydive Mont Clair Beach Club - Aug, Bob - Maryclaire Golf - Sailing at Peg's beach, Lake Hopatcong - Forida in Nov. 1982 - May, Niagara Falls, Dave & Jane REEL SEVEN: 1982 - Bob's graduation party - Michael Anthony Christening, Wayne, New Jersey - Marlene & John's wedding 1983 - Para Ski meets - West Mountain, Gore mountain 1985 - Thanksgiving - Marco Island - Naples - Act - Rob, Jeff - Deer at Villa - Poconos - Peter, Dave, Bruno, Lil, Ariele, Peter & Claire's house, rebuilding - Lil & Bruno's house
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