33384 “AMERICAN WEDDING” 1940s AMATEUR SHOT SILENT HOME MOVIE
This short silent film, an amateur shot home movie, shows an American wedding and reception in the 1940's. The home footage was captured with 16mm film. The film opens with black and white footage of a family member on a couch smiling with a celebratory beverage (:09). He sparks up a smoke from a pack in his pocket (:20). A series of relatives take his place on the couch talking with the camera man and others in the room (1:19). A woman jokes with a fake nose (1:41). The women of the wedding party examine a doll; some sort of small trinket (2:44). The men of the family cram themselves on the same couch (2:47) passing beer bottles. The film switches to color (3:51). A woman films with the Graflex camera (3:50). A young woman steps down city steps to her car up against the curb (4:00). The family goes to a lake house as the young boys jump from a window in the house to the water (4:04). The bride appears in a white satin and lace wedding dress (4:31). The bridesmaids adjust gloves and the veil at her elbow (4:34). The filmmaker captures the neck down of the wedding party (5:14). The bride steps from the car holding her dress high as she heads for the ceremony (5:29). The father of the bride carts her down the aisle (5:48). Bride and groom smooch (5:53). Groomsmen stand around the cake (6:36). Dark footage captured treats on the table including the layered white cake (7:11). The newlyweds take their first dance (7:18). A mother and daughter play for the camera (8:12). Guests spin around the dance floor to the newlyweds favorite tunes (9:06). The bride and groom receive their gifts and envelopes (9:41). A friend mops the sweat from the groom's face (10:01). Dancing guests take a sweaty rest on the couch (10:18). The bride readies a knife for the cake and the top decorations are removed (10:40). The pair feeds the cake to one another ceremoniously (11:31). <p><p>Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below.<p><p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com