- Collection:
- Georgia Home and Amateur Movies
- Title:
- Nelle Epps home movie collection (hm-eppsn_0001)
- Creator:
- Epps, Nelle
- Date of Original:
- 1938/1970
- Subject:
- Epps family
Amateur films--Georgia--Athens
Walking--Georgia
Snowmen--Georgia
Christmas trees--Georgia
Family vacations--Georgia
Lawn care industry--Georgia
Ocean--Georgia
Recreation--Georgia
Automobiles--Georgia
Toy guns--Georgia
Sepulchral monuments--Georgia
Soldiers--Georgia
Parks--Georgia
Picnics--Georgia
Smoking--Georgia
Canoes and canoeing--Georgia
Passenger trains--Georgia
Williamsburg (Va.)--Epps family
Walking
Snowmen
Christmas trees
Family vacations
Lawn care industry
Ocean
Recreation
Automobiles
Toy guns
Sepulchral monuments
Soldiers
Parks
Picnics
Smoking
Canoes and canoeing
Passenger trains
Williamsburg (Va.)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Virginia--Williamsburg
Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Washington (D.C.)
Governor's Palace (Organization : Williamsburg, Va.)
Gardens--Virginia--Williamsburg
Tourists--Virginia--Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Tourists--Washington (D.C.)
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
National monuments--Washington (D.C.)
Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.)
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Cemeteries
Vogel State Park (Agency : Ga.)
Parks--Georgia--Blairsville
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Blairsville
Fort Pulaski (Ga.)
Beaches--Georgia--Savannah
Christmas
Gifts
Dinners and dining
African American women
African American household employees
Dogs
Pets
Dance parties
Gardens
Beds (Gardens)
Flowers
Families
Snow
Florida--Description and travel
Family vacations--Florida
Fort Walton Beach (Fla.)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Florida--Fort Walton Beach
Dolphins--Florida--Fort Walton Beach
Beaches--Florida--Fort Walton Beach
North Carolina--Description and travel
Family vacations--North Carolina
Wright Brothers National Memorial (N.C.)
Virginia--Description and travel
Family vacations--Virginia
Luray (Va.)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Virginia--Luray
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
Luray Caverns (Va.)
Parades
Marching bands
Parade floats
Cycling
Cats
Turtles
Boy Scouts
Toys
Beaches--Georgia--Jekyll Island
Costume - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee, 30.43826, -84.28073
United States, Florida, Okaloosa County, Fort Walton Beach, 30.42059, -86.61707
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Jekyll Island, 31.07021, -81.42272
United States, Georgia, Union County, Blairsville, 34.8762, -83.95824
United States, North Carolina, Dare County, Kitty Hawk, 36.06461, -75.70573
United States, Virginia, City of Williamsburg, Williamsburg, 37.2707, -76.70746
United States, Virginia, Page County, Luray, 38.6654, -78.45945 - Medium:
- moving images
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Black slug. Segment one: Walking shots, 0:33. A woman and her two young sons walk along a path in the woods that is lined by wooden railings. A boy walks down some stairs in bathing suit bottoms with some sort of flotation device. Segment two: 0:50, Winter festivities. A boy stands next to a decorated snowman, but there is not any snow anywhere else. The boy waves at the camera. His younger brother is bundled up for the cold and their grandmother poses with them by the snowman. On their front door is a Christmas tree decoration. The mother and her two sons pose in front of the front door before walking down the steps. Black slug. Segment three: Vacation, 1:53. The older boy had a canoe shaped flotation device around is middle and is standing up to his mid-shin in the ocean. The younger boy also has a flotation device around his middle. The family plays in the ocean. Back at a house, three people stand outside, while one fans a fire. A man comes and helps her with it. A boy cuts the grass. There are fish in bowls by the man trying to start a fire. Nearby, they are setting up a table with eight place settings, and then undoing it. A car is parked at the beach and next to it are the mother and younger son, waving at the camera. The older boy gets out of the car and joins them walking down to the water. The boys run across the sand to the ocean. The mother holds her shoes and waves at the camera. Anytime the camera shows one of the family members, they wave. The dad dances on the beach for the camera in front of his sons. Black slug. Segment four: Winter festivities, 6:00. The Christmas tree decoration on the front door is shown again, on house number 190. The family members pose in front of it, again. Then, they go inside. Back outside, the two boys are playing and being silly for the camera. A new scene shows them doing the same thing, but in different outfits. Segment five: Home, 7:21. An older woman stands by a car talking to the person inside it before walking toward some flowers. Behind the flower bush is a house with a car parked in the driveway. The camera films the car with the people in it and the flower bushes more. A young boy stands amongst flowers by a white fence on the side of the road. The mother poses for the camera and smells the flowers. Black slug. Segment six: Family gathering, 9:28. The little boy is dressed in a cowboy outfit. He plays with his toy guns. The mother and grandmother stand outside in large coats near the door. The father lifts the boy and puts him on his shoulder. Black slug. A woman walks by and someone dances goofily toward the camera. She pulls the grandmother into a pose with her. She is still waving at the camera. She tries to jump on the back of a man and dances around him while waving. The grandmother and the man pose together. Another woman waves at the camera. Segment seven: Price grave site, 11:45. A gravestone reading "PRICE" is shown with pink flowers in front of it. Other graves are shown, but it always comes back to Price. The grandmother and mother stand behind the grave. More are shown. A woman puts more flowers at a grave site. They work at another grave. A few more are shown close up, but the names are not legible. More flowers and graves are shown and worked on. Black slug. Segment eight: Military, 14:15. Men stand in military uniforms in two rows. The camera films them from a few different angles. The camera pans across rows of identical buildings, most likely barracks, with dirt roads in between them. There are a few military trucks. One building has a flag by the door and men in uniforms walk out of it. The camera films men walking around the base and out of buildings. Some of them salute the camera. A group of them lounge around in the shade of a tree. A sign: "HEADQUARTERS 332D MED GP USAR" with a man standing behind it. Black slug. The men stand outside in uniform and lines. They follow orders and salute more. They stand at attention in two different groups. They continue standing to attention in a field. They are practicing and running exercises. They march in lines toward the camera. Black slug. Segment nine: Park, 19:04. Women stand outside next to a car. One of them gets in. In a grassy area, a family sits with a blanket spread out. Two boys pose next to each other with their shirts off and salute. They then walk toward the camera and wave. The adults spread the picnic blanket out better. A young girl walks across the grass then quickly turns toward the camera with a boy. The children wave at the camera and walk toward it. A man smokes a cigarette in the field. Out in some water, some boys and their father row a canoe next to some ducks. There are others out on the water. After the water, children are shown on a small train ride. The small train goes in and around a small hill. Segment ten: Home, 22:24. People gather at a house and wave at the camera. The children are outside in the yard and smile and dance for the camera when they see it. Family members talk to each other outside. A boy walks around his yard. Black slug. Segment eleven: Williamsburg and Washington, D.C. vacation, 23:40. A family walks together while sightseeing "The Governor's Palace & Gardens" at Williamsburg, Virginia. The camera pans around the building and gate. People line up for a tour of the building. As people roam around, the camera films the gardens. The boys pose by buildings and the well. There is a lot of green space and other colonial-looking buildings. One of the boys tries to put himself in the stockade in the square. They explore and film other historic buildings. The camera is in a car driving alongside some water, when eventually the Washington Monument shows up. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is roped off at the top of some stairs. The guard walks in front of the tomb as visitors watch. The Lincoln Memorial. The Washington Monument is filmed from the bottom up. The National Mall facing the Lincoln Memorial is seen from the top of the Washington Monument. Other directions are shown as well. Black slug. Segment twelve: The beach, 28:15. People walk along the beach on a somewhat cloudy day. The camera pans along it until the wife and two boys are seen. The older boy walks up and shows his finds to the camera (sand dollars). The younger boy and Mother have some as well. At the car, they get the sand off and pack up. Segment thirteen: At home, 29:45. A nice new-looking green car is shown. The older boy and his father pose, then the younger boy. The older boy poses with his grandmother. They dance around and wave. The brothers pose and wave together. The camera turns sideways, but the car is still shown. The father stands alone in front of the car. He then picks up the younger brother. The two boys play together in a small inflatable pool with the hose. Segment fourteen: The cemetery, 31:21. The grandmother tends to some flowers at the cemetery. There are large patches of flowers by a grave. A gravestone is shown up close, but the engraved words are hard to read. Segment fifteen: Vogel State Park, 31:49. Some older women stand in front of a concrete staircase and railing. A young woman waves at the camera from in front of a house. A young woman poses in front of a sign: "WELCOME WALASI-YI INN YOU ARE INVITED TO ENJOY THE FACILITIES OF THE MANY ENCHANTING STATE PARKS IN GEORGIA VOGEL STATE PARK." There is a historical marker is front of the welcome sign that is about WALASI-YI. The young woman points at the sign. Black slug. Segment sixteen: Vacation, 32:55. The two boys climb on cannons with their father. Black slug. They pose with the cannons in Fort Pulaski. The inside of the fort is shown. The boys and their father walk out across the drawbridge. They are at the beach playing in the waves. The boys walk outside the hotel in their swimsuits. They pose in front of a palm tree fountain. The camera films the beach and ocean. The boys and their mother are close by. There is a pier at one end. The older boy jumps in front of the younger one. The younger boy runs toward the ocean in his flotation device. They play in the sand. The younger boy shows off his hole in the sand. The older boy plays in the waves. Black slug. Segment seventeen: Christmas, 36:50. Family members gather and open presents while waving to the camera. The grandmother kisses the younger boy. People walk through the house and are welcomed by other family members. They have a huge dinner laid out on the table. There are two tables because they cannot fit at one. An African American housemaid helps get the dinner set up. They sit and eat and the kids come and wave at the camera. As the plates are cleared away, dessert is brought out. Black slug. They open presents at the table. The camera is blurry, but we can see they are opening presents. Everyone has one so they are opening them all at the same time. The camera pans around and shows people enjoying their presents. Black slug. Segment eighteen: Darkness, 41:47. It starts out dark, and then a dog walking in a yard shows up. It is too dark to see anything except the dog. The dog runs around. There are people, but it is too dark to tell much about them. Children stand together outside. A group of young boys in Boy Scout uniforms stand together. A large vehicle drives away. Segment nineteen: Boy scouts, 43:05. A young boy sits in a pile of leaves under a tree and plays with a dog. A school bus is parked by a building and boys get off of it. The older boy walks toward the camera in a uniform. The side of the bus says "TROOP & POST 22 ATHENS, GA." Women in heavy coats stand outside together before walking into a building. Black slug. Segment twenty: Cemetery, 44:10. The camera is close up on the PRICE gravestone. There are a lot of flowers and wreaths around it. A fire is burning close by. The flowers are spread out everywhere. Black slug. Segment twenty-one: Family gathering, 46:26. The camera view is blurry, but it looks like the family gathering together at a meal. In the background there is what looks to be a Christmas tree. The older boy makes a face at the camera. They hang out and talk together. They clean up the table. They open more presents. Presents are shown off for the camera. Segment twenty-two: School dance, 48:40. It gets darker, and then there are a lot of people dressed up and dancing together at what looks to be a school dance. Some kids make faces for the camera. The boys are all wearing suits and the girls are wearing nice dresses. A younger boy sticks his tongue out at some of the dancing older kids. Segment twenty-three: Flowers, 50:13. The grandmother walks out of a building toward the flower beds. She points out different flowers. A sign: "457" denotes the house number. The camera shows many different types of flowers. Black slug. Segment twenty-four: Family, 51:04. Family members stand in a line posing in front of a house. They are wearing jackets and nice clothes. The children wave at the camera. When they are done, the women go back inside and some of the men stay outside talking. The children throw pine needles at each other and the camera. They jump into a pile of pine needles and add more to it. They run around the nice landscaped yard and play. Black slug. Segment twenty-five: Snow, 53:12. It is too dark to see well, but everything is covered in the bright whiteness of snow. During the day, boys are outside throwing snow at each other and the camera. Black slug. Segment twenty-six: Home, 54:15. A blue house is shown with evergreen trees in front of it. A man walks out from the house to his car on the street. Segment twenty-seven: Florida vacation, 54:13. The camera pans from sand dunes down to the ocean. There are a lot of people and umbrellas along the beach. The mother and her two sons wave to the camera. A welcome center area has a large building with some letter signs that are backwards. The boys wave at the camera while their father smokes a cigarette on the beach. Their car is parked in a sandy lot by a building with the sign: "GULFARIUM." They walk toward the building. Sign: "FLORIDA'S GULFARIUM FT. WALTON BEACH." A woman stands out over the water of a tank with something in her hand and a dolphin jumps up to it. The dolphin touches it on its second attempt. There are scenes of the car driving beside the beach. Back on the beach, the older boy walks slowly to the water where his dad and brother are. The ocean is seen from farther away. They are driving over a very long bridge that has water on both sides as far as you can see. The father is holding a turtle that is trying to walk in midair. The boys pose with their father by a building with a sign: "WELCOME TO WAKULLA SPRINGS." They walk around on a large dock on the water. There are people swimming and playing in the springs and a boat. Black slug. Segment twenty-eight: At home, 58:12. A black cat lies in the grass by a little white dog. There is also a turtle. The older boy picks up a turtle and holds it. The dog slowly follows the turtle in the yard. Black slug. Segment twenty-nine: Christmas family gathering, 59:04. Family members are gathered and show an old picture to the camera. They sit around a family room and talk as the two boys run around. Some presents are exchanged. One of the boys plays with a robot. The older boy dances and makes faces at the camera. A small Christmas tree with a nativity and reindeer in front of it stands in front of the window. The grandmother poses beside it. Old pictures and magazines are shown up close. Boys play with their presents, one of which is a musical instrument of some type. Another Christmas tree is in the corner. This one is actually real. Segment thirty: Outside, 1:01:18. The boys play around outside with their dog. There is a small turtle that they play with as well. The younger boy rides a bike that looks way too big for him. Segment thirty-one: Vacation, 1:02:14. The camera shows the ocean with a small boat on it. They are driving over a bridge that shows water as far as you can see on both sides. The family members walk by a building with a stick roof. There is also an amphitheater. All of this is inside a wooden fort. There is also a tall watchtower. Up on a grassy hill stands the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The mother and boys pose at the base of the memorial. It is engraved with "IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR." Farther up the memorial, is engraved "WILBUR WRIGHT ORVILLE WRIGHT." They stand on the hill overlooking the ocean and the rest of the historic site. Black slug. Segment thirty-two: Virginia vacation, 1:03:32. The camera pans up the dome of the Capitol. From across the street, they film the Library of Congress building. They film the Capitol some more, which has construction being done on it. One of the boys waves at the camera. They walk along the deck of the Capitol and overlook the National Mall all the way to the Washington Monument. They show many different views of the Capitol. Grandmother is there with them. They are driving alongside the National Mall and the Smithsonian Building can be seen over the trees on the far side. They have left D.C. and are going to sign: "Entrance LURAY CAVERNS." There is a large stone tower outside. There is also an old fire truck that the younger boy climbs onto and pretends to drive. Black slug. Segment thirty-three: Home, 1:06:03. Family members stand outside a house and wave to the camera. They walk out the door toward the camera. Boys pose on the front steps. They pose and walk for the camera in different places. The boys walk with their mother and grandmother, among other family members. Segment thirty-four: Parade, 1:08:16. Two boys in band uniforms hold instruments. They pose in front of a large building. Although the camera is dark, a marching band in a parade can be seen. There are cars following the marching band. There are multiple marching bands in the parade. There are floats as well. It is too dark to see what the floats are. Santa sits on a float and waves at the crowd. Black slug. Segment thirty-four: Holiday, 1:10:37. Family members sit together and pose for the camera. They are talking and lounging around. An African American maid takes plates off the table and chats with the family. The family members gather together opening Christmas presents. They all open presents at once, along with their maid. Once they are opened, they show each other as a younger boy passes out more presents. They wave and smile for the camera. Young boys play with toys they just received. The younger boy waves at the camera while his father puts something together. The older boy is painting. The camera pans around to all of their Christmas presents on the floor. In the house, someone plays with a puppy. Black slug. Segment thirty-five: Outside, 1:15:19. A small flowerbed is shown. The grandmother is standing in the flowerbed talking to the camera. She walks around the flowerbed and looks at her flowers. There are flowers all around the yard. The camera pans around to different parts of the yard. The boys ride on a toy car around the yard. There are other children as well who are posing for the camera. The grandmother sits on the brick porch. Parents join the kids in riding in the toy car. They ride around the yard. Even grandmother takes a turn. Boys in matching plaid shirts drive it toward the camera. They also drive down the road. Black slug. Segment thirty-six: Family gathering, 1:20:03. The family eats a meal around the table. Some members smile for the camera. It is too dark to see much. The family eats pie for dessert. They chat with each other around the table. A jar is passed between a couple of the women. The grandmother picks up boxes of sweets and carries them to the table. She stands next to a small Christmas tree decorated with tinsel. The family members gather in the family room and open presents. Everyone has multiple presents. Some of them are big, and some are small. Black slug. Segment thirty-seven: Vacation, 1:24:51. The father rides a tandem bike with his son down a parking lot drive where there are a lot of people walking around. The grandmother does the same with the other son. They also ride on the beach and wave at the camera. They get off the bike right in front of the camera. The camera pans by a hotel that is just off the beach. There is a large triangular building on the beach with cars parked at it. There is a large anchor in the middle of the road. The camera films the car going through large gates with a sign: "Jekyll Island." Black slug. Segment thirty-eight: Family, 1:27:23. The boys are standing outside dressed up in silly costumes. They start swatting with each other and messing with their costumes. The older boy is wearing a military type uniform and is posing outside the house. The younger boy jumps off the porch onto the ground. The younger boys walk around with the older one's hat. The mother poses with her two boys. Other family members join. They pose outside a house. The boy tries to hide his face from the camera. Black slug.huge dinner laid out on the table. There are two tables because they cannot fit at one. An African American housemaid helps get the dinner set up. They sit and eat and the kids come and wave at the camera. As the plates are cleared away, dessert is brought out. Black slug. They open presents at the table. The camera is blurry, but we can see they are opening presents. Everyone has one so they are opening them all at the same time. The camera pans around and shows people enjoying their presents. Black slug. Segment eighteen: Darkness, 41:47. It starts out dark, and then a dog walking in a yard shows up. It is too dark to see anything except the dog. The dog runs around. There are people, but it is too dark to tell much about them. Children stand together outside. A group of young boys in Boy Scout uniforms stand together. A large vehicle drives away. Segment nineteen: Boy scouts, 43:05. A young boy sits in a pile of leaves under a tree and plays with a dog. A school bus is parked by a building and boys get off of it. The older boy walks toward the camera in a uniform. The side of the bus says "TROOP & POST 22 ATHENS, GA." Women in heavy coats stand outside together before walking into a building. Black slug. Segment twenty: Cemetery, 44:10. The camera is close up on the PRICE gravestone. There are a lot of flowers and wreathes around it. A fire is burning close by. The flowers are spread out everywhere. Black slug. Segment twenty-one: Family gathering, 46:26. The camera view is blurry, but it looks like the family gathering together at a meal. In the background there is what looks to be a Christmas tree. The older boy makes a face at the camera. They hang out and talk together. They clean up the table. They open more presents. Presents are shown off for the camera. Segment twenty-two: School dance, 48:40. It gets darker, and then there are a lot of people dressed up and dancing together at what looks to be a school dance. Some kids make faces for the camera. The boys are all wearing suits and the girls are wearing nice dresses. A younger boy sticks his tongue out at some of the dancing older kids. Segment twenty-three: Flowers, 50:13. The grandmother walks out of a building toward the flower beds. She points out different flowers. A sign: "457" denotes the house number. The camera shows many different types of flowers. Black slug. Segment twenty-four: Family, 51:04. Family members stand in a line posing in front of a house. They are wearing jackets and nice clothes. The children wave at the camera. When they are done, the women go back inside and some of the men stay outside talking. The children throw pine needles at each other and the camera. They jump into a pile of pine needles and add more to it. They run around the nice landscaped yard and play. Black slug. Segment twenty-five: Snow, 53:12. It is too dark to see well, but everything is covered in the bright whiteness of snow. During the day, boys are outside throwing snow at each other and the camera. Black slug. Segment twenty-six: Home, 54:15. A blue house is shown with evergreen trees in front of it. A man walks out from the house to his car on the street. Segment twenty-seven: Florida vacation, 54:13. The camera pans from sand dunes down to the ocean. There are a lot of people and umbrellas along the beach. The mother and her two sons wave to the camera. A welcome center area has a large building with some letter signs that are backwards. The boys wave at the camera while their father smokes a cigarette on the beach. Their car is parked in a sandy lot by a building with the sign: "GULFARIUM." They walk toward the building. Sign: "FLORIDA'S GULFARIUM FT. WALTON BEACH." A woman stands out over the water of a tank with something in her hand and a dolphin jumps up to it. The dolphin touches it on its second attempt. There are scenes of the car driving beside the beach. Back on the beach, the older boy walks slowly to the water where his dad and brother are. The ocean is seen from farther away. They are driving over a very long bridge that has water on both sides as far as you can see. The father is holding a turtle that is trying to walk in midair. The boys pose with their father by a building with a sign: "WELCOME TO WAKULLA SPRINGS." They walk around on a large dock on the water. There are people swimming and playing in the springs and a boat. Black slug. Segment twenty-eight: At home, 58:12. A black cat lies in the grass by a little white dog. There is also a turtle. The older boy picks up a turtle and holds it. The dog slowly follows the turtle in the yard. Black slug. Segment twenty-nine: Christmas family gathering, 59:04. Family members are gathered and show an old picture to the camera. They sit around a family room and talk as the two boys run around. Some presents are exchanged. One of the boys plays with a robot. The older boy dances and makes faces at the camera. A small Christmas tree with a nativity and reindeer in front of it stands in front of the window. The grandmother poses beside it. Old pictures and magazines are shown up close. Boys play with their presents, one of which is a musical instrument of some type. Another Christmas tree is in the corner. This one is actually real. Segment thirty: Outside, 1:01:18. The boys play around outside with their dog. There is a small turtle that they play with as well. The younger boy rides a bike that looks way too big for him. Segment thirty-one: Vacation, 1:02:14. The camera shows the ocean with a small boat on it. They are driving over a bridge that shows water as far as you can see on both sides. The family members walk by a building with a stick roof. There is also an amphitheater. All of this is inside a wooden fort. There is also a tall watchtower. Up on a grassy hill stands the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The mother and boys pose at the base of the memorial. It is engraved with "IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR." Farther up the memorial, is engraved "WILBUR WRIGHT ORVILLE WRIGHT." They stand on the hill overlooking the ocean and the rest of the historic site. Black slug. Segment thirty-two: Virginia vacation, 1:03:32. The camera pans up the dome of the Capitol. From across the street, they film the Library of Congress building. They film the Capitol some more, which has construction being done on it. One of the boys waves at the camera. They walk along the deck of the Capitol and overlook the National Mall all the way to the Washington Monument. They show many different views of the Capitol. Grandmother is there with them. They are driving alongside the National Mall and the Smithsonian Building can be seen over the trees on the far side. They have left D.C. and are going to sign: "Entrance LURAY CAVERNS." There is a large stone tower outside. There is also an old fire truck that the younger boy climbs onto and pretends to drive. Black slug. Segment thirty-three: Home, 1:06:03. Family members stand outside a house and wave to the camera. They walk out the door toward the camera. Boys pose on the front steps. They pose and walk for the camera in different places. The boys walk with their mother and grandmother, among other family members. Segment thirty-four: Parade, 1:08:16. Two boys in band uniforms hold instruments. They pose in front of a large building. Although the camera is dark, a marching band in a parade can be seen. There are cars following the marching band. There are multiple marching bands in the parade. There are floats as well. It is too dark to see what the floats are. Santa sits on a float and waves at the crowd. Black slug. Segment thirty-four: Holiday, 1:10:37. Family members sit together and pose for the camera. They are talking and lounging around. An African American maid takes plates off the table and chats with the family. The family members gather together opening Christmas presents. They all open presents at once, along with their maid. Once they are opened, they show each other as a younger boy passes out more presents. They wave and smile for the camera. Young boys play with toys they just received. The younger boy waves at the camera while his father puts something together. The older boy is painting. The camera pans around to all of their Christmas presents on the floor. In the house, someone plays with a puppy. Black slug. Segment thirty-five: Outside, 1:15:19. A small flowerbed is shown. The grandmother is standing in the flowerbed talking to the camera. She walks around the flowerbed and looks at her flowers. There are flowers all around the yard. The camera pans around to different parts of the yard. The boys ride on a toy car around the yard. There are other children as well who are posing for the camera. The grandmother sits on the brick porch. Parents join the kids in riding in the toy car. They ride around the yard. Even grandmother takes a turn. Boys in matching plaid shirts drive it toward the camera. They also drive down the road. Black slug. Segment thirty-six: Family gathering, 1:20:03. The family eats a meal around the table. Some members smile for the camera. It is too dark to see much. The family eats pie for dessert. They chat with each other around the table. A jar is passed between a couple of the women. The grandmother picks up boxes of sweets and carries them to the table. She stands next to a small Christmas tree decorated with tinsel. The family members gather in the family room and open presents. Everyone has multiple presents. Some of them are big, and some are small. Black slug. Segment thirty-seven: Vacation, 1:24:51. The father rides a tandem bike with his son down a parking lot drive where there are a lot of people walking around. The grandmother does the same with the other son. They also ride on the beach and wave at the camera. They get off the bike right in front of the camera. The camera pans by a hotel that is just off the beach. There is a large triangular building on the beach with cars parked at it. There is a large anchor in the middle of the road. The camera films the car going through large gates with a sign: "Jekyll Island." Black slug. Segment thirty-eight: Family, 1:27:23. The boys are standing outside dressed up in silly costumes. They start swatting with each other and messing with their costumes. The older boy is wearing a military type uniform and is posing outside the house. The younger boy jumps off the porch onto the ground. The younger boys walk around with the older one's hat. The mother poses with her two boys. Other family members join. They pose outside a house. The boy tries to hide his face from the camera. Black slug.
- Local Identifier:
- hm-eppsn_0001.mp4
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_bmahm_hm-eppsn-0001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:ugabma_bmahm_hm-eppsn-0001
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 video file (mp4) (91 min., 43 sec.) : si., col.
- Original Collection:
- Epps home movie collection, 1938-1970
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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