Joseph and Marion Rossiter home movie collection, HM1, HM2 (hm-ross_0015)

Collection:: Georgia Home and Amateur Movies
Title:: Joseph and Marion Rossiter home movie collection, HM1, HM2 (hm-ross_0015)
Creator:: Rossiter, Joseph
Rossiter, Marion
Date of Original:: 1961/1980
Subject:: Amateur films--Georgia--Savannah
Parties
Children
Men
Women
Families
Balloons
Toddlers
Automobiles
Boys
Docks
Materials
Passenger trains
Smoking
Popcorn
Snow
Swings
Girls
Geese
Ducks
Toy guns
Benches
Bicycles
Cycling
Monkeys
Boats and boating
Swimming
Bodies of water
Swimming pools
Shovels
Flowers
Statues
City blocks
Baseball
Older women
Saint Patrick's Day--Georgia--Savannah
Parades--Georgia--Savannah
Ponies
Carriages and carts
Scots--Georgia--Savannah
Crowds--Georgia--Savannah
Automobiles--Towing
Swimmers
Beaches
Cats
Pets
Bathing suits
Umbrellas
Sleep
Restaurants
Bridges
Gardens
Stairs
Dance
Marching bands
Applause
Monuments
Dwellings
Horses
Gifts
Drinking behavior
Carbonated beverages
Cupcakes
Birthday parties
Location:: United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
Medium:: moving images
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: video/mp4
Description:: "University of Georgia Margaret Hale Collection CR# HM1, HM2 8mm Color Positive Transferred @ 18 fps TRT-53:40 12/12/07." Segment one: Party, 0:12. Children sit around a table with food on it. Parents stand behind them or sit in chairs off to the side. Some of the children have paper hats on. A man walks out of the house with a drink. A mother takes pictures of the party. The camera moves around quickly to show everyone and everything. Children play on the swing set and slide. Older boys play by a fire. The children play with each other. A boy and a girl play on the play set together before being joined by other children and the man from before. People sit outside together with a skeleton decoration and straw hats on. The camera pans around to all of the family members. Small children play with balloons. Parents sit outside watching the older kids and taking care of the younger ones. There are streamers, too. Segment two: Family, 3:54. A toddler sits on the hood of a car. Two boys walk out of a store in a downtown area and walk toward the camera. They run around a corner to the toddler on the car. The two boys walk up a hill from a dock on the water. They walk with the toddler. The toddler and the boys are shown up close. They walk to a dock with a sign: "STOP GA LAW REQUIRES A COAST GUARD APPROVED LIFE PRESERVER FOR EACH PERSON ABOARD." They walk out on a dock and wave to the camera. Sign: "STANDARD OIL." The toddler walks back toward the camera. On the side of a river there are some industrial objects. The boys throw something into the water. Segment three: Train ride, 5:44. A young girl smiles at the camera. In the background two other children look over their seat at the camera. There are many other children riding on the train and a few adults. A woman smoking a cigarette sits by the window. Segment four: Outing, 6:30. Children walk out of a store with a sign: "OPEN" in the window, while wearing hats, gloves, and coats. An older woman and the youngest child walk out of a building with drinks. They are slowly followed by the other children with popcorn. One girl jumps and shows something to the camera. Another girl throws popcorn at the camera. The children run around outside and play while eating their popcorn. The youngest girl stands in some dirt. They are all over the place outside a building. There is a little bit of snow in one spot on the ground. They try to pick up snow off the ground. After, they move on to a playground. The littlest girl rides on a swing and climbs up onto a slide, where other children join her. She swings on a wooden swing. She runs around and plays. The girl rides a bicycle with training wheels down a sidewalk. At a park by the river, there are geese or ducks in the water. The little girl stands looking at the birds while an older boy walks with her. He stands by her as she feeds the birds. She rides her bicycle with some help from an older boy as a group of boys play around outside. One of them has a toy gun. As one boy pushes her on her bicycle, they others climb a tree. The boy with the toy gun aims it at the camera. There are large fountains at the park and many benches. They boys run around. In the grass, two of the boys wrestle. The mother comes over and joins them and pretends to shoot the toy gun. The boys play fight. The little girl lies down on a bench. One of the boys rides her bicycle. She stands still while they play. One of the boys knocks her down. They all have drinks and walk toward the camera. Segment five: Home, 15:55. Children play together on a playset. A woman stands watching all of them. The woman walks across the yard toward the house. One of the girls makes a face at the camera. Segment six: Vacation, 16:42. Small monkeys sit in trees as people watch them. Food is being thrown to the monkeys. The monkeys are on the water. The people watching them appear to be on a boat. There is a garden area with trees of different kinds, benches, and pathways to walk on. There is a statue. People stand in the garden watching the boat go by. People are swimming in the water. People are dressed up and performing for a crowd. The camera views a crowd of people. Some children walk out of a building and get papers from a man with a cowboy hat. A boy swims in a swimming pool. Another boy dives off the diving board. Boys line up to jump off the diving board. Segment seven: Little girl, 20:16. A woman walks around with a little girl. They are both wearing coats. They walk into a building. The little girl digs in the dirt with a shovel. The camera gets close to her. She sits outside on a wooden bench eating lunch on a wooden table. She walks around and plays on the bench. She gets down and walks toward the camera. The girl rides her bicycle down the sidewalk. Black slug. The little girl stands outside in a nice red coat next to a flower bush. She walks around and looks at the flowers. She walks along a sidewalk to a statue in a square. Black slug. Segment eight: Park, 23:17. Children run around outside. One boy has a baseball bat. The camera view is blurry, so it is hard to make out details. The boys run over toward the camera and wave. One boy swings the bat around. An older woman plays baseball with them. A young girl walks around with sunglasses on. A girl and boy fight while playing. A boy jumps in front of two other children to catch the ball, but misses. An older girl watches a younger girl and boy. A young boy climbs onto a bench. Segment nine: St. Patrick's Day parade, 26:04. A man in a suit talks to the camera. A woman is beside him. In the background, a car is getting towed. On the side of a street, a young boy and girl wear green hats with shamrocks on them. There are other children and adults with them as well. One girl has a noise maker. All of the children are wearing fun hats for the parade. A green convertible drives down the road with shamrocks on it carrying people and flags. A couple of ponies are decorated for the parade. There is a marching band walking down the route. Children are pulled in a cart. Men in uniforms walk the parade in a straight line. There is a parade of Scottish people in kilts. A child is shown up close smiling for the camera. The streets are lined with masses of people. Children ride on cars and people march through the parade route. People watching are talking to each other. Everyone is wearing something that is green. There are many men in suits. A few adults are shown up close. There is an advertisement: "CRANMAN INSURANCE" on a building along the route. Segment ten: Pool, 29:39. Children swim in a pool with floaties while women watch them. A girl smiles happily at the camera as she walks around the pool. An older woman sits in front of a railing with children playing on the beach behind her. A family sits beside a pool, while the younger children play in it. The beach is behind them. The children are all swimming happily. The children stay by the side of the pool and pose for the camera. They are crowded in a car, driving home from swimming. The children smile at the camera. The older woman talks to the camera. Some of the children sit in the adults' laps. A woman gets out of the car and talks to the camera. Segment eleven: Pets, 32:26. An orange cat is lying out on the deck in the sun. It looks at the camera, then ignores it. There is a bird cage sitting on the deck with a couple of small birds in it. The cat is rolling ever and shaking its head. Segment twelve: The beach, 33:39. Two young girls in matching bathing suits play in the ocean with an older woman. They are holding hands. They walk out of the water and onto the beach. The car is parked at the top of the sand with a table next to it. One of the girls is sleeping in the shade of an umbrella. An older man is sleeping in a chair next to her. A woman is sleeping on the other side of the table with the other little girl. The girls are awake and looking at the table. Segment thirteen: Around town, 35:37. A cat sits on the stairs. A man walks down the sidewalk with a newspaper. Boats are stationary at the docks. There is a restaurant on the water. A long bridge connects two areas. There are sandy islands. A woman walks down the sidewalk in a garden. There are a lot of other people strolling through them as well. Some adults stand watching children on a car ride. The camera pans through an area called "KIDDIELAND." An older woman walks down some wooden stairs to the beach where some of her family members are sitting. Some people sit on a dock as others sit in a boat. More women walk down the wooden stairs. A group of women sit in chairs in a grassy area eating lunch. There are others at a table nearby and some sitting on the ground. Men walk around a field where their cars are. A group of women walk out of a restaurant followed by a man with a bottle of wine. Segment fourteen: Home, 38:35. Couples dance inside a house, while other people just sit around. They mingle with each other. Some of the people sit around drinking and chatting. The camera pans through the room and shows the dancing. A woman pretends to dance with a broom. Segment fifteen: Parade, 40:31. Women with batons march at the front of a marching band. People line the streets watching. Children walk by with American and Irish flags. Everyone is wearing green of some sort. A large group of girls march in lines and while wearing uniforms. A woman claps and dances while they march by. Many people are dressed up and men wear suits. A Scottish band walks by playing music. The crowd is shown. More marching bands and groups walk by. The woman dances some more, but the children don't want to join. More of the parade with people marching by is shown. Many of the groups are wearing uniforms. There is a large crowd. Two little girls in their hats from the parade climb up on a monument. Segment sixteen: Home, 44:34. Flowers and the exterior of a house are shown. There are bushes and flowers on trellises. The rest of the yard is shown as well, but mostly the flowers. There is a white cat sitting under one of the bushes. The front door of the house can be reached by walking up a few steps onto the front porch. A car is parked in front of the house. Black slug. Segment seventeen: St. Patrick's Day parade, 46:39. A car decorated with Irish flags and lots of green drive by with men wearing sashes riding in the back. Small horses pull carts with children on them. There is a lot of green. An older woman dances. A marching band walks past. There are many men in suits walking through the parade. All of the cars are decorated with green shamrocks and streamers. Children march in their school uniforms with American or Irish flags. A little boy sits in the back of a car dressed as St. Patrick. The woman is dancing by the crowd. Girls with batons walk through the parade. Black slug. People dance on the side of the street. There are many children in the parade. The camera films the family watching the parade together. Sign: "TOWN AND COUNTRY." A horse pulls a cart driven by a man with children in the back. A man in a suit smoking a cigar poses for the camera. More boys and girls in school uniforms march through the parade. Some of the family pose for the camera, then dance. Men in uniform march. An older woman holds a tired girl and dances. More bands come through the parade and more dancing. Segment eighteen: Party, 50:26. Women sit in chairs outside holding small children and babies. Older children run around in the yard and play. Some of them have balloons or are wearing colorful straw hats. The children crowd around a table. A little girl looks at the camera. Many women talk to the camera. The women are mostly sitting on the outskirts of the party, talking amongst themselves. A little girl runs away from the camera as a boy waves at it. People walk around everywhere. Some of the women stand drinking a soda. A boy waves at the camera. A little girl sits at a table opening presents, with help. One of the gifts is a little red dress. A little girl smiles for the camera. More women talk to the camera. There are children surrounding the table and eating cupcakes. The little girl receives a lot of presents. A boy talks, smiles, and makes faces at the camera. Black slug.
Local Identifier:: hm-ross_0015.mp4
External Identifiers:
Metadata URL:: https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_bmahm_hm-ross-0015
Digital Object URL:: https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:ugabma_bmahm_hm-ross-0015
Language:: eng
Extent:: 1 video file (mp4) (54 min., 44 sec.) : si., b&w and col.
Original Collection:: Joseph and Marion Rossiter home movie collection, circa 1961-1980
Holding Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
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