Sheffield home movie collection, Reel 15, Rolls 10-13 (hm-sheff_0101)

Collection:

Georgia Home and Amateur Movies

Title:

Sheffield home movie collection, Reel 15, Rolls 10-13 (hm-sheff_0101)

Creator:

Sheffield, Frank, 1900?-1994

Date of Original:

1925/1965

Subject:

Amateur films--Georgia--Americus
France--Description and travel
Family vacations--France
Paris (France)--Description and travel
Family vacations--France--Paris
Netherlands--Description and travel
Family vacations--Netherlands
England--Description and travel
Family vacations--England
Scotland--Description and travel
Family vacations--Scotland
Edinburgh (Scotland)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Scotland--Edinburgh
Wales--Description and travel
Family vacations--Wales
United States--Description and travel
Family vacations--United States
Massachusetts--Description and travel
Family vacations--Massachusetts
Plymouth (Mass.)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Castles
Shrubs
Signs and signboards
Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
Pedestrian areas
Trolley cars
Barges
Boys
Girls
Tourists
Boats and boating
Windmills
Bicycles
Automobiles
Soldiers
Statues
Crowds
Buckingham Palace (London, England)
Police
Horses
Big Ben (Tower clock)
Westminster Palace (London, England)
Thames River (England)
Tower of London (London, England)
London Bridge (London, England)
London (England)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Stained glass windows
Women
Men
Dogs
Pets
Abbeys
Banks and banking
Stonehenge (England)
Hotels
Church buildings
Gardens
Forests and forestry
Chandeliers
Walls, Roman--England
Sheep
Marching bands
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Bagpipers
Scotland--Buildings, structures, etc.
Cemeteries
Bodies of water
Falconry
Gwrych Castle (Wales)
Goats
Wales--Buildings, structures, etc.
Railroad tracks
Restaurants
Cottages
Parades
Flags--United States
Fire engines
African American musicians
Polar bear
Monkeys
Ponies
Elephants
Greenhouses
Fountains
Gulls
Public libraries
Dwellings
Beaches
Historic buildings--Massachusetts
Harbors
Mayflower (Ship)
Bells--Inscriptions
Dinners and dining
Water skiing
Hats
Architecture, Domestic
Flowers

Location:

France, 46.0, 2.0
France, Île-de-France, Paris, 48.85341, 2.3488
Netherlands, 52.5001698, 5.7480821
United Kingdom, England, 52.355518, -1.17432
United Kingdom, England, London, 51.50853, -0.12574
United Kingdom, Scotland, 56.0, -4.0
United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh, 55.95206, -3.19648
United Kingdom, Wales, 52.5, -3.5
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Massachusetts, 42.36565, -71.10832
United States, Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Plymouth, 41.95844, -70.66726

Medium:

moving images

Type:

Moving Image

Format:

video/mp4

Description:

Black slug. Segment one: France, Paris, and the Netherlands, 0:05. A castle with many turrets and well-manicured bushes in front of it. Sign: "PLAQUE MICHELIN RIGNY USSE." A statue stands in the middle of the street as cars go rushing by. Many statues stand in a small garden off the street in front of a large building. The camera pans up the Eiffel Tower. Sign: "PILIER OUEST ASCENSEUR." The city of Paris can be seen from up high. There is a river and many towers over the city. The city stretches as far as can be seen. A garden and mall with a circular pond in the middle. Sign: "DUBONNET." More of the city, spreading out from the river in the middle to the hills in the background. A large boat flows down the river. The sun sets over the hills in the distance with the city in the foreground. Trolleys roam the streets with cars and bicycles. A small boat floats under a low bridge. A barge is parked next to land. Boats float along the river, one a tour boat with advertisements on it. A car is parked on a country lane with small cottages. A windmill sits in a field. A bush of flowers sits on the edge of a river. Two boys pose by a canal and walk toward the camera. A little girl poses alone. Women sweep the sidewalks and porches outside their homes. Boys play outside. Many people ride on bicycles. Homes are surrounded by beautiful flowers. A building with a windmill on top of it. The blades are shown up close. People tour the top of the windmill near the blades overlooking a river. Hooks hold it in place. Wooden clogs sit in the road. Another windmill. A carving of a man is carved into the side of a building. A white building with steps going up to the front door. It has many spires on top. There are orange signs on many different buildings. Elaborate sculptures and stained glass windows depicting religious scenes. Small boats sit in a river. Stairs lead down next to houses. A car drives along the river. Flowers line a canal. Boats sit in the water beside the land. People walk out of a doorway on a boat. Sailboats float in the open water. The rigging and inside of a sailboat are shown up close. Floating down a river, they approach a bridge as people hurriedly walk across. Cars are parked right next to the water. There are many bridges. Boats line the side of the water. Boats float in an open section of the river. A large ship named "DORTHE OLDENDORFF." There are many larger ships on the water with them. A crowd of tourists stand overlooking a large pond with lilypads on it. Couples walk through a garden. Ducks and swans float in the river. Segment two: London, 7:34. Cars rush down a road as groups of people stand on the sidewalks by the trees. Soldiers in red uniforms march in unison outside a building with columns. An enormous crowd of people stand outside the gates of Buckingham Palace where an English soldier marches. A boy follows him in his routes. More soldiers march outside the building. A soldier stands at attention at the gate. Lights on top of a statue. A gold statue at the top of a large sculptured piece. Three women walk in a field next to a dirt road. Sheep run toward the camera. Many rows of soldiers walk down the road. The Palace is viewed from down the street. Large groups of soldiers and a band stand at attention in the yard of the Palace. They stand and march in formation. The soldiers practice. A police on a horse rides down the street next to cars. The military bands stands and plays in front of the Palace. People watch through the bars of the fence. A large building sits on a large pond amongst the trees and fields. The camera pans up Big Ben then the houses of Parliament on the Thames. A large ship comes down the river. A palace rooftop can be seen. There are domed buildings in the distance. Swans float in the river. Scenes of the city. Many bridges arch over the water. A train station stands above the water leading to bridges for the trains to cross. More boats join them on the river, while the Tower of London can be seen in the background. London Bridge sits over the Thames behind a loading dock. Cars roll across London Bridge. The Tower of London on the side of the river. The drawbridge is up for a large ship to go under. A tour boat "QUEEN OF THE CHANNEL," blocks the view of the Tower of London. Large ships sail on the water. A boy poses with a guard. The women of the family walk by them. The guard in his elaborate suit of red and black talks to the camera. A large crow in a field. More crows outside. Cars drive by as the camera pans up Westminster Abbey. People walk outside of it. Fountains flow in the night. It is dark except for the fountains. Deserted brick walls in the ground in front of a tall domed building. There are more brick buildings in various states of ruin. In a less nice area of town. A building with knights and many people carved on the side. People walk around a square outside a building. Arched indoor ceilings. A stained glass window depicting religious scenes. Large columns. Black slug. Segment three: Visiting family in England, 15:06. Women walk out of a small white house and chat. A man escorts an elderly lady out of the house. An orange flower is shown up close. A yellow rose tinged with red. A bright orange flower. A woman and her daughter walk out of a building with a sign: "OPEN TO NON-RESIDENTS LUNCH & DINNER." Buildings line a narrow street. A corgi sits outside a building. Many of the buildings are shades of whites and browns. A girl walks into a garden beneath a castle. The group stands at the top of the castle looking over the countryside. A person in the street paints. A road leads to a castle-like building. Sign: "BATTLE ABBEY IS PRIVATE PROPERTY BUT VISITORS ARE ADMITTED TO PARTS OF THE GROUNDS AND TO THE RUINS." They walk around the grounds and ruins. There are bright flowers on the grounds. Up close, red and orange and white ones. The camera pans up the stone abbey with turrets. It looks like a castle. People road the grounds. There are lion statues at the door. Inside, it is green. There are fields for farming and small rivers in the distance. A courtyard is formed on the inside of the castle. Sign: "NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK." A building with lots of wood and diamond windows. Sign: "The Spread Eagle Hotel A.D. 1430." The building is white with dark brown wood. A tall spire on a building, like a church or castle. The grounds of a castle-like church with tall archways and sculptures of people outside. The stained glass windows can barely be seen. The camera pans up the structure. Stained glass windows on the inside of the church. The interior grounds where a tree grows. A small brick building with a thatch roof. The camera pans along the structure of Stonehenge. People walk among the large stones. Through the trees, you can see the town below. A car sits in the trees beside a water piece. There are rolling hills with large, isolated buildings. Women walk up to the front of a building with statues on top. A girl stands looking at the intricate interior, including a fireplace with a clock and compass. There is a coat of arms in the ceiling. Beautiful flowers decorate. Outside, is a small garden and fields and forests. There is a small pond. A glass chandelier. Many intricate design pieces. The women walk around the garden. There is a pool lined by a building with statues on top. A field sits behind a long, slightly curved building. A small bridge arches over a river. A palace stands in the distance. It is shades of brown and grey. Sign: "OLD PLOUGH RESTAURANT Luncheons Now Serving." The building is white with brown wood. A castle with coats of arms and statues over the doorways. A river runs near it. People paddle a boat. People and birds laugh on the sides of the water as people on boats float through it. Sign: "WEST GRANARY SITE X." Stone ruins are shown, some set above the ground. Sign: "ROMAN WALL BRUNTON TURRET NO 26b MINISTRY OF WORKS." A woman walks down a stone wall. Segment four: Scotland and Edinburgh Castle, 24:10. Sheep stand in the fields. A flower field next to stone cottages. Horses shake their manes in a dirt and grass field. A large clock tower on a busy street with pedestrians and buildings. Sign: "EDINBURGH CASTLE HOURS OF OPENING," with more information that is incomplete on the camera view. Women walk outside the arch that leads into the castle. It does not have many tall and protruding turrets. A Scottish man in a kilt walks around as other people explore. There are Scottish soldiers. Flags line an elaborate entrance that is seen from above. The camera looks out over Edinburgh from the top of the castle and it spreads out in each direction. They walk back down. Plants are used to make decorations for the Queen's Jubilee. People in suits line a street. Men with camera stand together. Scottish soldiers forming a band march down the street playing drums and bagpipes. Flowers fill a hill. A woman turns to look at the camera. A large metal bridge stretches over the water. There is an island. Large ships are in the water in the distance. A stone pier. Green hills lead to grey stone buildings. A cemetery with elaborate towers of stone. There are graves that appear to be empty. Women walk around next to the partially destroyed church. A building by a field with a gate attached to nothing. A girl tries to feed a bird. A large building has red and green plants growing on it. Two women walk up to an arch over a walkway. Windows are seen from the inside. Cars drive down a road. A woman walks out of a castle with ivy climbing up the side. Men walk out at the top of a castle. There are cannons. Flowers line walkways and the side of the building. There are mountains and field in the distance. The castle is set on top of a steep stone cliff. Water rushes onto a beach with mountains in the distance lost in the fog. Water cascades down a green mountainside in the fog. Black slug. Segment five: Wales, 30:07. A person holds a bird of prey, likely a falcon, on their gloved hand. The bird tries to fly away, but is tethered. There is a small church with a tall tower at the end of a road. Sign: "ENTRANCE GWRYCH CASTLE." A car drives through a double arch. Down a road through some fields is a castle. A goat stares at the camera. It is tethered to the ground. From up high in the castle, there are great views of the surrounding countryside and coast. There are trees as tall as the castle. One the beach, waves crash. Sign: "LIGHTHOUSE." A sheep walks down a hill. A white wall surrounds a building. A man stands by a wall overlooking the water. In a park, a man feeds birds. There are houses across the street. Seagulls float in a fountain. A toy sailboat floats in the water. A car follows other cars through a tunnel on the road. Hills can be seen on the far side of the water. Cars drive through another tunnel with water on the far side. Sign: "VILLAGE OF LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLCOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLL-TYSILIOGOGOGOCH." A man talks to the camera. In the distance, a grand bridge crosses the river as mountains tower behind it. Sign: "CAERNARVON 4M Y FELINHELI (PORTDINORWIC) BANGOR 5M." From the top of a castle, with tall towers, the city and rows of buildings. Everything is stone. Lakes and rivers run together through the mountains. There are green and colorful plants. A train track runs along the water. A white building with black wood detailing. Sign: "MARTINS BANK." Pedestrians walk down the street. Sign: "TAMIL CAFE." Pedestrians walk beneath the stone buildings and castles. Sign: "GROSVENOR HOTEL AA RAC." Sign: "HUXLEYS." The buildings are all multiple stories. People stand at the top of a tall point on a castle to look down below. Sign: "ROMAN HYPOCAUST." A group walks along a narrow pathway. They pick through a field of straw and grass. The group poses for the camera and plays with the children. Sign: "RACECOURSE GARAGE." The city climbs up a nearby hill. Sign: "EVESHAM 5 1/2 M BROADWAY STOW ON THE WORLD 10 1/2 M." A stone house with a garden in the front. Many different stone cottages. Three women walk out of a grey building. Sign: "May Fair Hotel." A man in uniform stands on the curb to open car doors. Segment six: Parade, 35:26. Children are lined up on a sidewalk expectantly. A car drives past them and women on horses by American flags ride by. A firetruck and more people on horses follow. A polar bear in a cage. An African American band on top of a truck. A monkey riding on a pony. Women and clowns on a trailer. Sign: "CARS KEEP OUT." Men on elephants with sign: "GREATEST TIRE VALUE ON EARTH U.S. ROYAL." A red truck with steam coming out of it. Segment seven: Outdoor activities, 36:48. A boy in a yard tries to do a head stand. He dives into a pool and swims across it. He stands outside poised to dive and does so again and again. He swims alone in the pool. Black slug. Segment eight: Vacation in Massachusetts, 37:55. A woman and her daughter sit in iron chairs overlooking a garden with many fountains in it. Inside a building, there are indoor plants. The same two walk through a greenhouse with exotic plants and vines. There are flowers and palm trees and ivy as well. The flowers are white and pink and yellow. Outside, fountains spring up from the tops of walls and water flows into many small waterfalls over the edges. There is a large pond connecting them. The grass is all very green. A waterfall flows over rocks in a secluded area of the garden. They look back on the large building that overlooks the fountains. They walk under a flowered arch. A white boat with wooden details is tied up in a marina. Other boats similarly colored float nearby. Seagulls fly over the floating boats. A woman stands on shore. More seagulls fly over the sailboats in the harbor. A nice view of the harbor. A small white building with a sign: "PUBLIC LIBRARY." A woman dives off of a boat. On the dock, three people stand smiling. The back of a boat "FALCON III FALMOUTH." People stand talking by the Falmouth as a couple of people swim in the water. They float in the harbor. A family is dressed up for a boat ride. They stand in various spots on the boat. A small grey house sits on a small hill with flowers around it. Down a hill there is a pond and a field of wildflowers growing in all different colors. A cottage with light blue paint. Flowers line the road. A white church stands tall between some trees. People put white tubes together to make a frame. A man brings a large umbrella over to them. A woman stands at the top of some steps at a beach. Other family members are relaxing in the sand. A few members go out to swim and float. A little boy in a swimsuit walks around the sand. Women sit on lounge chairs outside a house. They sit and chat in the shade. A man pets a dog. A white house is obscured partially by trees. It has a large white fence and hedges surrounding it. Across a river, there is a large white house with its own private beach. There are many similar houses next door. Pink and red flowers cover a fence. A house with a white picket fence has orange and yellow lilies in the front yard. There are also two large trees. Another house has wood shingles for siding. Another similar house has blue painted shutters. Sign: "John Fenno House 1704 Moved From Canton, Mass. 1950." A wood siding house with a small flower garden behind it. A building with a sign: "GRANT'S GENERAL STORE." A woman looks at a covered bridge on the water. A woman walks outside a white house. Children play on a lawn in front of a church. The mother stands next to a waist-high stone wall. A white house with black shutters. Sign: "ENTERTAINMENT FOR MAN & HORSE TAVERN." A man plays a guitar while people listen under a tree. People walk around outside of houses. Sign: "1751 STEPHEN LOVEJOY HOUSE MATTHEW LINDSAY TAVERN." A car is parked in front of a white house. Two women stand together in the wind at the beach. People talk to each other at the beach. At a restaurant by the water, they sit as a table. The mother sits on some rocks in front of the lighthouse. She poses on a rocky slope overlooking the water. Another view shows all of the white buildings dotting the landscape near the water. There are many rocky islands. She walks along the roadside. The nearby landscape is green, but a little rocky. There are tall trees between them and the water. The woman stands in front of a long building. Flowers on the ground by the shore. There are rocks by the water instead of a beach. She sits on rocks pointing at something on the horizon. Pink flowers stand out from the green plants. A road winds nearby. A sailboat sails. More flowers in a larger area surround grass. Sailboats sail in the harbor. Family members watch them. They chat together. A house sits on rocks overlooking the water. From an airplane, the camera films the land below. A white house with green shutters. A tall white church. A building surrounded by white columns. A yellow house with green shutters. The Mayflower ship sits on the water. The camera zooms in on the side of the ship and the masts. The mother stands on the boat. Other people board it. Sign: "This BELL was presented to MAYFLOWER II by the people of BRIXHAM, ENGLAND (Bell date 1638)." The bell is filmed. A pilgrim sailboat is filmed. A couple sit on a board with a sail and ride through the waves. They fall over, but manage to right it together and ride some more. They fall over again, but right it and ride it again. They sail onto the shore. A woman waterskis near the beach behind a boat. Other women ride on the board with the sail. A man sits outside with food. He is joined by other family members who raise their glasses as if to toast someone. The man stationed at the grill wears a funny net as a hat. A woman puts it on and a young man has cloth put over his ears. A grassy field lies in front of a grand house with columns by the front door. A smaller brick house has ivy climbing up the walls. A boat flies around a bay area near the shore and pier. Pink flowers grow outside of a house. White flower bushes grow next to them. A woman holds two pale pink flowers. She also holds some different white and pink flowers. There are white flowers on the bushes. A bright orange flower. Orange and white flowers. Black slug.

Local Identifier:

hm-sheff_0101.mp4

External Identifiers:

Metadata URL:

https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_bmahm_hm-sheff-0101

Digital Object URL:

https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:ugabma_bmahm_hm-sheff-0101

Language:

eng

Extent:

1 video file (mp4) (62 min., 22 sec.) : si., col.

Original Collection:

Frank Sheffield home movie collection, 1925-1965

Holding Institution:

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Rights: