Booth Williams home movie collection, Reels 1-2 (hm-will_0026)

Collection:

Georgia Home and Amateur Movies

Title:

Booth Williams home movie collection, Reels 1-2 (hm-will_0026)

Creator:

Williams, Booth

Date of Original:

1942/1960

Subject:

Amateur films--Georgia--Monroe
Williams family
Kissimmee (Fla.)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Florida--Kissimmee
Florida--Description and travel
Family vacations--Florida
Dallas (Tex.)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Texas--Dallas
North Carolina--Description and travel
Family vacations--North Carolina
Oklahoma--Description and travel
Family vacations--Oklahoma
Ponca City (Okla.)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Oklahoma--Ponca City
Nebraska--Description and travel
Family vacations--Nebraska
Omaha (Neb.)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Nebraska--Omaha
Agriculture
Tractors
Tents
Signs and signboards
Farming equipment
Automobiles
Crowds
Lecturers
Standard Oil Company
Oilcans
Corn--Seeds
Turkeys
Chickens
Cows
Families
Dogs
Pets
Bicycles
Cycling
Football
Christmas
Christmas trees
Gifts
Typewriters
Classrooms
Snow
Snowballs
Sleds
School children
Baton twirling
Parties
Dinners and dining
Women
Infants
Men
Beaches
Fishing
Surfing
Boys
Camps
Forests and forestry
Swimming
Canoes and canoeing
Camp sites, facilities, etc.
Flags--United States
Lakes
Boats and boating
Sun-baths
Swimmers
Roses
Citrus fruit industry
Oranges
Flowers
Pigeons
Water--Distribution
Fruit trees
Monuments--Florida--Kissimmee
Airports--Texas--Dallas
Airplanes
Delta Air Lines
Commencement ceremonies--North Carolina
Flags--North Carolina
Buses
Statues--Oklahoma--Ponca City
Bus occupants
Trans World Airlines
Cities and towns
Aerial videography
Marquees--Nebraska--Omaha
Coffee shops
Livestock farms--Nebraska--Omaha
Weddings
Architecture, Domestic
Wedding attendants
Swimming pools
Horses
Children
Baseball

Location:

United States, 37.09024, -95.712891
United States, Georgia, 32.165622, -82.900075
United States, Florida, Osceola County, Kissimmee, 28.2920, -81.4076
United States, Florida, 27.664827, -81.515754
United States, Texas, Dallas County, Dallas, 32.7767, -96.7970
United States, North Carolina, 35.759573, -79.0193
United States, Oklahoma, 35.007752, -97.092877
United States, Oklahoma, Kay County, Ponca City, 36.7070, -97.0856
United States, Nebraska, 41.4925, 99.9018
United States, Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha, 41.2524, -95.9980

Medium:

Moving images

Type:

MovingImage

Format:

video/mp4

Description:

Test pattern. Grey screen. Segment one: Field, 1:17. There is a crowd gathered on a field watching a man on a tractor working the field. The camera pans around and shows people walking around the field and shows tents, different tractors, and people walking around. The camera pans around and shows two signs; only one word is legible: "PACE." The camera continues to pan around and shows the tractors and the people walking around the field. There is a crowd gathered around a platform, listening to someone on the platform speak. People continue to walk around the field. There is a small crowd of people gathered around a tent. At the top of the tent there is a sign that reads "Fuel Donated By Standard Oil, Co. J.D. Watson Agent." There is a tank by the tent that reads "Standard Oil Co." on the side. The camera pans around another tent showing stacks of oil cans. A small group of men walk around the field looking at all the different machinery. The camera pans around a field of corn, and then continues to show the same group of men walking around the field. The camera shows a building that reads: "McNair's Yield-Tested Seed Co. Hybrid Seed Corn Processing Plant Visitors Welcome." The group of men is gathered around the building. The camera pans around and shows a field full of turkeys roaming around, a cage of chickens, and cows roaming around a field. There are two men in the middle of the turkeys weighing some of them. The camera continues to show the turkeys. Grey screen. Segment two: Family, 13:37. There is a man conducting a small train around a field with kids riding in the wagons. There is a family and a dog in the front yard of a house riding bicycles and playing football. Segment three: Snow, 15:42. There is a family playing in the snow with sleds and throwing snowballs at each other. Segment four: Christmas, 17:48. The camera pans around a chimney decorated for Christmas. The camera pans around the floor of a living room filled with toys and wrapped presents. The camera focuses on a typewriter on top of couch, and then continues to pan around the living room showing the presents and the Christmas tree. There are kids opening the presents. Segment five: Classroom, 21:53. There is a group of children in red and white uniforms with musical instruments marching around a field. The little girl at the front of the group is twirling a baton. Segment six: Formal party, 23:53. There is a crowd gathered outside. At a long table, people are assembling food. The camera pans around showing everyone outside. There are women taking pictures with babies. The camera pans around showing a group of women dressed in pastel dresses standing together for a picture. There is a woman standing in the middle of the crowd holding a trophy. Segment seven: Vacation at the beach, 26:44. There is a family and a dog at the shore of a beach fishing and playing together. There is someone wave surfing. The family continues to play on the beach. Grey screen. Segment eight: Camp, 30:21. There is an instructor demonstrating something to a group of boys in a lake. A group of boys plays and swims in the lake. Some of the boys are jumping on the edges of canoes trying not to tip them, but some get tipped and filled with water. From afar, the camera shows an American flag waving in the middle of a forest. Then the camera pans around and shows the lake and the tents by it. A group of boys jump into the lake and race each other swimming and riding canoes. The camera pans around and shows the forest and the mountains around the lake. Then it pans around and shows the boys standing around waving at the camera and talking with each other. The camera pans around the campsite and shows tents over tables. The boys are in line for food being served by other boys. The boys are sitting under the tents at the tables. There is a boy playing with horns pretending to be a bull. Grey screen. Segment ten: Lake, 36:39. There is crowd of people around a lake. Behind them is a boat that reads across the top: "Scenic Photo Sub-3," and another boat that reads: "Scenic Photo Sub-4" pulling in behind it. There is a group of people around a dock. At the front of the dock a sign reads: "Bathers Must Pay." There are people swimming in the lake. In the middle of the lake there is a platform with people sunbathing. A boat passes behind the platform. The camera pans around showing the lake and other boats. The camera shows people in front of rose bushes. The camera pans around to show the different color rose bushes. Segment eleven: Oranges, 39:14. There is a group of people standing around a parking lot. The camera shows an assembly line where people are sorting oranges. There is a group of people in front of a white building. There is a sign by a doorway that reads "Office." The camera shows around the machinery helping sort out oranges. The camera pans around and shows giant piles of orange peels. Outside, there is a truck with the back full of orange peels. The camera pans around outside and shows the cars in the parking lot and people walking around. Segment twelve: Flowers, 41:40. The camera pans around a farm field. A man behind a tractor works the field in the distance. Two women walk around the middle of a flower bush. The camera pans around the flowers, then shows there are people sitting nearby. There are pigeons flying around a lake. The camera pans around and shows the pigeons and flowers. Black slug. Segment thirteen: Monument of States, Kissimmee, Florida, 44:05. The camera pans around a monument that reads "Monument of States" at the base. Two women walk around the monument. Segment fourteen: Orange trees, 45:28. The camera pans around trees. There is a sign that reads: "The Racebilt Rippey Rain Gun" by a rain gun. The camera pans around and shows the water the rain gun is shooting. The camera pans around and shows orange trees. There are people picking oranges from the trees. There is a car with a trunk full of packages and oranges. There is a man getting one of the packages out of the trunk, and a woman getting oranges out of the trunk. Purple screen. The camera pans around a yard with palm trees and flowers where people are walking around. Segment fifteen: Snow, 47:20. The camera pans around a snowy front yard and the neighborhood street. Cars are covered with snow. The camera pans around a town street. Cars are parked on the side. There is a cafe and a theater. The camera continues to pan around and shows an establishment that has a sign that reads "Pure." The camera shows a building that has a sign that reads "Standard Oil Company." The camera pans around and shows the snow and cars parked outside the building. The camera pans around another snowy front yard and the town. Green screen. Segment sixteen: Love Field, Dallas, 49:38. There are planes going down an airport runway. The camera pans around the airport, showing the planes and the trucks. The camera pans around a sign that reads "Dallas Love Field." The camera pans around the outside of the airport and shows the cars parked outside and then shows the parking lot. The camera shows a plane that reads "Delta Air Lines" on the side and "Delta" on the tail. There are men standing by the airplane. Some of the men are getting in the plane. From inside the plane, in the air, the camera captures the ground as the plane flies over it. Segment seventeen: Graduation, North Carolina, 51:08. The camera pans around a garden. There are people walking around. The camera pans around a street and captures the cars passing by. The camera pans around a building. A woman wearing a graduation cap and gown walks out. She greets a man outside of the building. They are joined outside by another woman. The woman in the cap and gown is now with another man. They walk towards the camera, and kiss. The camera captures a large building with columns at the front. From afar, an outdoor stage is seen decorated by an American flag, the North Carolina flag, and a banner that reads: "North Carolina." There is a band in front of the stage. A line of people march towards the stage. They are led by a color guard. The graduation ceremony begins. Green screen. Segment eighteen: Trip to Oklahoma, 53:30. From the inside of a traveling bus, the camera captures the fields they are driving by. The camera pans down and shows a crowd gathered at the base of the Pioneer Woman statue of a woman and a child in Ponca City, Oklahoma. The camera pans around the crowd. There is a man standing by the statue and addressing the crowd. The camera pans around the crowd, there are buses by them that read: "Trailwave." A large group of people get off the buses by buildings. The camera shows different small groups of people at different locations in a city. The camera shows a street in the city. There are people getting on an airplane at "Gate 3" that reads on the side "Trans World Airlines" and "TWA." The camera pans around the parking lot of the airport. A sign reads "Park." The camera captures the city from the plane as it flies by. Green screen. A group of planes. A building with a sign that reads: "Mallister." There are people in the street by the building. Cars and buses pass by on the street, then the camera pans to the side and shows a parking lot. A group of men travel around different places in a city. Black slug. A group of people talking. Buildings in a field are shown from a car. There are people getting off of buses. People walk towards a building. The camera pans around and shows cars parked outside and the buildings in the back. There are people getting back in the buses. The camera continues to pan around and show the buildings. Brown screen. An aerial shot of the vegetation and waterways around. There is a family standing by a viewer. The camera pans around and continues to film the vegetation. Segment nineteen: Trip to Omaha, Nebraska, 1:02:15. Aerial shot of a city from an airplane. A group of people walk towards the camera. Behind them is a sign that reads: "This is Style Month Omaha's Stores Lead Fall Fashion Parade," and another sign that reads "Coffee Shop." From a platform, the camera captures a livestock farm, where a sign in the middle reads: "Lindley Livestock Com. Co." The camera pans around to show all the livestock. In a street, a sign reads: "Leased Parking." The camera pans out to show the people walking by the parked cars. From a high altitude, the camera pans around the livestock farm. Grey screen. Segment nineteen: Wedding, 1:05:04. A woman stands in front of a house wearing a costume and holding a stuffed panda. A group of people are dressed in pastel colors. A bride stands in the middle of a group of people. The camera pans around and shows the guests and bridesmaids. Segment twenty: Pool, 1:06:59. People are gathered around a pool swimming, sitting, and playing. The camera pans around and shows a field, and then the pool as it is getting dark. Grey screen. Segment twenty-one: Family, 1:08:54. A man feeds a horse by a house. Different people ride horses around the neighborhood. A woman pets a dog outside. A woman sits in a lawn chair. Children are playing baseball and football.

Local Identifier:

hm-will_0026.mp4

Metadata URL:

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_bmahm_hm-will-0026

Digital Object URL:

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:ugabma_bmahm_hm-will-0026

Language:

eng

Original Collection:

Booth Williams home movie collection, circa 1942-1960

Holding Institution:

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Rights: