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          Scenes from the daily life of a Texas farm family.
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          Topics: Amateur films, Agriculture: Farms and farming, Rural America
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
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          Unidentified Super 8 surgery film. Donated to the Center for Home Movies collection by the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound.
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          Topics: home movie, surgery
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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          Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
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          Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters, Amateur Film
                            
            
     
    
    
            
        
      
      
      
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          Summer 1982 / Summer 1983
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          Kodachrome footage of the San Francisco World's Fair, held on Treasure Island.
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          Topic: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents/week. Eventually, he started his own silk stocking factory in Philadelphia – Lucille Hosiery. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural...
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          favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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          Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents/week. Eventually, he started his own silk stocking factory in Philadelphia – Lucille Hosiery. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural...
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          Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
          favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
          Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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          Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
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          favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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          Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents/week. Eventually, he started his own silk stocking factory in Philadelphia – Lucille Hosiery. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural...
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          Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. (partially on 4156_HM_Medicus_collection_New_York_Worlds_Fair_1939-40_Reel_6)
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          Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          This is a wonderfully eclectic portfolio of film footage donated by Jack Burns. Jack hopes that sharing his collection of personal, family and unique films will inspire others to do the same. Jack hopes that people will enjoy watching these as much as he enjoyed taking the films.
                                                
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents/week. Eventually, he started his own silk stocking factory in Philadelphia – Lucille Hosiery. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural...
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          Digitized by the Internet Archive
                                                
            
     
    
    
            
        
      
      
      
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          Shot by Gregg Arthur, of Marine Corps unit D Co/1st Battalion 26th Marine Regiment 5th Marine Division, on a Super 8mm Canon camera in 1966-67. Footage shows return from battle in Operation Deckhouse in Republic of Vietnam to Philippines, Subic Bay for re-supply, flight over Chu Lai area, and field hospital at Tien Shau. Copyright: All rights reserved. Licensing requests should go to Chad Hunter at homemovie@gmail.com
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          Amateur film made in Manhattan, New York City during World War II, showing a Greenwich Village street art exhibition, springtime at Coney Island, and Greenwich Village stilled by a snowstorm.
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          Topics: Amateur films, New York City: History, Weather: Blizzards
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
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          Topics: World War II: Postwar issues, World War II: Germany, Germany
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Amateur pictures, including aerials and color shot from ground level, of the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island.
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          Topics: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
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          Topics: World War II: Postwar issues, World War II: Germany, Germany
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Digitized by the Internet Archive.
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          Home movies shot on Super 8 and Regular 8mm film. Footage by David Lavelle, Sr. from 1955 to about 1979. Footage by Phyllis Lavelle from 1979-1984. Footage by Tim Lavelle from 1970-1980's. Chronicles a blue-collar Catholic family of six children growing up in San Francisco during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Their children begin to emerge in the 1970's. Also includes sub-collection of Deehan Family Home Movies, filmed on Regular 8mm film from 1950-1955 by Ken Deehan, largely in San Francisco and...
                                                
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Henry John Dewenter was born in Peckelsheim, Germany in 1884. Elizabeth Auer was born in Austria in 1889. Both immigrated to the US in 1907. They were married in 1914 in Los Angeles. They purchased land in Southern California, and oil was discovered on the property. They built up an orange ranch north of La Verne, California, now on the National Register of Historic Places (listed as the DeWenter Ranch/DeWenter Mansion). The elder Henry Dewenter passed away in LA in 1954 and Elizabeth passed...
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          Amateur home movies in Iowa. From LostinLight.org
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          0629 PA8770 [Parade in New York] 16 Koda orig pix
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          Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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          Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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          Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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          Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. (found on 0164_HM_Medicus_collection_New_York_Worlds_Fair_1939-40_Reel_2_04_00_47_00)
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          Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
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          Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
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          Topics: World War II: Postwar issues, World War II: Germany, Germany
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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          Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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          Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents/week. Eventually, he started his own silk stocking factory in Philadelphia – Lucille Hosiery. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural...
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          Summer 1985
                    Topic: Summer 1985
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
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          favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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          Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents/week. Eventually, he started his own silk stocking factory in Philadelphia – Lucille Hosiery. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural...
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          Behind the scenes footage of a Spaghetti Western in production in Spain, 1975. Gorgeous footage that takes us right inside the extravagant, but totally lo-fi, sets and action. Diane Dobronte shares the story behind the film that goes behind the film: It was 1975 and my boyfriend,  Tony Anthony , had written, produced and was starring in an American-Italian co-production film called  Get Mean  – in the spaghetti western genre. Tony had already done several of these:  The Stranger in Town...
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          Korin in summer of 1980
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          Ellwood F. Hoffman (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffman dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents/week. Eventually, he started his own silk stocking factory in Philadelphia – Lucille Hosiery. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural...
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          Viewing notes state: Linda in hospital with baby baby through glass (long) more baby shots Xmas girl’s birthday baby with bad haircut parents with baby (Johnny Carson on TV) more baby shots
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          Amateur film.
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          Bohemian Club members relax and line up for a meal at the Bohemian Grove encampment.
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          Topics: San Francisco: Bohemian Club, Recreation, Gender roles
                            
            
     
    
    
            
        
      
      
      
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          Untalented, Unprofessional, Unruly.The Worst Movie Ever Made.This Movie Is So Terrible That It Is Not Even Funny... It Is Hilarious!!!! This is the film no one is talking about. In fact many people wish it would just go away. Unfortunately for them it is now available for download right here. Anderson, Indiana is going through a dry spell--and we don't mean weather wise. After a local pot dealer is busted, a group of his friends are contacted to retrieve his hidden marijuana stash before the...
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          Topics: Feature Film, Trailer Park Boys, Comedy, Drugs, Marijuana, Illegal Copy presentations, Knight's...
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Can labeled: Rockville Bridge Harrisburg Station Zoo Tower Princeton Trenton Way Home Altoona Dead Track
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          Henry John Dewenter was born in Peckelsheim, Germany in 1884. Elizabeth Auer was born in Austria in 1889. Both immigrated to the US in 1907. They were married in 1914 in Los Angeles. They purchased land in Southern California, and oil was discovered on the property. They built up an orange ranch north of La Verne, California, now on the National Register of Historic Places (listed as the DeWenter Ranch/DeWenter Mansion). The elder Henry Dewenter passed away in LA in 1954 and Elizabeth passed...
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          This is NOT Lavelle Family Home Movie Footage. Mystery reel owned by Rick Prelinger and digitized by Nicole Lavelle in March 2017.
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          Century of Progress exhibition; New York City scenes.
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          Topics: World's Fairs: Chicago, 1933-34, New York City
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Cardboard sleeve around can (not retained) states:, Mermaids, Water Skiing, St Petersburg, Oct 1954, Family at Mervin's, Easter Sunday, April 1955, No. 5 Label on can duplicates sleeve with one addition:, 1954 & 1955,
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          Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents/week. Eventually, he started his own silk stocking factory in Philadelphia – Lucille Hosiery. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural...
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          Home movies possibly shot by a Minneapolis family.
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          Kids Swimming
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          Topic: Kids Swimming
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
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          Mardi Gras: Parade of Nor.
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          Topics: New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Celebrations
                            
            
     
    
    
            
        
      
      
      
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          The 1936 New Year's Party
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          Taken around 1946-50 in cape cod, bermuda, west virginia & california, scenes of winter at home & hoover dam. Note in can states: Flagship, Snowstorm, Ocean, Mountains, Green House.
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          1961 Ketcham family trip to England, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Austria. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm amateur films by Rodney Kenneth Ketcham is familial, yet international, in scope, showing both travel throughout the United States and abroad and domestic home movie scenes. Content notes are from Dr. Ketcham’s daughter Jerri Ketcham McDermott. Dr. Rodney Kenneth Ketcham (1909-2002), grew up in Lestershire, New York. Dr. Ketcham was...
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          Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents/week. Eventually, he started his own silk stocking factory in Philadelphia – Lucille Hosiery. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural...
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          Kodachrome home movie of a 1950s family's trailer travels to key U.S. tourist destinations.
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          Topics: Amateur films, Tourism, Travelogues
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Emmaus Boys Camp, Wesco, Mo., 1934
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          Topics: home movies, prelinger, camp, Emmaus Boys Camp, 1930s, Missouri
                            
            
     
    
    
    
      
              
          Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents/week. Eventually, he started his own silk stocking factory in Philadelphia – Lucille Hosiery. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural...
                    Topic: Home movies