1930s FAMILY HOME MOVIE WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM & BOARDING SCHOOL 44654

This brief black and white, silent home movie was shot by an unknown American sometime in the late 1920s/early 1930s. Unfortunately, we don’t know where it was filmed, so if you recognize something please make a comment. The family shown in the film appears to consist of an older daughter and two boys -- the daughter seems to be in a boarding school and is shown at the end of the film playing lacrosse. The film starts with a shot of the family walking down the street in traditional 1920’s attire; the lady wears a close fitting bucket hat and long pearls over a long tunic shirt (:16). Youth play a game of catch outside an apartment building or hotel (:27). They are filmed making faces for the camera man on park benches (1:06). A couple stands together, the woman clutches at her books (1:35). A triage toss a ball on stone in front of the home with a wide unidentified lake in the background (1:47). Dark footage follows from within the home (1:58). A series of family members approach the camera on the sidewalk (2:06). A business man in a straw hat struts for his vehicle (2:35). The family enjoys a swim at a large public pool (2:38). The daughter, dressed in her lacrosse uniform, performs a headstand (3:09). The camera pans over a lightly wooded area with a river cutting through the center (3:42). What appears to be a boarding school is shown, in a rural area with many trees (4:29). A chicken coop (4:52). Women wear thick coats and small close fitting hats signifying it is winter (5:13). A horse is walked to pasture (5:31). Girls ready themselves for a field hockey game (5:37). They race onto the field (5:49). Spectators wear coats lined with thick fur (5:55). The game begins as player’s race around the field (6:26). Buildings of an unidentified city are filmed from a boat in the water (6:35). Motion picture films don’t last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we’ve worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you’d like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we’d love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit
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