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GVs two middle aged men, two middle aged women and one elderly woman exiting house and posing on front steps of urban house in a Chicago neighborhood. GV group of adults walking to street and piling into car parked at street curb. GV group of adults piling out of car, pan as they walk up front steps to house.
Automobile
Automobile - Candid view of family greeting guests as they arrive by car. Good source for automobiles of the late 1920's/early 1930's. United States GV men dressed in suits & fedoras standing next to car parked along street. GV men dressed in suits & fedoras standing next to car parked along street, one man climbs in on the passenger side and slides over to the driver's seat. MS pan of woman wearing coat w/corsage walking in front of house. GV woman walking to car parked at street curb, two children stand near the car. Back GV of woman running to car parked on the street, she looks like she's in a hurry, a young boy stands near car, the car pulls away from the curb w/door still open. LS two children running to greet car, they are followed by two adults walking, the children mob the female passenger w/hugs & kisses when she steps out of the car. GV man hugging woman at the street curb next to the car. GV pan as children and two men in fedora hats walk away from car, CU as men remove their hats and walk toward camera.
Children Performing Outdoor Play
Children Performing Outdoor Play United States GV grade school girls in short dresses & cone shaped hats standing in circle holding hands. GV grade school girls in dark dresses holding hands & making a ring around the girls in cone shaped hats. GV girls in cone shaped hats w/hands joined and arms in the air, a girl in a witch costume skips and weaves around them, all the girls start doing steps and moving in a circle. GV girls w/arms in the air singing, young boy dressed as a prince enters the scene and moves toward princess in the center of the ring of girls. GV girls skipping around in costumes ring-around-the-rosie style. GV kids dancing in costumes. GVs girls & boys in costume posing for camera.
Farm House
Farm House United States MS side of house covered in Boston Ivy, only one small window has be cleared. GV garage or shed w/barn doors and steeply pitched roof. MS pan of barn facade, bottom half is covered w/Boston Ivy. MS side of garage/shed. MS front door of house. GV garage/shed, pan to farm house. Looks as if a historic site w/buildings labeled & such.
Family at Lake
Family at Lake United States
Family at Lake
VS As first one, and then all of the kids start to float with their hands cupped and raised in front of them. MS Teenage boy bounds up the stairs and out of the water. The other children follow suit. They all wave as they walk past the camera.
Family at Lake
MS Three children wave as they stand in front of a lake. Muscled teenage boy stands at right. He is wearing a black one-piece bathing suit. A young girl with short, curly hair stands in the middle and a young child stands at left. All three children wear one piece bathing suits. They all jump into the lake. The young girls stands back up in the water to put a swimming cap over her hair as the two other kids race in the lake. Teenage boy jumps up onto a pier in the lake and dives off the diving board a few times.
Family at Lake
LS kids on the pier with a trolley car passing on tracks or a road behind them. All of the children dive off the diving board or off the pier and into the water for the camera. A groundskeeper (gardener) mows the lawn behind the children in the lake. The three children swim toward the camera.
Children Playing
Children Playing United States A young white (Caucasian) boy (wearing jeans and a white, long-sleeved shirt) walking away from the camera. He is tall for his age. MS Child tilting his head back toward the camera. MS Young African American (black) child in a woolen hat with ear flaps, shorts, and a sweater running to catch up with his friend. They both turn and stand side by side to pose for the camera. Both boys step away from one another. MS African-American boy posing with his hands at his side for the camera. The other child steps back into frame and they both walk closer to the camera. MS Both boys pretend to punch the other (play fighting, shadowboxing). The taller child fakes an uppercut and the other child turns to smile at the camera with his fists still raised. MS Boy leaning back and pretending to fall from the blow (he braces his fall with his arm at the last second). MS Both boys roll around on the ground as they play wrestle and tackle each other. They both get up and continue to box. Cut to MS African American child laying on the ground with his feet up in the air.
Man in Suit
Man in Suit United States MS Elderly man (old man) in a suit stands outside of a house near a small patch of flowers on a stone ledge surrounding the patio or porch of the building.
Children Playing
The two children ham for the camera and play with their new toys. The girl stands with her hands on her hips for the camera as she shows off her new toys.
Children Playing
MS Three men in trench coats, white button-down shirts, and ties stand in a yard (backyard) with a woman in a yellow suit jacket (blazer) and a dark-colored skirt. There are two small children, a boy (c. age 4) and a girl (c. age 6) in the yard with the adults. The boy wears a dark blue jacket and shorts, and the girl wears a light blue coat over a red plaid dress with a red ribbon in her hair. All of the people stand around a yellow wheelbarrow filled with toys from Easter (a bunny rabbit, a duck). There are some small Easter decorations, as well.
Children Playing
MS Mother in a dark blue silk dress with crystal embellishments and flowers in her hair jumping rope. The little girl joins her mother. MS another woman (in the yellow jacket and dark skirt) also jumps rope with the other ladies. MS Woman in blue dress hikes up her dress a tiny bit to expose her calf and high-heeled shoes (rip in her pantyhose, playful?).
Children Playing
Children Playing United States
Children Playing
MS Mother and two children get into a 1930s blue, two-door sedan. MS Mother looking backwards out of the open drivers window as she backs the car out of the driveway (in reverse). CU Small boy holding the handles of the jump rope in his hands. MS Boy trying to jump rope. MS Mother exiting the blue sedan, youngest girl following behind her. MS Youngest girl with the jump rope in a circle on her head (like a crown).
Children Playing
MS The adults, now sitting on a ledge, mingle amongst themselves. One man has a longneck beer bottle in his hand (drinking beer). MS Young girl with red ribbon jumps rope with an older girl (c. age 10) in a pink dress. VS Two girls jumping rope.
Toddler playing
Film is damaged Toddler playing United States MS Small girl in a bonnet, coat, tights and shoes. A woman wearing high-heeled shoes is also shown in frame, but only her legs are visible. MS Toddler waddling in the driveway and interacting with a shaggy dog. She tries to pet the puppy alongside the woman (her mother?). MS small girl (the title card identifies this girl as Dorothy Nelle) sitting on the hood of a 1930s automobile (car). The footage scrolls uncontrollably for a few seconds.
Toddler playing
Film is damaged Toddler playing United States
Toddler playing
VS Girl trying to reach the branch. MS An adult female (in a dark dress and high-heeled shoes with a ribbon tied in her hair) bringing the branch down to the toddler and hurrying out-of-frame (camera shy?). MS toddler beginning to run after her mother. MS Girl wandering on a stepping stone walkway in the backyard.
Toddler playing
VS Small female toddler walking along a garden path in a backyard, CU Girl investigating the concrete squares placed in the yard. VS Girl walking and playing in the yard.
Toddler playing
LS Small female toddler digging in a flower bed in a yard (backyard). She walks back toward the camera, stopping occasionally to play with the flowers or the grass. MS She finds the red toy on the ground and holds it up for the camera (too cute, adorable).
Toddler playing
MS Young girl plays with the flowers (blossoms) of a magnolia tree (Saucer Magnolia?). She is seemingly spooked by the texture and cautiously moves away from the plant with a surprised look on her face. MS Girl walking to an adult female (mother) and reaching for her hand. MS Young girl investigating the young magnolia tree. She picks up a leaf (petal?) from the ground and begins to chew on it. She walks toward a small pool or pond and runs away from it back toward the camera. MS Girl trying to reach a branch of the plant that is taller than her.
Swimming Pool
MS Woman (in a swimming cap) and man help the small girl hold onto the metal ladder in the pool (parents helping her out of the swimming pool). MS Toddler jumping back into the water from a low step on the ladder, splashing her mom in the face. The woman wipes the water off her face, but she doesn't seem too upset. The toddler starts to scurry away from her guardians in the pool, even as they are speaking to her (cute, defiant). MS Girl spinning around in the water with her eyes closed.
Swimming Pool
CU Toddler (with her hair up in curls) swimming (dog paddle, doggy paddle) in the pool (c. age 2). She is wearing a dark blue life jacket around her chest. There is a woman standing by the edge of the pool (off-screen, for the most part). MS The toddler speaking with her as she makes her way through the water. MS Small girl trying to grab a leaf that has fallen into the pool. The item is just out of her reach. A man appears in the water and holds the leaf in his hand up for the small child to see.