Exterior MSs men & women arriving at banquet. Interior MS people admiring a huge floral center piece on table.
MSs men at podium. CU United Gas logo boasting 25 years in service. Exterior MSs men & women arriving/mingling/socializing.
MSs men posing for pictures at front of room. Several CU/MS man & woman receiving award. MS people seated at banquet tables.
MS women standing behind ribbon before the cutting ceremony. MS men talking. MSs men & women standing about.
Several MCUs of men & women receiving awards.
Interior MSs people admiring a huge floral center piece on table. MS man & woman posing for camera.
MS/CU men walking to front of room to receive awards.
United Gas Annual Awards Banquet - Filmed at slow speed. United States
United Gas Annual Awards Banquet - Filmed at slow speed. United States
Family Leaving Their House - A candid view of a well-to-do suburban family exiting their home and driving away in a car. Good view of late 1920's/early 1930's fashion and automobiles. United States GV front door of up-scale residential house. Brief GV of car parked on street. MS man in tree piece suit w/tie and fedora hat standing in front of house, he walks toward camera, profile pan as he walks across the yard. MS man, woman and young girl walking out the front door-man is dressed in suit w/bowtie and fedora hat-woman is wearing a dress w/white collar-girl wears a belted winter coat w/beret hat (she also pretends to smoke a cigarette). MS grade school aged boy in cap & knickers holding car door for woman as she climbs in, girl is also seen standing about pretending to smoke, girl then climbs in, boy holds the back door open for an elderly man w/bowtie. TLS as car drives away from street curb. Various shots of car driving down residential street. GV boy and woman exiting front door of house. GV boy and woman posing and waving in the front yard. GV man and boy in front yard, they remove their hats.
MSs women & men walking to front of room to receive awards.
MS/CU man speaking at podium. MSs men walking to front of room to receive awards. GV people seated at banquet.
View of typewritten piece of paper documenting the Palmer Corporation's involvement at the Cotton Valley Field completed July 1928, document gives site location specifics, numbers related to daily flow, reservoir dimensions and pressure.
In a backyard pool, a small girl with blonde, curly hair swims with the help of an orange floatation device. A young boy in a tan bathing suit jumps into the swimming pool as the young girl doggy paddles (doggie paddles) while smiling and trying to wave to the camera. MS Young girl and young boy stand on the deck of the pool and smile for the camera. The boy approaches the edge of the pool and dives backwards into the water. The girl stands by the metal railing on the side of the swimming pool. VS Children at the pool.
MS Female teenager in a dark blue one-piece swimsuit and a white swimming cap diving into the swimming pool. MS Young girl (c. age 6) in a light pink one-piece bathing suit and a bright orange safety vest standing on the lawn next to a young woman in a blue bathing suit. The younger girl has light blonde hair with perfectly formed banana curls. MS Young boy on a diving board jumping into the water. He belly flops into the water and climbs out of the pool using the ladder. He approaches the teenage girls holding his arm out (possibly injured during the dive).
Dark MS two boys on an inflatable raft in a backyard pool. VS Children splashing and playing in the water. The younger of the two boys is wearing a bright orange water safety vest (flotation device). MCU Young boy handing a toy water gun (very large toy gun, meant to look like a semi-automatic weapon like an M16) to his younger brother as he climbs his way out of the pool using the pool's metal ladder. The younger brother shoots his brother with a steady stream of water before he's set his feet on solid ground (cute, sibling rivalry). The older brother falls back into the water. Dark MS Young boys paddling in a swimming pool on an inflatable toy raft.
Dark MS two boys paddling in a swimming pool on an inflatable toy raft. VS boys splashing their oars in the water on an overcast day. MS Boys throw their oars overboard and begin paddling with their hands (cute). MS Older boy trying to overturn the inflatable raft with the younger (oblivious) boy still on the inflatable toy. VS Boys struggling with a giant blue raft in the water.
MS Two young boys on a striped inflatable raft. The older of the two sits in front and paddles the raft through the swimming pool. VS Boys on raft in backyard swimming pool. Quick LS Two boys wrestling with each other in the pool.
MCU Two young boys standing next to the metal ladder by a backyard swimming pool. The older of the two boys jumps feet first into the water. MS Young boy on a striped inflatable raft with an oar in hand. His younger brother comes into frame behind him in the water, holding onto a bright blue inflatable raft. The younger of the two boys is wearing an orange safety vest (flotation device). VS Boys playing in the water and talking to the cameraman.
MS Boy (c. age 5) with short, dark hair swimming in a yellow inner tube in a swimming pool. MS Young boy climbing out of the pool and onto a red brick deck. He is wearing tan swim trunks. MS Female teenager (c. age 13) in a blue one-piece bathing suit and a swimming cap diving into the water and surfaces near the yellow inner tube.
MS Woman in a coat walking away from the camera toward a small patch of flowers. She turns back to the camera and waves. MS women lounge on outdoor furniture and talk amongst themselves. One young woman in particular grabs her arms around her waist (must be cold). Blurry MS of the family standing in the garden.
Swimming Pool United States
Rear view of family mingling and speaking amongst themselves. VS Family gathering.
MS Man and three women standing in a garden or a forest preserve. The man is wearing a suit and tie, and all of the women are in dresses and coats. One woman wears a flat, brimmed hat and t-strap high-heeled shoes (popular 1930s fashion). A young boy in a boy scout uniform also poses for the camera. VS Family mingling.