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Home Movies: Building the Pool, May-July 56

Ephemeral film · 12 min

Synopsis

Kodachrome alternates with B&W Title with trowel and: "Building the Pool, May-July '56"Title: "Naw! It was 1957"Process of building home swimming pool, probably in suburb of St. Louis, Missouri Young boy watches workmen Mother and children playing in unfinished pool

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Running time
12 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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★★★★ · FACE PLANT · Spuzz · 2015-12-07

Yes, this film is about building a pool. This looks like a 2 man operation, which is mighty impressive. The pool itself looks curious, nice paving work, but how full will this pool be? The end result looks ok, the kids are always playing in a 1/4 full pool. So is this it? lol