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Home Movie: 10040: Family Pictures

Ephemeral film · 15 min

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Running time
15 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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★★★★ · The Good and the Bad · Bud J · 2017-06-15

The lighting for this film is mostly poor, especially the first 6 minutes. Early in the film, there is footage of a parade, presumably military in nature. Next appears to be scant footage of the New York World's fair. Family shots indicate mom is a smoker and dad reads Detective Magazine. Family and friends visit and share a huge spread of pasta and spaghetti, followed by pitchers of beer. There are card games and even what appears to be a friendly game of craps. The men remain in neckties throughout. The best part of the film is footage of a minor league ball park, Roosevelt Stadium, located…

★★★★ · Lovely! · Spuzz · 2014-12-09

AMAZING color film of nothing much, just a lot of scenes of family gettogethers, but the color is so rich and beautiful that's its a pleasure to just stop and stare at people playing cards. After the family scenes, there's some great footage of the New York Yankees. I am sure some people can recognize some of these folk. Reccomended!