Home Movie Lake Michigan Maquoketa, Iowa United Airlines Dc-3 Plane Crash Aftermath 33434 (1940)

Synopsis

Shot by an unknown amateur filmmaker, this color home movie features various segments from an American family in 1939/1940. This includes footage from the Lake Michigan shoreline, the Maquoketa Caves in Iowa and the aftermath of a United Airlines DC-3 airplane crash. Wooded area (:10). In a backyard, a little girl holds a ball and walks around, another plays with a wheel barrow (:32). A little girl climbs a jungle gym; she is then lifted by a man on the ground (:58). Title card: Michillinda. This is either a beach community on the Lake Michigan, or summer resort on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Whitehall (1:38). Men and children fish from a pier (1:41). A child plays in the surf on a beach; other children join and play with a small boat (2:02). Men and women lounge on the beach (2:31). A three masted ship is visible on Lake Michigan in the far distance (2:40). Children play soldier and parade with toy rifles and the American flag; the children rush the camera with their weapons (2:46). Sailboat on the water followed by other boats (3:03). Children frolic in the water (3:34). Children jump off a pier into the water one after the other (3:58). Children rush down the beach into the water (4:15). Children swimming (4:32). Calm water surrounded by sandy Michillinda dunes (5:20). Children rush down a sandy hill (5:26). A young woman relaxes on the sand as the sun has set (5:42). Sandy dunes (6:00). Women and children on the sandy dunes (6:13). Women and children relax near a…

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Running time

15 minutes

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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