Wedding & Honeymoon in Santa Barbara, California Yacht Racing Annual Fiesta Parade 33444 (1939)

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This silent, color home movie footage shows a wedding, as well as a visit to Santa Barbara and the Pacific Ocean in 1939. It's possible that the trip served as the unknown couple's honeymoon. The man shown at the beginning of the film, Charlie Wiman, is believed to have been Commodore Charles Wiman of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club, and master of the yacht Patolita shown in the film. More importantly, Wiman was also the president and owner of the John Deere Tractor Company in Moline, Illinois, and the only son of John Deere’s to live to adulthood. Opening: Outside of a home with big, double white doors (:08). A car with “married” on it drives off while men watch, there is snow on the ground (:20). The car with “married” on it is stopped and the married couple along with a few others exit the car (:30). Married couple and a few others climb steps; the married couple kiss (:50). Title card: Santa Barbara, Summer 1939, Pattie and Charles Wiman’s Place (1:05). A woman sits outside in Santa Barbara, CA; the backyard of a house (1:12). Beach in Santa Barbara, CA (2:10). Women on the beach (2:20). A woman rides a horse (2:28). A woman leads a horse (2:37). House on the beach; women enter the surf (2:49). Title card: Santa Ynex valley, Jack Mitchell’s Juan-y-Loita (2:59). (This refers to John James Mitchell, Jr., who served on the board of United Airlines, who in 1929 bought a large property on Zaca Lake that he named Rancho Juan y Lolita. He and several friends organized a group they…

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11 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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