Home Movies: Washington & Gettysburg (1930)
1930 · Ephemeral film · 18 min
Synopsis
Film shot on various charter bus trips People hanging around chartered bus and walking past / clowning by camera. Alexandria (Virginia) monument Group walking down steps of monument, hanging around outside Cherry blossoms Group on lawn outside government building (Arlington National Cemetery, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier) Lincoln Memorial Washington Monument Pan American Union Passengers in chartered DeCamp bus taking break by side of road People getting off bus (good shot) Hudson Bus Transportation Company buses U.S. Supreme Court building U.S. Capitol Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Reflecting Pool Lincoln Memorial Chartered buses with "Green Tours" signs Tour group on streets of Washington walking by camera Gettysburg, Pennsylvania battlefield with memorials People climbing stairs of observation tower at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Washington Memorial National Carillon Men line-dancing with canes, playing around in front of camera Men clowning around with canes The Mall as seen from top of the Washington Monument. Many spaces empty that are filled in today. Potomac River from Monument White House from Monument
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Details
- Running time
- 18 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · A little ultraviolence later? · Spuzz · 2018-10-22
A rather disorganized trip movie featuring yes, trips to Washington and Gettysburg. The film goes all over the place though. Did they take multiple trips to Washington? It just looks it in this film. Anyways, the kids look like they;re having a good time, moog outfits and all.