Archive Watch

Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: "Miscellaneous Scenes Along the Overland Route, 1927" (1926)

1926 · Ephemeral film · 16 min

Synopsis

Ransohoff family home movies from 1926-27: views from the back platform of an observation car on the Overland Route, Lindbergh's ticker-tape welcome in New York on June 13, 1927, the family's animals, the San Francisco and Los Angeles stores and their staff, a football game with a marching band and card stunts, and a new house in Los Angeles.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Running time
16 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · Rah! · Spuzz · 2018-12-22

Great selection of home movie scenes, probably the best ones in the Ransoghoff collection. Parades, scenes from the store, visits from friends and football games are all here.