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[Home Movies of Westlake Park, Los Angeles; Flowers; Children and more / circa 1936 - 1939]
Maker
Hashizume, Naokichi
Date1936-1939
DimensionsFilm Format: 8.00 mm, L: 200 ft, Diam: 5 in
ClassificationsMoving Images
Credit LineGift of the Hashizume, Uemura and Ouchi Families
Atomettes film: Gift of Susan Uemura
Object number92.18.5
DescriptionColor home movie footage of Los Angeles, filmed by Naokichi Hashizume, circa 1936-1939. Footage includes Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park), views of boaters and park-goers, the Hashizume family (Mrs. Kikuko Hashizume and their daughters Kimie and Teruko), the Yamashiro mansion in Hollywood, flowers and nature, and the Hashizumes playing at home.
:29 – film starts [title card in Japanese]
:45 – [second title card in Japanese] sparklers dance over title card
:51 – [third title card in Japanese] sparklers over the title card
(color)
1:04 – static exterior view of a home from across the street
1:13 – close ups of red petunias (or similar flower) and daisies
1:30 – Two little girls in pink dresses run toward and away from cameraman on sidewalk next to Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park); cars are parked at curb. A woman follows the little girls. (The little girls are Mr. Hashizume’s daughters, Kimie and Teruko; the woman is Mrs. Kikuko Hashizume.)
1:55 – Closeup of the two little girls standing in front of a car and waving at the cameraman.
2:00 – Views of the lake at Westlake Park with boaters and people walking along the shore. Brief shots of the girls skipping along the sidewalk; family with a stroller; women with a dog.
2:40 – The two girls climb a railing by the lake and run along the sidewalk.
2:53 – Views of cars driving on Wilshire Boulevard through Westlake Park; the girls run along the sidewalk.
3:08 – Views of boaters on the lake.
3:24 – The two girls (now in blue versions of the pink dresses) sit on grass by the water; a woman walks with the girls; a man walks with the girls (possibly Mr. Naokichi Hashizume)
3:51 – View of pedestrians crossing bridge; the man walks with the girls towards the camera. Closeups of the girls. One of the girls sits with the woman on the grass.
4:42 – Groups of pedestrians walking by the lake. The woman walks with one girl; the girl crouches and pulls away from the woman and tries to escape.
5:04 – View from above the lake (likely from a bridge) of motorboats and canoes passing and pedestrians walking alongside the lake.
6:17 – The woman and one little girl walk towards the cameraman and smile. They look down at the lake from the bridge. The little girl attempts to get a leg up on the bridge.
7:00 – Views of the lake from the bridge.
7:11 – Closeups of flowers.
(possibly black and white)
7:37 – Exterior of a building with small circular signs of Japanese characters.
(color)
7:49 – Closeups of tall grasses by the lake. Ducks swimming. Giant chrysanthemums.
8:28 – Exterior of very large Japanese-style building on a hilltop, the Yamashiro mansion in Hollywood [Japanese characters appear to be overlaid in the film / scratched in, and the word ‘color’].
8:57 – The two girls and woman walk around a raised exterior walkway at the Japanese-style building.
9:15 – Family walks over arched bridge in the gardens. Panning views of multi-tiered pagoda in the garden and other structures.
10:55 – Closeups of the girls crouched on a sidewalk waving at the cameraman. The woman stands near a railing and looks out over the city.
11:07 – Exterior views of the Yamashiro.
11:22 – Chrysanthemum closeups.
11:45 – Closeups of butterflies on flowering bushes.
12:17 – Top-down views of lily pads and flowers.
12:22 – The two girls sit outside in the yard of a home in an armchair, one wears a flowered kimono and holds a doll. The other wears a blue dress. The girl in kimono walks around carrying the doll; the girl in the blue dress sits on a blanket and pokes the doll’s face and waves flowers.
13:27 – The woman poses in front of bushes in the yard and smiles at the cameraman.
13:38 – Closeup of fruit in a basket. The two little girls are in pink dresses and sit on a blanket with a teddy bear and stuffed dog. A third little girl with curly hair in a green dress sits at the edge of the blanket (a cousin or other family member?). The girls eat apples from the basket. Posed shots of the stuffed animals.
14:43 – Closeup of painted cartoon Disney characters playing musical instruments, including Horace Horsecollar, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Morty or Ferdie (nephew) Fieldmouse, and Minnie Mouse. The object turns out to be a Disney character spinning top.
15:03 – The three little girls each play with their own Disney spinning top on the sidewalk.
15:33 – The three little girls push a small cart with a white rabbit and try to feed it a carrot.
15:53 – One girl carries the rabbit briefly; the rabbit runs across the yard. The girls try to feed the rabbit again.
16:41 – Views of hibiscus flowers on a wall (same as 7:37). More closeups of giant chrysanthemums and other flowers.
17:54 – View of curved roadway/bridge from above. Appears to be at a dammed lake or reservoir or similar. Hills are covered with orange or red flowers. Views of water, hillsides, small buildings.
20:46 – [Japanese title card], screen goes white.
21:05 – film ends
:29 – film starts [title card in Japanese]
:45 – [second title card in Japanese] sparklers dance over title card
:51 – [third title card in Japanese] sparklers over the title card
(color)
1:04 – static exterior view of a home from across the street
1:13 – close ups of red petunias (or similar flower) and daisies
1:30 – Two little girls in pink dresses run toward and away from cameraman on sidewalk next to Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park); cars are parked at curb. A woman follows the little girls. (The little girls are Mr. Hashizume’s daughters, Kimie and Teruko; the woman is Mrs. Kikuko Hashizume.)
1:55 – Closeup of the two little girls standing in front of a car and waving at the cameraman.
2:00 – Views of the lake at Westlake Park with boaters and people walking along the shore. Brief shots of the girls skipping along the sidewalk; family with a stroller; women with a dog.
2:40 – The two girls climb a railing by the lake and run along the sidewalk.
2:53 – Views of cars driving on Wilshire Boulevard through Westlake Park; the girls run along the sidewalk.
3:08 – Views of boaters on the lake.
3:24 – The two girls (now in blue versions of the pink dresses) sit on grass by the water; a woman walks with the girls; a man walks with the girls (possibly Mr. Naokichi Hashizume)
3:51 – View of pedestrians crossing bridge; the man walks with the girls towards the camera. Closeups of the girls. One of the girls sits with the woman on the grass.
4:42 – Groups of pedestrians walking by the lake. The woman walks with one girl; the girl crouches and pulls away from the woman and tries to escape.
5:04 – View from above the lake (likely from a bridge) of motorboats and canoes passing and pedestrians walking alongside the lake.
6:17 – The woman and one little girl walk towards the cameraman and smile. They look down at the lake from the bridge. The little girl attempts to get a leg up on the bridge.
7:00 – Views of the lake from the bridge.
7:11 – Closeups of flowers.
(possibly black and white)
7:37 – Exterior of a building with small circular signs of Japanese characters.
(color)
7:49 – Closeups of tall grasses by the lake. Ducks swimming. Giant chrysanthemums.
8:28 – Exterior of very large Japanese-style building on a hilltop, the Yamashiro mansion in Hollywood [Japanese characters appear to be overlaid in the film / scratched in, and the word ‘color’].
8:57 – The two girls and woman walk around a raised exterior walkway at the Japanese-style building.
9:15 – Family walks over arched bridge in the gardens. Panning views of multi-tiered pagoda in the garden and other structures.
10:55 – Closeups of the girls crouched on a sidewalk waving at the cameraman. The woman stands near a railing and looks out over the city.
11:07 – Exterior views of the Yamashiro.
11:22 – Chrysanthemum closeups.
11:45 – Closeups of butterflies on flowering bushes.
12:17 – Top-down views of lily pads and flowers.
12:22 – The two girls sit outside in the yard of a home in an armchair, one wears a flowered kimono and holds a doll. The other wears a blue dress. The girl in kimono walks around carrying the doll; the girl in the blue dress sits on a blanket and pokes the doll’s face and waves flowers.
13:27 – The woman poses in front of bushes in the yard and smiles at the cameraman.
13:38 – Closeup of fruit in a basket. The two little girls are in pink dresses and sit on a blanket with a teddy bear and stuffed dog. A third little girl with curly hair in a green dress sits at the edge of the blanket (a cousin or other family member?). The girls eat apples from the basket. Posed shots of the stuffed animals.
14:43 – Closeup of painted cartoon Disney characters playing musical instruments, including Horace Horsecollar, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Morty or Ferdie (nephew) Fieldmouse, and Minnie Mouse. The object turns out to be a Disney character spinning top.
15:03 – The three little girls each play with their own Disney spinning top on the sidewalk.
15:33 – The three little girls push a small cart with a white rabbit and try to feed it a carrot.
15:53 – One girl carries the rabbit briefly; the rabbit runs across the yard. The girls try to feed the rabbit again.
16:41 – Views of hibiscus flowers on a wall (same as 7:37). More closeups of giant chrysanthemums and other flowers.
17:54 – View of curved roadway/bridge from above. Appears to be at a dammed lake or reservoir or similar. Hills are covered with orange or red flowers. Views of water, hillsides, small buildings.
20:46 – [Japanese title card], screen goes white.
21:05 – film ends
Hashizume, Naokichi
1935-1936
Watanabe, Gunji
ca. 1936-1937
Fukuzaki, Ben
ca. 1943-1955
Sagara, Tomojiro
ca. 1955