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[Home Movies of Wedding; Mission San Luis Rey; Santa Anita Racetrack and More / circa 1936]
Maker
Honda, William Minoru
Date1935-1936
Mediumacetate, paper, metal
DimensionsFilm Format: 8.00 mm, Diam: 5 7/8 in, H: 1/2 in
ClassificationsMoving Images
Credit LineGift of the Shig Honda Family
Object number95.38.4
DescriptionBlack and white home movie footage (with one color segment) filmed by Willam Minoru Honda, circa 1936. Some footage is taken at one or more homes and businesses, but the bulk of the footage is recreational at various sites around Southern California. Footage includes various shots of Los Angeles and trips to Pala, Mission San Luis Rey, Santa Anita Racetrack, Lake Arrowhead, and Arcadia.
0:32 - Los Angeles roads and vistas, including Elysian Park
1:02 - Women walking up a dirt path, home backyard
1:15 - Griffith Park (?) tunnel
1:30 - Victorian home
1:41 - portraits of young women, older couple, and a man smoking
2:10 - Mission San Luis Rey exteriors and Friars
2:57 - Turkey
3:11 - Man setting fire to his backyard lawn as his dog plays with the garden hose
3:43 - Dog sitting in front seat of a car
3:56 - Dogs playing outside
5:22 - Mechanic servicing car
5:56 - Boating at Echo Park Lake
7:17 - [Color footage] San Bernardino Mountain vistas and roads
8:01 - [Color footage] Arrowhead Springs Hotel
9:38 - [Color footage] Boating at Lake Arrowhead
11:08 - [Color footage] Lake Arrowhead tourists
11:56 - Monkey on a leash eating
12:47 - Construction workers digging and laying underground pipes
15:07 - Vendors at Olvera Street in Los Angeles
16:31 - Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles
16:46 - Street parade car floats, including live lion
17:23 - Empty Santa Anita Racetrack exteriors and bleachers
19:04 - Lyon Pony Express Museum in Arcadia
19:57 - Cars leaving Arcadia
20:11 - Men in tractor moving dirt
21:49 - Construction workers building a transmission tower
22:14 - Remains of a burned down house
22:44 - A man washing clothes in bulk at a laundry business
24:39 - Young adults playing baseball in the park
24:58 - Wedding service leaving church
26:47 - Firemen inspecting burned down house
1 film reel : si., b&w ; 8 mm. original reversal pos. , AMPAS ID: F85308. , Enclosed in metal case; black ink and a piece of masking tape indicate the above title; paper in can indicate: Pala Mission, dogs on Whittier Blvd. house, Neil and Shiz at Echo Park, Lake Arrowhead Hot Spring, Olvera St., and Santa Anita Race Track.;Black and white home movie footage of Los Angeles, California, ca. 1935-1936. Includes automobiles driving on Elysian Park Drive and over a bridge; views of Los Angeles; women walking on path and in front of house; three-storey house; a couple, and a man smoking at Echo Park; El Camino Real Pala sign and bell at Mission San Antonio de Pala; men in Franciscan friar robes walking down road; turkey; man setting fire to backyard lawn as german shepard plays in waterspray; a small dog in front seat of car, "M.H. Dye Works"; four dogs eating and playing at Whittier Boulevard house; M.H. Dye Works car at service station; car parked in front of house with hedge arch or bower; people canoeing and boating on water at Echo Park; leisure activities at Lake Arrowhead Hot Springs; monkey on leash; moving pipe, and dirt and gravel at construction site; vendors at Olvera Street; collecting aguamiel from Maguey plant; Aijiro and Kyoko Hori tombstone in cemetery; parade; empty Santa Anita Race Track; W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum in Arcadia; man riding a tractor; burned out building; bulk laundering of clothes; baseball game; wedding party leaving church; firemen putting out fire at gutted house.
0:32 - Los Angeles roads and vistas, including Elysian Park
1:02 - Women walking up a dirt path, home backyard
1:15 - Griffith Park (?) tunnel
1:30 - Victorian home
1:41 - portraits of young women, older couple, and a man smoking
2:10 - Mission San Luis Rey exteriors and Friars
2:57 - Turkey
3:11 - Man setting fire to his backyard lawn as his dog plays with the garden hose
3:43 - Dog sitting in front seat of a car
3:56 - Dogs playing outside
5:22 - Mechanic servicing car
5:56 - Boating at Echo Park Lake
7:17 - [Color footage] San Bernardino Mountain vistas and roads
8:01 - [Color footage] Arrowhead Springs Hotel
9:38 - [Color footage] Boating at Lake Arrowhead
11:08 - [Color footage] Lake Arrowhead tourists
11:56 - Monkey on a leash eating
12:47 - Construction workers digging and laying underground pipes
15:07 - Vendors at Olvera Street in Los Angeles
16:31 - Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles
16:46 - Street parade car floats, including live lion
17:23 - Empty Santa Anita Racetrack exteriors and bleachers
19:04 - Lyon Pony Express Museum in Arcadia
19:57 - Cars leaving Arcadia
20:11 - Men in tractor moving dirt
21:49 - Construction workers building a transmission tower
22:14 - Remains of a burned down house
22:44 - A man washing clothes in bulk at a laundry business
24:39 - Young adults playing baseball in the park
24:58 - Wedding service leaving church
26:47 - Firemen inspecting burned down house
1 film reel : si., b&w ; 8 mm. original reversal pos. , AMPAS ID: F85308. , Enclosed in metal case; black ink and a piece of masking tape indicate the above title; paper in can indicate: Pala Mission, dogs on Whittier Blvd. house, Neil and Shiz at Echo Park, Lake Arrowhead Hot Spring, Olvera St., and Santa Anita Race Track.;Black and white home movie footage of Los Angeles, California, ca. 1935-1936. Includes automobiles driving on Elysian Park Drive and over a bridge; views of Los Angeles; women walking on path and in front of house; three-storey house; a couple, and a man smoking at Echo Park; El Camino Real Pala sign and bell at Mission San Antonio de Pala; men in Franciscan friar robes walking down road; turkey; man setting fire to backyard lawn as german shepard plays in waterspray; a small dog in front seat of car, "M.H. Dye Works"; four dogs eating and playing at Whittier Boulevard house; M.H. Dye Works car at service station; car parked in front of house with hedge arch or bower; people canoeing and boating on water at Echo Park; leisure activities at Lake Arrowhead Hot Springs; monkey on leash; moving pipe, and dirt and gravel at construction site; vendors at Olvera Street; collecting aguamiel from Maguey plant; Aijiro and Kyoko Hori tombstone in cemetery; parade; empty Santa Anita Race Track; W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum in Arcadia; man riding a tractor; burned out building; bulk laundering of clothes; baseball game; wedding party leaving church; firemen putting out fire at gutted house.
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