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[Home Movies of Young People’s Christian Conference Activities and More / 1936 - 1937]

[Home Movies of Young People’s Christian Conference Activities and More / 1936 - 1937]

Date1936-1937
DimensionsFilm Format: 8.00 mm, L: 200 ft
ClassificationsMoving Images
Credit LineGift of Dave Tatsuno, in Memory of Walter Honderich
Object number91.74.4
DescriptionBlack and white home movie footage of the San Francisco Bay area, filmed by Dave Tatsuno from 1936 to 1937. Footage shows Young People’s Christian Conference activities, sporting activities, a ship disembarkation party, and various interiors.

Timecode List:
0:31- Signage “12th Annual NC YPCC* Berkeley Oct 10 1936”
*Northern California Young People’s Christian Conference
0:34- Smiling women dressed in winter coats
0:40- Crowd waiting for picture
1:00 Signage “NC YPCC Chairmen’s Pow-wow S.F. Jan 10 1937”
1:04- Signage: Filipino Christian Fellowship San Francisco
1:46- Individual holding family album
2:18- Two people playing rock-paper-scissors
2:34- Outdoor picnic
2:51- Individual shots of young adults
3:55- Group drinking Coca-Cola
4:10- Group photo
4:40- People in line for Coca-Cola
4:57 Mother and child
5:00- Picnic
6:03- Stained glass church window
7:08- Young adults walking out of the church
08:04- Women laughing
08:14- Group photo
8:58- Baseball stadium?
9:01- Athletes running on a track
9:16- Pole vaulting
9:20- Athletes running
9:42- Women reading newspaper
10:11- Morning exercise (rajio taiso)
10:47- Two women holding hands
11:00- Ping-pong
11:37- Group photo
12:14- San Francisco Bay Bridge
12:19- Ship passengers disembarking, celebration, streamers
12:57- Chichibu Maru ship
14:24- Churchfront
15:26- Group photo in front of church
17:13- Picnic
19:19- Women hiding from camera

One reel of b&w 8mm home movie footage (200 feet) with label:
Y.P.C.C. 1936-1937, Spring of 1937, NCYPCC Chairman's Pow-wow, Mt. Hamilton-San Jose, Golden Gate Bridge, Dad and King Tsuchiya; at Christ Church. Personalities: Joe Omachi, Harry Fujita, Art Morimitsu, Michiyo Teramoto, Chi, Dad, Henry Tani, Sada Onoye, Santa Clara YPCC, Fresno YPCC, YPUC and Bay Region YPCC, N.C. Intercollegiate Advance, Yoshifuji's, Pescadero, Tennis: Yamaguchi-Don Budge, Picnic: Oakland Hills, Sunny Boy.

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