[Home Movies of the San Pedro Skippers Baseball Team; Girls in Kimonos; San Francisco and More / circa 1937 – 1940]

Dateca. 1937-1940

Mediumfilm

ClassificationsMoving Images

Credit LineGift in Memory of Ben Fukuzaki

Object number2002.1.34

DescriptionColor home movie footage filmed by Ben Fukuzaki, circa 1937 to 1940. Includes footage of artistic flower arrangement, the San Pedro Skippers Baseball Team, girls in kimonos assembled in groups and performing on stage, San Francisco bridges, Stanford University buildings, and various landscapes and farm animals.

Timecode list:

0:31 – Title card: “ARTISTIC FLOWER ARRANGEMENT” written on cloth or paper, that burns through with a flame
0:40 – Business card: “Mrs. Senka Oda”, “Teacher of American and Japanese Artistic Flower Arrangement”
0:41 – Cherry blossoms
0:47 – Various flower arrangements (ikebana) displayed inside
3:30 – Closeups of roses outside a home
4:03 – Baseball field scoreboard, Nippons vs. Skippers
4:13 – Spectators entering for a baseball game; man eating ice cream cone.
4:50 – Panning views of bleachers.
5:14 – Baseball game in play; occasional views of spectators cheering.
6:05 - Scoreboard, Nippons 4, Skippers 6. Spectators exiting.
6:35 – Young adult using a speedball to practice boxing
6:57 – East San Pedro School sign
7:02 – Young women in kimonos; walking over a red arched bridge; posing in groups and individually.
8:14 – More young girls in kimono enter and pose, some hold dolls or parasols.
9:19 – Outdoor event decorated with paper lanterns, stage, and hanging cherry blossoms. A man is visible filming movies.
9:41 – Girls dancing on stage; views of crowd.
11:30 – Man in flower field with camera
11:34 – Views of a large rock formation (Morro Rock?) in the distance; cars parked on the beach.
11:39 – Green car, on wooded mountainside. Highway 1 sign visible. View of arched bridge looking south (possibly Bixby Creek Bridge).
11:55 – Views of cliffs south of the bridge.
12:01 – Coastal trees.
12:03 – View of San Francisco bay.
12:05 – View of Sutro Tower, San Francisco.
12:13 – Crossing San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; reverse of “STANFORD” window sticker visible through the windshield.
12:28 – Crossing Golden Gate Bridge.
12:35 – Exteriors of buildings at Stanford University including University Memorial Church.
13:13 – Closeup of plant (squash?). Views of desert/scrub landscape in bright sun.
14:05 – Desert/scrub landscape (darker), possible views of Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance
14:32 – Desert/scrub landscape (lighter), possible views of Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance.
15:21 – Pigs eating in fields, laying in mud, walking. Ducks (domesticated and wild).
16:16 – Monkeys in a cage.
16:23 – Deer roaming.
16:25 – Film ends.

1 reel of color home movie film.