https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/70ef026f-d79f-4ad1-8ab4-aab470121ab8 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Dating to the 1960s, this home movie was shot by an unknown filmmaker who was part of an African American family. The film includes various domestic scenes including a birthday party and a tour of the family's flower garden, as well as a trip aboard a Princess cruise liner. The close of the film is a slow drive through the town of Paradise / Tahoe City, evergreens run the road spotted by local shops and the post office. The film opens with shots of what appears to be a birthday party or similar event -- possibly an Easter celebration. Children wear nice clothes, with girls in pastel dresses and their curls pinned under pink barrettes (:07). Pavement clicks heels, the air and smacks what appears to be a small rubber ball. A kicked over table sits next to the driveway near a lawn chair for sun soaking (:16). The ball parade runs in and off the driveway and the sun sets dim and lowered now (:23). The boy’s dress is considerably drab in comparison; short sleeves and sleek dress shoes of dark tones snapping grass twigs (:33). It captures the anticipation of a simple game; a female player in a light white sleeve sundress hides the ball behind her back on the attack (:35). Two boys stand, one with hands on his head and the other, hands on his waist (1:03) light blues and dark shades contrasting one other’s stance though it is the same face, frustration at the tirade parade of girl ball players. A bunny hop follows in the back corner; clamor over for a lose ball (1:17). In another sequence, the mother (1:23) and father figure (2:25) tend to their backyard flower garden. He tramps the grass, long legs amid the rose brush (2:51). Next sequence, aboard what appears to be the dining area of the Princess Cruise (3:58). A speedboat zips past in the water (4:19), a pair on the bow rides the sun beams off the water seams. The family exits the banquet entryway; couples hang at the elbow with short wrist white gloves (5:17). Girls wade down in furs (5:18), long tan dresses carting bouquets of white blossoms (5:18). Next sequence, well dressed people possibly just home from church. Sundown gathering; a blue pastel dressed matron swings in with a gold clutch (5:49). An older man smiles, snapping at the camera back with cheek bones all happy (5:52). Dim scenes follow as folks settle in with the evening sun (6:09). Film concludes with the drive out of Paradise passing local shops, evergreens patch between (6:20). Sign for Paradise (6:29). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WOcW-2nKhg Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:25:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/70ef026f-d79f-4ad1-8ab4-aab470121ab8 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.