by Petherick family (San Francisco, Calif.)
Title[Home movies. Prescott Wright collection. In and around San Francisco. Friends and Harbor Day parade]
Item typeProjected medium
Author(s)Petherick family (San Francisco, Calif.)
LanguageEnglish
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Notes
  • From a series of home movies apparently made by a wealthy San Francisco family [the Petherick family?], with hand- written intertitles and cement spliced sections.
  • Original container labeled: In and around S.F. and Friends and Harbor Day.
  • Cataloger unable to view film. All information taken from inspection report.
  • Film edge codes include Kodak 1932 and Kodak 1933.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF
  • PFA 1604-01-16522. Restricted: Not for research use.
Physical description1 film reel (approximately 15 min.) (460 ft.): silent, black and white, 18 fps ; 16 mm

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LEADER 00000ngm a2200457Ki 4500 001 970667320 003 OCoLC 005 20170130031928.0 007 mr baaadmnarann|||||||| 008 170130q19321933cau015 mleng d 040 CUY|beng|erda|cCUY 245 00 [Home movies. Prescott Wright collection. In and around San Francisco. Friends and Harbor Day parade] /|c[The Petherick family?]. 257 United States. 264 1 [San Francisco, California?] :|b[The Petherick family?], |c[between 1932 and 1933?]. 300 1 film reel (approximately 15 min.) (460 ft.):|bsilent, black and white, 18 fps ;|c16 mm 306 001500 336 two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 337 projected|bg|2rdamedia 338 film reel|bmr|2rdacarrier 340 |joriginal reversal positive|2rda 500 From a series of home movies apparently made by a wealthy San Francisco family [the Petherick family?], with hand- written intertitles and cement spliced sections. 500 Original container labeled: In and around S.F. and Friends and Harbor Day. 500 Cataloger unable to view film. All information taken from inspection report. 500 Film edge codes include Kodak 1932 and Kodak 1933. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only.|5CBPF 506 PFA 1604-01-16522. Restricted: Not for research use. 520 Description from inspection report: This series of home movies appears to be from an upper middle class family in San Francisco shot in 1931. Family Footage. 00:00 Newlyweds leaving house; guests throwing rice. Family waves goodbye from porch. 00:38 People at outdoor cafe. 00 :49 Mother and son petting dogs. 00:59 Two older women eating outdoors. 01:09 Couple gardening in front yard. 01: 20 Man smoking pipe and two women seated in front of house. 01:34 Woman playing with cat. 01:47 Baby in bassinet. 02:10 Woman playing with kitten in yard; dog with ball; kitten with balloon; women in lawn chairs; man in lawn chair. 03:29 Two women standing outside. Departure of cruise ship: 03:49 Group of women wearing corsages on deck of ship. 04:07 Ocean liner Malolo departing with streamers. [SS Malolo was an American cruise liner built in 1926 for the Matson Line which did much to develop tourism in the Hawaiian Islands. It featured first-class luxury service between San Francisco, Los Angeles and Honolulu.] Family footage: 04:52 Two women leaving house. 05:02 Group gardening in yard, but dressed up; playing. Vacation footage: 05:37 Two women and man picnicking. 05: 45 Man starting motor boat. 06:01 Man piloting motor boat on lake. 06:16 Group outdoors. Family footage: 06:23 Large group in front of house. Harbor Day, San Francisco, August, 1931, parade: [Harbor Day was an annual event sponsored by the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce. It appears to have been an event used to promote business and commerce associated with San Francisco's harbor.] 07:18 Title: Harbor Day and "Sunny Jim Rolph." [Sunny Jim Rolph was mayor of San Francisco from 1912 to 1931and governor of California from 1931-1934. An unofficial name of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is the James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Bridge.] 07:22 Mounted policemen; parade color guard; marching Marines and sailors; men in pointy hats; Shriners. 08:24 Title: "Post Gatty." Car with Gatty sign. [This refers to Harold Gatty and Wiley Post who circumnavigated the world in a Lockheed Vega airplane on June 23-July 1, 1931 setting a record 8 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes. Presumably it is Howard Gatty in the car.] Float with horse and rider statue. Float: San Francisco florists. Float: Marvelous Marin. Bus: Sea Birds Harbor Day Aug. 1931. Float: Girls on coil of rope. Float: The Navy uses Cycol so do I. [Cycol was a motor oil.] Marching band. Truck with cow on board: Western Meat Company. Floats. Cars with Japanese women dressed kimonos. Firemen pulling antique pumper wagon. Horsedrawn fire wagon. Float with steam ship. Mounted police officers and marching band. 10:11 Title: Mayor Rossi. [Angelo Joseph Rossi was mayor of San Francisco from 1931-1944.] Mayor Rossi riding in car, cable car passing the other way. Marching band. Servicemen marching. Men wearing ship costumes: Flying A Associated Gasoline, American-Hawaiian, Grace Line. Marching band. Float: We are advertising Blindcraft, 1097 Howard Street. [Blindcraft was the trademark of the San Francisco Association for the Blind. The unique society was started by a woman in 1902, directed by women, managed by a woman. The workers of Blindcraft Building made baskets, brooms, reed and rattan furniture and rugs.] Float: Rainier Beer. Float: Bank of America. Float: Lodges. Car with sign advertising Laurel and Hardy movie. Stage coach. 541 0 |3PFA 1604-01-16522. |aD0320 |cdonation |d 2004/05/12 |5CBPF 590 PFA 1604-01-16522.|aDouble perf silent stock. 600 10 Post, Wiley,|d1898-1935. 600 10 Gatty, Harold,|d1903-1957. 600 10 Rossi, Angelo J.|q(Angelo Joseph),|d1878-1948. 650 0 Parades|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 650 0 Cruise ships|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 651 0 San Francisco (Calif.)|vPictorial works. 655 7 Amateur films.|2lcgft 655 7 Travelogues (Motion pictures)|2lcgft 710 2 Petherick family (San Francisco, Calif.),|ecreator. 956 20170130 |bpfmcq|cCO 957 OCLC xref loaded 20170212 994 C0|bCUY