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THE KAHN FAMILY FILM COLLECTION, 1926-1957
#722
(3 cubic feet: 4DB, 1ShB, 2 Betacam boxes)
by: Wendy Shay, Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., December 2002
History
Harry Montefiore Bergman (1885-1971) was born on August 3, 1885 in Elmira,
New York. He graduated from college in 1907 with a degree in Applied Science
from Columbia University’s School of Engineering. After graduation, he went to
work for Godwin Construction Co. He specialized in structural foundations and
was an authority on the soil and bedrock of Manhattan Island, New York.
Beginning his employment as a superintendent, he rose to the position of
Secretary and General Superintendent of Civil Engineering in June, 1927. In
January 1932, Bergman was elevated to Vice-President and finally attained the
presidency of the company in 1957. Bergman retired from the company in 1967. He
was a member of the Association of American Society of Civil Engineers.
Godwin Construction was one of the pre-eminent civil engineering firms in New
York City primarily involved in constructing foundations for large public
building projects. The company was responsible for digging and construction of
the foundations for the Chrysler Building, 176th St. Telephone
Building, the old New York Port Authority Truck Terminal, the old Madison Square
Garden at 8th Ave. and 50th St., the Hudson River Bridge,
New York Hospital, Knickerbocker Village and others. Godwin Construction Co. was
located in New York City, through the years at various locations: by 1915 at 251
4th Ave., by 1932 at 370 Lexington Ave., Rm. 1201 and later at 130
East 44th St. Godwin Construction Co. was founded by Philander
Hanford Godwin (1877-1936) in the early 20th century.
Bergman, a lifelong bachelor, developed a love of motion picture photography
and pursued this hobby with great enthusiasm. He photographed not only Godwin’s
construction work and work sites at various foundation projects throughout New
York City in the 1920s and 1930s but filmed the company picnics, called
"Beefsteaks", family leisure time activities and vacations as well.
Bergman was also an avid yachtsman and filmed many hours of footage while on his
yacht, the Thora, and at the Rockaway Park Yacht Club (RPYC) in Rockaway Park,
New York. Bergman was one of the founders of the RPYC and it was reportedly
founded by Bergman because Jews were not allowed membership in any of the
"exclusive" yacht clubs surrounding Manhattan. The yacht club was
destroyed during the hurricane of 1938. Many films feature Ruth Perl who was
Harry M. Bergman’s favorite niece. They took numerous trips to California,
Canada, and Europe. Perl seems to also have taken an interest in motion picture
photography as well, often operating the camera herself. Perl married Irving
Kahn and had three sons, Donald Kahn, Alan Russell Kahn and Thomas G. Kahn, who figure prominently
in the later films. Bergman was a lifelong resident of New York. As of 1916, his
address was 615 W. 143rd St., New York, NY. For a time he lived at
120-18 Newport Ave. in Rockaway Park, NY. At the end of his life, Bergman is
noted as living at 1 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. Bergman died on August 3, 1971.
At the time of his death Bergman was staying at the Florence Nightingale Nursing
Home, 175 East 96th St. in New York, New York.
Bergman’s employer and the founder of Godwin Construction Co., Philander H.
Godwin, was born on September 30, 1877 in New York City, NY. Godwin graduated
from Columbia University’s School of Engineering with a degree in Applied
Science in 1899. After graduation, he married Carrie L. Pye and they had two
children. Godwin founded the Godwin Construction Co. In the early 20th
century. He was the president of the company until his death in 1936. As of
1916, his residence address was Cedar and Arch Avenues in Larchmont, NY and by
the time of his death he was living at 26 Willow Avenue in Larchmont. He was a
member of the Larchmont Yacht Club and perhaps had a great influence on Bergman’s
taking up the sport. He was an active member of St. John’s Episcopal Church,
Larchmont and a member of the Union League. Godwin died on March 27, 1936 in
Larchmont.
Sources: Records of Columbia University, New York, New York, Newspaper
Obituary of Harry N. Bergman, Archives Center Control File
Conversation and correspondence with Alan and Kimberly Kahn.
Scope and Content
The Kahn Family Films document the activities of the Godwin Construction Co.
of New York City from 1928-1934. The films also document more than twenty-five
years of the Bergman and Kahn family life and travel. The films are silent, 16mm
black and white reversal and Kodachrome. Some images are deteriorated because of
age and film conditions, most noticeably on 722.39. A detailed description of
each reel is included under each film title. The collection is divided into five
series:
Series 1: GODWIN CONSTRUCTION CO., 1927-1934 documents the digging,
structural support and daily site activities at various Godwin construction jobs
around New York City. In the footage taken at the Chrysler Building site,
Bergman documented many of the workers who worked on the job as well as the
secretaries in the main offices with filmed portrait shots. While the films are
primarily focused on documenting construction practices and procedures at the
sites, there is also footage of workmen and machinery. The films also document
the company’s annual "Beefsteak" that eventually moved from a
banquet hall to one of the islands in Jamaica Bay.
Series 2: ROCKAWAY PARK YACHT CLUB, 1927-1929 documents many of Bergman’s
yachting activities on his yacht the Thora and events at the Rockaway Park Yacht
Club (RPYC) from family related activities to some of the Godwin Company’s
Beefsteaks.
Series 3: TRAVEL/LEISURE, 1926-1957 documents many of the Bergman and
Kahn family trips to various locations in the United States and Europe. The 1927
trip to Canada and the American West has footage of Hollywood, then just on the
verge of adding sound to motion pictures. The 1929 trip to Europe occurred not
only during the first year of the Great Depression but is a wonderful travelogue
of Europe in the years before WWII. On reel 722.27 there is an interesting shot
of a poster, "Ethel et Julius Rosenberg Que Les Assassins, Soient Maudits A
Jamais" [trans: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg let the assassins be
cursed/condemned forever.] showing a young boy throwing mud on the poster -
presumably in protest.
Series 4: FAMILY/HOME LIFE, 1928-1958: Titles of the footage are taken
directly from the original film containers. There is footage of many family
members and gatherings. There is footage shot at Bergman’s onetime home at
120-18 Newport Ave., Rockaway Park, Long Island. There is footage of tennis
great Bill Tilden giving a small exhibition match in Florida in 1946 on 722.25.
Series 5: PAPERS, 1927-1958 are some of the original paper containers
for some of the films with the original notes and identifications written on
them.
Restrictions
"The National Museum of American History may not authorize publication,
reproduction, or distribution by a commercial, for-profit publisher,
distributor, media producer, or film maker without the express permission of the
Donors."
"The term of the requirement for written authorization prior to third
party, for-profit, commercial use will last 50 (fifty) years unless agreed to in
writing by both the National Museum of American History and the Donors."
Provenance
Donated to the National Museum of American History, Archives Center in 2000
by Kimberly R. Kahn, great-great niece of Harry M. Bergman.
Acknowledgments
Generous support for this collection has come from the National Film
Preservation Foundation and Mr. Alan R. Kahn.
Container List
Key: OF = Original Film. RF = Reference Film. MF = Master Film. RV =
Reference Video (Boxes 5, 6). MV = Master Video (Boxes 2, 3, 4).
Series 1: GODWIN
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
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4 |
OF722.2
RF722.2
(MF722.2 Dupe Negative)
RV722.2
MV722.2 |
Chrysler Building Construction - II, ca. 1929-1930
750f, 16mm, b&w, silent, camera original reversal; a compilation
reel of amateur shot film detailing the construction of the foundations
for the Chrysler Building in downtown Manhattan, New York City by the
Godwin Construction Co. consisting of:
1. 100f., construction site, excavated pit with wooden supports,
machinery, work progressing.
2. 125f., dated March 7, 1929. The construction site with shots of
supports, men working, etc.
3. 100f., continued view of construction excavation and foundation
construction, showing an extensive system of wooden supports.
4. 300f., dated April 1930. Some wonderful footage of the New York
skyline, Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge from the upper floors of the
Chrysler Building. The ending are various shots of the men and women
involved with the building project.
5. 125f., edge code denotes a date of ca. 1932, very dark, man and
woman in room at start, exterior shots of the finished Chrysler Building,
last part of the reel features children putting on a show. |
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5
2 |
OF722.3
RF722.3
(MF722.3 Dupe Negative)
RV722.3
MV722.3 |
176th St. Telephone Building, 1927, ca. 1927
300f, 16mm, b&w, silent: reel of amateur shot film of the Godwin
Construction Co. is dated December-January 1927, showing underpinning of
the concourse wall and excavation, construction site, cranes, trucks,
breaking rocks, large arch appears in footage, men working, machine
exiting site on a ramp, shots of neighboring streets, Godwin Construction
Co. sign, men riding an earth mover and working a cement mixer. |
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5
2 |
OF722.4
RF722.4
(MF722.4 Dupe Negative)
RV722.4
MV722.4 |
New York Port Authority/New Hudson River Bridge, ca. 1931/1928
750f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of three original reels
of amateur shot film of the Godwin Construction Co. consisting of:
1. 600f, dated April 9th, 1931 depicting construction and
excavation of the foundations for the New York Port Authority Building.
Tall smokestack being demolished, men on crutches, man operating a crane,
steam-run machinery at work, underground work, welder, men on scaffolding,
the L going by, men talking to camera and on wooden walkways.
2. 75f., Labeled "Port Authority", depicting construction and
excavation of the foundations for the New York Port Authority Building.
3. 75f, Labeled "Nov. 11, 1928 Ton? Anchorage Manhattan End of New
Hudson River Bridge Football Game N.Y. Giants vs. Detroit
Wolverines". Includes Belle Harbor house, beach, boardwalk, car
scenes, construction site with machines and on-lookers. |
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2 |
OF722.5
RF722.5
(MF722.5 Dupe Negative)
RV722.5
MV722.5 |
New York Hospital, 1929-1930 / 41st. & Lexington Avenue,
1929
725f, 16mm, b&w, silent: a compilation reel of three original reels
of amateur shot film of the Godwin Construction Co. consisting of:
1. Labeled, "N.Y. Hospital exec. 1929-30 68th-70th
St. (Main Hosp.)", construction site, neighboring buildings, worker’s
coats, moving dirt and rocks, view of the river, bridge, panoramic views
of the site, men in suits, workers with jackhammers, setting up to blast,
blasting.
2. Labeled, "N.Y. Hospital Nurses Home 1930", construction
site, crane moving large rock, earth movers and trucks, men in suits
surveying the site, adjacent site, nearly complete with Queensboro Bridge
on shot, street scenes, men posing for the camera, small explosion shot.
3. Labeled, "Mch 28 ‘29 at Rockaway, 41st. & Lex
Ave. Job", scenes of Rockaway Yacht Club and construction at the
above site. |
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OF722.6
RF722.6
(MF722.6 Dupe Negative)
RV722.6
MV722.6 |
Knickerbocker Village, 1934
350f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of three original reels
of amateur shot film of the Godwin Construction Co. consisting of:
1. Dated February 6, 1934, Knickerbocker Village.
2. Labeled, "summer 1934, Knickerbocker Village under
construction, Harry & his men".
3. Labeled, "summer 1934, Knickerbocker Village under
construction". |
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2 |
OF722.7
RF722.7
(MF722.7 Dupe Negative)
RV722.7
MV722.7 |
Miscellaneous Construction Jobs, ca. 1927-1928
750f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of two original reels
of amateur shot film of the Godwin Construction Co. consisting of:
1. 300f. Labeled: "NY Dock Co., Raymond Concrete; 42nd
& 3rd Ave. - Rheinstein; and 96th & 5th
Ave. - D’Antona".
2. 450f. Labeled: "76th & Broadway - Barr &
Lane; 93rd & ? - Anthony Palerno (Paterno?); 93rd
& Central Park West - Kraft; and 94th St. & Park -
Bricicon". |
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OF722.8
RV722.8
MV722.8 |
"Beefsteak" I - 1926-1929
500f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of two original reels
of amateur shot film consisting of:
1. 25th Anniversary Dinner for Godwin Construction Co.
Descriptive Summary: 100f, b&w, silent, men and women in white caps
and aprons at banquet tables, an interior shot, (perhaps the offices of
the company), men tussling and horsing around toward end of footage
Date: ?, 30, ca. 1926
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured:
2. Beefsteak, Porchester, NY 1928, Godwin Construction Co. office 1929,
Long Beach 1929
Descriptive Summary: 400f, b&w, silent,
a. Porchester, NY ? 30, 1928, outdoors in a park or perhaps estate in
Porchester, a line of parked cars, men playing baseball/500, women
arriving, Harry M. Bergman pouring beer, an interior everyone in chefs
hats and aprons, food preparation tables, cooking, man with watermelon,
bull dogs
b. Godwin Offices, 1929 individual screen portraits of some of the
attendees, part of the footage in the office of Godwin Construction Co.,
with the shades drawn
c. Long Beach, 1929, sandy beach and dunes, beach scenes, men and women
in bathing attire, baseball/500 being played, men playing leap frog, water
play, Hoover Ball activities
Date: 1928-1929
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: |
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5
4 |
OF722.9
RV722.9
MV722.9 |
"Beefsteak" II - 1930
Descriptive Summary: 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of three
original reels of amateur shot film consisting of:
1. Rockaway Park Yacht Club, 1930, 400f
2. "Mr. Kraus’ Home - day of Fri knights - Asbury G.C. Co. -
Long Beach", June 26, 1930, 100f, part one of two (see below)
3. "Mr. Kraus’ Home - day of Fri knights - Asbury G.C. Co. -
Long Beach", June 26, 1930, 100f, part two of the above content includes: beach scenes, 3 legged races, Ruth Perl, piggyback
rides, wheelbarrow races, drink and general carousing, eating corn on the
cob, men dragging each other to the beach and being tossed in, beach
scenes, tent on the beach, men and women having a good time, group shots,
a beach conga line, building a human pyramid, wading out to the boats,
shots taken from on board the yacht, a sea bi-plane taking off from the
river
Date: 1930
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: |
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OF722.10
RV722.10
MV722.10 |
"Beefsteak" III - 1930-1931
Descriptive Summary: 500f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
three original reels of amateur shot film consisting of:
1. Rockaway Park Yacht Club, reel one of three, July 26, 1930
2. Rockaway Park Yacht Club, reel two of three, July 26, 1930
3. Rockaway Park Yacht Club, reel three of three, July 26, 1930
4. 1931 Beefsteak, Long Beach, reel one of two
5. 1931 Beefsteak, Long Beach, reel two of two content includes: beach scenes, men and women in swim wear, men playing
horse shoes, volleyball, individual screen portraits of some of the
attendees, footage shifts to a brick plaza, men in hats, coats and suits
mugging for the camera, individual screen portraits of some of the men,
footage shifts back to the beach and is probably the first reel shot of
the beach occasion above. Man cooking, the table spread with food,
preparations being done, people playing baseball and Hoover Ball.
Date: 1930-1931
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: |
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SERIES 2: ROCKAWAY PARK YACHT CLUB |
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5
4 |
OF722.11
RV722.11
MV722.11 |
Rockaway Park Yacht Club I - 1927
Descriptive Summary: 700f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
two original reels of amateur shot film consisting of:
1. RPYC, Beefsteak, 1927, 400f
Rockaway Park Yacht Club, Rockaway, New York, docks, boats in the
harbor, power boats but no vessels under sail, people on the docks, speed
boats on the water, passenger side wheeler, loading a boat with tables,
provisions, block of ice for the Beefsteak, views from the boat, taking
provisions off the boat at the picnic site, sandy beach, setting up the
tables, cooking fire, men pulling the boat ashore, shucking sweet corn,
stoking the fire, men drinking coffee, wrestling, throwing each other in
the water, all men and no women, group shots, pulling the boat toward the
water
2. RPYC, Misc., 1927, 300f
At home? Kids at play with a Scotty dog, adults in the yard,
residential area, homes on the beach, Rockaway Park Yacht Club dock and
harbor, views of boats in the water, men playing around on the dock,
passenger sidewheeler, title card "16 October 1927", Scotty dog,
young boy in a cowboy outfit with a rope, kids and adults playing, scenes
along the waterfront with the adults
Date: 1927
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: |
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2 |
OF722.12
RV722.12
MV722.12 |
Rockaway Park Yacht Club II - 1928
Descriptive Summary: 700f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
three original reels of amateur shot film consisting of:
1. 1928 Opening Day, RPYC, 100f
2. RPYC, 1928, 100f
View of homes and the street along the water, boats in harbor, people
on the veranda of the club, men on the dock, medium size vessel pulls up
to the dock, women on board, interior of the clubs veranda, on board a
boat, scenes from on board, young girl on dock, small girl on dock, boat
leaving the dock, speed boats
3. Beefsteak, RPYC, July 28, 1928, 400f
On dock at RPYC, man playfully displaying a primitive portable toilet,
loading the boat, more harbor scenes, on board scenes, bi-plane, men
swimming and horsing around in the water, cooking on the beach, chopping
wood, a view of the tent, beach party site, view of the table and
provisions, the cook, men toasting the camera, women and others arrive,
walking down the beach, general horseplay around an old bedstead, men’s
jumping contest
Date: 1928
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: |
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OF722.13
RV722.13
MV722.13 |
Rockaway Park Yacht Club III - 1929
Descriptive Summary: 500f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
two original reels of amateur shot film consisting of: views of the water,
harbor, boats, sail boat, views from on board, beach, men cooking,
preparing food, man chopping wood, individual screen portraits, the beach,
marsh grasses, men swimming and playing in the water, men diving off the
boat, women and others walking down the beach to join the party,
piggyback, man rowing
woman standing on man’s shoulders, beach & eating scenes,
everyone eating watermelon, men and women in swimwear, playing poker, man
doing somersaults, breaking down the camp
on the ocean sailing, large ships in the distance, men on board, vies
of shore, hoisting the sail, views of sail boats at anchor
Date: 1929
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured:
1. RPYC, Beefsteak, 1929, 400f
2. Yachting, 100f |
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SERIES 3: TRAVEL/LEISURE |
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OF722.14
RV722.14
MV722.14 |
Travel/Leisure I - 1926-1928
Descriptive Summary: 500f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
five original reels of amateur shot film consisting of: speed boats
passing by, bi-plane flying overhead, NY Hospital construction views from
the East River, East River views of Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of
Liberty, views of NYC
interior, soft focus "shadow" portraits, silhouettes of
people and the dog, two women fighting then making up, man acting like a
monkey - doing hand stands, normal group shot with dog, more silhouette
work, woman smoking, man smoking and eating a peach, man putting on
glasses, woman and dog again
dockside, getting off the boat, RPYC, out on the water in a speed boat,
views of cargo ships, women on board, views of shore residences, Harbor
Inn, bridge with side wheeler passenger boat [? Steamboat Co. II] one
stack passing by women on the dock, vies of boats, a sail boat docking, large four deck
passenger boat passing by
Date: 1926-1928
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured:
1. Yachting, 1926, 100f
2. Yachting/Shadow making, 1926, 100f
3. Shadow making, "Shadowgrafs", 1926, 100f
4. Trip on "Whitecap", Jamaica Bay, July 1928, 100f
5. Yachting/family, 1928, 100f |
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OF722.15
RV722.15
MV722.15 |
Trip: Canada - U.S. West, 1927 - I
Harry M. Bergman and Ruth Perl take a road trip across the country
between August 23rd - November 4th, 1927, 900f,
16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of two original reels of amateur
shot film [handwritten title cards appear throughout] consisting of:
1. Reel 1 of 5, New York City to, 400f, begins August 23rd,
1927
Aug. 23 & 24, Niagra Falls from Luna Is. & views from deck of
S.S. Keewatin thru Georgian Bay, Lake Huron & Lake Superior [Canadian
Pacific Railway terminal]
Aug. 25, Saulte St. Marie Lock (1 Canadian & 4 American), Entering
"Banff" Canadian Rockies [logging operation]
Aug. 28 & 29, Views of Mts. At Banff, Rundle Mt., Tunnel Mt. &
Cascade Mt., Hot Sulphur Pool at Banff Springs Hotel, Stony Indians
[feeding wild deer, bison, big horn sheep, hairy cattle and Indian
village]
Aug. 30, Trout fishing in rapids of Spray River (Banff), Bus ride Banff
to Lake Lodge, Johnsons Canyon, Lake Louise & surrounding mts. From
Port of [Chat . . . .?][horses & horseback riding]
2. Reel 2 of 5, 500f, begins September 2nd, 1927
Sept. 2 & 3, Emerald Lake and Yoho Valley, Natural Bridge and
Kicking Horse Canyon, The Great Divide, Moraine Lake and the Valley of 10
Peaks [bears, TAK AKK AVV Cabins, Moraine Lake Camp]
Sept. 4, C.P.R.R. Trip from Lake Louise to Vancouver, Spiral Tunnels,
Connaught Tunnel thru Mount McDonald, Wonderful Observation Car
Sept. 4 & 5, Vancouver Scenes, Big Cedar, Douglas Fir & Freak
Soft Maple Tree, Victoria Scenes showing Pendray’s Gardens [totem poles,
Mayfield]
Sept. 6, Seattle, Lake Washington Gov’t. Canal Locks from Puget Sound
to Union Lake, Great Northern Docks longest in the U.S., Seattle to Mt.
Rainier [tugboat ALCO Ketchikan, bear]
Sept. 8, Mountain hike up Paradise Trail, Mt. Rainier Nat’l. Park,
Ice caves in the glaciers [man feeding a chipmunk, Ruth feeding a
chipmunk]
Sept. 9, Loop ride around Mt. Hood, Views from observation car Southern
Pacific R.R., Portland to San Francisco, Mt. Shasta [chained bear drinking
from a bottle, Mt. Shasta City]
Sept. 13, Views taken from Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods across The
Golden Gate from San Francisco, "Crissy Flying Field", The City
of San Francisco as viewed from the top of a hill in the center of the
city [bi-planes at Crissy Field] |
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OF722.16
RV722.16
MV722.16 |
Trip: Canada - U.S. West, 1927 - II
Descriptive Summary: 800f, b&w, silent, Harry M. Bergman and Ruth
Perl take a road trip across the country between August 23rd -
November 4th, 1927, a compilation reel of two original reels of
amateur shot film [handwritten title cards appear throughout] consisting
of:
Date: September 15th - September 25th, 1927
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman and Ruth Perl
1. Reel 3 of 5, 400f, begins September 15th, 1927 at
Yosemite, CA
Sept. 15th, Views taken at Yosemite Valley from the
"floor of the valley", adjacent to the "New Awahneeh",
Feeding a doe in front of museum , Half Dome, North Dome from Mirror Lake,
Half Dome rises 4892 ft. above sea level. [good view of the Awahneeh
Lodge]
Sept. 16th, El Capitan towering 3604 ft. above Merced River
at it’s base, "Bridle Veil Falls", "Arch Rock" (a
freak left by the Glacial Erosion), "Inspiration Point"
Sept. 17th, Del Monte and Monterey, Monterey Bay - Sardine
boat being unloaded at Fish Canary, Wind blown Cypress Trees on the rugged
seat coast along the famous "17 Mile Drive, "Carmel by the
Sea" and Mission St. Carlos near Monterey founded 1771, [Booth’s
Sardines]
Sept. 18th Santa Barbara & Montecito, Hotel Samarkand
with its unique Spanish Architecture and its picturesque "Swan
Lake", Italian Theatre formed of Cypress Hedge on the Grounds of the
Bothin Estate, Monterey, Date-palm grove and Italian cypress
Sept. 19th, Private Menagerie of C.R. Holmes at Montecito,
Mission Santa Barbara founded [?] "Pasadena", Library of E.P.
Huntington, Pasadena’s Play Ground Show [?], Tournament Stadium being
enlarged to hold 100,000 people, making "Colored Movie" at Busch
Gardens
Sept. 19th & 20th, Winston Ostrich Farm -
South Pasadena, Trip to Catalina Island on S.S. Catalina, San Pedro
Harbor, Lindy arrives in Los Angeles to-day - Sea-planes flying over,
Nearing Catalina Island, "Avalon Bay" and Yacht Club, ? of
Avalon from ? [harbor shots, Fellows & Stewart Boat Manufacturers,
Pacific Marine Airways - Flying Boats to Catalina, dolphins]
Sept. 20th, Views taken on trip in "Glass Bottom
Boat", Diver under Boat, Seal-Rock, Home of Wrigley, the Chewing Gum
King and Absolute Owner of the entire Island of Catalina |
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2. Reel 4 of 5, 400f, begins September 21st, 1927
Sept. 21st, "Hollywood", Views at Bernheimer’s
Japanese Gardens Through Universal City showing "sets" of
artificial France, etc. also artificial show [of an?] Ice flow glaciers,
etc. [?] [fake front of Notre Dame, street scenes, Café du Diable,
Articles De Paris Nouveautes, Vente - Achal - Exchange Delivres, fake
ship, misc. fake fronts, NYC, Spanish]
Sept. 21, Hollywood Bowl - a natural open air stadium seating 20,000,
Home of Cecil De Mille and "Falcon Lair" - home of Rudolph
Valentino, Birds Eye View of Los Angeles from Falcon Lair [Harold Lloyd’s
home at end]
Sept. 21st, Beverly Hills & Riverside, Cal., Largest
Variety of Cacti in the world at White’s Park, Riverside Indian School
operated by U.S. Govt. at Riverside
Sept. 25th, "Grand Canyon" of Arizona, Rim of
Canyon, one mile above the Colorado River from 7 to 13 miles wide, Views
of Canyon from "Hermit’s Trail" (Mule Train) [?],
[Native-Americans performing] |
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OF722.17
RV722.17
MV722.17 |
Trip: Canada - U.S. West, 1927 - III
Descriptive Summary: 16mm, b&w, silent, Harry M. Bergman and Ruth
Perl take a road trip across the country between August 23rd -
November 4th, 1927, 325f, one original reel of amateur shot
film consisting of:
Date: September 27th, 1927 - October 3rd, 1927
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
1. Reel 5 of 5, begins with September 27th, 1927
Sept. 27th, Grand Canyon Views taken on Grand View Drive,
Colorado Springs
Sept. 29th Views taken from Top of "Pike’s Peak"
15 Degrees Above on Top and 60 above at bottom [views from a motor car]
Sept. 30th, Colorado Springs, "Garden of the
Gods", Cave of the Wind", "Seven Falls", etc.
Oct. 1st, "Cripple Creek" Col. & Silver Mines,
"Ute Pass" & Growley Mt.
Oct. 1st & 2nd, Mining shacks in vicinity of
"Elkton Mine" (Col.), Village of Cripple Creek, Glimpse of New
Stadium at Chicago seating 150,000 immediately after Demsey-Tunney Fight
Oct. 3rd, "Back Home Again" After A Delightful
Trip
Advice to you all "See the United States First"
[Trip evidently was cut short by a month or there was a mistake on the
initial title card.] |
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OF722.18
RV722.18
MV722.18 |
Harpooning Turtle -1928
Descriptive Summary: 500f, 16mm, b&w, silent, an original reel of
amateur shot film. Sequences consist of: fishing for swordfish, attempting
to hook a shark, loading harpoon gun, testing the gun, entering New
Harbor, Block Island, submarines, Old Harbor, swordfish going to market,
mending net, keeping watch for swordfish, harpooning the turtle (400 lbs.)
and hauling it in, trophy shots NY Times reporter covering the story.
[Professional title cards throughout. Near beginning a great shot of Harry
M. Bergman shooting into a mirror to effect a self portrait. Views of New
Harbor at Block Island, Coast Guard vessels, Old Harbor, Ballards, SOCONY]
Date: 1928
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, sailing crew |
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OF722.19
RV722.19
MV722.19 |
Trip: Europe, 1929 - I
Descriptive Summary: 850f, b&w, silent, 16mm, two of eight original
reels of amateur shot film of a trip across the Atlantic to Europe during
the first year of the US "Great Depression"
Date: 1929
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
1. Reel 1 of 8, playing ring toss on ship, shipboard boxing matches
(matches including men and young boys), "hooded" boxing, harbor
scenes, large 4 funnel ship in the harbor, landing in Germany?, dock
terminal under construction, "Salle de la Reformation", monument
to Luther, Geneva, Switzerland, Woodrow Wilson Memorial, farmers, a dam
2. Reel 2 of 8, France, "Galeria Moderne - Grenoble",
Grenoble, scenery, Nice, waterfall, ruins, graveyard, Italy
Date: 1929
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl |
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OF722.20
RV722.20
MV722.20 |
Trip: Europe, 1929 - II
Descriptive Summary: 800f, b&w, silent, 16mm, two of eight original
reels of amateur shot film of a trip across the Atlantic to Europe during
the first year of the US "Great Depression"
Date: 1929
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
1. Reel 3 of 8, on board a boat in harbor, white star on the funnel,
man with fez on boat, sailors rigging, crew shots, church in Pisa, tram,
schooner, Rome with the major monuments, lemon trees, "Grand Hotel
Vittoria", the Coliseum
2. Reel 4 of 8, statue of St. Francis of Assisi, church bells, Florence
- the cathedral, Medici Tower, statuary garden, overview of the city,
Venice, mechanical clock in the square, Bridge of Sigh’s, Piazza San
Marco, Ruth in a gondola, pigeons
Date: 1929
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Ruth Perl |
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OF722.21
RV722.21
MV722.21 |
Trip: Europe, 1929 - III
Descriptive Summary: 900f, b&w, silent, 16mm, two of eight original
reels of amateur shot film of a trip across the Atlantic to Europe during
the first year of the US "Great Depression"
Date: 1929
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
1. Reel 5 of 8, Venice - Ruth and Harry in a gondola, Switzerland,
Alps, Rigi Scheidegg, Vitznau, Rigi Bahn, Alpnachstad, Philatus Bahn,
Lungern
2. Reel 6 of 8, Alps, waterfall, Germany?, large public swimming pool,
Vaterland steamboat |
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OF722.22
RV722.22
MV722.22 |
Trip: Europe, 1929 - IV
Descriptive Summary: 800f, b&w, silent, 16mm, two of eight original
reels of amateur shot film of a trip across the Atlantic to Europe during
the first year of the US "Great Depression"
Date: 1929
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
1. Reel 7 of 8, Paris, Notre Dame, Grande Hotel, Le Touquet, Le Grande
Maison du Blanc, Café de la Paix, Cannes?, Bonn, Hohenzollernbruegke,
Deauville?, Harry at the horse races, horse racing shots, Sacre Coeur,
views of Paris, Arc de Triomphe, Harry at a horse race, Eiffel Toward,
Montmartre, aerial shots taken from a bi-plane, London, bobbies,
Buckingham Palace and the Mall, Buckingham Palace Guards, changing of the
guard, guards and band entering St. James Palace
2. Reel 8 of 8, England, Oxford horse drawn coach passing by, Ruth in
the Henry Jardine Bidder B.D. memorial garden, archery, return trip aboard
ship (3 funnels), shuffleboard on deck, tug boats, unloading baggage to
the deck, Statue of Liberty, NYC skyline, harbor scenes, people and
baggage on deck, dock of the French Line (pier 57), porthole shot |
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OF722.23
RV722.23
MV722.23 |
Travel/Leisure II - 1930-1931
Descriptive Summary: 500f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
five original reels of amateur shot film
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
1. "NYYC races off Brenton Rf Lightship Aug 9 ‘30", 100f
2. "Newport to Nantucket Aug 11, ‘30", 100f, large boats
FENCE, CROSS RIP, sail boats, windmill, village scenes
3. "Aug 14, 1930 Harpooning Shark - near Nantucket 250 lbs.",
100f
4. "Lake Placid I Feb 12 1931", 100f, skiing, snow, skating
races, ski jump
5. "Lake Placid II Feb 12 1931", 100f, bob sled run being
repaired, snow |
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OF722.24
RV722.24
MV722.24 |
Travel/Leisure III - 1931-1933
Descriptive Summary: 425f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
five original reels of amateur shot film
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
1. "Atlantic City Feb 22 1931", 100f, views of large hotels,
horses on the beach, boy playing on the beach, walking on the board walk
2. "Feb 1931 Atlantic City, Rockaway Park", 100f, view of
hotels, Forman’s in the distance, riding horses on the beach, 2019 ?,
Rockaway Park, family scenes, Scotty dog
3. "April 14th 1932 trip to Armistice, Bourbon Castle
at Chantilly outside Paris" 25f, peacocks and the castle
4. "Italian Armada in Jamaica Bay July 23 ‘33", 100f,
bi-plane, harbor scenes, sea planes, 120-18 Newport Ave. Rockaway Park,
family shots, Scotty dog
5. "Panama Canal Pedro-Migel lock", 1934, 100f |
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OF722.25
RV722.25
MV722.25 |
Travel/Leisure IV - 1946-1954
Descriptive Summary: 350f, 16mm, color, silent, a compilation reel of
four original reels of amateur shot film
Camera Operator:
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Ruth Perl, Bill Tilden
1. "Florida Feb. 1946 #1", 100f, tennis exhibition match with
Bill Tilden, train station, shots from on board
2. "Florida Feb. 1946 #2", 100f, children at play, beach
shots
3. "Florida Dec. 1943 424 N. 19th Ave., The
Silversteins Molly, Mal & Emily Flo & Man Tennis & Fish",
100f
4. "Old Sturbridge Village Sept. 1954", 50f |
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OF722.26
RV722.26
MV722.26 |
Trip: Europe, 1953 - I
Descriptive Summary: 800f, 16mm, color, silent, two of four original
reels of amateur shot film of a trip across the Atlantic, 1953
Camera Operator(s):
Person(s)/Performer(s) Pictured:
1. Reel 1 of 4, NYC to Germany, 400f, sailing from Hoboken, NJ, Hoboken
pier, Holland American Line, 5th St. Pier, Red Star Line,
playing tennis on board, playing ring toss on board, shots on board,
London, coronation decorations, Tower of London, Mathematical Institute 10
Park Road, Blackwell’s Bookstore, Henry Jardine Bidder garden, academic
procession, Stratford-on-Avon, Germany, "1000 Jahre Gottingen 25 Juni
- 6 Juli 1953", flower mart, city views, countryside views from train
bound for Switzerland
2. Reel 2 of 4, Germany to Switzerland, 400, German countryside by
train, Alps, Zurich, 400f |
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OF722.27
RV722.27
MV722.27 |
Trip: Europe, 1953 - II
Descriptive Summary: 800f, 16mm, color, silent, two of four original
reels of amateur shot film of a trip across the Atlantic, 1953
Camera Operator(s):
Person(s)/Performer(s) Pictured:
1. Reel 3 of 4, Paris to NYC, Parisian scenes, croquet match, Les
Invalides, Lycee, Louis Le Grand, a shot of a poster "Ethel et Julius
Rosenberg Que Les Assassins, Soient Maudits A Jamais" [trans:
"Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, let the assassins be cursed/condemned
forever."] a young boy throws mud on the poster, Thomas Cook &
Son, Bastille Day parade, French countryside, 700f
2. Reel 4 of 4, return from Europe on the SS America, Cherbourg,
France, shipyard, docks, cargo for US Lines, NYC harbor & skyline,
slow motion tennis shots at end, 100f |
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OF722.28
RV722.28
MV722.28 |
Trip: Europe, 1957
Descriptive Summary: 700f, 16mm, color, silent, a compilation reel of
three original reels of amateur shot film consisting of a trip across the
Atlantic, 1957
Camera Operator(s):
Person(s)/Performer(s) Pictured:
1. Reel 1 of 3 tennis at start, leaving the docks, Cunard Line Pier,
French Line Pier, NY harbor & skyline, United States Lines Pier, on
board the Queen Elizabeth I, sailors doing chores, brief stop at
Cherbourg, Southampton, London zoo, white chalk cliffs of Dover, Paris,
boat ride along the Seine, Bateau Mouche, Notre Dame, bridges, Eiffel
Tower, small Statue of Liberty
2. Reel 2 of 3, views from the train, vineyard, Mena, gardens, old
amphitheater, hot springs, Pompeii
3. Alps, train shots, St. Moritz, Dia Volezza, Hahnensee, Glacier
Express, Berne, harbor at Le Harve |
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OV722.38
MV722.38(2)
RV722.38 |
Bay Bridge, Boulder Dam, San Francisco and Los Angeles, ca. 1930s
(Original Format: 16mm, b&w, silent. The original video was made
from the original film that was in a high state of deterioration. Original
film was then destroyed.)
Descriptive Summary:
Date: ca. 1930s
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl |
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OV722.39
MV722.39.1
RV722.39.1 |
Old Family Film
(Original Format: 16mm, b&w, silent. The original video was made
from the original film that was in a high state of deterioration. Original
film was then destroyed.)
1. Cruise to the Mediterranean
Descriptive Summary: first three sections of this video tape: An ocean
liner (3 funnels), The Tennessee Coal Mfg. Co. barge, various harbor
scenes, seaside town, Mt. Aetna, on board ship activities and leisure
pursuits, Romeo de Figueroa, horse drawn carriages waiting at the harbor,
harbor views, Morocco [perhaps Algeria], market/bazaar scenes, man
butchering, baboons, Hotel de du Singles Entres, market/street scenes, Au
Palais Hassan, ruins with volcano in background (Pompeii?), inscription:
Napoleon est ne dans cette maison, hillside village, hillside view of a
small harbor, La Turbie, Ave. de Prince Albert de Monaco, trains,
railhead, bazaar, shops, street scenes, La Maison Rouge, Vichy
advertisement, small plane and bi-plane exhibition, Compeigne, WWI
monument, Compeigne International Railroad, museum
Date: 1932
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl
2. South America, Panama Canal, Havana (1 of 2)
Descriptive Summary: Journeying through the Panama Canal, on board
ocean liner at sea, pool on board, children and adults in swimsuits, view
of a 4 masted clipper type ship, uniden. harbor, people on board ship with
various dogs
Date: 1934
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl, et. al. |
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OV722.39
MV722.39.2
RV722.39.2 |
Old Family Film
(The original video was made from the original film that was in a high
state of deterioration. Original film was then destroyed.)
1. South America, Panama Canal, Havana, (2 of 2)
Descriptive Summary: On board ship, small lighthouse, (Havana harbor?),
boys and girls swimming to meet the ship, diving, etc., huge dual memorial
column, men drinking, women lounging, shop scenes, S.S. Pastore, shots of
a beach, boy on a donkey, harbor and ship shots, tropical forest, Santa
Paula boat trip, dock/harbor small gauge railway
Date: 1934
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl, et. al.
2. Chicago World’s Fair, Salt Lake, Yellowstone
Descriptive Summary: Excelsior Geyser Crater, Yellowstone, geysers, Old
Faithful, Kettle Spring, geisers, Sponge Geyser, bears, Continental
Divide, Keshore Geyser, more bears, trout fishing, views of the park,
waterfalls, bears, Tower Falls, hot springs, copper mine, mine railroad,
blasting, Chicago World’s Fair, Hall of Science, sky tram, views of the
fair, Swiss Village, automated dinosaur, Firestone Building, Belgium,
Planetarium, Sears towers, parade, Ford Building, Swift Building
Date: 1934
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, Ruth Perl, et. al.
3. The Yawl Thora
a. Cruise on Thora
Descriptive Summary: professional done title cards are interspersed
throughout this film, whistling buoy at Eastern Shoals, porpoise at play,
sea bass fishing off the Shoals of Montauk, Block Island
Date: ca. 1927
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman
b. Thora to Shelter Island
Descriptive Summary: Thora at harbor, houses and shore in the distance,
sailing along the East River [the Hudson?], sail boats, on board ship,
women canoeing, barge carrying timber, mining along the river, a
side-wheeler, dock side, the Rockaway Park Yacht Club?
Date: ca. 1927
Camera Operator: Harry N. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry N. Bergman |
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OF722.29
RV722.29
MV722.29 |
Family/Home Life 1928-1929
Descriptive Summary: 700f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
seven original reels of amateur shot film
Date: 1928-1929
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Ruth Perl, Harry M. Bergman
1. "At Al’s House Jan. 8, 1928 Moo, Al, Dora, Jule, Sam, Dick,
Mark, Jr. Flo & Ruth", outdoors, lots of portrait shots,
wonderful clothing
2. "Children’s Party 1928 4th July", a children’s
parade at the RPYC, children on the Thora setting off sailing, harbor
shots
3. "1928 Jr. in bathing suit, club 4th of July",
young boy in a bathing suit, Ruth Perl and others dressed for the beach, a
party at the RPYC, boat and harbor shots
4. Family, scrap book shots, "Grandma with the smile that wouldn’t
come off June 18, 1927" and wonderful shot of Harry M. Bergman
filming himself writing "Me and my camera H.M. Bergman"
5. "At Al’s home Mch 17, 1929 Al, Dora, Sam, Dickie, Mary,
Harry", family portrait shots, a brief glimpse of a construction site
at the end
6. "Thanksgiving Day 1929", reel 1, lots of cavorting for the
camera, soft focus, dark
7. "Thanksgiving Day 1929", reel 2, lots of additional
cavorting for the camera, soft focus, dark |
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OF722.30
RV722.30
MV722.30 |
Family/Home Life 1930-1932
Descriptive Summary: 700f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
seven original reels of amateur shot film
Date: 1930-1932
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Ruth Perl, Harry M. Bergman
1. Uniden. Family reel, ca. 1930, a dinner situation, couples dancing,
soft focus
2. Children playing, ca. 1930, soft focus, children in the park playing
games, London Bridge, tag, tumbling, cart wheels, etc.
3. "Donald 2 yrs on terrace at Knickerbocker Village", ca.
1931, small boy on a tricycle and playing
4. "New Years 1932 Pocono Mts. I", soft focus, adults
cavorting in the snow, horses
5. "New Years 1932 Pocono Mts. II", soft focus, adults
cavorting in the snow, skis, sledding
6. "Junior & his stamps indoors Mch. 12 ‘32", a Scotty
dog, boy at a desk working with his stamp collection, same boy practicing
the violin
7. "Columbia 07/25 Westchester Country Club June 3-6 1932",
tennis courts, men on the courts in whites, a excavation/construction
site, "Broadway Scandals Bill Smith Harold Stern" painted on one
wall, shot of a sign reading "Godwin Construction Co. Excavation
Foundation Shoring" |
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OF722.31
RV722.31
MV722.31 |
Family/Home Life 1933-1937
Descriptive Summary: 600f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
six original reels of amateur shot film
Date: 1933-1937
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Ruth Perl
1. "Storm-King Arms Jan. 1 - 1933 Moo, Arty, Ruth, Irv, Flo &
Manny", a large house in the country, a Great Dane
2. "Rockaway - Summer 1933 Moo, Arty, Irv & Ruth", people
smoking outside, boy with a bike, boy doing cartwheels, older youth doing
handstands, Ruth in a bathing suit, boy dressing up in his mother’s
clothes and primping for the camera
3. "Family at Rockaway Summer 1935 - & Arthur Morgan
Family", Scotty dog - mother and puppies
4. "Sandy & Pavy & Donald Kahn Feb. ? ‘36"
5. "Don 9 mos. On blanket . . . ", ca. 1936, dogs, Ruth
diapering a baby boy, naked baby boy shots, house at 120-18 Newport Ave in
Rockaway Park, baby in the yard
6. "Dec. 1937, Donald’s 2nd Birthday, . . . Donald on
Bicycle", children in an interior, dark, soft focus, boy on tricycle |
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OF722.32
RV722.32
MV722.32 |
Family/Home Life ca. 1936-ca. 1958
Descriptive Summary: 300f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of
seven original reels of amateur shot film
Date: ca. 1936-ca. 1958
Camera Operator:
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Ruth Perl Kahn, Donald Kahn
1. "Donald indoors Tennis slow motion Arthur? & IK 7/11",
R.H. Macy film stock, ca. 1936, young boy in a crib - interior, garden
photos at an estate in the country, slow motion tennis shots
2. DuPont film stock, ca. 1948/49, tennis, family, dogs and dog tricks,
views of a campground, canoes
3. Kodak Tri-X, ca. 1958, tennis shots, Ruth and Donald Kahn |
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OF722.33
RV722.33
MV722.33 |
Family/Home Life 1930-1938
Descriptive Summary: 450f, 16mm, color, silent, a compilation reel of
eight original reels of amateur shot film
Date: 1930-1938
Camera Operator:
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman
1. ca. 1935, mountains, campground, canoeing, river shots, fishing
2. "Ethical Culture School Junior class at play May 1930", an
African-American nanny with children on the lawn playing, games, children
at the beach
3. "May 1936 Donald, Ruth, Irv., Arty Harry & the dogs"
4. "Donald at 1 year Dec. 5, ‘36", baby in a playpen,
children at play, boy playing with toy soldiers
5. "Donald’s 1st Try Walking Alone Jan 3 ‘37"
6. "Sept. 1938 Tony, Alan, Donald taken by Dr. {Freed?} Tony and
Alan at 6 mos.", babies in a playpen, outdoor shots, babies on
blankets
7. "Tony & Al at one year Allan & Tony boxing with
gloves", ca. 1938
8. "Tony, Alan, Donald 1st Sept. 1938", babies
outdoors at play |
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OF722.34
RV722.34
MV722.34 |
Family/Home Life 1942-1949
Descriptive Summary: 700f, 16mm, color, silent, a compilation reel of
eight original reels of amateur shot film
Date: 1942-1949
Camera Operator:
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Ruth Perl Kahn
1. "1942 Garden Donald, Arthur, Allan, Tony, Jule & Sam",
children doing calisthenics, flower garden shots
2. "Ruth & baby Tom", ca. 1942
3. "Donald, Allan, & Tom March 1945", portrait shots of
the boys, family outside in winter
4. "Alan at Camp Takajo July 1947"
5. "Donald at Camp Wenabee Aug 1947"
6. "Sam & Ruth fishing @ lake" ca. 1948
7. Camp and lake shots, ca. 1949
8. "Don & Al fighting/Al, Tom, Irv. At beach", ca. 1949,
tennis practice strokes, Florida, grilling out and a picnic, beach scenes,
train station, children tumbling |
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OF722.35
RV722.35
MV722.35 |
Family/Home Life 1953-1955
Descriptive Summary: 300f, 16mm, color, silent, a compilation reel of
six original reels of amateur shot film
Date: 1953-1955
Camera Operator:
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Ruth Perl Kahn
1. "Kids, Saul, etc. May 1953", tennis shots, family shots,
slow motion man on a bicycle
2. "July 1953 Don & Al @ tennis with Joe Fishback, Belle
Harbor, slow motion"
3. "Lottie & Fred Stern on Beach July 1954"
4. "Tom @ Camp Takajo [Maine] 7/29/54", man dissecting a
frog, parents day at camp
5. "Camp after hurricane"
6. "Cornell Oct. 1955 Don, Phyllis, Irv. & Ruth", does
not appear to be Cornell, more camp scenes, river scenes |
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OF722.36 |
The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T
300f, 16mm, color, sound, excerpt from the 1953 motion picture of the
same name |
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OF722.37 |
Family/Home Life 1952
200f, 8mm, color, silent, one reel of amateur shot film. |
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