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Millison-Clapp families home movies, 1933 - 1943

 Item — Case: 1

Scope and Contents

Depicts mostly outdoor scenes of children and teenagers on black and white and also color film. Some of the individuals are identified on titles between clips, such as Marc, Helen, and William McDonald with bride. Scenes include Halloween, Christmas, swimming, trips, riding horses, and a young man leaving for the Navy at the Newton (Kansas?) train station (African American porters are in view). One scene towards the beginning of the film depicts young boys wearing black face masks. Other scenes include a woman with a handgun, men playing golf, family with a nurse, snow skiing, a church or possibly school function, slow motion scene of a boy with a dog, and Oklahoma highways.

Dates

  • Creation: 1933 - 1943

Physical Description

Time length of video is 1 hour, 58 minutes, and 23 seconds on the file VIDEO_TS.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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Lawrence KS 66045-7616 United States
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