01:00:01 1.11 |
Reel Opens - African American Home Movies
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01:00:01 1.85 |
Var WSs outside the Los Angeles County Courthouse, peds walking by , cool vintage cars driving by. Var shots of the building and downtown surrounding area, some great looking vintage 1950's cars driving by.
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01:01:53 113.71 |
Ext. door with a strange sign on it. Reads: "Leavin' Los Angeles on Vacation, Entroute to:" and the various cities are listed, nine of them. At the bottom of sign it says: "To and Back Home". Also some words written in Spanish on the sign.
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01:02:28 148.82 |
Cutaway: shots of what looks like a government building or mansion with columns, beautiful garden and grounds.
Footage here is very jumpy and blurry, dark in spots and overexposed. |
01:02:44 164.23 |
Blurry jumpy footage, a downtown area, traffic, buildings, a church. - but unidentified city.
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01:03:26 206.81 |
Pretty African American woman standing by front door of home appears to be adjusting her skirt, and caught on camera she waves and smiles, fast pan across the brick home, a blue vintage car parked.
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01:04:05 245.13 |
Var shots along the coastline of a large body of water, a lake or river. Some mountains in bkgd, buildings and or homes along the water and low lying hills, and a large steam ship.
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01:04:23 263.88 |
Cutaway to a close up of the side of an old brick church with green tile or slate roof.
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01:04:30 270.91 |
Overexposed footage of a downtown area, high rise buildings, maybe condos or apartments, a government building with a monument in front, people getting on a bus out front, traffic going by, shots of the grounds. This is most likely Montreal, Quebec City
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01:06:31 391.72 |
Ferry headed toward camera, POV from higher ground on shore.
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01:07:03 423.91 |
Beautiful ivy covered builging, this could be Yale or Harvard University.
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01:09:35 575.09 |
"Quebec" written in a traffic circle.
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01:09:45 585.41 |
Var Ext WSs Parliament building in Quebec, Canada
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01:10:07 607.56 |
Var shots of the park leading to the Parliament building, traffic circle with "Quebec" written in large letters, horse and buggy going by.
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01:12:11 731.52 |
A foot guard marching down sidewalk wearing typical uniform, red tunic and bearskin hat.
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01:12:33 753.16 |
Cutaway POV moving vehicle down narrow hilly city street.
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01:13:05 785 |
Guard wearing red tunic on horseback.
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01:15:59 959.46 |
Folk posing by a long tourist tram, foggy rainy day in a park in Montreal, Canada
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01:16:17 977.64 |
Two beautiful draft horses pulling an empty multi passenger carriage through a park on a rainy day, writing on side of buggy "Tally Ho - Mount Royal". This is in Montreal.
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01:16:23 983.91 |
African American man and woman going up the steps to the Wax Museum in Montreal, they turn and look at camera and wave.
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01:16:43 1003.32 |
Huge close up of the sign for the Wax Museum in Montreal. Exterior shots of the building with its arched entrance, people coming out of the building.
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01:17:51 1071.13 |
Var shots of the historical architecture, domed buildings, monuments and landmark buildings in Montreal, Quebec
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01:19:23 1163.57 |
In Boston - partial shot of the plaque under the Paul Revere monument, only plaque is visible.
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01:20:01 1201.27 |
CUs Boston sightseeing bus tour, folks including young boy and older women are seen in the window of the bus as camera pans.
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01:20:57 1257.86 |
The Gray Line Sightseeing Tours Bus - circa 1950's Boston. CU on partially obscured sign for the bus.
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01:21:12 1271.98 |
Ext. the Statler Hilton.
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Description: African American Home Movies / Quebec Montreal Boston Aug Sep 1959 Footage here is jumpy and blurry in a lot of places.
Keywords: sightseeing
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