[Geneva Grant Home Movie Compilation -- Disc 1]


hm-gra_0019
Moving Image
DVD
Created: May 30, 2007
Viewing copy, Disc 1: includes misc. brief clips of family members inside and outside various houses; also:

Color: Christmas scenes: old cabinet grand piano, gilt mirror, cards, candles, garlands. Downtown street scene with Christmas decorations. Winter landscape. Christmas scenes: trees, gifts, black-and-white television, family sets up model train, placard in front of tree says “1965” [Christmas scenes recurs throughout video in varying locations but with similar elements]

B&W: Dirt-track car race: track, spectators, cars include #44, Raymond Pierce, cars spinning off track/piling up, maintenance crew, cars towed from track. [scenes occasionally obscured; very shaky, blurry, dark]

B&W and color, mostly travel scenes: crossing bridge, sign (Little River Park), factories, smokestacks. Aerial view of building project, land clearing, water, bridge, shoreline, industrial area. Six Flags: gardens, miniature cars. Shriners Parade, Louisville, KY: spectators, downtown Louisville, cars, motorcycles, horses, Kosair Temple float, firetruck, Alcazar Temple Railroaders 290. Businesses: Brown Hotel/Coffee Shop, Firestone. Crossing bridge into Indiana, interstate signs. Antebellum ruins, flags of southern state(s).Amusement park: water-ride; ski-lift; railroad, views shot from ski-lift, dolphin show. Outdoor children’s birthday party. Shriner’s parade: Visible businesses include Bostwick Jewelry, Gulf oil, Cooks Quality Meats, Shriners give children rides on motorcycles, cars with bullhorns, trucks with bands playing in back, cheerleaders, horse-drawn buggies. Dock scenes: boats, McKee Jungle Gardens—orange trees, wildlife. Gulf gas station, sign (Vero Beach City Limits), sign (Winter Home of Brooklyn Dodgers; Year Round Home of Eastern Air Lines). Municipal airfield. Large white vacation house—exterior, orange trees, palm trees. Some scenes very dark, blurry.

Color holiday scenes: Christmas: piano, cards, tree, gifts (dress, basketball, hula hoop, drum set, dolls, cowboy suits, guns).Easter: family posed outside house on lawn in Easter clothes, Easter egg hunt in garden.

Travel scenes: Cattle in pastures. Building with mural (Sea Horses Alive! Free Admission!), palm trees, mtetal campers, RV park, canal, airport. Beach: cabanas, seagulls, sunbathers. RV park: washing car, grilling, eating watermelon. Interior of RV kitchen: stove, cabinets, curtains, lighting, refrigerator, sink. Beach: water-skiing. Driving under sign (Atlantic Gateway). Dark scenes: street scene, helicopters flying overhead; boat race. Cypress Gardens: stunt waterskiing, parasailing, women in antebellum costume, boat ride through scenic waterway—flowers, landscaped gardens. Family posing by sign (Esther Williams Florida Pool: This pool shaped after the map of Florida was made especially for the MGM Movie “Easy in Love”…)

Christmas scenes: decorations, tree, presents, woman plays piano, family arriving at house, opening and playing with presents (toy guns, cowboy costumes, miniature pool table), Christmas dinner

Car race—spectators, tow truck. Brief clips of carnival/fair, dog drinking from bathtub spout.

Family eating inside house, playing with dog, opening and displaying Christmas presents—football helmet/uniform, jukebox, go-kart.

Boating, holding baby, Easter egg hunt in wooded area. Laying bricks, gardening, putting shingles on roof.

Aerial shots: unidentified landscapes, clouds, Goodyear blimp.

Racetrack: cars racing; spectators; grandstand. Airfield. Racetrack: spectators, cars racing, crashes, maintenance crew, flags. Exterior of building: waterpipes, new cinderblock structure being built. Racetrack—maintenance crew/referee, spectators, cars racing, flags. Cars/trucks driving obstacle course between cones, spectators.

Wedding anniversary reception for elderly couple—cake, refreshments, floral arrangements, table decorations, gifts. Family posed photos/filming—corsages, dresses, suits.

Christmas scenes: presents, tree, cards on fireplace mantel, decorations. Presents displayed: Finances board game; bicycle. B&W TV.

Travel/Outdoor scenes: boy on bike, fishing on boat, displaying caught fish. Storyland theme park—castle, bridge. Campsite. Miami Seaquarium—seal and dolphin shows. Coastal scenes..

Winter scenes: large icicles hanging on wooden frame of houses, tree branches encased in ice. Shooting rifle in winter clothes. Snow, ice on car, water pump, bushes, powerlines, roofs, playing in snow, yard, porch swing. Some scenes B&W.

Outdoor scenes: woman loading rifle on porch swing, boy running with dog, boy playing with rifle.

Men shooting pool