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1960AFRICAN AMERICAN HOME MOVIES
African American Family Home Movies - Vacation Road Trip 1960, Portland, San Francisco

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Reel opens - African American Family Home Movies - 1960
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Older African American lady in front of a home holding two bags of groceries. Two other nicely dressed ladies come outside from front door and walk toward camera.
Film is a bit over exposed with a raw black edge around frame.
01:00:18 18.33 thumbnail
Cutaway. African American outside parked car on roadway campground pouring coffee from a camp stove - everyone gets a cup.
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Shots of tall pine trees in the Western United States on foggy morning, could be Mt. Hood in bkgd.
01:00:55 55.51 thumbnail
SA wooden State welcome sign for Oregon, in the shape of the state.
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Two African American ladies wearing dresses at scenic overlook in Oregon admiring the view, they wave to camera. Walk back to parked vintage car.
African American male taking pictures on side of road.
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Overexposed footage. Unusable
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Pan along 2nd floor balcony of turquoise painted motel. Cars parked in garages below rooms. Two African American ladies dressed beautifully come out of their respective rooms and walk down steps to ground level. Cool vintage 1950's automobiles parked in front of motel rooms.
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Marco Polo Motel signage. overexposed footage.
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Pan along rugged scenic coastline of the Pacific Northwest, pov overlook. rugged mountains meet the sea, some homes along the cost in the mountains
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Stopping along the way to take photos. Two African American ladies brushing dust off their skirts. vintage car parked on roadside, two guys wave enthusiastically at camera, Pacific Ocean in bkgd..
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Coastline shots of the Pacific Northwest, and a Birch or Aspen tree forest . Rugged boulders in the ocean.
A bit out of focus or blurry film with ragged black edges.
01:05:51 351.72 thumbnail
Pan up to top of either Redwood or Sequoia tree.
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Gigantic bull and Paul Bunyan statues in front of lodge. Folk standing below emphasizing the huge size.
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Var shots tall Redwood or Sequoias, Pacific Ocean with large boulders.
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Group of five African American folk, standing in front doorway of home, arms around each other, and posing for camera
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cutaway. Ext. pan across a colorful array of flower beds. Sign for "Blood Banks" embedded in a grassy area. Several greenhouses in bkgd.
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Pan beautiful array of colorful flowers in a green house, several types of roses and other species are seen. Ext pan wide array of flowers
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POV moving vehicle pan hilly area with homes and some taller buildings, could be portland area or San Francisco.
Driving across a suspension bridge, maybe the Golden Gate - POV moving vehicle.

Shaky footage
01:10:16 616.14 thumbnail
Driving through downtown (maybe) Portland(?) the S.H. Kress building is seen, and traffic, busses, pan up a high rise building from 1960
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Cutaway. Our traveling African American folk approaching a beautiful white home on a corner in a city neighborhood. They are greeted by a couple outside, and all four stand and pose for the camera.
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Shots of the beautiful flowers planted along a white picket fence of the home. The four folk, 3 nicely dressed women and a man wearing white shirt and suspenders standing on side walk , talking and posing.
Camera pans up on home showing off stairway on side of building to upper floor of home.
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Cutaway to steep rocky cliff. Building with large sign across top Cliff House. most likely the historic restaurant in the Golden Gate recreational area of SanFrancisco Bay. Billboard for Sky Tram. Two African American ladies, dresses blowing in the winds, eating ice cream cones outside.
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Var shots and pan of the Bay area rocky coast with huge boulders in the ocean, hundreds of homes in the hills, boats in the harbor
POV most likely the Tram ride.
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Very smoggy LS and pan of the Golden Gate bridge spanning both sides of the bay. Ragged black border lines
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Cutaway. African American woman wearing an apron placing a tablecloth on a outdoor picnic table, a little kid standing at the end of the table. Other folk and children getting ready for a barbecue picnic. Ladies grilling on large stone barbecue stove, other ladies getting food organized on the picnic tables
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Cutaway to shots of the rugged terrain around the picnic area, scrub brush vegetation, mountains.
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Vintage cars parked at picnic grounds, one car has open trunk. Pan of the picnic area, picnic tables, woman grilling meat on the stone fireplace a man helps out, two adorable little Black girls at picnic table smile for camera.
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Same folk and children taking hikes around the area. Families playing cards together on picnic table. Little girl seated at end of table watches.
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Dad takes the two little girls for a walk over a stone bridge and through a tunnel. Ladies dressed nicely at the picnic area grilling food. Woman wearing an apron cooking at barbecue pit. Folk and kids at picnic tables eating and having a good time together.
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Cutaway. Pan along back yard brick wall with rose vines.
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Cutaway. Mom and two little girls wearing pretty dresses in parking lot turn and wave at camera. Vintage cars parked. Family headed into church. Var shots and pans of ext. church. Mom and little girls walk toward camera. Pan a hilly landscaped area with flowers and trees.
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Reel Ends - African American Family Home Movies - Vacation 1960
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