Rayner Heacock films, 1936-1975

Overview of the Collection

Filmmaker
Heacock, Rayner
Title
Rayner Heacock films
Dates
1936-1975 (inclusive)
Quantity
15 reels (4,800 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
Collection Number
PH0945
Summary
Films of travels in the United States and Canada taken from 1936-1975
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

The original films are not accessible due to preservation concerns. A viewing copy is available and arrangements can be made to view the film by contacting the Visual Materials Curator.

Request at UW

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Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Rayner Heacock was born on Sept. 27, 1906 in Oregon and worked at Heacock Sash & Door Co. He married his wife Lucile in 1927 and his son was born in 1930. Heacock died on May 30, 1981 in Seattle, Washington.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Includes travels in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, D.C., New York, Wyoming, California, Hawaii, and Canada.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

View selections from the collection in digital format.

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donor: Clinton Heacock, August 8, 2005

Processing Note

Processed by Alden Lee, 2013; completed by Elizabeth Russell, 2014.

Preservation work done by Hannah Palin and students working in the WFPP project.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
viewcopy item
VC94 1 Vancouver, B.C. and Seattle, Washington
Feeding squirrel. Man and woman working in an office. Bison walking, boys waving. Woman and boys standing on shore. Totem poles. Two men playing giant checker board, using sticks to pick up pieces. People swimming. Train car. Two women walking with stroller. Outdoor stage performance. Canadian Pacific train. "Entering Bellingham Population 32000" sign on side of road. Metal ferry with little portholes coming in. Boy holding sign "Jan 10 1941". Boy blowing out candles on cake. Boys playing with wheelbarrow. Woman feeding baby goat. Large banked wooden ship, boys climbing on it. Man speaking in microphone next to tree. Canoeing. Lake Washington Bridge in Seattle, Washington. Parade, princess with flowers and guards walking in procession.
Original1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
circa 1936-1941
Reel
2 2 Nampa, Idaho
1 reel (250 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
Marching band. Turkey farm. Sunset. Faraway mountain. Northwest Nazarene College building in Nampa, Idaho. Little girl running around in flower garden, smelling flowers, walking around with broom. Woman and boy working vegetable garden. Little boys playing in water. Boys playing in snow, throwing snowballs. Children holding bunnies. Bride and groom. Outdoor feasts. Boys playing on rocks and water.
circa 1936-1942
3 3 Trip to New York
1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
Family gets in station wagon, drive away. Man and kids on speedboat, kids play in water with ducks. RV. Beach, Construction. House and portable homes being lifted. Intertitles read:Rayner's Trip to New York On board the Olympian; Going Up the Bitterroot Mountains; Lake Michigan and Scene Near Evanston, March 1944. Remington Factory and School. Niagara Falls. Going across Lake Ontario. Empire State Building, Coney Island, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, and scenes of Central Park in New York.
circa 1937-46, 1973-1975
4 4 Yosemite
1 reel (100 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
Home movies of family vacation to Yosemite National Park; also includes San Francisco Zoo and the tallest redwood tree.
circa 1948-1949
5 5 Portland, Oregon
1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
Family playing in snow. Sailboats. Building a fence. View of Heacock Sash & Door Company in Portland, Oregon. Fireworks. Man fixes house. Boy plays up-right bass, boy plays tuba. Ice skating rink, skiing. Little girl with pansies. American Heritage float, marching band, fair rides. Water skiing. Family poses for camera.
circa 1953-1958
6 6 Hawaii
1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
Crowd of people waving on cruise ship. Golden Gate bridge. Throwing streamers from cruise ship. Hula dancers welcoming visitors. Pig roast luau. Fishing in canoe. Dress shopping. Surfing. Fishing, showing the day's catch. Sailboats.
circa 1956-1958
7 7 Edmonds, Washington
1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
Family reunion and gathering. Speed boat race. Parade, floats, cooks with oversized frying pan, men eating for contest. Orchids, boy playing drum, parade floats. White mouse in shoe, cat chases it, mouse crawls onto boy. Scenes from Norma Beach Park in Edmonds, Washington. People eating at banquet table. Site of Holly Park Friends Church. People gathered and digging with shovel, eating. Girl opens presents.
circa 1956-1963
viewcopy
VC94 8 Los Angeles, California and Seattle, Washington
Rotisserie cooking, hamburgers, people sitting at tables. People leaving church. Covered wagon, water trough, mules, goat horse drawn carriage, kids riding mules, train, people walking, on swing set, little girls play on playground. Man and woman in house with "For Sale" sign. Shops. Advertisements on the way to the Los Angeles city limits, California. Mission San Juan Capistrano. Boy with flock of birds, garden. Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. Riding in boat past flamingoes, waterfall, rocks.
Original1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
circa 1958-1970
Reel
9 9 California and New Mexico
1 reel (300 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
Driving past mountains, water, fields, view of city. Seacliff Beach State Park. Cliffs, beach, written on sand: "4-3-50 Santa Cruz." People fishing on boat. Altair Dancing Bathing. Women in bathing suits, swimming, rock face. Navajo Loop Trail. Carlsbad Cavern National Park. Sawmill Geyser. Firehouse pool.
circa 1959-1961
10 10 Setup
1 reel (100 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
Ocean, people on dock, swimming. Bridge connecting building and ship. People on board, people on dock. Sailboat,speedboat, view of city. Women pose for camera. Buffet and servers. Barge. Hula dancers in front of sign: "Matson Lines." In town. On the beach. At pineapple farm. Sunset. Fishing on boat. Coast. Beach. Swimming.
circa 1961
11 11 Alaska, 1972
1 reel (300 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
People on boat. Captain at wheel. Various ships in water. Front of boat rising with waves. "All American City Ketchikan." Women walking out of "Red Dog Saloon." "White pass" train car. Motor home with little white poodle running around. View of small buildings, shacks, and detritus from boat. Tourists looking at pelt-covered building. Trained dogs doing tricks on blocks of wood on river bank. "Earthquake Park" sign. Glaciers and mountains. Woman and two young boys walking and playing at campground.
circa 1972
12 12 San Diego Zoo, 1973
1 reel (175 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
San Diego Zoo and Sea World. Ensenada, Mexico. Women walking on sidewalk, someone selling woven baskets. Waves making large splashes in front of women on rocks. Elaborate water play with actors on ferried lines and boats tugged by dolphins and fake volcano. Woman pushing little girl in dolphin-shaped stroller. Man riding two dolphins like skis, holding onto rope tied to their bodies. Man doing flips on trampoline.
circa 1973
13 13 Oregon, 1974
1 reel (100 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
Eugene & Marcelle steam engine vehicles rolling around lawn. Motors running but no in motion. Plowing the ground with steam engine vehicle. Two cows using manual plow. View from small steam train, grass. Man riding bull. Man and woman standing. Docks on lake. Waterfall. Mountaintop forest road.
1974
14 14 Fiji, New Zealand, Australia
1 reel (300 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
On boatSouth Seas Mama. People socialize on boat. Woman selling necklaces on island. Getting on airplane. "Bower Tunnel traffic to Milford for 25 minues after each hours." Snow-capped mountains, waterfalls. People on cable car/ski lift. View of mountains, waterfalls. View of city. People on cable car/ski lift. People with horses, ponies; riding in car; people sitting in grass. Cathedral, statue. Train. Outdoor Christmas tree. People with koala, kangaroo.
circa 1974-1975
15 15 Canadian Rockies, 1975
1 reel (100 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm
"Parks Canada Radium Hot Springs Aqua Court" sign. Swimming pool. Buffalo in the snow. Men standing in front of tour bus. Building in snow, river and bus in snow. Mountain. Train going by in front of mountain. Goats in snow. Waterfall. Aerial of river and mountains. Otters, penguins. Girl plowing ground. Girl running, with boy on bike with boy running behind her. Man standing next to water mill. Toy train. Hurricane Ridge.
1975

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Personal Names

  • Heacock, Rayner

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)