Dumke family home movies, 1926-1968

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• Description: Wattis family Christmas

  00:01:55 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing Grandfather Wattis and Grandmother Wattis, Paul Wattis with mustache and derby, Mother, Marky, and Zeke. Approximate time Christmas 1926.

  Dates: 1926 December
  Container: Reel 1
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  Black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)
  Dates: 1928
  Container: Reel 2
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:13:00 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie shows men inspecting rock, child on pony, family outside of house in winter, children playing in snow, telephone poles, views of mountains.

  Dates: 1928
  Container: Reel 3
• Description: Dog races and skiing

  00:01:32 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing dog sledding and people posing.

  Dates: 1929 November
  Container: Reel 4
• Description: Yellowstone Park

  00:01:19 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing a family gathering for drinks, an older man mowing a patch of grass next to a lake, a pier with two younger men standing with their backs to the camera, a third running with something in his hand.

  Dates: 1930 May
  Container: Reel 5
• Description: Caliente

  00:03:57 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Family vacation on the West Coast; various women exploring where they're staying, downtown; young boys posing in winter clothes with their toys.

  Dates: 1930 July
  Container: Reel 6
• Description: Zeke's party

  black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)
  Dates: 1930 August
  Container: Reel 7
• Description: County Club

  00:03:54 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Family skiing video that primarily shows children skiing and sledding.

  Dates: 1931 July
  Container: Reel 8
• Description: Ski jumps and dog races

  00:03:43 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Failed and successful ski jumps in Ecker Hill, Utah; sled dog racing and young girls watching. Might have Alf and Sverre Engen.

  Dates: 1931 September
  Container: Reel 9
• Description: Fish for two

  00:03:45 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Short film. "'Fish for Two' a Gem of the Screen" is the title of the film; it tells a story of a boy and his dog, who travel to a nearby river together and go fishing. The boy falls into the river, but the dog jumps in after him and drags him out. The boy ends up catching a fish and shares with the dog.

  Dates: 1931 September
  Container: Reel 10
• Description: Anniversary, Markey fishing

  00:03:37 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing either a garden party or wedding rehearsal, and then horses racing and a family fishing, throwing rocks, and camping.

  Dates: 1931
  Container: Reel 11
• Description: Zeke's birthday

  00:03:39 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie shows a family over a small stone bridge feeding a flock of ducks; next shot shows a woman posing; children and teenagers playing in a fountain or pool; a series of ski jumps.

  Dates: 1932 February
  Container: Reel 12
• Description: Camping with Billy and Mattie

  00:03:41 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing an outdoor evening party with adults in formal wear; women in dresses posing for a picture; a man and his child with a tricycle; children sledding and skiing with dogs; a dog begging for attention.

  Dates: 1932 February
  Container: Reel 13
• Description: Boulder Dam

  00:03:52 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing wide shots of a desert mountain, and later shots of giant machinery removing boulders from the mountain mines with some children posing in a miner's hat.

  Dates: 1932 April
  Container: Reel 14
• Description: Ski film

  00:03:47 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing different ski jumps and slopes; children gathering and posing on the deck of a brick house; children in the back of a horse-drawn sled; a family posing next to trains at what appears to be a mine.

  Dates: 1932 June
  Container: Reel 15
• Description: Dam

  00:03:42 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing shots at the mouth of a giant cave or mine, surrounded with rocky mountains as construction work is done by the mouth of the cave. Family is shown walking around the site, posing next to cars.

  Dates: 1932 June
  Container: Reel 16
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:03:49 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing a family luncheon with children and birthday cake; the same children playing at a pool; children dancing in pairs; shows teenagers playing in a lake with canoes; shows adults at a shooting range by the same lake; filmed from a motorboat and shows the lakeside cabins.

  Dates: 1932
  Container: Reel 17
• Description: Camping trip

  00:03:54 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  This shows a family riding horses, hiking, and exploring mountains.

  Dates: 1933 October
  Container: Reel 18
• Description: Camping trip with Jake, Eddie, and Markey

  00:03:41 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  This shows a family horseback riding and fishing.

  Dates: 1934 March
  Container: Reel 19
• Description: Ft. Sam Houston military parade Tex (Texas)

  00:03:50 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a military parade involving marching, bands, and a flag ceremony at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

  Dates: 1934
  Container: Reel 20
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:01:02 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing upside down footage of a horse ranch, and a child playing in the snow. This video has been edited to correct the upside down issue.

  Dates: 1934
  Container: Reel 21
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:03:07 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing a boy, a man, and a dog posing and playing with each other; different children playing with the same dog.

  Dates: 1935 July
  Container: Reel 22
• Description: Erikssons visit and picnic

  00:03:58 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a family dressed in light colors posing outside of their house; the next shot shows children playing with a dog in the backyard; the next shot shows a family leaving in a car to a picnic with adults.

  Dates: 1935 August
  Container: Reel 23
• Description: Denver - A B Trotts New Orleans and Al Ochsner

  00:03:43 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a family playing with a dog; a different dog in front of a large farmhouse; a different house that is equally as large as the farmhouse.

  Dates: 1935 August
  Container: Reel 24
• Description: Fishing trip

  00:03:28 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows several adults on a boat called the "Caliban" that is docked at "Anglers Guild, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla."; the adults on the boat as it travels parallel to the shore; the adults posing and fishing out in the sea.

  Dates: 1935 August
  Container: Reel 25
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)
  Dates: 1935
  Container: Reel 26
• Description: Camping trip Ochsner

  00:03:50 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing mountainous landscapes; a family posing; a black bear; a family exploring the mountainous landscape and encountering wildlife; a family fishing, horseback riding, and talking on a porch.

  Dates: 1936 May
  Container: Reel 27
• Description: Jackson Hole Dr. Holmes

  00:03:54 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a group of adult men looking over a mountainous and plain landscape in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

  Dates: 1936 May
  Container: Reel 28
• Description: Camping trip

  00:03:54 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing a family horseback riding in a shallow valley; children playing in a river and young adults fishing; the family's campsite.

  Dates: 1936 May
  Container: Reel 29
• Description: Yellowstone

  00:03:43 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing a family vacation where they horseback ride and fish; a young mother holding her infant child in her Sunday best, showing the rest of her family the child; children playing next to a swimming pool.

  Dates: 1936 June
  Container: Reel 30
• Description: Glacier

  00:03:55 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a family by a lake as they horseback ride, fish, canoe, and lounge on the porch of a lakeside cabin.

  Dates: 1936 June
  Container: Reel 31
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:03:31 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a a desert landscape and a family posing in front of a central lake; men in uniform; a mining and dam landscape with construction machinery; a group of adults boating towards the dam; a local parade.

  Dates: 1936 June 01
  Container: Reel 32
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:03:31 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a shot of water skiing, a snowy landscape and family posing; a cabin nearby the lake.

  Dates: 1936 August
  Container: Reel 33
• Description: Ski film County Club

  00:03:55 color, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a family at a lake water skiing, boating, and posing in front of a lake.

  Dates: 1936 October
  Container: Reel 34
• Description: Zeke

  00:02:22 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows shaky, upside down footage of a street through a window; a boy and a dog playing; a woman posing with her fishing catch; a bear rummaging through the trash; a young boy with an American flag and his sister playing with a dog; another shaky, upside down footage of a street through a window. Video has been edited to fix the upside down clip.

  Dates: 1936 October
  Container: Reel 35
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:16:27 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing children posing on top of a mountain looking down on a valley; the next shot shows an amusement park; children and teenagers swimming in a pool; a go-cart track with children racing; chained bears in a zoo eating and drinking; a family on a beach; a family hiking in the woods; a family posing in front of a building; children playing with dogs and posing in front of a garden; more landscape of mountains and lakes; a man standing on top of logs in a lake and moving them around; a family playing in a lake in a canoe and a sailboat; a family eating; a street lined with palm trees; a family on the beach; a woman petting a dog and reading a magazine; a garden through a window.

  Dates: 1936
  Container: Reel 36
• Description: Horse show

  00:01:22 color, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a horse and horse racing.

  Dates: 1937 January 06
  Container: Reel 37
• Description: Florida Ochsner

  00:04:26 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing a family fishing on a boat; the next shot shows adults exploring a garden; shows an airplane hanger with mechanics working on planes; a tower.

  Dates: 1939
  Container: Reel 38
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:13:19 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  A family wearing matching riding outfits gathered around a pile of luggage and cars in the mountains; the family riding around the mountains and camping; a woman posing and dogsled racing; a boy playing with his dog; a well dressed family leaving a house; landscape and aerial views of a mine; a family playing with dogs.

  Dates: 1939
  Container: Reel 39
• Description: Misc (miscellaneous) films

  00:11:16 color, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing a family ski trip, particularly family posing and shots of the ski life, with some repeating shots throughout the video. This reel consists of several brief film clips spliced together with blank film leader in between. In the original film reel, some of the clips are upside down or backwards. This video has been edited to correct that playback issue.

  Dates: 1939
  Container: Reel 40
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:14:18 color, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a snowy landscape and cabin during a family ski trip, particularly young adults skiing and leaving the cabin, with some repeating shots throughout the video. This video has been edited to fix some upside down clips.

  Dates: 1940
  Container: Reel 41
• Description: Eddie

  00:00:30 color, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a family walking through the snow.

  Dates: 1940
  Container: Reel 42
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:06:10 color, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing a train, people boarding and leaving the train, and a family boarding and leaving a bus near a cabin in the winter, and a snow plow with some repeating shots throughout the video.

  Dates: 1940
  Container: Reel 43
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  color, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)
  Dates: 1940
  Container: Reel 44
• Description: Yellowstone

  00:03:54 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  A family on summer vacation, with shots of children playing in a pool, a lake, riding horses, canoeing, and scuba-diving. Some of the shots are in Jackson Hole and Hebgen Lake.

  Dates: 1941 December
  Container: Reel 45
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:02:12 color, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing a baby; a man in uniform walking with a limp and posing; women walking and posing; the man and women posing together.

  Dates: 1944
  Container: Reel 46
• Description: Fishing trip

  00:02:06 color, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Men showing off their fishing catches; a family eating dinner outside; a toddler playing and crawling.

  Dates: 1945
  Container: Reel 47
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:01:48 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  A woman skiing; another woman on a ski lift; men and women doing skiing tricks.

  Dates: 1945
  Container: Reel 48
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:07:54 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Men posing in front of a cabin and riding horses; adults on a boat; a man saddling up horses; riders and pack horses exploring a forest; adults camping, fishing, rafting, swimming; adults riding horses across a boulder field.

  Dates: 1945
  Container: Reel 49
• Description: Dad mowing lawn, Ed waterskiing

  00:01:07 color, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  A man standing next to his car in the middle of the road with mountains in the distance.

  Dates: 1946 September
  Container: Reel 50
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:04:05 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Upside down shots of a family boating, camping, a bear getting into their trash; a waterfall, a young boy and his family posing in front of Old Faithful geyser; a family playing and posing in formal wear. Video was edited to fix playback issues.

  Dates: 1946
  Container: Reel 51
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:03:39 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Home movie showing mountains and a family riding horses and posing in front of cliffs; a family posing on top of the cliffs, over the valley; a family posing in front of a walk and campsite; some poor video quality (grainy shots, skipping, the frame cut out)

  Dates: 1946
  Container: Reel 52
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)
  Dates: 1946
  Container: Reel 53
• Description: Van Buren

  00:01:58 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Young children at an outside birthday party playing on a swing set and other playground equipment; a young boy rollerskating for the first time.

  Dates: 1947 November 19
  Container: Reel 54
• Description: Home movie

  00:02:13 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Shows a family in best dress walking and posing.

  Dates: 1948
  Container: Reel 55
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:12:57 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Children posing and talking to the camera, playing in the yard; adult men on a desert shooting range with mountains in the background; young children and adults in winter clothes posing on a driveway; an Easter egg hunt in a front yard; young adults swimming, fishing, riding and camping; young adults and teenagers playing baseball in front of a house; adults posing in front of the camera; children riding a pony, playing with a lamb, posing and talking to the camera.

  Dates: 1948
  Container: Reel 56
• Description: Dinner also playing, boys and girls, Pal

  00:03:45 black and white, no sound
  16mm (photographic film size)

  Men posing at Yellowstone; aerial shots of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone; a bear cub wandering the forest; men posing in front of Dragons Mouth Springs; more landscape shots of Yellowstone.

  Dates: 1949 March
  Container: Reel 57
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:03:40 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  Adults posing and playing with a dog in a field of flowers overlaid with young adults water-skiing; a garden party overlaid with young adults skiing.

  Dates: 1964
  Container: Reel 58
• Description: Film 1

  00:15:37 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  A parade with floats; different buildings; a family at the beach; driving along the coast; ancient building ruins; downtown with signs in Spanish; a small village.

  Dates: 1965
  Container: Reel 59
• Description: Film 2

  00:14:24 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  A marketplace, other shots of various local people in their daily lives; ancient building ruins; government building; different highlights of architecture; aerial views of a city; a volcano; locals walking down a main road; views of the coastline from a boat.

  Dates: 1965
  Container: Reel 60
• Description: Film 3

  00:11:05 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  A parrot, a landscape shot of mountains and lakes, a waterfall, women posing in a local town, aerial shot of a town, the mountains and lake; local children; marketplace; various buildings' aerial view of a crater (volcano?); aerial views of the countryside from an airplane.

  Dates: 1966
  Container: Reel 61
• Description: Film 4

  00:14:53 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  WARNING: Animal Death. Various buildings and locals; several matador fights; ancient building ruins; aerial shots of a town in a valley; family posing and riding; various shots of the lakes and mountains.

  Dates: 1966
  Container: Reel 62
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:03:24 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  Young adults jet skiing with varying levels of film quality.

  Dates: 1967
  Container: Reel 63
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:03:17 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  Young adults jet skiing with varying levels of film quality.

  Dates: 1967
  Container: Reel 64
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:02:35 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  Young adults jet skiing and skiing with varying levels of film quality.

  Dates: 1967
  Container: Reel 65
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:03:27 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  Young adults skiing on a crowded slope.

  Dates: 1968
  Container: Reel 66
• Description: Unlabeled home movie

  00:03:25 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  Young adults skiing on a crowded slope and watching other ski.

  Dates: 1968
  Container: Reel 67
• Description: Hawaii

  00:22:28 color, no sound
  8mm (photographic film size)

  A family lounging by and playing in a pool; well dressed adults posing in a backyard; adults talking and eating on a patio; adults on a shooting range; landscape shots of fields and mountains; a man and a woman posing on a dock in front of a distant ship; women gathering and putting leis on other women; a ship docking with people waving; a man watching others swim back to shore; women walking on the beach and in front of a beach cabin; a family playing golf, swimming in the ocean and a pool, exploring gardens; aerial shots of the coastline from a plane window; a family exploring waterfall; a family canoeing, lounging on a patio and playing on the beach; landscape shots of the countryside; more aerial shots of the coastline from a plane window; a family overlooking a green valley; a family picknicking; a family playing in the ocean.

  Dates: 1968
  Container: Reel 68
• Description: Early Dumke Family Tape 1

  color, sound
  VHS
  Dates: undated
  Container: Reel 69
• Description: Early Dumke Family Tape 2

  color, sound
  VHS
  Dates: undated
  Container: Reel 70