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Title on Reel (transcribed from original)
Homecoming Week 1929 - Niagara Falls
Date Created
1929
Reel Format
16mm
Reel Description
This film reel contains footage of people and events in and around Michigan including:
- A gas station with automobiles driving past
- A river with what appears to be a collapsed bridge Farmland with a houses, barns, and automobiles
- A town filmed from above, with buildings and automobiles on a main road
- Individuals standing on the sidewalk near a bridge in a town
- An individual standing in front of a gas station with a sign reading "NEHI"
- Buses with "Eastern Michigan Motorbuses" written on the side
- Footage of a large body of water with a bridge across it
- Footage of factories on the shore of a large body of water filmed from a bridge
- Footage of a large body of water filmed from the side of the road
- Footage of a large body of water with a dam Footage of a waterfall. This appears to be Niagara Falls, including the Whirlpool Aero Car on the Canadian side of the falls
Runtime
00:05:40
Personal Name Subject
Stilson, Harris, 1868-1934
Topical Subject
Niagara Falls (Ont.); Lakes; Rivers
City/Location
Michigan
Genre
black-and-white films (visual works)
Local Genre
moving image
Type
Moving Image
Digital Format
video/mov
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Harris H. Stilson Films Richmond film collection, circa 1929-1931
Source
Harris H. Stilson Films Richmond film collection, circa 1929-1931, M 575, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m575_stilson_004.mov