Stilson Film #4, Michigan, 1929

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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

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries and the Harry Stilson Richmond Collection 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

Stilson Film #4, Michigan, 1929

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