Chapter 2

- This home movie is a wonderful example of fashion and decoration in the 1950's. Who didn't have a grandmother who had those plastic couch covers? It's an important part of pop culture history. One young man plays horse with his younger brother. Somersaults down the living room floor. Climbs up on the coffee table(in his oxford shoes) to play with his recorder. Then, it's time for jumping on the bed

This looks like a trip to New York City's Rockefeller Center. I recognize the flags and the statue in front of the GE building. There is some beautiful footage of gardens- pick tulips and waterfalls. The FAO Schwartz building is in New York City. A horse drawn carriage rides through Central Park. There is great shopping in an outside market place, similar to the flea markets of today. Booths are full of clothes, picture frames, furniture, vases, and tons of people!

St Mark's Majestic Men Stores, full of suits, sandals, and boots. There appears to be a English flag hanging in the window. The family visits a place called Jambargle which is a different kind of jewelery store. The city has many tall apartment buildings. Furniture is sold through a sidewalk sale. A trip to New York's pizza shops is a must. You can buy flowers from street vendors as well.

The movie then shows footage of a passenger American Airlines airplane- both the outside of the plane and then footage of the airplane during take-off and flight. Some of the views out the window, looking over the clouds and water, of the plane are fantastic.




We're back home again outside a two story house where the children smile and waive at the camera.

Into the woods we go and see an log cabin. The log cabin in a blend of tradition and modern comfort as it has skylights in the roof. We see a view out over a lake and a castle type building on the horizon. The family shows pictures of motor and paddle boats.

I can't tell where the last location in the movie is, but it seems to be on some sort of pier with guides, and tours. The architecture is amazing, it looks like it could almost be a campus of some sort. The panoramic shots show the skyline of a city complete with skyscrapers and suspension bridges. There is a Canadian maple leaf on the side of one of the buildings.

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[whoyodanny]

Some really interesting footage here. I can, however, confirm that this is not the 1950s, but is 1967. I can see fresh new '67 model vehicles in the New York footage, and the Canadian footage is at the Expo '67 in Vancouver. Nice. Thanks.