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Two boys fishing at a wooded lake edge in the United States, circa 1960, one leaning in from the left frame edge

A youngster holds a fishing pole over the lake as a companion leans into the frame, circa 1960.

1960 · United States

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Circa 1960 8mm home movie of two shirtless boys at an American lake shore, one in plaid trunks watching the other fish

The child in plaid trunks straightens up to watch the fishing line.

1960 · United States

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Back view of a boy fishing with a long pole on a tree-lined lake in the United States, circa 1960, on colour 8mm film

A long thin pole angles out over the still water from the shoreline.

1960 · United States

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Two boys standing quietly at a wooded lake edge in the United States, circa 1960, one fishing with a pole

Both youngsters stand quietly at the water's edge in the summer sun, circa 1960.

1960 · United States

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VALLEY FORGE PARK direction sign on a wooded bank near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, circa 1962, 8mm home movie

A white VALLEY FORGE PARK sign with a left arrow stands on a brushy bank, circa 1962.

1962 · Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States

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Handheld 8mm view of the Valley Forge Park arrow sign on a shaded Pennsylvania hillside, circa 1962

The handheld camera drifts, placing the Valley Forge Park sign right of centre on the shaded slope.

1962 · Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States

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Legible VALLEY FORGE PARK sign above a dirt path through brush, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, circa 1962 home movie

The lettering and arrow read clearly as the frame settles on the sign and the path below it.

1962 · Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States

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Closing frame of a Valley Forge Park sign on a dim wooded bank in Pennsylvania, circa 1962, grainy 8mm colour film

The shot closes on the sign against dark green foliage, showing the grainy, low-light colour of the original 8mm film.

1962 · Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States

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Circa 1955 home movie still from the United States: a golfer in white tends the pin as a partner putts on a tree-lined green

A golfer holds the flagstick high while a partner strokes a putt, United States, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Circa 1955 8mm frame of a putting stroke on a wooded American golf green, with the flag held upright in the foreground

The putt is struck while the flagstick is held in place, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Circa 1955 home movie still from the United States: a ball stops near the cup beside a golfer tending the flagstick

The ball settles near the cup as the two players behind watch, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Circa 1955 8mm view of a tree-lined US golf green, a golfer at the pin with a wooden shelter behind him

Framing drifts right to show a wooden shelter beyond the green, United States, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Red tug and tank barge moving across New York Harbor, circa 1964, seen in close 8mm home movie framing

A red harbor tug works beside a barge loaded with two white tanks, New York Harbor, circa 1964.

1964 · New York, United States

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Lehigh Valley tug with yellow LV emblem in New York Harbor, circa 1964, next to an L.V.R.R. barge deckhouse

The yellow 'LV' emblem comes into view on the tug's wheelhouse as the camera pans, circa 1964.

1964 · New York, United States

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L.V.R.R. barge with white tanks and a crew member, pushed by a red tug through New York Harbor, circa 1964

The barge's red deckhouse, lettered 'L.V.R.R.', rides beside the tug with a crew member on deck.

1964 · New York, United States

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Railroad tug and barge crossing New York Harbor, circa 1964, wooded far shore behind, on grainy 8mm film

The tug and barge keep moving right past the camera, leaving a white wake on the harbor water.

1964 · New York, United States

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American GI in khaki bends to feed an antlered sika stag from his hand in Nara Park, Japan, circa 1953

A serviceman on leave lets an antlered sika stag eat from his hand, Nara Park, circa 1953.

1953 · Nara Park, Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Smiling GI looks up from feeding an antlered sika stag on 8mm colour film, Nara Park, Japan, circa 1953

The soldier begins to look up toward the camera as the stag keeps feeding.

1953 · Nara Park, Nara Prefecture, Japan

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American serviceman grins at the camera while a sika stag eats from his hand, Nara deer park, Japan, circa 1953

A broad grin to camera as the stag feeds from the soldier's hand, Nara, circa 1953.

1953 · Nara Park, Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Korean War era GI on R&R smiles while feeding an antlered sika stag in wooded Nara Park, Japan, circa 1953

Still smiling, the GI keeps his palm at the stag's muzzle in the wooded deer park.

1953 · Nara Park, Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Hillside homes seen past white birch trunks from a hilltop, likely Minnesota, circa 1937, in black-and-white home movie film.

The pan opens on scattered homes along a valley slope, framed by two birch trunks.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Curving valley road with gabled homes and a bright pond in winter woods, likely Minnesota, circa 1937.

Midway through the pan, a curving road leads past gabled houses toward a bright pond.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Gabled houses below a pond lined with conifers in a wooded valley, black-and-white film, likely Minnesota, circa 1937.

Gabled homes sit beside the road with a pond and dark conifers behind them.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Large pale-roofed house beneath forested ridges at the end of a hilltop pan, likely Minnesota, circa 1937.

The pan ends on a large pale-roofed building set against forested ridges.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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