Home Movies - Unidentified (silent, 1940s)

This home movie captures a variety of scenes from the 1940s. It begins with a family enjoying a picnic, drinking, and dancing, followed by a long shot of a seaplane on a lake, possibly Lake Washington near Seattle. There are also glimpses of infrastructure projects, including street and bridge construction near a lakeshore. Other segments show theater screen shots of commercial movies filmed with a home camera, dark interior shots of a bar from behind the counter, and additional road construction scenes. The footage is a mix of personal and public moments, with some sections flopped during processing. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project.