- Title: LF-15
- Summary: ST. CLAIR SHORES: 1954 ST. CLAIR SHORES, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION, TORONTO, CANADA
- Description:05:00:48 - EXTERIOR HOUSE, ST. CLAIR SHORES. BOYS WALKING ON PATIO, WEAR MATCHING SHORT SETS 05:01:03 - PAN BRICK HOME, GARDENS. CHAIN LINK FENCE. WOMEN & BOYS IN GARDEN, VIEW OF LAKE. BOYS PLAY WITH TOYS 05:01:29 - PAN GARDENS, LAKE, ST. CLAIR SHORES. 05:01:57 - LS BOATS ON THE LAKE, CHOPPY WATER 05:02:35 - PAN FROM LAKE TO ONE STORY BRICK LAKE FRONT HOME 05:02:55 - INTERIOR DONUT SHOP, DOWNTOWN DETROIT. BAKERS IN KITCHEN, 1950s DONUT MAKING MACHINES 05:03:16 - FRONT OF SHOP, SERVICE COUNTER, MURAL OF DETROIT CITYSCAPE CUSTOMERS IN 1950s COFFEE SHOP 05:04:03 - CUSTOMER READS THE NEWSPAPER WHICH IS HANGING UPRIGHT ON WALLS OF COFFEE SHOP 05:04:10 - PAN 1950s COFFEE SHOP CUSTOMERS, WAITRESSES, COUNTERS, BOOTHS. ECU WAITRESS'S FACE 05:04:55 - INTERIOR HOUSE, ST. CLAIR SHORES. 1950s DECOR. BRICK FIREPLACE. LEATHER CHAIR. PIANO. LARGE DINING ROOM TABLE. CANDLES. CENTERPIECE. WATERFRONT VIEW. 05:05:40 - OLDER HOUSEWIFE IN THE KITCHEN PREPARING FOOD. PRE-TEEN OR YOUNG TEEN SON STANDS BESIDE HER WATCHING. 1950s WASHER AND DRYER. HOME APPLIANCES. BOOKCASES 05:06:17 - QUICK SHOT BOATS ON THE LAKE 05:06:18 - EXTERIOR HOUSE, ST. CLAIR SHORES. 1950s COUPLE, WOMAN WEARS A SCARF AND CARRIES A PURSE. KIDS RUN AROUND ON FRONT YARD 05:06:40 - EXTERIOR BEACH, MAN JUMPING FROM SMALL MOTOR BOAT ONTO THE BEACH. WEARS A CAPTAIN'S CAP. WALKS UP THE BEACH 05:06:55 - SKINNY MAN WITH A PIPE IN HIS MOUTH TRIES TO HAUL THE BOAT OUT OF THE WATER BY HIMSELF. STRUGGLES WITH THIS TASK WAVES AT THE CAMERA 05:07:04 - MAN WALKS UP TO HIS BEACH HOUSE ON THE LAKE SHORE. MODEST ONE STORY BEACH HOUSE. LAKE FRONT CAMP. COTTAGE. 05:07:16 - POV ON SMALL BOAT ON LAKE. WATER RUSHES OUT SMALL DAM 05:07:31 - MAN IN "HEMMINGWAY" LARGE BILL CAP & SAFARI SHIRT LIGHTS A PIPE STANDING NEXT TO "TRENT CANAL COUCHICHINC LOCK LIFE PRESERVER LIFE RING 05:07:36 - ANOTHER MAN WEARS CAPTAIN'S CAP, LOUD HAWAIIAN SHIRT UNDER CONSERVATIVE JACKET STANDS NEXT TO SAME LIFE RING 05:07:41 - PAN TRENT CANAL COUCHINCHINC LOCKS, BOAT PASSING THROUGH THE LOCKS 05:07:57 - TWO WORKERS HAND TURN LOCKS GIZMO 05:08:04 - SMALL PLEASURE BOATS PASSING THROUGH CANAL LOCKS 05:08:20 - WATER SEEPS THROUGH THE LOCKS 05:08:25 - WORKERS ADJUSTING LOCKS GIZMO BY HAND TURNING METAL BARS OPENING THE SMALL CANAL LOCK BY HAND ALLOWING SMALL BOATS TO PASS THROUGH, CLOSING THEM AFTER THEY PASS 05:09:12 - MAN WALKS TO SMALL MOTOR BOAT MOORED IN FRONT OF HIS PROPERTY. UNTIES THE ROPES, GETS IN THE BOAT, PULLS THE MOTOR STARTER, LEAVES THE DOCK. CAMERA FOLLOWS HIM. 05:10:15 - POV ON BOAT. CRANE IN BRUSH TAKES OFF IN FLIGHT 05:10:26 - SMALL PLEASURE BOATS ON THE LAKE. WATER SKIER. WATER SKIING. WATER SPORTS. SUMMER RECREATION. 05:10:40 - PASSENGERS ON FERRY "LADY HAMILTON" BRITISH FLAG 05:10:45 - POV ON FERRY PASSING CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES WATERFRONT WAREHOUSES. DETROIT ? CITY SKYLINE IN B/G. BOATS PASSING. URBAN WATERFRONT PIERS, WAREHOUSES. SMOG 05:11:13 - POV ON BOAT PASSING SMALL PRIVATE AIRPORT, SMALL PRIVATE SEAPLANES ON THE GRASS 05:11:21 - PASSENGERS RIDING THE FERRY HOLDING COCKTAILS POSE FOR THE CAMERA THE MEN LIFT THEIR GLASSES TO THE CAMERAMAN IN A TOAST 05:11:27 - FERRY PASSENGERS SITTING OUTSIDE ON THE DECK DRINKING CUPS OF COFFEE IN PAPER CUPS AND EATING SNACKS. CU MAN SHARES HIS DRINK WITH HIS WIFE WHO WEARS A NAME TAG ON HER DRESS 05:11:45 - LS PAN URBAN WATERFRONT COULD BE DETROIT POV FROM BOAT 05:11:56 - WOMAN ON BOARD FERRY POSES FOR THE CAMERA 05:12:11 - POV ON BOAT PASSING SMALL PRIVATE AIRPORT. SMALL PRIVATE PLANES PARKED ON THE GRASS. SIGN "CENTRAL AIRWAYS" SEAPLANES 05:12:28 - 1950s SEAPLANES ON THE LAKE 05:12:34 - FERRY PASSENGERS ON DECK HAVING COCKTAILS. MAN WEARS CAPTAIN'S CAP AND SIPS ON HIS DRINK 05:12:45 - PASSENGERS WALKING ON DECK AS FERRY APPROACHES CITY DETROIT ? 05:13:16 - PLEASURE BOATS IN CITY HARBOR 05:13:22 - FERRY, BOATS ON A LAKE 05:13:46 - FERRY PASSENGERS POSE FOR THE CAMERA 05:13:53 - CU MAN'S SHIRT EMBROIDERED WITH "YOUNGSTOWN KITCHEN" AND HIS NAME DAVE HOFFMAN. TILT UP TO HIS SMILING FACE 05:14:06 - 1950s FERRY PASSENGERS SIT ON DECK 05:14:13 - INTERIOR HOUSE, WOMAN WALKS OVER TO POTTED PLANT, BENDS OVER AND SMELLS THE FLOWERS. WOMAN WALKS OVER TO DINING ROOM TABLE SET FOR DINNER. LOOKS LIKE A SHOOT, CAMERAMAN SEEN 05:14:35 - WOMAN POSES ON A BED IN A 1950s BEDROOM, GETS UP AND POSES LOOKS LIKE A PHOTO SHOOT 05:14:44 - WOMAN TALKS INTO A MICROPHONE STANDING NEXT TO PLANT 05:14:55 - WOMAN WALKS OVER TO DINING ROOM TABLE SET FOR DINNER, FLOWER CENTERPIECE. 05:15:01 - PEOPLE WALKING AROUND CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION FOOTAGE DARK 05:15:37 - PEOPLE WALKING AROUND CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION "PRODUCTS OF CANADA" GENERAL ELECTRIC TALKING REFRIGERATOR. WOODEN SOLDIER HEAD ON TOP. REFRIGERATOR DOORS OPEN BY THEMSELVES. HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES. A BIG HIT AT THE EXHIBITION, MANY PEOPLE ADMIRE THE PRODUCT. ANIMATED FOOD IN THE FREEZER, DOOR OPENS, FOOD MOVES UP AND DOWN, SAME IN THE REFRIGERATOR 05:18:35 - DELIVERY TRUCK EXITS STORAGE BARN, SIGN ON TRUCK "HIGH PARK ROSE SPECIALISTS" 05:18:59 - 1950s TRUCKER AND OWNER TALK, MAN HOLDS SMALL BOOK OPEN. PRE-TEEN BOY WEARS 1950s LEATHER JACKET. ANOTHER MAN IN A SUIT JOINS THEM, LOOKING AT PAPERS, COULD BE A PURCHASE ORDER, MAN RIPS SHEET OF PAPER OUT OF BOOK AND HANDS TO THE BUSINESSMAN, BUSINESS OWNER, SHAKES HANDS. 05:19:53 - PRE-TEEN BOY WEARING A 1950s BLACK LEATHER JACKET CLIMBS ONTO THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK WHILE THE MEN STAND AROUND TALKING 05:20:13 - PEOPLE WALKING AROUND EXHIBITION "HIGH PARK ROSE SPECIALISTS" BOOTH. PEOPLE ADMIRING ROSES OF VARIOUS COLORS 05:20:53 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: LF-15