Amateur films
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Home movies; Home videos; Personal films.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Eleutherian Mills garden photographs and film
Collection
Accession: 1994-342
Abstract:
From 1802 to 1921, Eleutherian Mills was a gunpowder mill site used for the manufacture of explosives by the duPont family business. The name also refers to the house and gardens on the hill above the mills, which was the first duPont family home in America. This collections contains slides and color snapshot photographs of the garden at Eleutherian Mills. Also included is an 8 mm. home movie.
Dates:
circa 1950-1970
Wendell Willkie presidential campaign parade film
Collection
Accession: 2024-222
Abstract:
Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was an American lawyer and utilities executive who served as the Republican Party nominee in the 1940 presidential election. This item is an amateur silent film by an unidentified filmmaker depicting scenes of Willkie's presidential campaign parade in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
Dates:
1940 October 31
