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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Shot by an unknown American, this 16mm silent home movie shows scenes shot in Mississippi and Florida in 1941. The film starts with footage shot aboard a fishing boat, with sports fishermen in pith helmets. At 3:02, color footage of people, including a woman with a bikini-like swimsuit, fishing with nets. At 4:12, ladies in one-piece swimsuits ride in a small boat. At 4:48, a woman rides a horse at a ranch, and at 5:05 a bit of golf with men and women playing. The film also contains images of the small town of Water Valley, Mississippi (6:45) including main street, a local bank (7;08) with a distinctive tower and local residents. At (9:30) a cat is shown on a fence. At (10:31) the wash is taken down from the clothesline after drying. At (11:57) up close footage of a young lady who appears to be driving a car. At (12:30), some kind of beach resort with slides into a lake. At (14:32) a zoo enclosure shaped like a castle is surrounded by monkeys. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
