Amateur and home-movie footage. Streaming 24 hours a day, synchronized to the second across all viewers worldwide.
Silent home movies from Ellwood F. Hoffmann, a Philadelphia silk stocking maker who started out sweeping a mill floor. Reel 085, 1929.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 5:09 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:37 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:04 PM UTC
Silent, edited footage of the December 6, 1969 Altamont Speedway concert, with Santana, Jefferson Airplane and the Stones. Opens and closes on a fire.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 5:20 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:48 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:15 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1930 vacation cruise home movies, plus a commercial short about Bermuda.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 5:46 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:14 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:41 PM UTC
Amateur and home-movie footage.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 6:01 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:29 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:57 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 16:HEARTH, 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE, 64:JINGLE, 73:CALL NUMBER, 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK, 88:WORKBENCH
Silent home movies from Ellwood F. Hoffmann, a Philadelphia silk stocking maker who started out sweeping a mill floor. Reel 130, 1928.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 6:09 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:37 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 1:04 PM UTC
Ira Gershwin leafs through the Porgy and Bess score, then the film moves on to portraits and paintings of and by the Gershwins.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 6:17 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:45 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 1:13 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 32:SAUCER, 64:JINGLE, 73:CALL NUMBER
Ellwood Hoffmann's Alaska trip, reel five, 1930. Home movies from the north.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 6:24 PM UTC • Today at 1:52 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:52 PM UTC
Onboard 16mm film from Apollo 15, including views from the Lunar Roving Vehicle's camera and a mass spectrometer boom.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 7:08 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:36 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:04 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 84:T-MINUS
Silent home movies from Ellwood F. Hoffmann, a Philadelphia silk stocking maker who started out sweeping a mill floor. Reel 148, 1926.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 8:43 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:11 PM UTC
Amateur and home-movie footage.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Airing Now (3:34 PM UTC) • Today at 8:57 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:25 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE
Ellwood Hoffmann's Alaska trip, part one. Home movies from the far north.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 4:07 PM UTC • Today at 9:29 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:57 PM UTC
Amateur and home-movie footage.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 10:31 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:59 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 75:KALEIDO, 81:HALL PASS
Reel 136 from Ellwood Hoffmann's 1929 home movies. Tennis, gardening and travel were his passions, and the camera followed.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 10:49 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:16 PM UTC
The 16mm film shot by the Apollo 11 crew: the descent, the moonwalk seen from the lunar module window, and the trip back up.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 11:00 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:28 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 84:T-MINUS
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1930 Alaska trip continues in part two.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 12:31 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:59 PM UTC
Reel 1, part 2, from home movies bought at an auction in Walla Walla. Yellowstone Park, July 1929.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 1:34 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:04 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 11:02 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER, 74:INTERTITLE, 83:RED TAPE, 86:POSTCARD
Amateur and home-movie footage.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 1:51 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 11:19 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 61:RABBIT EARS, 64:JINGLE
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1927 home movies, number one hundred three in his collection.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 2:36 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:04 AM UTC
Amateur and home-movie footage.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 2:49 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:17 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE
Home movies of David Shepard at about age four, 1942 to 1943, playing with a reel of film. Shot on Kodachrome.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 3:03 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:31 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 23:MUSTER, 73:CALL NUMBER, 80:EXTRA EXTRA, 90:HEPCAT
Reel 142 from Ellwood Hoffmann's 1929 home movies, an amateur filmmaker's slice of the late twenties.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 3:09 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:37 AM UTC
Liza Minnelli's second or third birthday party, plus more Gershwin-circle home movies with Judy Garland and Harold and Anya Arlen. Ira was her godfather.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 3:20 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:48 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER
Reel 149 from Ellwood Hoffmann's 1928 home movies. One more chapter from a man who filmed all 50 states.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Today at 3:31 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:59 AM UTC
Home movies of George and Ira Gershwin from 1935 to 1939, most in color. A peek at the brothers off duty.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 3:44 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:12 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1929 reel 146: a trip through Canada and Washington, filmed by a Philadelphia stocking maker.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 4:09 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:36 AM UTC
Home movies of Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon: a California beach house, lounging with their mothers at home, and showing off baby daughter Barbara.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 4:22 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:50 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER, 83:RED TAPE
Ellwood Hoffmann takes his movie camera along on a 1929 trip. Reel 138 of a hobbyist's travel diary.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 4:39 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:06 AM UTC
Behind-the-scenes home footage of Loretta Young on the sets of Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, Caravan, White Parade and The Call of the Wild.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 4:50 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:17 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 72:TEASER, 73:CALL NUMBER
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1929 reel 144 visits Mt Rainier, camera in hand. Scenic postcards in motion from a hobbyist.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 5:27 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:54 AM UTC
A day in the life of the Kelly family of Lebanon, Kentucky, 1938. Small-town Southern life that defies the Depression-era stereotype.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 5:37 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:05 AM UTC
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1927 Yellowstone home movie, reel 141. A hosiery magnate's vacation, shot on his own camera.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 5:50 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:18 AM UTC
A woman, possibly Harold Arlen's mother, relaxes in a sunny yard with two dogs.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 6:03 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:46 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:01 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER, 90:HEPCAT
Ira Gershwin's home movie of a pro men's tennis match, probably featuring Bill Tilden. 1939.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 6:22 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:08 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 3:50 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 16:HEARTH, 73:CALL NUMBER, 86:POSTCARD
A 1929 home movie trip to California: Oakland, big redwood trees, and Lake Tahoe, filmed by Ellwood Hoffmann.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 6:25 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 3:53 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 86:POSTCARD
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1929 trip to the Wisconsin Dells, shot on Kodacolor stock. Those vertical stripes are the film, not your screen.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 6:47 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 4:15 AM UTC
Ira Gershwin, Edward G. Robinson and friends play runway models in a Gershwin backyard garden fashion show, with a pool for a catwalk.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 7:04 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:20 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 4:32 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER
1929 home movie vacation footage from Ellwood Hoffmann, with a stop at a hosiery mill. Shot in Kodacolor.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 7:06 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 4:34 AM UTC
A 1926 home movie of a big fire, shot by Ellwood Hoffmann. Smoke, crowds, and one curious cameraman.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 7:22 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 4:50 AM UTC
A backyard luncheon at the Gershwin home, plus George Gershwin's footage of Fred Astaire doing "Slap That Bass" on the set of Shall We Dance.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 7:45 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:16 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:41 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 16:HEARTH, 73:CALL NUMBER
Silent home movie footage from 1926, shot by hosiery magnate and devoted amateur filmmaker Ellwood Hoffmann.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 7:48 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 5:15 AM UTC
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1926 home movies, number ninety-five in his collection.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 8:02 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 5:30 AM UTC
A 1928 home movie of a Pennsylvania hosiery mill, from the collection of Ellwood Hoffmann, who started as a floor sweeper there.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 8:17 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 5:45 AM UTC
Another 1928 reel from the home movie collection of Ellwood Hoffmann.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 8:44 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 6:12 AM UTC
A 1928 reel of home movies from Ellwood Hoffmann, who retired at 50 to garden, play tennis, and film.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 8:52 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 6:19 AM UTC
Home movie footage labeled The Smedley School. Little is known about this reel beyond its title.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 9:03 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:35 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:03 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 23:MUSTER, 40:TUMBLEWEED, 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE, 80:EXTRA EXTRA, 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK, 86:POSTCARD, 87:HABITAT, 88:WORKBENCH, 201:HOLIDAZE
A 1928 reel of Ellwood Hoffmann's home movies, no title but plenty of travel.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 9:21 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 6:49 AM UTC
Ellwood Hoffmann films Mount Rainier in 1929.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 9:52 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 7:20 AM UTC
Reel 114 of Ellwood Hoffmann's amateur filmmaking, 1928. He retired at 50 and spent the time filming everything.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 10:13 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 7:40 AM UTC
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1929 home movie trip from Philadelphia to Canada, part two.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 10:39 AM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 8:07 AM UTC
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1928 home movies, reel thirty in his collection.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 12:00 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 9:27 AM UTC
Ellwood Hoffmann's 1928 home movies, with Hoover in the title. Presidential campaign season, filmed by an amateur.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 12:33 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:01 AM UTC
Lon Chaney and his wife Hazel clown around with friends Mabel and Bill Dunphy, playing with a dog and trying out vaudeville routines. A 1928 home movie.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 12:45 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:13 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER
Twelve minutes of ocean fishing with a big family in a small boat and dozens of fish, then whales.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 12:53 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:21 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 74:INTERTITLE, 86:POSTCARD
Home movies of Ira Gershwin's circle: George Gershwin, Leo Robin, Harold Arlen and Al Jolson aboard the Majestic, in Palm Beach and Miami Beach.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 1:09 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:37 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 50:INKWELL, 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE, 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK, 87:HABITAT
A rough but charming 1930s home movie from Fort Bragg: soldiers in camp, doing their chores, including the dreaded K.P. Silent 16mm.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 1:16 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:44 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 83:RED TAPE
A women's club in Wisconsin Dells falls asleep during a lecture on the Soviet threat and wakes up in a Russian collective. Amateur satire, 1932.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 1:30 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:58 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 71:THE SYLLABUS, 73:CALL NUMBER
Nurse-midwives ride the Kentucky hills for the Frontier Nursing Service. Marvin Breckinridge filmed her cousin's humanitarian work in 1930.
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CH 85 FAMILY REEL: Tomorrow at 1:50 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 11:18 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 40:TUMBLEWEED, 82:SMOKESTACK