Film Record: Restful Hour, The

Identifier:

• 2004-0059 (Source: Library and Archives Canada)

Date produced: 1951

Filmmaker(s):

Charles Woodley

Country of Production:

Canada

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:06:05

Length:

77 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Library and Archives Canada list of titled amateur films

Description:

"Film about the Woodley family’s attempts at Sunday morning relaxation when the Woodley boys are away at Sunday School." Library and Archives Canada.

Resources:

This film is a part of the Charles Devenish Woodley Collection held by Library and Archives Canada.

Subjects:

• Family life
• Married people

Genre:

• Family

Form:

• Short

Repository:

Charles Devenish Woodley Collection, Library and Archives Canada

Viewing Notes:

"It begins with the intertitle While the Boys are at Sunday School and includes scenes of: two boys walking down the road; Mrs. Woodley checking the newspaper radio listings and listening to music on the radio; dog running outside while Mr. Woodley chases after it; doorbell rings and the man answers, shooing away a woman who wants him to sign a petition; Mrs. Woodley wife saying, as per the intertitle, that the water will not shut off; and the Woodley boys returning home," via Library and Archives Canada.

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