"The Ritz-Carltons are lounging about on the porch when a car arrives. The Chauffeur releases a man who greets the family and gives the Mom a long string of pearls. Next scene introduces the Gumpskeys as poor folk. Mom Gumpskey is busy minding the kids and doing laundry before she confronts lazy Mr. Gumpskey (Meyer Davis). Next the young Ritz-Carlton boys go for a walk and get in fight with the young Gumpskey children. Dad Ritz-Carlton tells Dad Gumpskey to keep the kids off his property before getting into a fight. Next the children of both families try to outdo each other by dancing and cartwheeling. Fighting ensues and maid breaks things up. Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Ritz-Carlton go to have tea at the Astorbilts whereupon someone accuses them of being fat. Scales are produced and everyone weighs themselves. Then the Ritz-Carltons go home. Both the Gumpskeys and Ritz-Carltons go for a picnic, and the 'Babbitts' are introduced. The Ritz-Carltons and Gumpskey are dismayed to find each other picnicing on the same beach together when a Ritz-Carlton child starts to drown. Gumpskey rescues the child." oldfilm.org
A husband and wife hold different opinions about who is to become Sheriff. The wife roots for the Democratic candidate "Preacher" Slaughter, while the husband wants to re-elect Republican candidate Sheriff Carver. Both parties bribe the husband and wife for their absentee ballot. notes from CFA
"The little-known experimental film residue 2 credited to one "Angus Hanson," was probably made in 1940s Vancouver or Toronto. (No specific landmarks from either city have been identified.) "Angus Hanson" may have been a pseudonym used by film buff and cineaste Oscar C. Burritt (1908-1974), who worked in Vancouver film before moving to Toronto in 1947. He later worked for CBC Television in Toronto, where he also co-founded, and was very active in, the Toronto Film Society. residue 2 is similar (in content, style and technique) to the experimental film "and-" [ca. 1940-41], made in Vancouver by Dorothy Fowler and Margaret Roberts. Both films combine found footage with hand-painted and scratched film stock. (Note: Oscar Burritt married Dorothy Fowler in January 1942.)"--D.J. Duffy, 2025
"Experimental film. A collage film combining found footage (on mixed film stock) with hand-painted stock and hand-scratched stock leader. No readily identifiable locations are shown." (BC Archives)
"The authorship and origins of this unusual film are not clear. Since it was found in the collection of cineaste Oscar C. Burritt [following his death], it is assumed to have been made by him as a response to the [experimental] film and-, made by his future wife Dorothy Fowler [Burritt]. The Kodachrome stock in the original film has the edge code for 1938; the hidden phrase "Help the people of Denmark" may refer to the Nazi occupation of that country in 1940." (BC Archives)
Some of the found footage used in residue 2 resembles scenes from Oscar Burritt films, including "Three There" and "[Pier D fire, Vancouver]". (D.J. Duffy, 2025)
"A man pulls over to repair a flat tire on his car and is quickly ambushed and robbed by a passerby. The victim regains consciousness and soonafter chases the robber up onto a train overpass where the two battle it out." Chicago Film Archives
Film showing Charlotte Laverents on a balloon ride. The film shows the balloon's flight through still photographs that Charlotte took while on the balloon.
"A comic vignette starring Smith's son Dennis." Center for Home Movies.
Travelogue exploring the history, sights, and people of the Virgin Islands.
Travelogue exploring British islands. Includes footage of "harpist Catriona Maclean McKinnon playing along the shores of the Isle of Skye in the early 1970s" (Chicago Film Archives).
"Un-staged documentary footage shot and edited by Sallie Wagner. Sallie's description of the film: 'Shorty Boys, Little Shorty building a hogan, Crip Chee and his hogan, grandson in doorway. Blackrock in front of hogan, Tchindi, Rose Martin doing laundry, cooking shelter at squaw dance, Hosteen Glish getting water, Bent Knee getting wood, Hosteen Glish making a canoe out of a log, Hosteen Glish's granddaughter weaving, digging yucca root for soap, Navajo washing her hair, Hosteen Glish making a cradle board'." New Mexico State Archives.
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