[Home Movies: California (?)]

[Home Movies: California (?)]

Panama Canal journey Santa Catalina Island by streetcar and airplane. 09:18:50:25 Man carrying trunk over shoulder down stairs to 1920s to 1930s car smiles at camera with cigarette in mouth; two girls in matching white dresses and hats walk down stairs, younger of two sisters carries doll; CU sign s/s California Passenger Entrance. 09:19:55:24 LS deck of s/s California covered with people waving goodbye as ship casts off. Kids splashing around playing in pool. 09:21:28:18 Great shot of the S/S California leaving behind trail of black smoke. 09:23:01:14 Hull of S/S California. 09:23:54:01 Pan over steel gate to the Case de Beneficencia y Maternidad, kids behind gate. Billboard in Spanish for Colgate toothpaste “Limpie y Embellece Lose Dientes Perfuma El Aliento,” ad for “Jabon Antiseptico Colgate” soap and disinfectant. 09:25:17:18 VS flamingos. 09:25:53:02 VS sugar cane. 09:27:17:08 VS as ship passes through Gatun Locks in the Panama Canal. VS Panama Canal. 09:31:20:17 Great footage of kids taking ride in small motor boat called Tillie. 09:32:12:06 Boat plane with running propellers in harbor. 09:32:47:08 Great shot of the casino on Catalina Island in the town of Avalon in the California Channel Islands. VS Avalon on Catalina Island. Mexican bands play music on street. Puppet show. Great scenic footage of Catalina Island coast from boat just off short, seals swim along coast. People on board the SS Catalina.

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