New York 1940-41--Shaw--home movies

New York 1940-41--Shaw--home movies

Billings, John Shaw (Filmmaker)

Home movie featuring daily life at the Billings' New York City apartment during 1940 and 1941. Opening scenes provide an introduction to their penthouse apartment, located at 1200 Fifth Avenue, with a terrace overlooking Central Park and back terrace with a view of the East River. Intertitles identify visitors and staff at the apartment: Essie the cook, Eloise the maid, the Goldboroughs, George Black, Harry Hammond, George Hammond, Eddie Leman, William the chauffeur, Nurse Bogart, Paula and Kitty Crawford, and Louise MacDougald. Activities and events filmed include: mixing cocktails, walking the dog, knitting, gardening on the terrace, driving the Packard automobile in Manhattan, displaying Christmas cards, Mr. Billings' after-work routine which shows him winding home movie reels, and Mrs. Billings recovering in the hospital.

Apartments--New York (State)--New York

New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century

Central Park (New York, N.Y.)

Dogs

Gardening

Knitting

Christmas cards

Hospital patients

Packard automobile

Life (Chicago, Ill.)--History

South Carolina Digital Library

moving image

http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17173coll6/id/1722