Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Altadenans visit Alamedans, 1 min 44 sec.



This is an 8mm black & white home movie. Color movie film was available back then, but B&W was cheaper...and it hasn't faded nearly as much as Kodachrome color film has over the years.

The 'all-the-people-in-the-car' sequence was based on the old circus act where, at the beginning of the show, a tiny car would drive to the middle of the arena and all the clowns would pile out. In this adaptation, the people enter through the driver's door, slide over the front seat (no separated seats then) and exit out the passenger's door where the movie camera is aimed - at the passenger's side of the car.