Film Record: Beginning the End

Still image from Beginning the End.

Date produced: 1951

Filmmaker(s):

Jeanne Vande Kopple

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:13:23

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Grand Rapids Amateur Movie Club Film Library

Description:

After celebrating his fourth wedding anniversary, a man becomes obsessed with building a homemade weapon of mass destruction. The man's efforts reach a breakthrough after the couple celebrates their fifth anniversary.

Resources:

The film won the Grand Award as well as first award in the 8mm. class of the Grand Rapids Amateur Movie Club's 1950-51 film contest (Movie Makers, May 1951, 170).

This film is a part of the Grand Rapids Amateur Movie Club Film Library. Visit "About the G.R.A.M.C." for more information.

Club Affiliation:

Grand Rapids Amateur Movie Club

Subjects:

• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Marriage
•               Married people
• Recreation
•      Hobbies

Genre:

• Comedy

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Grand Rapids Amateur Movie Club Film Library

Screenings:

• Screened as part of the Grand Rapids Amateur Movie Club film contest of 1950-51: Grand Rapids, MI

Video Link:

• via the G.R.A.M.C. Film Library

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