Film Record: Family Camping Through 48 States - Part I

Still image from Family Camping Through 48 States - Part I.

Date produced: 1961

Filmmaker(s):

Robbins Barstow

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:57:33

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With narration by Robbins Barstow.

Awards/Recognition:

Center for Home Movies list of titled amateur films

Description:

"During five summers from 1957 to 1961, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, set out to visit all 48 of the then United States of America on a series of month-long camping trips. Part I includes seeing famous sites from "America's History" in 24 Eastern, Northern, and Southern states." Archive.org

Locations:

• United States (Subject)

Subjects:

• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Family life
• Locomotion
•      Travel
• National parks and reserves
• Nature
• Recreation
•      Camping
•      Vacations
• Seasons
•      Summer
• North America
•      United States

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Feature

Repository:

Center for Home Movies

Video Link:

• via A/V Geeks (Archive.org)

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