Original notes on can: 59: 1967 - AEA - Henry Seawell - Destin. Stausses at Bankhead. Destin w/Quisenberrys. Coosa - Exie and Shap; 60: Old Montgomery - Mule wagon - Baptism 1939 - Shorter, Alabama; 61: Kodak shorts; 62: Inaugural Parade - Montgomery - Governor Patterson (?) Additional description: Reel 6. Sequence 59. Scene 1. Destin, FL (?): Henry Seawell (red hair) & Myrick standing; Myrick - flip; motel?; Myrick & Henry in car & then they walk from hotel; Daddy (plaid jacket) loading plymoth station wagon; beach -- Henry on left & Myrick on right. Reel 6. Sequence 59. Scene 2. Bankhead Avenue: Stausses: Edward with red band around waist & then Little Ann (beige sweater) in background; Ginsie with Edward; dachshund, "Peanut" (Stausses' dog) with Little Ann in background; Mollie in yellow, holding cat, probably Phoebe (Ashley's cat); Little Ann with Ann D. (blue sweater), partially hidden; driveway with Stausses' blue station wagon; Uncle Eddie & Daddy; Bonnie (in white) on right & then Ann D. to her right with Little Ann coming into scene, then with Edward & Ginsie kneeling and eventually Mollie on right; "July," Ashleys' chihuahua & "Peanut," Stausses' dachshund; Edward, then Ann D., then Bonnie with Ginsie on shoulders & Mollie in green sweater. Reel 6. Sequence 59. Scene 3. Destin, FL: Beach with Big Ann in swimsuit and towel on head, walking up steps; ? (male) Quisenberry with raft on head and then with female, maybe his wife,?, joined by Daddy on right; ? female sitting on sand with ?male Quisenberry on right & then ? (female) Quisenberry & Daddy; Bonnie lying on raft on stand & ? in water. Reel 6. Sequence 59. Scene 4. Location?: Mother in chair Reel 6. Sequence 59. Scene 5. Coosa, AL: ? male friend of Shap or Myrick; Myrick in blue shirt; friends of Myrick & Shap eating. Reel 6. Sequence 59. Scene 6. Bankhead Avenue: Driveway with Myrick; Exie & Shap with banana plant on left; Myrick holding bird, then Pat Thetford on left with Ann or Bonnie ? & Myrick. Reel 6. Sequence 60. Scene 1. Montgomery, AL: Street scenes in the vicinity of Perry Street: mule wagons, people walking & near end of scene, a bicyclist (some DARK areas). Reel 6. Sequence 60. Scene 2. Shorter, AL: Black baptism with viewers on hillside and baptism in pond at bottom of hill. Reel 6. Sequence 61. Scene 1. Kodak shorts (commercial films): The Early Bird & the Worm; Algiers; Felix in Hollywood; Charlie Chaplin in Easy Street; Wild Puppies; Rin Tin Tin in the High Country. Reel 6. Sequence 62. Scene 1. Montgomery, AL: Inaugural parade: Governor Patterson (?): downtown, at some point Dexter Avenue towards capitol with ceremony in front of capitol (very DARK in many places).
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