[Home Movie: González Family Home Movies, Amsterdam, Mexico and the Dominican Republic]

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Synopsis

A home movie circa 1970s by Manuel González about their family trip to Netherlands, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. The video shows their visit to Amsterdam, with documentation The Zaanse Schans. They also visit Mexico City, where they attend a bullfight. There is also footage of them with Marta and Nelson at the Hotel El Embajador in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Collection description

This film (Gonzalez_3961) is part of the Gonzalez Family Home Movies Collection.

The Gonzalez Family Home Movie Collection consists of 15 reels of Super-8 film, a total of 1,050 feet, and 16 VHS tapes of unknown length.

The Super-8 is believed to have been shot almost exclusively by Manny and includes family trips to Mexico, The Netherlands, Spain and the Dominican Republic. It also includes more domestic footage of family members at home and their daughter Marta’s Quinceañera.

The videotapes consist of family trips to Disneyland and Miami, Florida with the Grandchildren 1986; Disney 1989; Rome. Family At Home such as Manny’s (Patriarch) 70th Birthday Party; Mikey’s (Grandson) Communion c. 1992; Erika’s (Cousin) Wedding; Tina’s (Granddaughter) Communion c. 1992; 40th Wedding Anniversary (Gladys & Manny) 1994.

This collection was conserved and digitally captured through the 2022 Al Larvick National Grant awarded to Jim Hubbard by the Al Larvick Conservation Fund in partnership with its lab partners Secure Media Transfer and Pro8mm.

For more information about this collection, visit: https://www.allarvickfund.org/gonzalez-family-home-movies

The mission of the Al Larvick Conservation Fund is to preserve historical and cultural heritage through conservation, education, and the public accessibility of American analog home movie, amateur cinema, and community recording collections. For more information, visit allarvickfund.org.

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Archive

Internet Archive, in Home movies

Licence or status

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as the Internet Archive states it.

Credit

Manuel González

Language

Spanish

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