“Baton Rouge” (1941) 8mm Film Home Movie, Pano, Capitol Building, Refinery, VS1

Film captures some great historic Baton Rouge, Louisiana footage with a riverboat on the River and panoramic shots of the city, capitol building, Avery Island, Standard Oil refinery and a heron sanctuary. The cameraman clearly had experience with the camera and took great shots in 1941 plus adding in titles between identifying the footage.

FILM CONDITION:

Film is in good condition and ran through an autoload projector. Film has slight curl.

VINEGAR SYNDROME:

A-D test strip indicates that the film has level 1 vinegar syndrome, fair to good condition. Film has slight curling, but ran through projector without issue. Film currently in cold storage to prevent further degradation.

5” reel (approximate 12.5 min)

Rough timeline:

1 min - typed intro, riverboat, pano shot of Baton Rouge along river

1 min - typed intro, pano of capitol building and grounds

15 sec - typed intro, pano of statue of Huey Long

1 min 45 sec - typed intro, pano of Standard Oil Refinery

1 min 30 sec - typed intro, Avery Island, alligators, pond, stone gazebo, bridge, big trees

30 sec - typed intro, salt mine

3 min 30 sec - typed intro, snowy white heron sanctuary, flowers, trees, bushes (color film)

3 min - typed intro, screen scrapbook, man in uniform at army base, snow in woods, visiting family, family in car, at gas station, picking oranges

Please see photos to verify item condition. Sold as is.

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