Stewart Family Home Movies (1939)

Between 1926 and 1985 amateur Archie Stewart shot over seventy thousand feet of film In 1936 he purchased a soundonfilm 16mm camera and began to make talking pictures The result is that we can not only see what Archie saw but hear what he heard Stewart primarily focused on his family watching them grow and mature as the years passed Here we partake in four years of family activities trips and holiday seasons as well as technical experiments The record intimate and endearing shows people comfortable in front of the everpresent camera and microphone Bruce Posner