Category: Films

The inventory that follows is copied, with minor edits, from the pamphlet entitled “St. Monica History Portrayed in Movies, 1931 to 1953” (2003).

Disc 1 / Tape 1

Reel #1 — 1938 (Large Silver Roll)
1. First Mass Rev. Joseph J. Sullivan, Sep 25, 1938
2. First Mass Rev. Patrick J. Flynn, Jun. 7, 1936
3. First Mass Rev. Dr. Gregory Dugan, Jun. 7, 1936
4. School Band
5. [No description]

Reel #2 — 1938 (Large Silver Roll)
1. Anniversary Mass Celebrated by Msgr. Brophy
2. Adults that attended Mass June 5, 1938

Reel #3 — 1938 (Large Silver Roll)
1. More Adults that attended Mass June 5, 1938

About the Transfer

Digitized films from St. Monica Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, N.Y.
Copyright: St. Monica Roman Catholic Church.
Repository: St. Monica Archives, Brooks Ave., Rochester, N.Y.

The film canisters containing the original copies of these home movies are located at the St. Monica Archives. They were transferred to DVD and VHS in 2003. Daniel Gorman Jr. used Handbrake to scan copies of the films from the DVDs. Josh Romphf supervised the use of FFMPEG and Homebrew to remove the music that had been added to the films.

“St. Monica History Portrayed in Movies, 1931 to 1953” (2003)

St-Monica-Archived-Films-1931–53-DVD-Guide

The promotional film and its B-roll footage were scanned from VHS cassette copies in the St. Monica Archive. Jim Barbero and Josh Romphf from the University of Rochester Digital Scholarship Lab supervised the transfer.

Description: Full title: “Ss. Peter and Paul Church: The Message Goes Out!” Promotional film made in 1993 for the Roman Catholic Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Rochester, N.Y. Copyright: St. Monica Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, N.Y.

Description: 97 minutes of B-roll footage, taken from the filming of the 1993 promotional video for the Roman Catholic Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Rochester, N.Y. Copyright: St. Monica Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, N.Y.

Description: Complete film of the Closing Mass at St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, N.Y. Recorded April 4, 2006. Father Raymond Fleming presided over the service. Copyright: St. Monica Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, N.Y.

This film of the Mass was distributed originally on DVD. The file was copied from a disc in the St. Monica Archive using Handbrake.

SA-Closing-Mass-Information-2006

Description: Complete film of the Closing Mass for Our Lady of Good Counsel Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, N.Y. Recorded May 7, 2006. Father Raymond Fleming presided over the service. Copyright: St. Monica Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, N.Y.

This film of the Mass was distributed originally on DVD. The file was copied from a disc in the St. Monica Archive using Handbrake.

OLGCClosingMass-Program_5-7-2006_compressed