The inventory that follows is copied, with minor edits, from the pamphlet entitled “St. Monica History Portrayed in Movies, 1931 to 1953” (2003).
Disc 3 / Tape 2
Reel #13 — 1942 (Small Roll)
1. At Park
2. Powers Family
3. Envelope Workers
4. Clifford Family
5. Close-Up Pictures of misc.
Reel #14 — 1942 (Small Roll)
1. Class Day
2. Graduation
Reel #15 — 1943: School (Small Roll)
1. Kindergarten old bldg
2. Two Girls Rectory
3. Lower grade class
4. First Communion
5. Class at Genesee Valley Park
6. Eighth Grade Graduation
Reel #16 — 1944: Parish
1. Lower Grade in Convent yard
2. Genesee Valley Park
3. Possible May Day (Several Twins Pictures)
4. Altar Boys and Priest (Front of Rectory)
5. May Day in Convent Yard
6. Families with children
Reel #17 — 1944, 1946
1. Altar Society 1944 at cottage on Lake Ontario
2. Sr. Louise Marie and other sisters at cottage
3. Church and School 1946
4. Eighth Graduation 1945 +/-
5. [No description]
Reel #18 — 1946
1. Parish 1946
2. U of R Football 1945
Editor’s Note: Reel 18 includes footage of University of Rochester ROTC cadets performing drills on the Wilson Quadrangle and in Fauver Stadium. Given the historic nature of this footage, a downloadable copy of Reel 18 was given to the University of Rochester NROTC program, with St. Monica Church’s permission, in September 2017.
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.
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