The inventory that follows is copied, with minor edits, from the pamphlet entitled “St. Monica History Portrayed in Movies, 1931 to 1953” (2003).
Disc 5 / Tape 3
Reel #28 — 1948 (Small Roll)
1. Afternoon Kindergarten
2. Building Construction Progress May 1948
3. Class Day (Willow Point Park)
4. Eighth Grade Graduation 1948
5. New School Corner Stone Setting 1948
Reel #40 — 1950 (Large Brown Roll)
1. Kindergarten Graduation 1950
2. Class Day 1950 (Willow Point Park)
3. Kindergarten Career Day
Reel #44 — 1951, Possibly 1954 (Small Roll)
1. May be first communion
2. Rochester Airport
Reel #45 — 1951 (Small Roll)
1. Class Day
2. Cub Scouts & Parents
3. Kindergarten Graduation
4. First Holy Communion
5. Puglisi’s Fishing Trip
6. May Day (Kindergarten)
Editor’s Note: The footage of the fishing trip and May don’t appear to be in this reel, so the church’s film catalog may have been incorrect.
Reel #49 — 1952 (Small Reel)
1. Kindergarten Holy Year Pilgrimage
2. Ceremony at Aquinas Stadium
3. St. Bernard Seminary
4. Play: “A Day in Holland” (8th Grade?)
Roll #55 — 1953 (Small Reel)
1. Covacus, Havana
2. Floracks / Fishing Trip
3. Kindergarten Graduation — Lux & Floracks
4. Class Day
5. Aquinas Football
6. Dr. LaPaliiva?
7. Mnsr. Nolan?
8. Eighth Grade Graduation 1953
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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