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Documents Bailey's trip to Mexico circa 1950. Shows footage of the Cascada El Salto de San Antón waterfall, Cuernavaca Cathedral, and the interior of Palacio de Cortes (with murals painted by Diego Rivera). Includes many shots of people swimming in a pool and close-ups of beautiful flowers and foliage. Bailey captures a local market and fishermen at Lake Pátzcuaro. Ends with beach goers swimming and surfing in Acapulco Bay.
Clips of Chicago home movies spanning the mid-to-late 1960's. Begins with a river cruise aboard the Skyline Queen (circa 1968). Follows with footage of Bailey visiting Lilacia Park in Lombard, Illinois, where she films a group of school children. The latter half of the film shows construction on the John Hancock Center over the course of several weeks (circa 1965-1966). Also shows people enjoying a crowded beach in the summertime, sunbathing, and skiing.
Travelogue documenting Bailey's trip to Hawaii in 1960. Features extensive footage of the 1960 Kapoho eruption and the destruction of buildings and vegetation in the aftermath. Shots of several landmarks, including Kamehameha I statue outside Aliʻiōlani Hale, Iao Needle Point, ruins of Fort Elizabeth, Captain Cook Monument, the Royal Mausoleum, Chamberlain House, Spouting Horn, Prince Kuhio's birthplace, Hulihee Palace, Kaahumanu Church, Queen Emma Summer Palace, and Puowaina Punchbowl Crater. A close-up shows Ernie Pyle's grave marker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Ends with footage of a luau depicting many traditional dances, men making Kālua pork, and surfing.
Home movie footage of a visit to Tempel Farms, home of the Tempel Lipizzan horses. Opens with a sign reading "Tempel Good Luck Farm". Show exterior footage of the stables and other buildings around the farm. Horses can be seen grazing in a pasture. A group in traditional German costume poses for the camera, possibly as part of an event that is taking place.
Home movie documenting multiple trips Bailey took to Europe between 1957 and 1964. Highlights include pastoral scenes and medieval architecture in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany ; Bailey boarding the Auguste Piccard mesoscaphe in Lausanne, Switzerland ; public art in Geneva, including the Reformation Wall and Woodrow Wilson Memorial Sphere. In Paris, Bailey visits the Palace of Versailles, Notre Dame, Tuileries Garden, Chartres Cathedral, and the Sorbonne, which she once attended as a student.
Footage documenting Bailey's travels to the Canary Islands circa 1971. Shows the seaside landscape and cliffs of Lanzarote. Bailey boards a plane leaving Lanzarote and films and view from the window, including shots of Mount Teide.
Footage documenting Bailey's travels to the Canary Islands circa 1971. Shows rock formations in Teide National Park, a local harbor, street scenes in an unknown town. More footage taken from inside a plane, now flying over the water and landing. Ends with views of the ocean taken from a hotel balcony.
Home movie footage of a voyage from Cincinnati to New Orleans that Bailey took aboard the steamboat Delta Queen in early 1968. An article about her experience, "Last Call for the Delta Queen River Cruise," was published in the New York Times in May 1968. The film primarily shows the scenery as the boat cruises down the river and members of the crew working on the ship (including the captain manning the bridge). Features the Delta Queen's calliope as passengers gather to listen. Bailey herself takes a turn at the instrument. On shore, the film documents stops at historic antebellum homes, including McRaven and Oak Alley Plantation. The footage is not edited in chronological order.
Begins with the same woman in a corn field from the end of [Lake Paradise, Illinois ca. 1966] and agricultural workers operating machinery. Also features some footage of Bailey's hometown of Mattoon, Illinois, including the square and The Little Theatre.
Shows the Wilkinson family taking a fishing trip on a lake or river. Includes many shots of the water taken from a motorboat. Bernadine Bailey's nephew, Paul Freeman Wilkinson, is seen rowing a boat. Closes with more footage of the Wilkinson's Scottish terrier playing with a crawdad.
Home movie documenting a day trip to Lake Paradise, near Bailey's hometown of Mattoon, Illinois. Shows many scenes of the lake and people boating and fishing. Ends with the image of a woman working in a corn field by a silo.
Summer in Scandinavia
This film contains graphic footage that some viewers may find distressing.
Home movie documenting Bailey's trip to Scandinavia, circa 1964. Features street scenes of major cities such as Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. Captures the daily life of locals as they enjoy public parks and markets in each city. Ends with footage of a hunting expedition in the Arctic, where men track, kill, and skin seals and polar bears.
Springtime in Europe
Home movie documenting multiple trips Bailey took to Europe between 1957 and 1964. Highlights include pastoral scenes and medieval architecture in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany ; Bailey boarding the Auguste Piccard mesoscaphe in Lausanne, Switzerland ; public art in Geneva, including the Reformation Wall and Woodrow Wilson Memorial Sphere. In Paris, Bailey visits the Palace of Versailles, Notre Dame, Tuileries Garden, Chartres Cathedral, and the Sorbonne, which she once attended as a student.
Travelogue documenting Bailey's trips to New Zealand, Indonesia, and Cambodia, 1955-1956. Film begins with footage of people playing cricket in Auckland, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and people enjoying the beach. In Rotorua, Maori women in traditional dress play instruments and perform a dance. Shows the New Zealand Parliamentary Library and Riddiford Baths in Wellington. Captures diverse landscapes of New Zealand, including beaches, snowy mountains, and geothermal areas. Bailey's mother, Nellie Freeman, accompanies her in New Zealand. Footage of Asia primarily shows small village life and men, women, and children working in fields and doing housework. Bailey captures a large celebration complete with a float that has a Hindu temple spire. Ends with extensive footage of Angkor Wat with close-ups of the art and architectural features.
Street scenes of the town center of Frankfurt am Main. Footage of rubble and ruins of buildings from World War II. Shows construction and rebuilding near the ruins. Notable landmarks include St. Catherine's Church. A movie poster for "How to Marry a Millionaire" starring Marilyn Monroe is visible. The film was released in West Germany in 1954.
Home movie documenting Bailey's 1955 trip to Hong Kong and Singapore. In Hong Kong, Bailey captures footage of boats in the harbor, busy street scenes, and children in school uniform. She visits Tiger Balm Garden and the Chinese Christian Cemetery. In Sinagpore, Bailey visits small villages and documents local markets and people working in fields with specific focus on the children who live there. Notable landmarks in the city include Raffles Museum and Library, St. Andrew's Church, the Old Parliament House, Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, and Sultan Mosque. Throughout the film, Bailey films multiple exteriors of houses of worship in both locations.
A continuation of the footage from [Frankfurt, Germany 1954] and similar street scenes of the town center of Frankfurt am Main. Footage of rubble and ruins of buildings from World War II. Shows construction and rebuilding near the ruins. Notable landmarks include Alte Oper.
Footage of Bailey's trip across Asia circa 1954. Features many street scenes capturing local culture in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Egypt. Highlights include attending a bean-throwing festival (Setsubun) in Kyoto, a visit to a women's college in Ceylon, the detailed sculptures at Tiger Balm Park, a cobra farm in Bangkok, a demonstration by a yoga practitioner in India, and a visit to the set of the film "The Purple Plain" (1954) starring Gregory Peck. Actress Win Man Than can be seen in close-up on set.
Home movie of a dolphin show taken at Sea Life Park Hawaii. A continuation of the performance seen in Hawaii #1. Also shows dolphins being fed by park workers.
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. This film shows a geothermal area in Iceland that features bright blue pools, bubbling hot springs, and steam rising from the ground.
