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Home movie of Ed, Eddie, and Kenny participating in Indian Guides, an outdoor adventure group for boys through the YMCA. Shows a group of boys and fathers sledding, hiking, rowing, and fishing. In the winter, they walk and sled atop a frozen lake. In the spring, they shoot bows and arrows and wear Native American style headdresses and dance about a bonfire. Also shows footage from a car driving through the historic village of Zoar, Eddie and friends playing with a frog, and people skiing at Atwood Lake Lodge.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Beth Rubin, Edward G. Feil
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Home movie of Beth, Eddie, and an unknown girl (possibly Beth Hellerstein) eating at the kitchen table in the Ed Feil home. Naomi stands nearby, talking on the phone.
This is a follow-up study of six mildly retarded boys between five and seven years of age who attended the pre-school of the Mental Development Center. The film demonstrates growth and development in the boys three years later while attending a special summer program for educable retarded.
Edward R. Feil, Leslie Feil, George Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Maren Mansberger Feil, Herman Hellerstein, Betsy Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein
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Home movie of a birthday party for Leslie Feil at her childhood home. Shows George grilling while Mary and Maren prepare food in a dark kitchen. Leslie receives a cake shaped like a house. Ends with shots of an unknown river or lake.
Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Naomi Feil, Beth Rubin
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Home movie typical of the Feils’ family camp trips. Shows the family riding horses in a pasture, rowing at the lake, swimming, and playing in the sand. The film ends back at the Feil home, where Naomi is given birthday presents at the kitchen table.
Warning: This film contains graphic footage of animals that some viewers may find distressing.
Home movie of Ed Feil's trip to Los Angeles (possibly to visit extended family). Begins with a brief scene at Knott's Berry Farm in the Wild West section of the park. The group then attends a bull fight at Plaza Monumental de Playas in Tijuana. Shows a graphic bull fight that ends with the slaying of a bull and a matador being tended to by medics. Outside the ring, people drink beer and tequila and dance as a mariachi band plays.
Edward R. Feil, Leslie Feil, Betsy Feil, Ellen Feil, Amy Feil, Kathyrn Hellerstein, David Hellerstein, Jonathan Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Susan Hellerstein, Beth Hellerstein, Nellie Feil, Beth Rubin, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Naomi Feil
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Home movie of the Feil family throwing a 11th birthday party for Leslie Feil, eldest child of George (Ed Feil's brother) and Maren Feil. Shows Leslie blowing out the candles on her birthday cake surrounded by her sisters and cousins. The camera focuses on Beth Hellerstein enjoying a cupcake at the end.
Home movie documenting Ed Feil’s trip to Paris in 1959. Begins with footage of a flight from Gander, Canada to Paris. The film captures several notable landmarks, including the Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Sacre Ceour, Notre Dame, and a visit to the Louvre. Street scenes depict the bustle of city life and show local markets, street musicians, heavy traffic, and people dining al fresco.
Shows the location and physical features of Greenland; explains its new position in the modern world as the center of the short polar air routes. Portrays the life of the Greenlanders, explains their origin, and describes their change in half a century from nomadic hunters to fishermen living in small permanent communities where life is patterned after the ways of Denmark.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Donald A. Dukelow, Larry Yust
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Deals with the actions of community health organizations in their efforts to fight disease. Shows the functions of the department of health in preventing and controlling the spread of contagious diseases as the film follows the developments in a successful attempt to stop a typhoid epidemic in its early stages. Relates the jobs of the school nurse, doctor, laboratory technician, visiting nurse, and food inspector in protecting the community health. Encourages children to observe personal health rules and to keep their homes and towns clean.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Alexander A. Nikolsky, Hal Kopel
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Describes the unique contribution of the helicopter to transportation; explains how the helicopter flies and how it can be controlled; compares the helicopter with the conventional plane. Demonstrates the operation of many types of helicopters which are being flown today and points out the potentialities of the helicopter for reshaping the pattern of transportation.
Combines live photography with animated drawings to explain the nature of heat and some of the principal ways in which heat is transferred. Deals with such characteriestic of heat as conduction, convection, and radiation; develops the concept of insulation; and illustrates and discusses practical applications of heat in home and industry.
Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Naomi Feil
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Home movie of the Feil family visiting a lake, possibly as part of family camp. Shows Eddie wading and splashing in the lake as Naomi holds baby Kenny so he can play in the water. Ed, Kenny, and Eddie then help another family build a sandcastle.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin
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Home movie showing a day trip to Burton, Ohio. Vicki, Beth, Naomi, and Gusty (the family housekeeper) eat ice cream cones in a car before driving to a flea market in Burton. Along the way, the car passes an Amish buggy.
Home movie of Ed Feil and a group of friends skiing in winter. The group hits the slopes at nighttime, then warms up by the fire inside a ski lodge. Also shows the group skiing at Boyne Mountain in Michigan.
Home movie documenting the massive crowds at Cleveland Stadium attending the 1954 World Series (New York Giants vs. Cleveland Indians). Exclusively shows the area outside the stadium and surrounding streets. Shows vendors selling pennants, programs, and souvenirs featuring Chief Wahoo. Ends with a close-up of a newspaper headline: "Giants sweep it, 7-4".
Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Naomi Feil, Ken Feil, Julius Weil, Helen Kahn Weil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin, George Feil, Harold S. Feil
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Home movie documenting the week of Ken Feil's birth. Begins with a pregnant Naomi and baby Eddie greeting her parents, Julius and Helen Weil, at the airport. Helen stays while Julius departs for an unknown location. The next scene takes place after Ken's birth - it shows Naomi and Helen looking into the hospital nursery at a sleeping Ken. Afterwards, the baby is examined and bottle fed by doctors. George Feil, Harold Feil, and others visit the hospital. Then, Vicki and Beth see the baby at home. A maid prepares food while Eddie sits in Naomi's lap and feeds her.
Home movie of Eddie Feil at Hebrew school. Shows a group of young children in a classroom learning about kiddush and watching a puppet show put on by Naomi. The boys in the class wear yarmulkes. Eddie and another boy are then lifted up in chairs by the adults, possibly as a birthday celebration. Eddie then passes out brownies to his classmates.
Edward R. Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin, Betsy Feil, Leslie Feil, Ellen Feil, Amy Feil, Naomi Feil, Stanley M. Feil, David Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Beth Hellerstein, Herman Hellerstein, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Nellie Feil, Jonathan Hellerstein, Susan Hellerstein
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Home movie of a birthday party for Leslie Feil at the Harold Feil home. The girls do gymnastics tricks and mug for the camera in the living room while Leslie inspects her wrapped presents. Naomi then performs a puppet show for the children with a napkin from behind a chair. Harold's brother Stanley is also present, possibly to celebrate his birthday, which also falls in August. Ends with Leslie opening her presents while surrounded by her cousins.
