[Crated Boeing 247D aircraft and scenes at house, Shanghai, China, circa 1930s]

Title

[Crated Boeing 247D aircraft and scenes at house, Shanghai, China, circa 1930s]

Description

Film footage of a crated Boeing 247D and scenes of the Barr family at a house, Shanghai, China, circa 1930s. The footage begins with a crated 247D aircraft being unloaded from a barge. Text written on the crate indicates that the aircraft was shipped from the Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle, Washington, to Julius A. Barr in Shanghai, China. After unloading, the fuselage section is shown being unpacked. The next segment, beginning at 00:02:24, depicts home movie-style footage of children and adults at a large house, including Barr's wife, Effie, and their children, JoAnn and Gene. Scenes show the children at play, Effie running up steps, and adults and a dog in a courtyard.

The footage is in black-and-white and is silent.

Label on container: "Boeing, Shanghai."

Date

1930s circa

Extent

1 film reel (4 min., 33 sec.) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The Julius A. Barr Photograph Albums and Films/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2019-10-24_AV_004_01