The Winterthur Library

The Winterthur Archives

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF CONTENTS

 

     Title:               Film Collection

     Dates:              1939-1985

     Quantity:        15 boxes and over 140 films

     Call No.:         Archives 30

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

This open collection is made up of films of various sizes showing outtakes, home movies by guests, and programs at the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.  Some of the films have been reformatted and are on video tape and CD.

 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The films are filed by box number and film number.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIAL

 

The films are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.  Films are fragile and cannot be used in projectors.

 

 

PROVENANCE

 

Films transferred from museum offices.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Du Pont, Henry Francis

Copeland, Lammot du Pont

Reasoner, Harry

Greer, Dorothy

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

Odessa, Del.

New Castle, Del.

Shipley House

Amateur films

Horse racing

Gardens

Museums

Conservation and restoration

Interior decoration

Candlelight on the Brandywine

The Gardens of Winterthur

 

 

 

FILM-LOG

BOX

ITEM

FILM TITLE

DATE

DESCRIPTION

FC1

1 (also on video)

movie entitled "Winterthur" made by Mrs. Cyril Damon of Hawaii

1958

16mm; color home movie, silent; gardens in bloom, M/M du Pont walking, spring; under 5 min.

FC1

2 (also in video)

color film of Winterthur shot by Ethel H. Meehan of Wellesley Hills, MA

1939

16mm; color, silent; east terrace area, formal garden, swimming pool, people; under 5 min.

FC1

3, 105, 109

Copeland Lecture Hall dedication [shows Henry Francis du Pont]

1966

16mm, color, silent; HFD speaking outside of pavilion; under 5 min.

FC1

4

Winterthur

8mm, color, silent; guests & guides, ticket booth, azalea woods, Port Royal Entrance; moldy film?

FC1

5

Winterthur

1958

8mm, color, silent; men erecting pagoda? Unidentified excavation, planting large tree, crane & pole

FC1

6

U.S. Information Agency film

1957

16mm, black/white, silent; Lafayette ceremony, Lammot du Pont Copeland, Henry Francis du Pont, Navy Band, spring; 5 min.

FC1

7

Museum, Point-to-Point

16mm, color, silent; Port Royal road, carriage parade, weighing in, jockeys, races, awards

FC1

8

Winterthur Museum [for Today Show]

16mm, color with sound, gardens, inside & outside of museum, Ryan O'Dougherty narrator, rooms; 5 min

FC2

9-23

Arts in the Home filmstrips

35mm

FC3

24

Point-to-Point

16mm, color

FC3

25

Winterthur

16mm, color, silent; outtakes of Point-to- Point, races & carriages, riders, awards; 10:00 min.

FC3

26

Winterthur Races

Barry Associates, recording tape? no sound or picture

FC3

27

[ad for Point-to-Point]

16mm, sound only, no picture

FC3

28

Winterthur Races

16mm, color, silent; Barry Associates, outtakes of Point-to-Point races

FC3

29

Winterthur

16mm, recording tape? no sound or picture

FC3

30

Winterthur Races

16mm, color, silent; outtakes of Point-to-Point races, people walking to Port Royal Entrance

FC3

31

Facenda

16mm, recording tape? no sound or picture

FC3

32

Winterthur: music track

16mm, recording tape? no sound or picture

FC3

33

[unidentified reel]

16mm, not on a core or reel

FC3

34

Winterthur

16mm, color, silent; outtakes of Point-to-Point (see FC3.28)

FC3

35

Winterthur Races

16mm, negative of FC3.30, Point-to-Point

FC3

36

Winterthur

16mm, recording tape? no sound or picture

FC4, 6, 8 FC10-11

37-38, 46-51, 60, 64-68, 73, 83 (on video)

Gardens of Winterthur [37 is copyright print]

1965

16mm, color, sound; narrated by John Morse & written by Gordon Tyrrell, Henry Francis du Pont, azaleas; 20 min.

FC4

39

[unidentified color film]

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FC4

40

Winterthur: "B" wind track original

16mm, sound track only of "Gardens of Winterthur"

FC4, FC6

41, 45, 74

shows main drive in winter

16mm, color, silent; moving along main drive in winter, eagle over entrance, snow, outtakes; wound wrong

FC4

42

Martell Animation

1963

16mm; color, silent; garden views, daffodils, azaleas, still of HFD in garden; 5:00 min.

FC5

52

daffodils & bumblebee

16mm; color, silent; close up of bee, daffodils & white flowers; outtakes; under 5 min.

FC5

54

garden stills [by Martell Animation Productions]

16mm, color, silent; daffodils, azaleas, winter hazel area, outtakes; 5 min.

FC5

55

"Roosevelt Memorial" ceremonies in Roosevelt, NJ

1950

16mm, black/white, silent; home movies; parade, people, park area; 10 min.

FC5, FC9

56, 62

film by "Life" magazine of interior

16mm, black/white, sound; Dorothy Greer in Hampton Room, demonstrations of object uses; 5 min.

FC5, FC11

57, 72

museum & gardens [outtakes, needs splicing]

1956

16mm, color, silent; people in gardens, gate house, school buses with guests, ticket booth; 15 min.

FC7, FC5, FC11

43-44, 53, 69-71

Corbit Sharp house; [release print #1; Wheaton Galentine, director, Willard Van Dyke production]

1965

16mm, color, sound; history of Corbit family & Odessa area, landscape, geese, interiors; 15 min.

FC8, FC10

58, 63 (on video)

"Winterthur, Adventure in the Past"

1963

16mm, color, sound; HFD speaks, history of museum, interiors, tour information & rules; 5-8 min.

FC8

59

New Castle & Odessa

16mm, color, silent; old section of New Castle, houses in Odessa, creek, outtakes; 5-10 min.

FC8

61

"Hands that made America", part of America's Arts & Skills series in "Life" magazine; Bernard Burke

1957

16mm, color, sound; shows craftsmen & wares, Dorothy Greer in museum room, technology; 25-30 min.

FC12, FC13

74A, 76

gardens

1960

16mm, color, silent; outtakes, old front drive, fall, view from southeast before Research Building; 10 min.

FC13

74B

gardens

many splices, could not run film, outtakes

FC13

75

[sound track?]

16mm; no sound or picture; Henry Francis du Pont; "for editorial print"?

FC13

77

see FC4.37 (Gardens of Winterthur)

FC13

78

gardens [many outtakes spliced onto 1 reel]

1963

16mm, color, silent; outtakes, spring, Sundial Garden, azaleas, flower close-ups, sycamore tree

FC13

79

New Castle, Appoquinimink Creek area [outtakes]

16mm, color, silent; water ways, wildlife, large houses & farms, Old New Castle, Odessa houses, map; 25-30 min.

FC

80

Odessa outtakes

16mm, color, silent; interiors, corn shocks, estate houses, aerial view, details; spliced; 30 min.

FC

81

Odessa outtakes

16mm, color, silent; Janvier shop, old book, room interiors, chart of Bay & river from Philadelphia; 25 min.

FC

82

Odessa outtakes

16mm, color, silent; account book, interiors, prints; Odessa street; wound wrong; 25-30 min.

FC

84 (on video)

Shipley House [dismantling, restoration in museum]

1950

16mm, color, silent; John Sweeney, cleaning carving, repairing wallpaper; placing whole room in coach house

FC7, FC9

85, 97 (on video)

Restoration outtakes (part of film 97 similar)

16mm, color, silent; workmen, mantel parts, doors, John Sweeney, bricklayer, wooden arch; 5:00 min.

FC7

86

Henry Francis du Pont outtakes

16mm, color; Wyeth portrait of HFD with details; Henry Francis du Pont speaking by pine dresser

FC7, FC9

87, 98

Odessa outtakes

16mm, color, silent; fields, gardens, Corbit-Sharp House?; 5:00 min.

FC7, FC9

88, 97 (also on video)

Shipley House (97 is similar but 25:00)

16mm, color, silent; men dismantling house from inside, J. Sweeney, fireplace details; 5:00 min.

FC7

89 (also on video)

[Preview film?]

16mm, sound only, music, history of estate, Wyeth portrait & background of Henry Francis du Pont who speaks

FC7, FC9

90

Odessa outtakes

16mm, color, silent; account book, map of river from Philadelphia, print of Janvier houses, letter

FC7

91

Winterthur; Visual Media Productions

16mm, color, silent; outtakes of museum & gardens, overpass into gardens, pavilion, summer, ducks; 10:00 min.

FC7

92

Winterthur; Visual Media Productions

1963

16mm, color, silent; gardens in bloom, flower details, pavilion walk, museum, outtakes; 25:00 min.

FC5

93

[unidentified]

recording tape? no sound

FC9

94, 113

Restoration outtakes

16mm, color, silent; interior woodwork, John Sweeney, mantel, unidentified house exterior, body of water; 15-20:00 min.

FC9

96

Restoration outtakes

16mm, color, silent; putting room into coach house garage with crane, cleaning mantel, details; 15:00 min.

FC9

99

Winterthur outtakes (many splices) (see also 111)

16mm, inter-negative, silent; people on tour, furnishings details, Wyeth portrait, room views

FC8

100

[unidentified]

recording tape? (de-accessioned)

FC8

101

Garden outtakes

16mm, color, silent; azaleas, trees, sun dial garden, Pinetum, people; 5-6:00 min.

FC8

102

Garden outtakes

16mm, color, silent; azaleas, ticket booth, bus with people, food area, formal garden, coach house area

FC

103

part of Preview film

16mm, color, silent; Henry Francis du Pont in front of pine dresser speaking

FC

104

Henry Francis du Pont outtakes

16mm, color, silent; Henry Francis du Pont speaking by pine dresser; Wyeth portrait of Henry Francis du Pont

FC

106, 110

Wyeth portrait outtakes

16mm, color, silent; details of Wyeth portrait of Henry Francis du Pont; 10:00 min.

FC

107

Garden outtakes

16mm, color, silent; (too many splices to run entire film); gardens in bloom, details

FC

108

Garden outtakes (Visual Media Associates)

1963

16mm, color, silent; flower close-ups, old main drive, azaleas, sun dial garden, museum

FC

111-112

Winterthur, Adventure in the Past (U.S.I.S., Sidney J. Stiber Production)

16mm, color, silent; people entering wing, details of objects, people on tour; 5:00 min. (#112 is similar)

FC

114

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine)

1970

16mm, color, silent; views & furnishing details of Chinese Parlor & unidentified room; 35:00 min.

FC

115

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine) (very large reel)

1970

16mm, color, silent; views & furnishing details of Montmorenci stairs, Marlboro & Phyfe Rooms, Hagley

FC

116

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine)

1970

16mm, color, silent; people on tour, views & furnishing details of Port Royal entrance, Chinese Parlor, Readbourne Parlor

FC

117

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine) (very large reel)

1970

16mm, color, silent; views & furnishing details of Dining Room, Readbourne & Port Royal Parlors

FC

118

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine) (very large reel)

1970

16mm, color, silent; museum exterior & details, aerial view of Hagley, room views, HFD, furnishing detail

FC

119

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine) (very large reel)

1970

16mm, color, silent; Marlboro, Chestertown & Phyfe Rooms, Stamper- Blackwell Room, Washington's dishes

FC

120

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine) (very large reel)

1970

16mm, color, silent; Baltimore, Chestertown & Phyfe Rooms, Dining Room & Hall views

FC

121

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine) (very large reel)

1970

16mm, color, silent; HFD photos, Mary Hammond on tour, Corbit Sharp House, Phyfe Room

FC

122

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine) (very large reel)

1970

16mm, color, silent; Harry Reasoner, Ian Quimby, Charles Hummel & Louise Belden, room views, Lammot Copeland

FC

123

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine) (very large reel)

1970

16mm, color, silent; see above; Corbit Sharp House

FC

124

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine)

1970

16mm, color, silent; Readbourne Stair Hall views & details; 5:00 min.

FC

125

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine)

1970

16mm, color, silent; Hall of Statues views & details; 5:00 min.

FC

126

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine)

1970

16mm, color, silent; electrician changing light bulbs, various lighting devices

FC

127

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine)

1970

16mm, color, silent; gardens & grounds views, museum, wing & research building, geese & ponds; 25:00 min.

FC

128

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine)

1970

16mm, color, silent; furnishing details of Stamper-Blackwell & Port Royal parlors, Hall of Statues; 35:00 min.

FC

129

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine)

1970

16mm, color, silent; figurines in Stamper- Blackwell Parlor; 5:00 min.

FC

130

Winterthur outtakes (WCAU-TV for Candlelight on the Brandywine)

1970

16mm, color, silent; men with slipcover, woman dusting, D. Lanmon, men moving objects; Hagley

FC14

131-132

Garden outtakes

16mm, color

FC14

133 (also on video)

Candlelight on the Brandywine

1970

final edition; color, sound

FC14

134A-C

Pennsylvania German Prints & Drawings, by Frank Sommer

1964

3 film strips (many more available); color

FC14

135

Corbit-Sharp House

1981

(Dept. of Interpretation) color

FC15

136

History of Embroidery by Mrs. Barbara Bertram, England

1968

5 film strips plus text

FC15

138

Winterthur work picture, selected takes

1985

Penguin Productions; gardens, room interiors with flowers, exteriors of museum, fall foliage, steps to pool

FC15

139

Cabinetmaker

Hal Kirn & Associates, AARP, working colonial cabinetmaker; color

FC15

140a,b

Winterthur races (Point-to-Point)

color, year deliberately covered, races, trophy presentation, spectators, badly faded color