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] |
---- | |
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 |