Keene Reel 16, Oxnard-Santa Paula Football Game, Parades

Title

Keene Reel 16, Oxnard-Santa Paula Football Game, Parades

Identifier

2021-1.16 AV (Keene Reel 16)

Source

Herman Keene Collection, 2021
Funding support for the digitization of this material was generously provided by The Schwemm Family Foundation.
Accession No.: 2021-1

Description

This reel primarily includes black-and-white footage, along with one color scene. Most of this footage shows a men's football game between Oxnard and Santa Paula High Schools, perhaps at Santa Paula High School, and local preparations and celebrations before and after the game. The footage opens on the field's sidelines, where players and a coach from one team react to the game. The camera then surveys the substantial crowd gathered in the elevated stands above the field. A pan across the school parking lot, packed with cars and departing crowds, emphasizes the scale of the event.

Black-and-white footage of football practices on the same field follow this sequence. After this practice, girls in white dresses and small angels' wings walk in a file across the field, perhaps in preparation for a parade. The next scene shows a young marching band practicing its routine on a residential street, with craftsman homes and hills in the background. 

The next sequence is shot in color, and features a parade through the streets of Santa Paula. Servicemembers bear American flags, men in Western wear ride horses, and a local American Legion marching band performs a routine. The scene afterward captures a group portrait of a Santa Paula's American Legion band and some candid footage of the band preparing for a seated performance.

Creator

Unknown

Date

circa 1933

Format

Black and White Film
Color Film
Home Movie
6 min., 14 sec.

Subject

Football--1920-1940
High school athletes
Parades
Oxnard High School (Oxnard, Calf.)
Santa Paula High School (Santa Paula, Calif.)
American Legion Band, Post 480 (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Marching bands
Football players

Coverage

California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)

Publisher

Museum of Ventura County

Rights

The copyright to this film has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.

Type

Image

Language

English

Original Format

16mm film reel

Duration

6:14 at 18 fps

Citation

Unknown, “Keene Reel 16, Oxnard-Santa Paula Football Game, Parades,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed March 29, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/3809.