Detroit Historical Society | 1984 Boblo Island 16mm Original Camera Negative @DetroitHistoricalSociety | Uploaded August 2021 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
2016.086.015
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Silent color 16mm reel containing footage shot for a Boblo Island promotional video. The footage shows the Falling Star ride at night, performers from one of the park's musical shows, and children having fun with the park's mascots.
The reel begins with an Image Express logo, before getting into the night time footage of the Falling Star.
This is followed by a brief shot of a clapboard marked "Roll 3. Prod. No. Boblo 430. Scene 301, Take 6, Sound: MOS. Director, Camera Man: Bill Randall. Date: May 9/84 W.B. Doner. Prod'r: A.F.I."
Next are shots of the performers from one of the park's revue shows performing a chorus line and bowing. The women wear gold dresses, and the men wear tuxedos with gold shirts. The stage's rear wall is painted with "Music" in script lettering. Another clapboard visible between takes records this as scene 201, take 40, on the same day.
The final segment on the reel is of the costumed Boblo bear mascot, the duck mascot, and a group of children with balloons, as filmed from behind a group of trees. Another clapboard shot records one take as being roll 7, scene 101, take 16, again on May 9, 1984.
The film is on a yellow plastic core, housed inside of a white box labeled, "84-0510-1 "Boblo" 3x:10's-(16mm)1x:10-(35mm). Sel OCN For Xfer"
2016.086.015
detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/43C1F6B9-6FFD-4017-B3A1-000238222664
Silent color 16mm reel containing footage shot for a Boblo Island promotional video. The footage shows the Falling Star ride at night, performers from one of the park's musical shows, and children having fun with the park's mascots.
The reel begins with an Image Express logo, before getting into the night time footage of the Falling Star.
This is followed by a brief shot of a clapboard marked "Roll 3. Prod. No. Boblo 430. Scene 301, Take 6, Sound: MOS. Director, Camera Man: Bill Randall. Date: May 9/84 W.B. Doner. Prod'r: A.F.I."
Next are shots of the performers from one of the park's revue shows performing a chorus line and bowing. The women wear gold dresses, and the men wear tuxedos with gold shirts. The stage's rear wall is painted with "Music" in script lettering. Another clapboard visible between takes records this as scene 201, take 40, on the same day.
The final segment on the reel is of the costumed Boblo bear mascot, the duck mascot, and a group of children with balloons, as filmed from behind a group of trees. Another clapboard shot records one take as being roll 7, scene 101, take 16, again on May 9, 1984.
The film is on a yellow plastic core, housed inside of a white box labeled, "84-0510-1 "Boblo" 3x:10's-(16mm)1x:10-(35mm). Sel OCN For Xfer"
