Detroit Historical Society | August 31, 1979 Boblo Island 16mm Workprint @DetroitHistoricalSociety | Uploaded August 2021 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
2018.008.005
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Silent color 16mm reel containing a workprint composed of footage shot for a Boblo Island promotional video. The shots feature the island's flowers, picnic area, costumed mascots, the Bob-Lo Pavilion Theatre's exterior, miniature golf course, Hofbrau Tavern exterior, giant slide, Ferris wheel, park guests, docks, the Boblo boat COLUMBIA, chair lift, Maritime Monument, marina, and the Log Flume.
The video opens with several shots of the island's flowers, with attractions such as the Round-Up and the C.P. Huntington train in the background. This is followed by several shots of people in the park's picnic area. In several such shots, the mascots Louie the lion and a pelican in a green polka-dotted outfit, visit the picnickers. Next are several shots taken outside of the Bob-Lo Pavilion Theatre, including the building's sign, and people walking along the walkways around it. Several shots follow of golfers and obstacles at the park's miniature golf course.
After a brief cut, the footage returns with a shot of a sign depicting the park’s lion mascot and the text, "Amaze. Amaze. Follow me for fun," and a zoom out from the sign for the Hofbrau Tavern to the building itself. Children are then filmed riding down the park's giant slide, and families are shown getting off the Ferris wheel. Park-goers are then shown walking in the vicinity of the park's docks. During this portion the Boblo boat COLUMBIA is shown at dock, and departing, the ferry PAPOOSE IV is shown approaching, and the PAPOOSE V is shown boarding. There's also a brief shot of two of the park's locomotives stopped on parallel stretches of track.
After another brief cut, the camera captures people riding the park's chair lift from below. The island's Maritime Monument--topped with the anchor of the steam barge CITY OF CLEVELAND (1882)--is also filmed. More close-ups of flowers follow. After that, several shots are devoted to showing people and boats in the park's marina. The park's train is captured passing on the shore from one shot taken from a pier. In the final portion of video, people are shown lining up and riding the Log Flume ride.
The film is spooled on a yellow plastic core, and housed within a grey plastic canister. A series of handwritten labels are affixed to the canister's lid. These read, "Aug 31 1-3," "Work Print with Taped Sections - Boblo Park," "On Lab Cores," "Dub F/T 1/17/95 159[?]," and "CC." The tail at the end of the film is marked, "Tail Fe[?] 4995 10-6-79, Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park, 'Title - Bob-Lo August 31 Roll 1-3.'"
2018.008.005
detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/05514B67-C155-4498-B44F-966318932228
Silent color 16mm reel containing a workprint composed of footage shot for a Boblo Island promotional video. The shots feature the island's flowers, picnic area, costumed mascots, the Bob-Lo Pavilion Theatre's exterior, miniature golf course, Hofbrau Tavern exterior, giant slide, Ferris wheel, park guests, docks, the Boblo boat COLUMBIA, chair lift, Maritime Monument, marina, and the Log Flume.
The video opens with several shots of the island's flowers, with attractions such as the Round-Up and the C.P. Huntington train in the background. This is followed by several shots of people in the park's picnic area. In several such shots, the mascots Louie the lion and a pelican in a green polka-dotted outfit, visit the picnickers. Next are several shots taken outside of the Bob-Lo Pavilion Theatre, including the building's sign, and people walking along the walkways around it. Several shots follow of golfers and obstacles at the park's miniature golf course.
After a brief cut, the footage returns with a shot of a sign depicting the park’s lion mascot and the text, "Amaze. Amaze. Follow me for fun," and a zoom out from the sign for the Hofbrau Tavern to the building itself. Children are then filmed riding down the park's giant slide, and families are shown getting off the Ferris wheel. Park-goers are then shown walking in the vicinity of the park's docks. During this portion the Boblo boat COLUMBIA is shown at dock, and departing, the ferry PAPOOSE IV is shown approaching, and the PAPOOSE V is shown boarding. There's also a brief shot of two of the park's locomotives stopped on parallel stretches of track.
After another brief cut, the camera captures people riding the park's chair lift from below. The island's Maritime Monument--topped with the anchor of the steam barge CITY OF CLEVELAND (1882)--is also filmed. More close-ups of flowers follow. After that, several shots are devoted to showing people and boats in the park's marina. The park's train is captured passing on the shore from one shot taken from a pier. In the final portion of video, people are shown lining up and riding the Log Flume ride.
The film is spooled on a yellow plastic core, and housed within a grey plastic canister. A series of handwritten labels are affixed to the canister's lid. These read, "Aug 31 1-3," "Work Print with Taped Sections - Boblo Park," "On Lab Cores," "Dub F/T 1/17/95 159[?]," and "CC." The tail at the end of the film is marked, "Tail Fe[?] 4995 10-6-79, Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park, 'Title - Bob-Lo August 31 Roll 1-3.'"
