The text on the Blackboard?

In one of the films there is a blackboard and some words on it. Marie-Aude suggests in her comment (see "comments"-link below) that Fafase and Gegene (Gegeve?) are abbreviations for the names Françoise and Eugène. Thanks!

The title on the reel is something like "Delwault", "Dilivaille", "Dilivault"...



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The story of a 9.5 mm family

In 1931, a small French family from Pornichet (or St Omer?) used a 9.5 mm Pathé camera. During the spring and summer of that year and also during the next winter, mother and father filmed their son, their large family and all the places they visited. The collection consists of 43 reels and approximately 45 minutes of film material.

They travelled around northwestern and northern France to places including Camon (in Amiens?), Noyelles, Amiens and Guéméné. All the places and dates have been well documented.

It is not known what happened to the family or the films after the winter of 1931-32. In 2003, these small Pathé reels were sold on ebay.

Who were they? Do they have descendants or are some of the children seen on the films still alive? Could it perhaps have been a Jewish family? How have the films ended up on ebay?

My husband and I will travel to Pornichet on 1st of November 2006. We are also hoping to find some relatives of the family in the films. There appears to be four different surnames within the reel titles: Morin, Morel, Lecomte and Carpentier.

If you know anything about the origin of these films or about the people in them, please write to me:

Here are some video clips in RealMedia, WindowsMedia and QuickTime format. It is better to download them to hard disk and then watch them from drive. To watch them you need Realplayer, Windows MediaPlayer or Quicktime player. The quality of transferring is very poor. Original films are much better.

VIDEO CLIPS:

1. Le Pouliguen. Aout 1931?
(Windowsmedia)
2. Parc des Dryades. Aout 1931.
(Windowsmedia, Quicktime)
3. 1. Raymond operant + 2. Morin. Jardin de Pornichet. (Film de Raymond!) . Aout 1931.
(Windowsmedia, Quicktime)
4. Sur la plage. Pornichet. Aout 1931.
(Windowsmedia, Quicktime)
5. Jardin de St. Omer. 12 juillet 1931.
(Windowsmedia)
6. 2e Lycée St Omer. Lycée sports. Juillet 1931?
(Windowsmedia, Quicktime)
7. Les dames Lecomte. Amiens. Juin 1931.
(Windowsmedia)
8. Les petits Morel. 1931.
(Windowsmedia)
9. Sortie rue Lisbonne. Carpentier. Yvette. Hiver 1931-32.
(Windowsmedia)
10. Grand-Père et Enfants. Pornichet. Paques 1931.
(Windowsmedia)
11. Dans le train. Juillet 1931.
(Windowsmedia)

Stills from the films:

Crap avec son papa au jardin.

Grand-Père, Raymond, ?, ?, ?

Le Pouliguen.

Raymond operant. Pornichet.

Yvette.

Docteur Knox. Guéméné. (Du film, par des enfants.)

Grand-mère.


Sur la plage. Pornichet.

Sur la plage (2). Pornichet.

Dilivaille (?) (1).

Dilivaille (?) (2).

Jardin de Pornichet.

Crap (1).

Crap (2).

Morin (?). Pornichet.



Lycée (1) You'll find more pictures from the Film "Lycée, St Omer" here.


Lycée (2)


Lycée (3)


Lycée (4)

FILM TITLES:

Pâques 1931:

-Grand-Père et Enfants. Pornichet. Pâques 1931.

-Retour de messe. Pornichet. Pâques 1931.

Pentecôte 1931:

-Crap avec Kiki – Camon. Pentecôte 1931. Bien.

-Crap avec sen ènevai (?) - jardin Camon. Pentecôte 1931. Bien.

-Crap – Boby – Follett (?). Pentecôte 1931. Camon.

-Crap et sabotti de radis. Camon. Pentecôte 1931.

-Crap su jardin Camon. Pentecôte 1931.

Juin 1931:

-Crap pres du poulailler á Camon. Juin 1931.

-Les dames Lecomte. Amiens. Juin 1931.

Juillet 1931:

-Dans le train. Juillet 1931.

-Le Docteur Knox. Guéméné. Juillet 1931.

-Course a pieds. Jardin de St. Omer. 12 juillet 1931.

-Dans les glacie de St. Omer. 12 juillet 1931.

-Lycée - Les sports.

-2e Lycée. St. Omer.

-Crap en pyjama jardine. St. Omer.

Août 1931:

-Morin – Jardin de Pornichet. Août 1931.

-Raymond operant – jardin Pornichet. Août 1931.

-Jeu du ballon. Pornichet. Août 1931.

-Sur la plage. Pornichet. Août 1931.

-Parc des Dryades I. Août 1931.

-Courses de Pornichet. Parc des Dryades II. Août 1931.

-Crap á Pornichet dans le jardin.

-Sortie de bain (Morin). Août 1931.

-Jojo et Joël sur la plage. Août 1931.

-Morin sur la plage. Août 1931.

-Le Pouliguen.

Hiver 1931-32:

-Sortie rue Lisbonne. Carpentier. Yvette. Hiver 1931-32.

-Bd. Pt. Noyelles. Hiver 1931-32.

-Les petits Morel.

-Delwault / Dilivaille(?).

-Crap avec son papa au jardin.

-Les amis de Crap de la jardin.