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XMAS 74

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WORK ID: NEFA 22325 (Master Record)

TitleYearDate
XMAS 741974 1974-01-01
Details Original Format: Super 8
Colour: Colour
Sound: Sound
Duration: 3 mins 57 secs
Credits: Chris Anderson
Genre: Home Movie

Subject: Family Life



Summary
A home movie by Chris Anderson of his family enjoying Christmas in 1974. The first part of the film features the family dancing together followed by the opening of presents. The remainder of the film features the family pulling Christmas crackers and enjoying their Christmas dinner. The film ends with all the family asleep on the sofa.
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A home movie by Chris Anderson of his family enjoying Christmas in 1974. The first part of the film features the family dancing together followed by the opening of presents. The remainder of the film features the family pulling Christmas crackers and enjoying their Christmas dinner. The film ends with all the family asleep on the sofa. The film opens on a decorated Christmas tree standing in the corner of a living room with wrapped presents laid out around it. A close up follows of a bauble...
A home movie by Chris Anderson of his family enjoying Christmas in 1974. The first part of the film features the family dancing together followed by the opening of presents. The remainder of the film features the family pulling Christmas crackers and enjoying their Christmas dinner. The film ends with all the family asleep on the sofa. The film opens on a decorated Christmas tree standing in the corner of a living room with wrapped presents laid out around it. A close up follows of a bauble on the tree. Title: Xmas 74 A close up of Christmas crackers and the wrapped presents changes to show the family, young and old, dancing together in the living room. Smiling happily they do the conga-line through the house some carrying balloons in their hands. A young man in red shirt and tie dances with an older woman holding a cigarette. On the living room floor a number of young children play with their presents; a girl looks at the cover of an LP while a boy has an Action Man and toy Scorpion Tank. An older man unwraps and puts on a dressing gown watched by family sitting on the sofa. A woman on the sofa unwraps her present to reveal a portrait of a small child; a girl sitting next to her plays a guitar. General views follow of the small children opening and playing with their presents; one boy is wearing a cowboy hat, another appears to be wearing an army uniform. One of the children shows his new watch to a woman. The boy in the cowboy hat plays the guitar and moves his legs like Elvis, a small girl holds a number of tubes of sweets in her hand. The film cuts to show the dining room table laid out with plates of turkey and stuffing, a bottle of Calsberg ‘Special Brew’ stands next to one of the plates. The family sit at the table while vegetables are dished out for a young boy wearing a blue paper-hat. The family pull their crackers together and then eat their dinner; two men eat turkey legs with their fingers. General views follow of the family eating their meal. The film ends with the family asleep of the living room sofa.   
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