13155_SFMA6654_asian_american_family16
1950s
Clip contains footage of an Asian Ameircan family at home, playing with their dog and in their garden.Clip begins with a MS of a young girl playing with the cocker spaniel dog as she feeds him treats from the front steps of their house. Cuts to MCU of the girl carefully placing a treat on the dog’s nose. Cuts to a MS of a women as she steps away from the camera watching a black car entering the drive way, she walks slowly behind the car which is likely driven by her husband Cuts to a MCU of a small boy of 2 or 3 running out of the house. Cuts back to a MS of the doorway where a women wearing glasses in a long black dress walks out hold a baby girl of about 1 years old. Cuts to a MS of the first girl now on the sidewalk as the dog runs around her, a different girl chases after the dog as it cuts. Following shots are more crowded MS and MCU of the family interacting, the dad is now apparent, kneeling amongst the children. The dad is tucking in a young boy’s shirt. Cuts to a MS that pans across many of the family who are playing in the garden, mostly young girls in dresses. Numerous shots like this follow. Cuts to a MS that slowly tracks across a road and up to a sign which says Del Monte Forest. Cuts to a very dark MS in which two golfers can just be made out.