Charles H. Frost films
name: label: Creator
content: Frost, Charles H. (Charles Hamilton), 1870-1926
place: label: Place
content: Africa, North
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Egypt
label: Place
content: Ontario
label: Place
content: New Jersey
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Louise Besch in 2002.
creator: label: Creator
content: Frost, Charles H. (Charles Hamilton), 1870-1926
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content: Charles H. Frost films
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles H. Frost was the publisher of the Plainfield Courier News, Plainfield, New Jersey. His wife, Gertrude, graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1892.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (24 minutes, black-and-white silent; 630 feet, 9.5mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1913-1927
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2002.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Amateur film shot by Charles Frost in 1926 of countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, 9.5 Pathex titles: "The Spirit of Play, "Lindbergh's Welcome Home," "Lindbergh's Paris Flight," and "Italy's Crack Cavalry-Velvet Fingers-Shooting Rapids in 'Pocket Boat'"; still photographs and negatives from Charles Frost's 1913 trip to the Mediterranean; postcards from these trips and correspondence and other travel related materials.`

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