Loraine Sumner

Item Data

  • Collection Title: Loraine Sumner Collection
  • Item Title: Loraine Sumner, Reel 4
  • ID Number: LS-004
  • Date Range: c. 1959-1964
  • Description: Referee & coach Loraine Sumner's 8mm bird's eye view of life before & after Title IX. Fast pitches, shot puts, camping trips, life as a lesbian mother, family weddings, and lots of horsing around. Includes minor footage of Hall of Famer Joan Joyce. Drugstore-jumbled 8mm footage.
  • Biographical/Historical Note: See collection level, Biographical/Historical Notes. Emma's Notes: Reel 4 Shot of the Moon Dome, part of the Transportation and Travel pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. A giant model rocket, part of the Chrysler pavilion. A large model of an engine, part of the Chrysler pavilion. Shot of the Unisphere, a large metal globe statue. A young girl getting a drink from at a water fountain. The Unisphere again. People in traditional European dress dancing on stage. Republic of China pavilion and the Swiss Sky Ride in the background. The ceremonial gate, part of the China pavilion, with the Indonesia pavilion beyond. The New York State pavilion. Flags along a road leading to the New York State pavilion. The large fountain in the Pool of Industry. The girl next to a golden bear statue. People walking around the fair. A fountain. The bubble dome of a Brass Rail lunch bar. A different pavilion. The Indonesia pavilion. Wide shot of the fair. Wide shot of the fountain. The young girl at the binoculars at an overlook. The fountain and light show. A person in Goofy (Disney character) costume. A person in Pluto costume waving from the roof of a building. Other people in Disney character costumes. A trained dolphin show. A children’s theme park. A statue of a gorilla, too dark to see clearly, with the sign: “Positively the Largest Gorilla Ever to be Taken Out of-“. (Possibly the stuffed ‘Phil the Gorilla’ at the St. Louis Zoo.) The girl sitting on the lap of a statue of a Native American woman. Sign in the background says: “Feeding Ground & Animals”. Children and deer outside a teepee. People feeding deer, goats, and llamas. Miniature buildings, including a ‘Dance Hall’ and a ‘Hotel’. The girl on a slide. A wide shot of the park. Shot of the New York City skyline, seen from the water. The Statue of Liberty. A helicopter flying overhead. A train along the water, with a bridge in the distance. Shots of the water from a boat. The George Washington Bridge. Panning shot of hills. A boy and a dog outside of a barn. An older woman and dog in front of a car. A roadside motel and cars in the parking lot. A row of British flags along the road. A town along a river. (US/Canada border crossing?) House and cars. A truck. Shot of the surrounding landscape. A group of nuns in a parking lot. The nuns and women seated together, talking. People outside of what looks like a church. People in the parking lot. A fake whale rising from the water. Teepees and other structures filmed from a moving vehicle. People playing in the water at a beach. A waterfall (Niagara Falls). A bridge (the Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls) and ice on the river. Shots of the falls. The girl in a stroller by guardrail overlooking the river. The pedestrian bridge to Goat Island. Shots of the river. The waterfall, a rainbow, and bridge. Ice on the river. The woman and little girl in a stroller. Panning shots of the river. The little girl playing on the grass. A stone column (Brock’s Monument, Queenston, Ontario.) The Niagara Parks Floral Clock, with: ‘Ontario Hydro’ written on it. Shots of power lines. The river gorge. A power station. A hydro dam under construction. Overlook at Niagara Falls. A horse drawn carriage. Shots of Niagara Falls. Buildings along the river. The girl in stroller by the overlook. Shots of Niagara Falls. The little girl with a doll. The river leading to the falls, including the Niagara Scow, a wrecked ship above the falls. Scenes of the little girl. Panning shot of buildings. Shot of a road. A Conestoga wagon. Building with the sign: ‘Wild Bill’s Bargain Barn’. Scenes inside of a cave system, and the sign: ‘Meramec Cavern’. (Meramec Caverns, Stanton, Missouri) A child seated in front of a hotel. The woman and child in parking lot. Landscape shot of rolling hills. The woman and little girl on a road. Cars parked by a pond. Shots of different bridges. Sign on the side of the road: ‘Souv[enirs]. A woman cleaning a car windshield. A US flag. The woman and a girl in a field. Three log cabins. (Valley Forge National Historic Park, Pennsylvania.) The girl walking past an old building. The Washington Memorial Chapel and National Patriots Bell Tower at Valley Forge. Landscape shot of fields. The chapel again. The woman on crutches. A statue silhouetted against a stone building. Changing of the guards at the Citadelle of Quebec, including Batisse the Goat, the mascot of the Royal 22e Régiment. Scene of the guards on parade, with the goat, at the Citadelle, including shots of the Plains of Abraham. Shots of the Citadelle. Panning shot of the St. Lawrence River. A fort on the water. (Fort Henry, Kingston, Ontario) Changing of the guard/inspection. The woman and girl stick their legs in the stocks. The outside of the fort. The fort cannons. Guards at the entrance. Plaque over the gate: ‘Fort Henry 1832’. Scenes of the girl around the fort. Shot of the water. Shots of the fort. The little girl and a man dressed as Santa Claus in front of a building with a sign ‘Santa’s Home’. (Possibly Santa’s Village, Bracebridge, Ontario) The river and town. A horse drawn carriage. The Parliament Building of Quebec. Cars driving through a park. City skyline. (Kingston?) A dump, with sign: ‘National Gas Transmission Line’ in the foreground. Sign: [obscured] ‘Museum’. Girl looks out the window of a ‘Grand Trunk’ train engine. Coal car with ‘1008’ on side. The woman and girl on a stationary handcar. The woman and girl in a park. A horse drawn wagon. An ox cart and people in period dress. Scene too dark to see. Water seen from a boat. Shot of a bridge. (Thousand Island Bridge, New York/Ontario) Houses along the shore. A castle. (Boldt Castle, Heart Island)
  • Genres: Amateur Films, Home Movies
  • Places: Disney Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Florida; Niagara Falls, New York; New York, New York
  • Access & Use: Contact Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org. No re-use without permission. LHMP must contact film donor & participants with regard to any re-use.
  • Color or B&W: Color
  • Related Versions: Reel 4, Loraine Sumner Collection, Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP).
  • Running Time: 34:16
  • Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) holds all rights. Donor must approve all uses.
  • Sound: Silent
  • Subjects: Lesbians, Sports
  • Creators: Loraine Sumner
  • Collaborators & Participants: Debbie Sumner For further information or if you or friends took part in this event, be great if you emailed us at info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org & let us know. We'll share your input if that's okay, or just preserve it.
  • Source Format: 8mm
  • Format: 8mm
  • Viewing Log: Opening Disney? Debbie in white bermuda shorts. Pavilions, fountains, day and night. Debbie has change of clothes. Goofy, 4:06 maybe somewhere different. Debbie in Indian statue's lap. Teepee. She's about the same age tho. Animals. Western town? Dance Hall. 4:45. Water. Shot from boat. NY Harbor. Statue of Liberty. 5:!5 train from water 6: shingled house, elderly woman with collie, motel, river, 7:47 nuns, dykey walk. postulants? Sister Winnie. 9:!5 whale more teepees 9:30 swimming lake or beach? little kids zoftig athletic young women in bathing suits but one in tee shirt and bermudas 10:28 niagara falls? yep. great shots. rapids. 12:51 debbie in stroller more pans of water 13:14 debbie in snowsuit on green grass monuments pans of electrical lines more of the falls 18:59 little debbie in red again. more falls 20:11 more debbie 20:26 debbie on table in blue coat. new place? picnic table. unhappy buxom woman with blond brown short hair opposite side of table 20:37 road then 21:07 pioneer setting 22 caverns 22:42 motel countryside 23:12 debbie and woman 23:29 bear mountain bridge? shots from car souvenir shop 24:13 dark haired woman cleaning windshield. guiding Debbie log cabins debbie climbing cannon 25:08 observation tower 25:21 town church? university tower? England? revolutionary reenactment? 26:14 changing of the guard 30:17 santa & debbie 31:42 museum sign then "Grand Trunk" debbie in window. locomotives. another/same dark haired woman helping debbie 32:20 oxen, pioneer woman striped shirt. more water. end