Elkins, WV 1940s Reel

This 1940s home movie from Elkins, West Virginia, blends vibrant Kodachrome footage of a local parade—likely the Mountain State Forest Festival—with blurry black-and-white shots of a blizzard, transferred out of focus by Monaco Labs. The parade might show floats, marchers, and small-town crowds along Randolph Avenue, while the storm captures snow piling up in the Appalachian foothills. Uneven quality marks this reel, offering a charming, if fuzzy, peek at Elkins’ mid-century life.