1942 Miscellany Reel

This 1942 reel mixes Kodachrome and black-and-white snippets: “Studio Props” peek behind Hollywood scenes, an Armistice Parade marches with wartime pomp, a rodeo bucks with cowboys, and a boat race skims the waves. “House on Fire, Inglewood, CA 1942” captures flames and smoke in a real-time blaze, while golf practice swings in a backyard. Likely a home movie or newsreel mashup, it hops from staged to spontaneous, blending wartime gravity with everyday quirks in a vivid, disjointed snapshot.