Wealthy Family: Winter Tales 1930-31

This silent amateur film, Wealthy Family, 1930-31, captures a privileged clan’s life across two winters. Shot in snowy landscapes, it features Mount Vernon visits with tourists walking, a movie cameraman or photographer filming from a car, and a woman driving a horse and buggy fording a stream, seen from her POV. Brief roadside picnics unfold, while a steam passenger train puffs in the distance. A woman waves by an automobile, a man with a cane limps across a town street, and kids play ice hockey. Winter surf, rain, and a flood flash by, followed by indoor scenes of filmmakers setting up lights. Duck hunting and well-dressed skeet shooters round out this 1930-31 snapshot of leisure and weather.