Home movie footage of the Tash family, with the majority of footage shot by Roy Tash, newsreel cameraman. Included is footage of Tash’s wife, Edna, and the Tash children, Norma and Bette, filmed through the years, from childhood through teenage years, up to and including the wedding of Norma Tash. The film begins in black and white and documents the actions of a young child, through various seasons, indoors and outdoors. The child may be Tash's eldest, Norma. The child is dark haired with large eyes and appears to love the camera, posing and blowing kisses. The summer shots feature the child in the yard, playing with a newspaper, picking flowers and posing for the camera. Placed on the hood of a Chevrolet, she holds on to the hood ornament and waves. In the winter she plays in the snow, shovels and poses for the camera, plays with her mother in the snow and poses again as Roy Tash holds her in his arms. Interior shots feature the child playing with dolls and what appears to be a gramophone. In another scene the camera captures mother and child at Niagara as the Great Gorge Trip streetcar passes by them. Additional shots feature an interior scene with mother and child and another woman and child with a small dog. The second part of the film features Tash's two daughters, Norma and Bette, as young women, with the scenes not necessarily in chronological order. The first images of the young women feature them outdoors, sitting with their dog, a cocker spaniel pup, at the edge of a river or lake. The women are dressed in summer shorts and appear to be teenagers. The camera then pans across the faces of two women, a man, Norma and Bette, another woman, and two men. The footage cuts to a series of shots of Norma and Bette, younger now it seems (approx 12 and 16 years of age) wearing dresses and sitting in studio chairs on their lawn as they play with their small dog. Bette is joined by her mother as they read magazines. She plays with her yo-yo and with two young female children, playing ring-around-the-rosy in the yard. Norma poses in the yard with flowers. The film then cuts to Bette on a bicycle as she speaks to a man, stops on the driveway to pick up a bag from Norma, then pedals off down the road all the while playing to the camera. The scene then cuts to Norma as she leaves the house on foot, cut again to Norma on the front porch reading a book, and Norma in the backyard with her mother as they play with the dog. The film cuts to Roy Tash in the driveway with his car. He puts the hood down and gets in, hamming it up for the camera. Another cut takes us to a group of people, some from the river/lake scene, as they pose together in front of a building for a group shot, playing to the camera by kissing one another. The film then cuts to an older woman as she prepares an apple pie from scratch. Two younger women look on periodically. The third part of the film is marked by the cut from the black and white footage to colour stock. The first colour scene features an outdoor scene of two ladies in period costume drama style hoop skirts. The women walk together outdoors with a man, also in period costume, as they blow kisses to the camera. Another cut takes us to Roy Tash as he sits at a kitchen table reading Beauty Parade, a girlie magazine produced between 1941 and 1956, pretending to be shy and shocked at its contents. The footage then cuts to Tash as he rides down a dirt road on his bicycle. The film cuts again to the exterior of St. George's on-the Hill, an Anglican church in Islington, Ontario on the day of Norma Tash's wedding. The film captures a long shot of the church steeple and documents the arrival of the guests in their finery including hats and fur stoles. The bridesmaids arrive, soon followed by the Edna Tash, mother of the bride, and Bette Tash in a green velvet dress. Roy Tash and the bride then arrive. Roy Tash helps Norma with her dress and they wait at the entrance to the church, posing for the camera with Bette. The film then cuts to the bride and groom emerging from the church, followed by the guests who mingle at the church entrance. The bride and groom then take leave in their car, Roy Tash waves to the camera and the Tash's are congratulated by guests. <18mn>
