June's Birthday Party

Edison summary: A series of pictures taken at the seashore, showing a children's out-door party in honor of June's Birthday. In the opening scene the children are dancing and weaving their ribbons around a gaily festooned May Pole. They then take off their shoes and stockings and go wading in the surf, and their antics in escaping the high waves are very amusing. A large table cloth is next spread on the sand, and they gather around for lunch, after which they choose sides for a tug-o-war. The next picture shows a long stretch of sandy beach and the children taking part in a hurdle race, piles of sand having been thrown up for hurdles. One little tot, about two years old, has great difficulty in making the jumps, and is left far behind. Again the May Pole is shown, and the children are shown playing games and singing songs. A large ocean-bound steamer passing in the distance adds greatly to the effectiveness of this scene. The children then go into one of the bath-houses on the beach and change their clothes for bathing suits, and are next shown frolicking about in the surf. The final picture is a close view of a handsome little boy and girl sitting on the beach and filling their tin pails with sand.