The Night of the Hunter

Classic b/w Thriller starring Robert Mitchum
-Year: 1955
-Year in film: 1930s
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: boy John 12 ys, man
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own:yes, TV recording
-Bib occurence: medium
-Rating:  7/10
-Rating: *******
-Comment: Billy Chapin (pictured, right with Sally Jane Brude) in dark, old style bibs. I think most know this famous movie. I saw this many years before.

PD movies part 2

Poverty in rural America P.2



American Frontier P.2




It happens every noon


Full videos on archive.org (moving images), stream or download.

I don't have the time to watch every movie on archive.org. I searched using keywords farm and rural. The thumbnails depending on the total length of the film, normally 1 per minute and only sometimes luckily showing a scene with bibs. Mostly b/w of

Shiloh (Trilogy)

Shiloh 2

3 films about a boy and a dog. Novels by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Newbery Award)
-Year: 1996, 1999, 2006
-Year in film: 1950s?
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: some girls ~8/11ys
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no
-Bib occurence: low?
-Rating:  6/10
-Rating: ******
-Comment: Several girls in bibs. At least in Part 1 and 2. Possibly more. I saw part one many years ago and I like this

Help Wanted: Kids

TV film with Chad Allen
-Year: 1986
-Year in film: 1980s?
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: girl Mickey 9 ys.
-Available on DVD: VHS only?
-I own: no, TV recording
-Bib occurence: low?
-Rating:  4/10
-Rating: ****
-Comment: Hillary Wolf, pictured, left (also 1992 in Home Alone 2) wears dark blue bibs. I don't remember the whole movie and I found this coincidentally searching old recording and found

A Rural Community: Holtville, Alabama

Public Domain b/w documentary. 1:08 h
-Year: 1945
-Year in film: 1945
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: several boys, men
-Available on DVD: no (free on web)
-I own: yes
-Bib occurence: medium
-Rating:  8/10
-Rating: ********
-Comment: Some boys ~ 6-12 ys and some men in dark bibs. Some shirtless and barefeet (also barefeet the girls). I found this via a keyword search "farm" (moving image) on

Redemption of the Ghost

Family/Children's film with a friendly ghost
-Year: 2002
-Year in film: 2000s
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: girl Cassy 6 ys., other men, woman
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no
-Bib occurence: medium?
-Rating:  5/10
-Rating: *****
-Comment: Nicolette Little in blue and other bibs. Also at least one man and woman Alexandra Paul (also blue bibs). I don't remember the entire movie. But seems to be a

Relative Fear

Horror/Thriller film with an autistic boy
-Year: 1995
-Year in film: 1990s?
-Country: Canada
-Who in bibs: boy Adam 5 ys.
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no
-Bib occurence: medium?
-Rating:  4/10
-Rating: ****
-Comment: Matthew Dupuis in blue bibs (pictured). I don't know the entire movie. Bibs seem OK, but a bit baggy. I don't think much bib scenes and there are better movies. Film aka The Child

A Christmas Story

Famous family Christmas movie
-Year: 1983
-Year in film: 1940s
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: boy Randy 9 ys., other boy
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no, TV recording
-Bib occurence: low?
-Rating:  3/10
-Rating: ***
-Comment: Ian Petrella wears dark double-breasted plaid overalls (picture left). A boy at school wears light blue zipper closure overalls (picture right). This is a good and funny

My Girl

Romantic kids film starring Macaulay Culkin
-Year: 1991
-Year in film: 1990s?
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: girl Vada ~11ys, others
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no, TV recording
-Bib occurence: low?
-Rating:  5/10
-Rating: *****
-Comment: Anna Chlumsky (pictured) sometime wears blue bibs. I think this is a good children's film with touching plot and first kiss. I don't remember the entire

Operation Splitsville

Film about kids with divorced parents.
-Year: 1999
-Year in film: 1990s?
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: boy ~ 10 ys., other girls and boys
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no, TV recording
-Bib occurence: medium?
-Rating:  5/10
-Rating: *****
-Comment: At least 3 boys (~10, 6, 4 ys) and 2 girls ~11ys in (light) blue bibs, one in shortalls. Younger boy in light blue bibs with hickory stripes.
I first

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Steven Spielberg film about kids and an E.T. 4 Oscars.
-Year: 1982
-Year in film: 1980s?
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: Elliott 10, girl ~5, woman
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: yes, now DVD
-Bib occurrence: low
-Rating:  5/10
-Rating: *****
-Comment: Everone knows this film. And I thought I also knew it. I remember the  E.T. and some famous scenes but never noticed special bib scenes. Then

Pearl Harbour

Film about Pearl Harbour (WWII). 1 Oscar
-Year: 2001
-Year in film: 1923 (bib)
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: boy Danny ~12 ys, a man
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no, TV recording
-Bib occurence: low
-Rating:  5/10
-Rating: *****
-Comment: Reiley McClendon (pictured) wears baggy, light blue bibs with hickory stripes and a sleeveless shirt. There are only some few minutes playing in 1923 at the

The River (1984)

Film with Mel Gibson about a farm family and a storm and other problems.
-Year: 1984
-Year in film: 1980s?
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: Lewis ~15, girl Beth ~5, boy ~12, men, women
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: yes
-Bib occurrence: low
-Rating:  5/10
-Rating: *****
-Comment: I was not sure about this movie. I saw it long time ago and I think, I didn't like it. I searched the web for

Los olvidados

B/w film of Luis Buñuel about Mexican ghetto kids.
-Year: 1950
-Year in film: 1940s?
-Country: Mexico
-Who in bibs: several boys and men
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no
-Bib occurrence: often
-Rating:  5/10
-Rating: *****
-Comment: I have not seen the whole movie. I think there are many bibs. But some with no back bibs (suspenders only). Violent film. Perhaps I will buy it. But I think,

The Little Rascals (1994)

Remake of TV series "Our Gang" of the 1920s/30s/40s
-Year: 1994
-Year in film: 1990s
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: boy Froggy ~8 ys and others
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: yes TV recording
-Bib occurence: often
-Rating:  5/10
-Rating: *****
-Comment: Jordan Warkol as Froggy (picture left) and at least 3 other boys of the gang in blue (1 in black bibs, 1 in light blue). Also

Sling Blade

Film with a handicapped man and a boy. 1 Oscar.
-Year: 1996
-Year in film: 1990s?
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: boy Frank 14 ys
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no, TV recording
-Bib occurence: low
-Rating:  6/10
-Rating: ******
-Comment: Lucas Black (pictured) in light blue bibs. I think only some short scenes in bibs. Sitting as pictured and also walking in a shopping center. Set in rural

The Shining (1997)

TV series of the famous novel by Stephen King, 3 episodes.
-Year: 1997
-Year in film: 1970s?
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: boy Daniel ~9 ys
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no
-Bib occurence: low
-Rating:  4/10
-Rating: ****
-Comment: Young Courtland Mead in blue bib. 9-10ys but looks like 7 ys. This mini series is not so famous as the 1980 Kubrick film with Jack Nicholson. There is a younger boy

Critters 3

Horror film with small creatures and young Leonardo DiCaprio
-Year: 1991
-Year in film: 1990s?
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: girl ~15 ys
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: yes
-Bib occurence: low
-Rating:  3/10
-Rating: ***
-Comment: A girl in light blue shortalls at the beginning of the movie. She acts first with her dad and then with Leo and other smaller boy. Funny movie and good acting of young

Prehysteria! 2

Film with small dinosaurs
-Year: 1994
-Year in film: 1990s
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: boy Brendan ~12 ys
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no
-Bib occurence: low
-Rating:  3/10
-Rating: ***
-Comment: Kevin Connors in baggy bibs with hickory stripes. I don't watched the whole movie closely enough. I think few bib scenes, mostly at the end. Either 2 different bibs, but I think the hickory stripes

A Son's Promise

TV film with Rick Schroder
-Year: 1990
-Year in film: 1980s?
-Country: USA
-Who in bibs: boy ~15 ys
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no, partly TV recording
-Bib occurence: low
-Rating:  6/10
-Rating: ******
-Comment: A teen boy in working bibs (not Schroder). Schroder who is the oldest son and looks grown up gives him a piggyback (close up scene). Good farm film. Others (some boys ~12 ys.) in