Swampscot Meeting (Film No. 5)

Date1931

Can DescriptionsVideotape copy of film showing New England Mutual insurance company meeting. FOR REFERENCE ONLY. Footage details received with film: - 'Swampscot Meeting.' 1931. Part 1, 400 ft. Part 2, 250 ft. NHF cataloguer's notes: Film 5: 'Swampscot Convention September 10-12, 1931 and homecoming.' Post Office Square [downtown Boston] and home office. New Federal building under construction in Post Office Square. Congress and Milk streets. Home office tower. 'They come from 40 states.' Train, steamer, airplane, automobile. Shots of North shore of Massachusetts. 'The ocean house.' Shots of convention dignitaries. Fishing fleet at Gloucester, Mass. Marblehead Yacht Club. Marblehead harbor. Yacht at sail. Marscot Light (lighthouse). Boat trips from Marblehead to Gloucester. Many boating shots. Sightseeing buses. Golfing. 'The bath house.' (part 2) '500,000 producers on a trip to White Mountains.' Tour of Br[?] woods. Cog wheel railroad. List of men on the trip. '1931, Mount Washington Hotel.' Board train and ascend mountain. 'Leaders know how to climb.' Summit of Mount Washington. Airplane flies over mountain. Looking off toward Presidential range. Each man with title. Back to base station. Golf. Closing shot of tower, etc. Titles.