[Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 2

Date1929

Can DescriptionsCan label: 'Martha's Vineyard Plane Skeet.' // Date from edge code on film.

Viewing NotesAerial view of land and water with watercraft. Small islands, possibly Boston harbor. Over wooded land, orchard, meandering river. Ponds beach and harbor, cranberry bog. Goes to black, then ships and islands. Men with rifles tracking and shooting at skeet (targets) thrown from towers. Puffs of smoke visible from rifles and when target is hit. Man reaches into pocket for shell. Another man reaches into box to reload. Skeet come toward shooters, harder to hit, see some targets fall. Most shots composed from waist up. Boy wearing glasses chewing gum watches. Crowd of people. Airplane, three propellers, with crowd. Aerial views of coast, shadow of plane over water. Agricultural land, fields. Marshland.

Creator

• Henry Sturgis Dennison

• Henry Sturgis Dennison