[unidentified--home movies] Reel 6

Date1931 – 1934

Can DescriptionsLabel on can: 'Reel 27.' // Note on reel: 'E.H. Reed.' // Film has 1931 and 1934 edge codes. // Intertitle: 'WEST INDIES CRUISE. S.S. LADY NELSON Summer 1934.' 'BERMUDA.' Woman in bathing suit smokes on beach, does a little dance with seaweed for the camera. Man in hat does a fast crawl towards the camera. 'SAINT KITTS.' Man and woman walk around stone building. Man changes tire on car. Man rolls past in donkey cart. 'ANTIGUA.' 'NELSON'S DOCK YARD.' Boats on harbor sail by. Large steamship. Woman poses with local boy, they walk past cannons. Women sit with baskets and look suspiciously at camera, then smile. 'SAINT KITTS AGAIN.' Woman talks with young woman and children. Little boy rides small donkey. Local children smile at camera. Man on church roof holds rope to tower bell. Various village views. Kids pose under tree. Four large-horned cattle pull cart with two men. Four donkeys pull another cart. Crowded marketplace. Women carrying many clay pots on head and in arms. In fishing boat with two men. 'HAMILTON.' 'COMMANDER RIDGEWAY.' Woman chats and strolls streets with smoking man in white. Attached to end of reel: an excerpt(?) from commercial production promoting tourism in Bermuda. Intertitles champion 'modern and beautifully located hotels' and the various types and industry of coral. Swimming fish offer a 'symphony of color', though shown here on black and white film stock. - SS