[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 113

Date1953

Can DescriptionsReel 113: Archie Stewart can notes: Maine 1953. 1- Spring and the new boat and the old (very old) Jeep. 2- Summer and Fall. Screening notes: VS of people in canoe on lake, towing log strapped to gunnel. Woman seated in large motor boat. Old Jeep [1946, war surplus] drives onto small wooden raft, towed behind large boat across lake, moving shots from canoe behind. Landing, back Jeep off raft. [Mary Stewart Hafer, Captain Archie, large boat new in 1953, $1500 or $1800, "splurge" of money inherited from Grandfather, built by Alvin Beal of Beals Island, Maine.]) Using Jeep to plow field, man guides plow. Earl Bonness uses saw to cut side of fatty meat. Various CUs of boat engine, dials, gear. VS of boat moving across lake, men steering; Ear Bonness and Archie. Man paddling canoe. Older man and woman sit bundled in stern of boat. Train moving along wooded track behind screen of trees. Track running through woods. Sign beside road: Picnic area. Group eating on boat. ["Admiral" Sims] Pontoon airplane taxiing and taking off from lake. Young boy holding big fish. Men dropping yellow marker buoy off boat onto lake. VS of men using wood levers to push logs, construct raft. Float raft on lake, retrieve buoy. VS of men cutting wood beside pile. People eating at picnic table in forest, lake in BG. At Camp, GG, Rob, Mother. VS of people relaxing in stern of moving boat. Woman painting face onto large rock in stream [Dog Face Rock?]. Jeep driving up steep narrow path in woods [with refrigerator]. Canoe towing wooden platform from shore. Men pounding hole into rock, setting charge. LS of explosion on lakeshore (slow motion) debris flying. Man rolling log, balancing on top with pole. County fair, VS of people milling in parking lot. WS of fairground rides, ferris wheel. Audience in bleachers. WS Harness race, horses. [Springfield, Maine, Fair?] Three men measuring small wooden box, beside woodpile. Man standing in bow of canoe pulling in fishing net [illegal gill net]. Three men carrying luggage, push wheelbarrow. LS carrying gear onto dock. Man shooting movie standing in boat as pulls away from dock. VS of men eating dinner inside cabin [dark]. Rob Golding, P.D. Weikert, Tommy Lockhead. Three men standing in boat cabin [dark].