[Alfred Pfister--home movies] Reels 33-35

Date1951 – 1952

Can DescriptionsAmateur footage of travel by Dr. Alfred Pfister. Donor's reel notes: Reel 33: 1951-1952. (color) Cooking fish over campfire, Paula in boat, lodge, Cape Vincent, New York. Johnson's boat [dolphin fishing], New Jersey shore, 1951. Hunting lodge, Point Pelee, Ontario? Cleaning fish, Beach Haven, New Jersey, 1951. Lake Mohonk, New Paltz, New York, Montain House, lake, view from Skytop, 1951. (b&w) Caribbean National Forest (Puerto Rico?), Paula, Marge and Haymo. St. Pierre, Martinique, Haymo. Large ruins (Columbus Castle?), Haymo and Marge, 1952. Island schoolgirls, indoor meeting. Reel 34: 1952. (color) Harbor city, resort on beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Eastern Air Lines Constellation, Marge and Haymo arrive. Town scenes, view from mountain of rain forest, with Betty Brown. Trinidad, Swiss bakery, town scenes, donkey carts. Government House grounds, Haymo, Paula and Marge. [Botanical Garden.] Beach, Alfred, Paula and Marge. Town with statue of woman (Josephine? therefore Martinique?) Native people unloading boat carrying boxes of coal or gravel on their heads. Coastal scenery. Rolling and filling rum barrels, Martinique. Views of countryside, Mont Pelee? Washing and drying laundry along stream. Fishing boats on beach. Reel 35: (color) Mardi Gras parade, New Orleans. Floats (some horse-drawn), marching bands, Western horse troupes, costumed walkers and crowds.