[Cameron Bradley--home movies] Reel S

Date1938

Can DescriptionsAmateur footage. Family's viewing notes as follows (reel titles in quotes are based on can/box notes, reel letters are NHF-assigned.) S. 'Mendham #2 1938.' Scenes taken on the trip as the boat traveled through the Bras D'Or Lakes in Canada. Scene of a man in a dory. Scene of a bow wash taken aboard the Mendham. Scenes taken from the boat as well as scenes of activities and people of the boat. Scene of Cameron's mother Helen applying suntan lotion to the scalp of one of Cameron's sunburned friends. Scenes of tuna fishing. Scenes of sailing the Mendham. Scenes of shorefronts around the Bras D'Or Lakes. Scenes of wrestling on the decks of the Medham. NHF cataloguing notes for Reel S: CU shot from prow of boat. Looking at front hull slicing through water. MD man on deck lights cigarette. MD couple reading navigation chart? Older man at helm. MD woman smoking pipe. Woman holding pipe for man at helm to smoke. Thirteen colony flag. CU woman tousling mans hair. Older man tickling him in background. Portrait man chewing gum. Horizon line sinks and rises behind him. Boat going over swells. CU young man writing a letter on deck. Holds up letter to camera. Young woman in round sunglasses also writing letter. Speaks to camera man. Cluster fishing boats. LS gulls. Sunset. Man reeling. Man with cap. Large visor reads Ashaway Fishing Lines. (23:20). Yacht at steep incline. Shot from front of vessel. BW. On deck MD woman winding skein of yarn. Man holding it for her. Lighthouse. Shore. Drawbridge. Two men sitting at tip of prow ornament looking back self conciously at camera. Shot through opening in deck floor of table laid with food. Man drinking. Overacted wrestling match on deck. Man flips around and prounds his chest. CU man in glasses, flannel shirt grimaces. CU woman in pearls looks serious. CU woman in sailor suit. (28:13).

Creator

• Cameron Bradley

• Cameron Bradley