[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 117

Date1954 – 1955

Can DescriptionsNHF cataloguer's notes: Reel 117: Archie Stewart can notes: 1954 fall trip. Colonel 80 [Robert N. Golding]. Thanksgiving 1955. Camp May 1955. Screening notes: Ann Stewart Sauls with Dalmatian dog beside car. Mountain in BG. Two men chop log. Ann, Earl Bonness, Rob Golding walk through woods. Group stands looking at lake as pontoon plane taxis to dock [Mother, Ann, Archie, Earl, Rob]. Plane takes off. Two canoes launched from dock. [High water at Camp] Burning brush in woods. Men carry dead deer on stretcher [Earl Bonness, Tommy Lockhead.] Pile of deer carcasses on dock loaded into large boat, the "Capt. Archie." Traveling shots from boat. Loading deer onto cars. Family eating at cabin table; Ann, Mother, Earl, P.D. Weikert. Rob Golding at 388 Grand Street, smiles at birthday cake. Pretends to cut cake with cleaver. VS of family, man opening presents, birthday cards. Young boy watches. Logging at Grand Lake Stream: WS of logs floating towards bridge, man with pole guides through sluice. VS of logs traveling down river. [Last log drive from West Grand Lake?] Rob Golding with wheelbarrow walking through forest. Digging, plants tree sapping. Earl chopping wood. Moving shots: Archie piloting large motor boat. Rob holds up fishing catch suspended from stick. Pan up from campfire to man sitting on log. Fishing scenes; Rob fishing from Captain Archie. WS of boat moving across lake. WS of cars on highway from overpass. [New York Thruway ? at Newburgh]