[Howard Kane--home movies] A Trip to Machias Seal Islands

Date1929

Can DescriptionsNHF cataloguer's notes: 'A Trip to Machias Seal Islands.' 'The Harbor, Cutler, Maine' hand lettered titles. Pan of pier covered with white sea birds. 'Seining for herring.' Herring flapping in net, fishermen, herring-filled boats. 'A Fish Weir.' 'Beyond the Shelter of the Harbor.' Men in caps on fishing boat. 'Machias Seal Islands--three rocks in the mouth of Fundy.' 'No'theast Rock--the only spot south of Labrador where is found the Great Gray Arctic Seal.' Men in dory. MS of seals in water. 'A Canadian lighthouse on an American Island.' 'The Puffin or Sea Parrot Nests Here in August. Spends the Other Eleven Months on the Water. Buildings on Island...' Dory. 'Cod Fishing.' Men pulling up huge fish one at a time. Pull up stingray. Six men hand lining. 'The Day's End.' Shot of men in boat going backwards.