[Charles S. Clark--home movies] Reel 012

Can DescriptionsAmateur footage. Can/reel notes as follows. Reel numbers are NHF-assigned. 12. 'Chas. Sr. birthday party 1933, age 8. Dad, Reg, Bub and I with partridge 1934. Also Ina Jones and kids. Peggy and I with cart etc., also Bar Harbor and golf. Aunt Alice birthday and Gram and Gramp going home, 1934.' (UNEDITED) NHF Cataloguer's notes for Reel 12: Intertitles: '1933.' (1) Chas. Sr. birthday party, age 8. 1934. (2) Dad, Reg, & I with partridge, also Ina Jones & kids. (3) Peggy and I with cart, etc. (4) Bar Harbor & Golf. (5) Aunt Alice's birthday. (6) Gram & Gramp going home.' (05:06) Boy holds aloft objects on stick, possibly small fish. Man approaches, examines items attached to stick. Boy holds stick aloft so that man can have closer look. The two hold stick together. Woman approaches and examines stick. Boy smiles while holding stick aloft. Family group consisting mostly of children. Children holding hands in a ring to play game. Girl runs around outside of circle. Boy runs after her. Woman joins ring of children. Girl runs around outside of circle. Pan. family group, mostly children assembled by porch railing. Shadowy shot people assembled around a table for birthday party. Cake with candles is on the table. Table, party favors on it, cake, candles. (08:01) Camera travels around table showing people and items referred to previously. Cake with candles. Boy on tricycle. Hub of wheels decorated with crepe paper. Boy pedals, removes feet from pedals, allowing tricycle coast. Two lambs in meadow. One lamb approaches boy and man. Two lambs crouched side by side. Boy and man gesture to lambs. Lambs come running. Boy feeds lamb from baby's bottle. Cat approaches as lamb partakes from bottle. Other lamb appears. Nudges feeding lamb. Boy offers bottle to this lamb. Exterior of barn-like building. Exterior of home. Trees in blossom. Man wearing overalls holds cat. Grove of evergreens, field foliage. Boy appears in field. Aims rifle, shoots, runs forward. Retrieves bird. Long string of birds which have been shot. (11:02) Older boy standing with rifle in vertical position. Younger boy joins him. String of bagged birds with boys, men holding the trophied rope aloft. Boy holds two dead birds aloft. He walks forward. Younger boy holds two dead birds aloft. Man does the same. Snow piled high outside home. Two human figures are superimposed on film. Figures a bit indistinct. Holding hands, two children walk forward. Two adults hold toddler's hands as toddler is helped forward. This shot is overexposed, a bit muddled. CU toddler. Another toddler is with adults. Two toddlers hold hands. Woman holds infant in her arms. (Photography is now clearing up, is more normal.) Man holding infant. Three toddlers holding hands. Dog playing in snow near skis. Dog stands on hind legs, wags tail. Dog barks, rubs front paws. Exterior of home with very high snowbanks. Pan. piled snow, trees, home. (14:02) Boy stands in path cleared of snow. Boy on tricycle hauling cart with dog in it. They pedal down sidewalk. Non-winter now. Pedaling continues while dog enjoys cart ride. Boy waves. Car goes down street. Dog standing in cart. Dog stands on hind legs as boy offers treat. Dog barks, begs. Dog sits in cart. Man with golf iron says 'Hi' to camera. He hits golf ball with iron. He hits another ball. Putting continues. Another man putts ball. Pipe-smoking man putts ball. Man in sweatshirt now tries putting. (17:03) First man reappears to test his golf skill. Another man wearing sweater, plus four trousers swings the iron. Evergreen trees, mountain side visible in background of golf course. Man swings iron with men behind him watching. 18:04. Shots of the aforementioned men yielding the iron. Woman holding infant. CU infant swaddled in blankets. 19:02. Rightward track shot of high snowbanks. Side of home. Man shoveling snow. Large wooden snow scoop. More snowbanks, homes, telephone poles. Car comes down snowy street. Street with telephone poles. 20:04. Track pan. of homes, trees. Family group assembled near car. Woman holds dog in arms. Older woman in fur coat. Older man points with cane. Man touches him on arm. Another gent talks, points outward. CU older man and woman sitting in back seat of car. 21:02. Dog near steering wheel. Car in operation. Two cars parked in yard of home. Trees growing in street area, adjacent to homes. Exterior of home. Shot tracks to left to reveal car parked outside of garage. Another parked car near adjacent home. 22:03. Man enters garage. He emerges. Lights cigarette by striking match on heel of shoe. Exteriors of homes. Man parking car. (End of Reel 12.)