[Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 002

Date1930

Can DescriptionsCan notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 2: Southwest Harbor. Harbor scene and vast lumber cutting and 1930 sawmill operation.

Viewing Notescolor. Intertitle: "A Maine hayfield" (transfer shows frameline at bottom) Panning of flowers in long grass, tilt up to lobster traps. Intertitle: "Otter Creek" View of harbor with lobster boats, blue water. Pan of harbor, many boats have stabilizing sail in stern. Beech tree in foreground. Intertitle: "Dog Watch" Car with dog on roof. Building across street in background. Car's license plate could show date in 16mm original. Intertitle: "Otter Creek's Wash" Laundry line from house with vertical strapping boards, maybe tarpaper, two windows. On the line, two towels, six items of clothing. Chair on left with laundry on it. Then pan to right further along the line and include another line with more clothes drying. Intertitle: "Maine Fire Escape" Wooden ladder on roof of house in foreground. Another house in background. Intertitle: "Abandoned Bargains" Painted sign, "For sale, 19 Acres, apply Margaret L. Coston. Pan of house, clapboard with shingled roof, vines covering one wing, boarded-up windows. Painted sign, Mt. Desert Boat Yard View of sailboat in yard, man walking toward camera. Intertitle: "Somes Pond" Pan of marshy pond from left to right. Intertitle: "Somesville" Pan of waterplants. Intertitle: "Manset" View from water, tall pilings, waterfront structures. Various shots, one with Pegasus petroleum logo. View of lobster boat approaching harbor from above (Manset dock?). Overexposed. View of sail reflection in the water. Main unloading fish from hold, They go into a bucket on a rope. He spears them with a two-tined fork with long handle. He wears short sleeves. Full bucket is hauled up. Are these cod? Underexposed boat approaching dock. Man hauls bucket out of hold full of fish. He is smoking and wears a cap, another man is in hold. Several views of bucket. From water, Dutch styled house on shore with stone jetty. Moving on water fast, shore in background. Intertitle: "Bass Harbor" View of harbor with many lobster boats. Houses on far shore. Two water towers. Shooting from moving boat, hills in background (probably Mt Desert Island). Low spit of land with spruce trees. Island with rocks and trees, one house with center chimney, brief view. Intertitle: "Bear Island" Triangular structure (bell tower), then light house. (located off Northeast Harbor) Frameline at bottom in this transfer. Motor launch. Overexposed view of sailing vessel; camera movement. Fishing vessel with tall square deckhouse, CU of sailing recreational boat with two people aboard. Intertitle: "Cranberry Ferry" motor vessel with "Cranberry Island" on roof. Intertitle: "Large yachts now rarely seen" Underexposed, then unstable view of two masted sailboat with dark hull. Bowsprit. At anchor (or mooring) Intertitle: "Strange boats sail down the Western Way" Barge with crane, "R. Griswold, Bay of Gulls Co." Stern view. Granite blocks on deck. Cartoon of pirate ship. Intertitle: "Moving Day" View at sea of Griswold barge moving a two-bay garage. Barge has net around the structure, which is partly submerged. Very clear closeup shot. Rear has "Seal Cove" painted on it. Fishing boat. Intertitle: "Islesford" View of pilings with toy sailboat under dock walkway. Four people up above. Pan of wooden lobster traps on boat. View of dock with barrel. View in lobster car full of lobsters with wooden pegs in their claws. Lobsters on dock, overexposed. Nice exposure of lobster boat loaded with traps, building in background, gas pumps on dock. Sunset on water.

Creator

• Ernest G. Stillman

• Ernest G. Stillman