[Alfred Pfister--home movies] Reel 006

Date1920s

Can DescriptionsDonor's notes and NHF cataloguer's notes: Reel 6: Farm. Swans. Horses running through fields. Cows. Dappled horses. Swans, water wheel. Farm equipment. Tractor ca.1920s. Spraying apple orchard. Haying with horse drawn machinery. Men making faces at camera. Ducks and turkeys in barnyard. Hunting. Women feeding swans. Growse in barnyard. Hunting dogs running. Men hunting. Saddling up, riding out on horses on dirt roads. Boy sidesaddle, pretending to shoot gun and smoke cigar. Women in fur coats. Hiding behind pole. Winter skating in backyard. Falling down on ice. Tobogganing. View of large (New England) house. Setting off explosives. Skating, playing games on ice with canes. Swans nearby. Children and adults playing and gesturing, harrassing calves. Boy riding calf, making faces. Men in dark overcoats, hats and ties. Women in furs on steamboat waving goodbye. Crowd on United American Lines ship, on deck, waving hankerchiefs, out of New York harbor. NYC skyline. Tugboats. Large swells, prow of boat. Women walking on deck. Boxing match on deck.