[Birch Rock Camp footage] Reel 14

Viewing NotesAmateur footage primarily of camp activities at Birch Rock Camp, Waterford, Me. (and possibly at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. where William Brewster, founder of Birch Rock Camp, was headmaster. for many years). NHF Cataloguer's Notes: Pan of trees adjacent to wooden buildings. MS wooden home with shutters and columns. Pan of similar home with balcony. MS entrance (portico) with columns to one house. Brick home. LS group of casually dressed men marching two by two. (54:02) Group of men standing beside road. Group of women. Some join hands. Group walks forward. Pan of group of people assembled outside. Pan of crowd. Long white fence. Night footage of crowd. Group of men. Lady shakes man's hand. Men peer into the distance. Man waves. MS graduation procession led by two men carrying American flag. Graduates in caps and gowns march forward. Pan of graduating class (men and women). MS audience outside watching graduation. (56:02) Pan from graduation site to meadow and mountains. MS two men leading recession with flag. Two by two graduates march out. One male graduate removes his cap. Audience follows behind procession. (57:01) Pan of women talking. Group of men playing baseball. MS women watching, smiling and talking. One woman laughing covers her face with her hands. Man behind her pulls her hands away. Woman smiling. Dark exposure: group of people outdoors. A campfire is burning near side of field. People eating and drinking. Group of people sitting on the ground. (58:00) MS campfire burning beside lake. People sit on shoreline. People standing and sitting, talking.