[William Rand, Sr.--home movies] Reel 007

Date1960s

Viewing NotesNHF cataloguer's summary for Reel 7: Amateur outdoor footage with detailed portraits of ducks and geese swimming and flying, their gestures and habits, as well as the activities involved in hunting ducks and Canadian geese. NHF cataloguing notes for Reel 7: (0:00) Clouds (cirrus?). Sunset. Pan autumn leaves. Mallard ducks. Hundred of ducks. Shots of individual ducks, also. Ducks on water. CU markings of male and female ducks. Shots of six types of duck decoys. (5:30) Men and women in hunting gear comming out of a large mansion. Paddling downstream. Paddling through duck decoys. making duck calls. Ducks in flight, slow motion segments, five minutes. Birds in flight, in formation. Hunters looking up and watching. CUs ducks feeding on shore. (15:00) Swimming ducks, ducks taking off from lake. Dead ducks. Carcasses strung on poles in groups. Hunting ducks fetching ducks that are shot down. (20:00) Canadian geese. In flight and landing. Shots of Candian geese decoys. Pan wilderness in early winter. Shot hunting cabin. Goose in flight. Goose shot down. Dog retreiving carcass, slow motion. Tank like vehicle. Hunters climb into vehicle with their game. (31:00 end).