Friends, Rockport, Singing Beach, 1938--Samuel B. Horovitz--home movies. Reel 17

Date1938

AbstractCompiled home movies of Summer 1938, includes scenes of Rockport, MA, Worcester, MA, and Providence, RI.

Can DescriptionsWritten on can: "Summer 1938, Penard--Klein--Messenger--Rockport--Rough--Singing Beach, R.I. Case--Moco--Cooper--Kleimhanse, Lodges--Flora, 1938 Worcester A-, Sara I repaired/New, R.I. Case facelifted, Lodge, wife, Flora..."

Donor-supplied NotesSummer 1938 A- (reviewed 8/23/65, originally 12/13/60) Title NATURAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY (blue) BU Law School--girls Renard--"Joe" Klein--Messenger Flora, SBH Sara I [...] Rockport Singing Beach R.I. corp. case N.Y. redhead in front of Ford Hall, BAP Home: Lodge, Wife, Flora Worc Meeting AFL--Boilermaker's Union, Scotchmen Pearl, Joe, Iris Flora--Calderwood--yard [...]job Renard aboard with Daisy Sara I--Daisy, Renard The End (Boat [...]) (blue)

Viewing NotesTitle: “Natural Color Photography by Samuel B. Horovitz” Five or six adults downtown. Close-ups of faces; women wear hats. At the yacht club, two men in dinghy; man in hat gets out, carrying briefcase. CU man smiling. Views of harbor, man in marine hat with unlit cigarette rows in and salutes the camera. Women and children at the beach. Rockport, MA Man gets into convertible. High shot of harbor. Long stone jetty. Woman painting, standing at at an easel with another observing. At dock. Rockport Police Dept. motorcycle. On board motor boat, woman in sunglasses laughs at camera. Beach, various views of women sunbathing. Man in full suit with camera case? Woman in long pants and white shirt wearing beanie walks by. At the beach a man in suit with hat near him, reading a pamphlet looks up at camera. He appears to be a business person or professor. Providence, Rhode Island. Masonry buildings, man with portfolio. Woman looks at camera and talks. Church. District of Columbia license plate. 1938. Views of men addressing camera. Rhode Island State Capitol building; downtown Providence, somewhat faded. Two men shake hands, the younger man is wearing a boater. Group waves at camera. Along Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Mass. Charles River with young woman in foreground. Woman walks down steps at large house with shore-front garden. Views of sea. Man in knit shirt and shorts gesticulates the points of the compass. Young women address camera. Boat under tarp with elderly man. Labor meeting: Views from below of people at table. Men at microphone. Man with large cigar. “Welcome AF of L” sign. People on lawn. Man lights cigarette and talks to camera. Woman in red top with white polkadots. Sign: "W.B. Calderwood Boat Yacht Builder." With Horovitz’s boat hauled out. Shirtless men wave at camera, one blows a kiss. Harbor views, various people including workers and family members. Glimpses of equipment for hauling vessels, block and tackle. Very nice sequence. Boat moving. Old man, younger man gesticulates. Man in overall. Boat down rails into harbor, two men aboard. Underway. Views of harbor. People on boat, portly man in cap wrestles with a woman, then joke spanks her. View of wheel. Schooner, motor yacht. Man cuddles with woman on boat. Views of other boats, one two master under sail. End title: “The End” (illustrated with boat)

Creator

• Samuel B. Horovitz

• Samuel B. Horovitz