Friends, launching Sara II, 1939--Samuel B. Horovitz--home movies. Reel 21

Date1939

AbstractCompiled color home movies including scenes of the launch of Horovitz's yacht Sara II.

Donor-supplied NotesFRIENDS 1939 THE FAMILY ALBUM (bought) Renard + Goldberg going to Md to get SARA II, airport SARA II in Dundalk, river try-out flight back LAUNCHING in BOSTON Dr. Myron A. Strammer (died in Fla) of N.E. Marine Co (near South Station) Mrs. Grace Masters in back, sewing Saul Rosenberg, Mary, Anne Rosenberg Malden Judge Davis in [?] trip, BEP SALTON STALL, Goldberg's wife Resnick camp [?], redhead clients sister (house mtg) POODLEPUP, MANCHESTER SARA nice boats in Manch. Harbor THE END (bought)

Viewing NotesTitle: “The Family Album” (color art card) Airplane, pan of length of plane. Eastern Air Lines, "The Great Silver Fleet." Men in hats at door of plane. Runway, view over wing, aerial view. Water, buildings, developments. Inside plane briefly. More developments. Statue of Liberty from the air in the distance. Descending from plane. Woman looks at camera. Portraits, man smoking cigar, water in background. Bridge. Boat in water taken from another boat, a motor cruiser. CU young man in sweater and jacket at winter boatyard, boats covered in canvas. Boatyard/marina, some boats in water. Sara II Boston, CU transom. The boat is an Owens Yacht, and the view of many boats in the water are likely at the Owens boatyard in Baltimore. Owens Marque Club, Baltimore, MD. Three workers. Eastern Airlines plane. Baltimore airport. Aerial views. Cotton Club neon, extremely brief punctuation. Sara II in boatyard. Hull being lowered into water, giant ropes, worker on deck. Views of new boat. Sign: “Gasoline, New England Marine Co." Yacht club, arriving at Columbia yacht club. Sara II, Boston on transom. Men disembarking. Island across water. Views of Boston, Charles River bridges. People sitting in stern of Sara II. Man rowing. MIT view. People in boat eating from box of chocolates. Harvard from boat. Woman in kerchief. Sunset along the Charles River. House on shore. Man with cigar in yachting hat. Looks at camera. Young man looks away. Beach in the distance. Lighthouse. Rowboat at rocky shore. Man in Panama hat. Stone jetty. People on dock, man with a pipe. Woman in striped shirt. People relaxing , including women in swimsuit. Beach signs, “Put your Rubbish in Barrels.” “Bathers must wear tops. All dogs must be on leash.” Lighthouse in the distance. Big sign, "Rules and Regulations on this Beach." Views of beach with boardwalk down and umbrellas. Children on beach. Girl with lollipop stick looks at camera. Man in round glasses and beach hat talks to camera. Man in boating cap and cigarette. Dark, perhaps night outdoors. People dancing. Square dancing. Cars outside red building. Rowing boat near yachts. Sailboat comes onscreen. Views of harbor. “Poodle Pup, Manchester,” transom. “Gitana, Boston” Views of Sara II. Two boats tied at Marine Service/Gulf marina. “Seapine II” Marblehead, Mass. Sailboat at mooring, pan up mast. Other sailing vessels in same harbor. Bittersweet, Manchester. Small daysailers, other boats with people on them. Dinghy with people getting on "Gitana, Boston"--a larger motor yacht. Man at oars, dinghy. Train goes by harbor leaving black smoke. Wake behind Sara II with sailboat in distance. End title.

Creator

• Samuel B. Horovitz

• Samuel B. Horovitz