[unidentified--home movies] Reel 10

Date1936

Can DescriptionsNo label on can. // Film has 1936 edge code. // Intertitle: 'NASSAU. And a cruise thru the 'Out Islands.' February 1936.' Coconut tree (?). 'THE BRITISH COLONIAL HOTEL. The harbour and some fishing boats.' Shots taken from moving boat. 'Paradise Beach.' Fishermen at work, one wearing a top hat! Two others swim. Woman rows boat out to bigger vessel: 'THE 'JOUER' WAS OUR HOME FOR TEN DAYS.' 'The crew: CAPT. GEORGE RUSSELL, Master. CAPT. JOE WHITFIELD, Cook & raconteur. CHARLIE RUSSELL, Deck hand.' Shot of crew with British flag behind. 'CAPT. JOE TELLS 'THE STORY OF THE CAT IN THE HURRICANE'.' Captain tells sea yarn. 'ROSE ISLAND.' Man and woman on rocky shore. 'SPINEY LOBSTERS.' Woman catches a barracuda. One of the crew holds a Turbot. Other fish caught: two red hinds, a margit fish, a small shark. 'ELEUTHRA ISLAND.' A boat with a load of vegetables on way to market in Nassau. 'ONLY WHITE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SETTLE AT SPANISH WELLS.' Shots of the homes and shacks in the town. Roses. Palm trees. Stevedores. 'BARGAINING FOR CONCH SHELLS.' Woman negotiates with two local boys. Capt. Joe tells the story of 'THE SHARK WHO READ A NEWSPAPER.' 'SURF BREAKING OVER SALT CAY or 'TREASURE ISLAND'.' Shots from boat of white, crashing waves. 'SO ENDS THE CRUISE.' Rolling into dock, crew removes luggage, helps woman out of boat. Successive shots of sunset over harbor. - SS