Friends-Boating, Columbia Yacht Club to Annisquam to New York, 1937--Samuel B. Horovitz--home movies. Reels 15

Date1937

Donor-supplied Notes"3(12) Friends. Probably 1937. Columbia Yacht Club to Annisquam to New York. Sara I Glouster, Bridge opens BAP to [SEN?] to NY (sht [short] trip, long movies). Jonet, Masters, Mary, Leo. Bram, Seasick at last. Annisquam River."

Viewing NotesSam-o-Graphs [sic] b&w Columbia Yacht Club (South Boston) Dock, camera in motion, very quick pans and tilts. On board boat with friends. Title: “Even a bridge opens for the Sara” Passing through small drawbridge with house by it. Title: “A Trip up the Annisquam River” Large waterfront building with “Kerosene, Gulf Refining” sign on it. River scenes. Other boats, docks, shoreline. Title: “And now look at the Master of Master Motion Picture Bureau’ People, views through port hole. Title: “Sea-sick at last” Title: “Airplane Trip Boston to New York” Title: “East Boston Airport” Building with “Memorial Portico” on it. Title: “Look Who’s Here!” Small child in tweed coat and had. Airport with small plane. Fence in foreground, pan of runway. Nice coverage. Propeller plane taxis toward camera. American Airlines sign. Woman and child, views of planes. Title: “Petkun takes the air” Two men wave. Bertram A. Petkun (1906-1978) was law partner of Samuel Horovitz. Views of biplane struts, harbor from plane window, aerial views of East Boston. Texture of wing, landscape not so intelligible. Passenger silhouette. Title: “Seeing clouds below the plane.” Solid cloud bank, swish pan. Aerial view of Manhattan. Statue of Liberty in the distance, not distinct. Title: “Coming down near Newark, New Jersey” Views of landing (puddles) Airport. People climb out of American Airlines plane #160. Title: The End.