Friends, Summer Columbia Yacht Club, 1937--Samuel B. Horovitz--home movies. Reels 16

Date1937

Donor-supplied Notes "3(13) Friends. Summer 1937. Columbia Yacht Club. Hingham [Yacht] Club. Horse race. Characters at Columbia Yacht Club. Adv. girl, Maryhart Potkun. Ditmars twins, Woods Hole (short)."

Viewing NotesTitle: ”Samograms” date: 1937 color Young girl in red stripe scarf holds a chalkboard, “Summer 1937 Aboard the Sara.’ Views of Columbia Yacht Club, South Boston, with head shots of men including one in bathing suit, others in T shirts. Granite pier, dock, man in cap addresses camera. Various buildings and boats. Good coverage of yacht club activity including man in yachting cap, family. Views of woman in swimsuit standing in dinghy being towed behind boat. POV from towing boat. Headshots of people on boat. A sailing dinghy nearby coming down wind. Views of people on boat and view of lighthouse on rocky island. Reclining woman reads newspaper; another woman reads magazine. Views of buildings on island. Excellent view of fisherman on boat. Woman holds fish, perhaps purchased from sailor. Magazine fashion shots. Man with three cigarettes in his mouth. Boy fisherman looks up to camera. Woman on Sara reclines. Views of other pleasure yachts. Small island with two fishing boats in foreground. Young woman looks at camera; this may be another outing. Woman rows man, then lies back in dinghy laughing. Sunset. Airplane taxis at Logan Airport; American Airlines. Woman in white sunglasses looks at camera. Man and woman on bow of boat. Views of harbor with sailboats; People on Sara relaxing. Fishing craft with two men up mast (fish spotting?) Small boat to side of fishing vessel. Another harbor with small white yacht club. Harbor master (?) in yachting cap. Children look at camera. Views of craft underway. Buoy with seagull on it. Entering harbor, past many sailing boats, mostly Boston home port. Views of sailing, woman at wheel. Emptying oil. General harbor views. Child head shot. At the beach with family. Walking to houses briefly. Hingham Yacht Club, Hingham, MA. People dive from diving board. Man handles hose on dock. Woman brings hose into boat. Motor boat takes off, watched from dock. Hingham Yacht Club, views of sign and dock. Woman and children in swimsuits on dock. Man catches rope and makes boat fast. Barracuda II, Hingham, MA. Close up of woman in flowered dress. Two women in car. Nice portraits. Horse jumping. Viewing stand for equestrian event. Woman in jodhpurs. Horse in red check blanket. Man in cap with young woman on either side of him. Woman gets on horse, helped by man in white suit. (She is not wearing a helmet). Man in top hat and jacket with design faces camera. Views of young people; young African American girl addresses camera, shakes her head “no”. Man in mutton-chop whiskers and straw hat. Young woman drives a carriage and pair. Trophies. Views of men horse jumping. At a beach with rocks; blonde toddler. Breakwater Hotel sign. May be Provincetown, MA.