Stocking trout, clambake, boat parade, 1940-1941--Cameron A. Rae--home movies. Reel 2

Date1940 – 1941

Can Descriptions"Sunsets, Clambake, Fish, Durke"

AbstractCompiled reel of black-and-white and color home movies including scenes of a festive boat parade, a clambake, and trout stocking in Massachusetts.

Viewing NotesBlack and white section: Woman in fur collared coat with parcels, man in long coat and pipe, row of cars parked outside a cabin. Cut to a sequence depicting trout stocking and fishing in Massachusetts: Man on truck bed netting fish from a tank into buckets as others pour the buckets into the lake. Sign on truck door: "Commonwealth of Massachusetts [...] Fisheries [...] Game." Sign posted on tree: "All fishing prohibited except fly fishing during the regular open season on trout. State warden will enforce." Long row of fishermen on lake shore catching trout from the freshly-stocked lake. Color section: Scenes of sunset over water. Cut to daylight clambake; large group picnicking on rocky shoreline, roasting food on sticks over fire, feeding ducks. More sunsets. Rainbow over neighborhood rooftops. Man and woman fishing off rowboat. Fall scenes in mountain area. Lush flower garden near rustic structures, ocean surf. Cut to dark scenes of a nativity. Cut again to a man toying with an ornamental weathervane, girls and boys on boats decorated with ribbons, flowers, flags, balloons, rowing in a water parade. Dark outdoor scenes of people gathered in street. More sunsets.