[Price--home movies] Reel 017 (P5)

Datecirca 1932

Can DescriptionsAmateur footage of family activities shot primarily in Maine. Can/reel notes as follows; reel numbers are NHF assigned. Reel 17 (P5): [dc 1932] Baseball. Cats. Guinea pig house. Building. Chambersburg? Annisquam. Lobstering. note:book by Price(A bad case of moosepox) (UNEDITED) NHF cataloguer's notes for Reel 17: People emerge from building. Boy carries what appears to be a cake aloft in one hand. 13:16. Girl, boy emerge individually from building. Boys. Group of girls. Man in suit. Boy throws baseball. Batter hits it. Girl comes up to bat. Catcher throws ball. 14:01. Girl runs from base to base. Boy throws ball. Batter slugs it. Three girls watch from side. Girl bats ball. Girl catches ball. Boy shields eyes from light. Girl bats ball. Other girl catches ball. Boy leaps up as if to cheer. Girl comes up to bat. 15:01. Girls participating in game. Horse grazes at side of field. Boy catches ball, but it slips from his grasp. Man watches from side. Game continues. Man pushes girl down in fooling. The game continues. Cat. Black cat approaches. They are in vicinity of foliage. 16:06. Girl, women crouching down. One grasps cat by back of neck. Girl pushes on cat who runs away. Cat has kitten by neck. She washes kitten. Man doing paper work. Boy observes from side. Man digging with shovel. 17:02. Boy in overalls approaches. He watches man. Boy digs with trowel. Dog lying nearby watches. Boy hammers a stone. Man on moving platform in factory, industrial area. Heavy equipment, machinery. 18:01. Windows. Platform stops. Pan. of equipment, area. Camera tracks to the left. Equipment, industrial machinery. Man in area. Another man in area. Object turning. 19:01. Man observes this object. Man turning handle, operating machinery. Object enclosed in platform moves. Man carefully observes. He touches platform shielding. 20:02. Machinery and industrial equipment. Windows. Camera is tracking leftward. Extension of same, windows. Men working. Business man. More equipment. Man pulls chain. Man in glasses crouches over precision work. 21:01. Two men behind engaged in tasks. One is smoothing board with sandpaper. Factory stepladder. Machinery and equipment. Crane at exterior. Circular casing, appurtenance. We are at factory exterior. Man descends ladder by casing. Girl, boy in row or motorboat adjacent to wharf. Other passengers are in boat. Boat landing, storage sheds. Camera tracks right. Moored craft. Shoreline buildings. 22:00. Man smiles. Pigtailed girl. Girl waves hand in negative gesture. Woman is with the two. Moored boat wafts up and down. Young man wearing glasses. Boy, girl lie on stomachs behind him. Water surface in motion. Man working on small rope. He smiles. Girl smiles. Boat commences voyage. 23:01. Fish swimming in water. Fish is snared on line. Fish flaps. Fish dangles on hook. Girl reeling in line. Another girl at right is reeling in line. She hauls fish into boat. Pigtailed girl reels in fish. 24:03. Woman wafts caught fish back and forth on line. Man places it in pail. Ducks flap over water. One swims on surface. Flock of ducks. Girl triumphantly reels in fish, a proud look on her face. Covey of ducks on water surface. Buoy in water. Someone reels it into boat. 25:03. Line on pulley extended into water. Lobster trap is hauled into boat. Man removes lobsters therefrom. Buoy reeled in. Group sitting along seashore. They are on boulders, a bit removed from water. 26:04. Pigtailed woman. Man walks along. The group begins to eat. Tide, surf is beginning to come shoreward. Boulders, fire. Man, boy in boat. They don oilskins, sou'westers. Boy secures apron. He helps man secure back portion of garment. Boat commences voyage. Man hauls buoy out of water. Water surface. Man works at rope pulley. 27:14. Man pulls lobster trap out of water. He secures another trap from water. He removes lobsters from trap. Man takes buoy from water. Man, boy grasp lobster traps. Boat moves forward. 28:02. Man pushes trap into water. Boy does same. Man, boy remove lobsters from trap into barrel. The traps. Boy places small wooden pieces into lobsters. Boy eats snack. 29:02. It is meat from lobster. Man snacks also. Man pulls trap from water. Object on stick protruding from center of rock pile in water. Looks to be a marker of some kind. Water surface. Shoreline rocks. Sky. Lighthouse. House. Large building. Lobster is held aloft. It moves its claws. Lobster trap. (End of Reel 17.)