[Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 7

Datecirca 1940

Viewing NotesA few shots of two men and women posing with fish. Footage of people fishing from motorboats, shores, bridges and canoes, including a family gathering their fishing rods, fishing on a boat and coming home to pose with their catch. Footage of girls in costume, many of whom have the letters CCH pinned to their clothes, playing in a field, including the girls imitating a marching band and posing with a stretcher that has a sign reading “Guests Only” hanging off of it, intercut with footage of girls and men playing baseball. A few shots of a scarecrow in a costume, including the scarecrow in the driver’s seat of a car and with people posing. Two shots of a man floating around in a bathtub fitted with an outboard motor. A few shots of a garden, including women in black dresses and aprons posing in front of a pond. Footage of people sailing and fishing on a lake, including a boy swimming out of the lake and handing fish to people on the dock and a man and woman floating around in a bathtub fitted with an outboard motor. Older men dressed in uniforms posing with rifles and getting on a bus marked “Boston.” A shot of a man biking by another man lying on the sidewalk. A few shots of a group of people gathered in front of a train on the tracks for a ceremony. Footage of men unloading a bathtub from a truck, dumping out the man in the bathtub and then testing its buoyancy in a small pond. Two shots of a bus marked, “Maine Central”. A few shots of people gathered in front of houses. Footage of a fair, including the men’s restroom, a man walking on his hands and an ox-pull.

Can DescriptionsNotes on can: “Homestead #3”