[Clara F. Dinsmore--home movies] Reel 16

Date1925

Viewing NotesNHF cataloger: Edgartown waterfront. Two men in a sail boat getting ready to sail. Cut to a boat on the ocean. Two women sit with a man at the wheel between them. Another man comes into frame and sits in the front, then stands up and leaves the frame. Boats in the harbor pass by. A man on a beach walks into the water with a dog and throws it in. [End of Reel

Viewing NotesSupplied by the Historic Movies of Martha’s Vineyard project at the Vineyard Gazette in Edgartown, Massachusetts: Initial shot shows the same single-master at a pier along the Edgartown waterfront, a man and a helper getting ready to raise sail. Cut to the cockpit of what appears to be a catboat, with a hired captain at the wheel. Scenes of boat racing on the outer harbor, and a yawl entering the harbor entrance. Also of an older man at the bathing beach throwing a dog into the water.

Can DescriptionsSailing in ‘Elende’