[Reid Family--home movies] Reel 8

Datecirca 1929

Donor-supplied NotesSub + Canal Newport in fog (race wk) Atlantic (3 master) Bill Fish Schools of fish Sharks (hammerhead) BI Hbr (fleet of swd. Fish) Sword fish Chank Cod, Trawl Party, Port Clyde, Bar Harbor, Fred Tillon, Boat crew seal, rabbit

Viewing NotesA submarine sailing on the water’s surface. A ship with ‘HEN & CHICKENS’ painted on the side. A steamboat, sailboats and other boats on the water. A man standing in the bow of a ship with a harpoon. Dolphins jumping. Two men in a rowboat. They harpoon a swordfish and haul it into the boat. Three men standing on a ship’s mast. A man with a harpoon. The swordfish on the deck of the ship. A boy with a sailor’s cap. The men in the rigging. The swordfish hanging from the rigging. Two men in a rowboat. Shot of the sailboat. The men in the rowboat harpoon a shark and haul it into the boat. A small sailboat, towing a dingy. The two men in the rowboat haul a hammerhead shark into the boat. A shark hanging on the sailboat. The hammerhead shark hanging on the sailboat. Close up of the hammerhead shark’s eye. A coastal town. Ships entering the harbor. A marina. Boats and buildings along the shore. Two boats anchored alongside each other. A man in the bow of a boat. A shark hanging from a ships rigging. Two men in a rowboat hold up a swordfish. The swordfish on the deck of a ship. The swordfish hanging from the ships rigging. Two men in a rowboat. The men unloading and carrying a seal. They pass a ship, the ‘SAGAMORE U.S. MAIL’. A ship. A barrel floating in the water. Two men in a rowboat catch a shark. The rowboat is named/written on the back ‘MONHEGAN, BOSTON.’ The men stick a board between the shark’s teeth. People on the deck of a ship. A sign in the background says: ‘DO NOT HANDLE WHEEL’. A steamship. A group of boys tying up a sail. Cliffs by the water. A sailing ship. Boys rowing a boat. A rabbit eating lettuce. A boy cleaning a frying pan. A boy holds up a shark skin. An older man with a stack of twine. Seagulls fishing. Boys cutting something on a ship’s deck. [End of Reel]