[Summer recreation, 1976--Nathaniel Champlin--home movies.] Reel 5

Date1976

Can Descriptions: Summer 1976, from Monument & Channel, Wharf, dune & jeep, pan to lodging out at Back Beach, area around Leo’s and down beach past houses, kids run off our porch and & down to Adams’ house from beach, Paul at Adams’, Adams’ house and yard, Adams’ houses, aerial down beach past houses, ocean, close up our house & Paul looks out to sea from bluff, ocean, ocean & our house from bar, ocean, same, our house from beach, ocean from our porch with me & Andrea on log, our “driveway” from porch & bottles, same, area over flats & landing, our house from bar, water texture, helicopter, plane landing, car stuck at flats, Jon Adams snorkel, long shot, In foreground, ranger drives up to trapped vehicle; David, Marcus, Mildred & Andrea watch; in back, ranger pulls car to drop, another ranger shows up, car comes out, rangers & people, car drives off, Maia and Paul clean clams at flats, Gulls, from monument pan to marine specialties, they try to winch launch a boat, David Adams watches, clam barge being towed away, Coast Guard cutter, Backs off and takes off, P’town fleet, around fleet, Gulls & they fly off, P’town fleet, Maia at helm see Mildred & wake, wake |

Viewing Notes: Views of channel/harbor from top of Pilgrim monument, cars in parking lot – pan out to town & ocean/shoreline, highway and dunes – pan, aerial views from sightseeing plane of dunes/ocean/shoreline/houses, man on porch – pan out, black dog sitting on bench next to man – out on dunes, man with dog, waves break and birds flying overhead, aerial view of dunes and ocean from sightseeing plane, shoreline houses, cars driving on beach, Andrea & Paul run out of house and down to the Adams shack, mission bell with blackball flag, Paul playing with wooden toy truck on deck – pan out to shoreline, exterior of the Adams house and yard, aerial views of houses, waves breaking, Champlin house, Paul looks out to sea from bluff, ocean, waves crashing on shoreline, Mission Bell dune shack from down on the shoreline, ocean view from the Champlin house – Nat and Andrea outside on log, Nat waves, view from Champlin porch -- glass bottles on table – fencing and ocean in background, aerial view of flats and ocean – shadow of sightseeing plane is visible, beach with people in distance, ‘water texture’ on beach, U.S. Coast Guard helicopter overhead, pan out to beach with helicopter in distance, view of plane landing from plane, car stuck in the water at flats – people in water around it, three men in jean shorts stand in front of car, man snorkeling around trapped car, people gather in the beach and water around the car, Connecticut license plate, woman floating on raft next to boat – trapped car in the distance, white jeep pulls up to the scene, David Adams and Champlin family sit on the beach and watch, woman sunbathing on raft, ranger arrives, people push car while it is towed out of the water by another jeep with chains, another ranger arrives at the scene, car makes it out of the water, rangers inspect vehicle -- with people around, people get into car and drive off, Maia and Paul clean clams on the beach next to speedboat, seagulls in flight, ship, Provincetown and ocean, boats for rent sign, people and boats in the water, man trying to winch launch a boat, clam barge being towed away, coast guard ship – takes off, pan across Provincetown fleet, gulls on the dock, gulls take flight, views of fleet from boat, Maia at helm of boat, Mildred in boat with wake behind [end of reel].

Abstract: This reel includes aerial footage of the Cape Cod National Seashore and the dune shacks, summer recreation in Provincetown, and a car belonging to tourists which is partially submerged under water after the tide comes in. This film documents rangers and community members gathering to tow the car out of the water.