[Summer recreation, circa 1972--Nathaniel Champlin--home movies.] Reel 8

Datecirca 1972

Can Descriptions: Andrea in water – pan to our truck & boat, Nat tilts it, drives off, swings it around; kid demolishing roof; Mildred, Paul, & Andrea watch from boat; close up of kid; ice house & our boat on waterfront; flyers, boats on wat – nice, -- tube & flag, Mildred trips going in, Maia & Nat look on, Andrea & Paul in boat, Nat suiting up & goes in, lobster on bottom, diver, Maia lookout in boat above, Dave’s boat goes by, tube & flag, bubble, Dave’s boat, Maia in boat, toy sailboat at flats, Paul, Paul & Andrea and regatta in background, Mildred & Maia sit on beach (nice cutaway) Andrea too, Nat too, Paul & Boats, Andrea & Paul play with boats, Maia & Andrea trap baitfish, Paul blue lips, in boat at Howard Johnsons, eating ice cream, Paul & Andrea fishing, our car on beach – long shot, Paul with Toad, tattered flag, baby tern, children run, jeep, Mildred gets in, Cape aquarium, Maia & Sally on swing rock, sand castle – |

Viewing Notes: Andrea playing in water, Nat unhooks boat from car, tilts boat and drives away – boat falls, man demolishing roof of old building – on pier, kicks end of roof, family watches from boat, pulls end of roof with ropes – roof comes down, man sitting on edge of pier, pan to building, kids play on beach, tall ship on land, track to ocean, man on ladder paints name on ship “Plymouth Belle”, name of tall ship – “John David” Provincetown, ship named “Concorde” from Bar Harbor Maine, wooden ship with damage on side, water pouring out of hole in the wood, mast, inner tube in water, Mildred in scuba diving gear – trips going into the water, Nat suits up in scuba gear and goes in water, lobster underwater, Maia is lookout on boat, Dave’s boat goes by, inner tube with flag on water, bubbles on surface of the water, Dave’s boat again, Mildred comes up out of the water with a glass bottle – cut to Maia in boat, toy sailboat in the water – Paul holding sailboat on a string, Paul and Andrea in water, Mildred & Maia sit on the beach, Maia and Paul playing with sailboat in water, Paul eating, Nat sitting on beach – with Paul, sailing regatta, toy boat in water – Andrea plays with boat, Andrea and Paul, Maia and Andrea laying in water – trapping baitfish, Andrea sitting in water – holding fish, Paul shivering, Family eating ice cream in boat, kids fishing in boat – Mildred holds Paul, lighthouse in background, Paul running on beach towards car, Paul holds a toad – toad jumps onto sand and Paul catches it, Andrea holds the toad, tattered flag, close up of baby bird in the sand – pan out to two baby birds, Andrea and Paul pet baby birds, children get in jeep, Mildred gets in, aquarium, two girls sit on wooden beam, children sit around sand castle [end of reel].

Abstract: This reel documents boating, scuba diving, and other summer recreation in Provincetown.