[Moving Adams' House, 1978--Nathaniel Champlin--home movies.] Reel 10

Date1978

Can Descriptions: Side one- Provincetown 1978 Leo’s film: House moving, long shot from Leo’s to David’s shack, same blur, pan David’s North close up, beams blurred, dozer portrait – blurred, pan Leo’s old site from NE of Leo’s along bluff blurred, close-up of bank – blurred, pan Leo’s old site from north to south – sharp, looking east from NE of Leo’s along bluff blurred, close-up of bank – blurred, pan up to Leo’s in distance – blurred, pan from jeans east wall east across drive – sharp, again with Wrink but blurred, dozers coming from East wall east across drive – sharp, same – east wall but blurred, dozers coming from east – nice, dozer shovels sand covered snow –sharp, same & parade of vehicles approaching, dozer going fast down road, truck goes by, parade going off toward Dave’s, Dave’s truck approaches ours, dozer & man at rear of Adam’s, men at South Adams wall shoveling, Silvas truck blurred, unload green truck – blurred, Adams and green truck slightly blurred, pan to red truck, dismantling chimney slightly blurred, close up tractor wheels, distance shot Leo’s house from East pan past Adams small house show chimney, pan past dozer to Adam’s rear wall pan over to men having lunch at green truck, Wrink digs, dozer hoists bullet, Adams’ house from East pan to dozer, Leo’s house in rear, dozer lifts bucket & cable zoom back & get whole thing – house pulled south by dozer, Dave & Leo close up, house pulled, same shows whole scene, same Dave in foreground, same house moves, same, Sam’s close up east, close up house lifted, close up men east of wall, same, looking NE out to sea showing bluffs & ship, close up Adams East wall & dozer, pan Adams East wall all zoomed, pan back, blocking up house, same all zoomed, same house lifts, same zoom, same man in bucket, close up man in dozer cab | Side two- Moving Adams’ house – storm – 1978 end with: David truck goes by Leo’s, Wrink, Leo’s house & Leo with Camera, the settlement from Leo’s, Dave looks, on porch, girl suns, Dave, house complete, close up blocking up, pan zoomed east wall try to show space under house, Dave’s NE porch corner & looking west, Dave’s small house, close up kitchen SW corner cribbed up, dozer goes by – truck & men work at David’s north wall, zooms, ocean & boat, pan Dave’s old site – zoomed & end |

Viewing Notes: Bulldozer and two houses in distance (blurry), debris on dunes – pan to Adams’ car and house, pan to dunes – black dog on the dunes, shack and ocean, side angle of shack, bulldozers coming down the from east with trucks along the dunes, men shoveling sand outside of house – south wall of Adams’ house, Warren J. Silva Contractor painted on red truck, man dismantling the brick chimney, close up on John Deere bulldozer, men having lunch by green truck, black Labrador dog playing in the sand, bulldozer raises overhead, Adams’ house from East – pan to bulldozer, Leo’s house in rear, bulldozer lifts bucket & cable, house pulled south by dozer, house being lifted, looking northeast out to sea, bluffs & ship, Adams’ house east wall & bulldozer, men working to hoist house up (blocking up house), house is lifted, bulldozer approaches house, waves below, ship out at sea – pan to beach with debris, black dog running along the sand, man in bulldozer cab, shots of the dunes, Leo’s house on blocks, red car outside Leo’s house, house and landscape, view of the Adams’ house from Mission Bell, Dave Adams’ small house, house on blocks – different angles, houses in distance, truck approaches house in distance, black dog (Labrador), view of shoreline, houses in distance, dog and houses in distance, dog, dog runs after truck, Leo exits his house with camera, view from Leo’s house, woman sunning on the beach, dog comes over, David working on his house, Dave’s small house from different angles [end of reel].

Abstract: This reel documents the process of moving a shack belonging to David and Marcia Adams – who owned two houses directly next to the Champlin's home. Collectively their homes were known as “Professors' Row.”