[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 7, Accession 2533

Date1934

AbstractCan notes: "Aegean Cruise - Corinth Canal- Delphi" Intertitle: "Through the Corinth Canal. Caikes in the Gulf of Athens." Views of mountainous and rocky coastline from Ramah. Views of the Corinth Canal as Ramah passes through its high walls. In open water, we see traditional Mediterranean fishing/sailing vessels underway against the mountainous coast. A lighhtouse is visible in one shot. Intertitle: "Swimming in the Aegean" Views of Forbes children (including Irving Forbes) and others swimming in the clear waters of the Aegean near the Ramah. One boy dives from the mast of the ship into the water. Intertitle: "Passing between Keos and Thermia" Views from the ship of a rocky outcropping with a lighthouse on top of it. Views of a schooner near Ramah underway, and mountainous shoreline. Intertitle: "Approaching DELLA GRAZIA" the girls haul down the fisherman staysail" Two girls haul on a halyard, then get a little help pulling down a sail. Pan the coastline. Intertitle: "Leaving Della Grazia for Delos. Round the south end of Syra,[sic] and eastward through the Islands." Fishermen in a dory approach Ramah, pan a village and views of coastline and fishing boats.