[C.H.W. Foster Collection--films] Reel 5

Datecirca 1931

Can DescriptionsGroup III films a digitized 2006 Adam Foster Flat 1 Home Movies - 16mm

Donor-supplied NotesVignette showing CHWF I with Adam and Henry Foster, and with Reg & Peet Foster ages 2 yrs and ~6 months. Sitting on the back porch of Castle Farm with a panorama down to the Charles River. Scenes aboard a HUGE private motor yacht, possibly the Capetown. At sea with couple playing checkers in aft in the lee. Blowing 25+ knots. Uncle Carl and boat scenes with grownups. Finally disembarking. Family at the beach. A priceless picnic lunch sitting on a stone wall at Charles River. Aunt Hilda Foster, CHWF, Adam, Henry and Hugh Foster, Hilda Foster, Francis Foster, Mary Rice, others, Adam in uniform, appears to be ~19. Shot in ~1942?

Viewing Notes[Excerpts from .0005, taken from DVD. Reel too vinegar syndrome to digitize.] (076) Three men (CHW Foster, Rockwood “Adam” Foster, and Henry Foster) with two babies (Reg and Peet Foster). (092) The deck of a ship. [Water damage] A man and a woman playing a board game. The ship’s wheel. A man in uniform walking on deck. He shakes hands with a woman. A woman and a man taking tea from an elaborate tea service. The ship filmed from a smaller boat on the water. An American flag with an anchor. Men in uniform unloading a small boat. Close up of a man in a hat, smoking a pipe, walking up the gangway. (093) People in bathing suits, sitting on the beach. (Possibly England) A man and a woman seated on the rocks, sailboats moored in the cove beyond. People seated on the beach. (095) A man, a woman and a boy in a garden. A boy waves at the camera. People walking in a garden. (including CHW Foster and Lady Mary) People seated on a stone wall. People eating. A boy flashes the V sign at the camera. A man serving food. [End of Reel]