[Camp Kieve Footage] Reel 1

Date1930 – 1950

AbstractCamp Kieve. Babies running with women. Family in yard. Baby has a tantrum. Dark footage of man on a porch. Family footage, a boy blows kisses at the camera. Family on a yard, man smoking a cigar. Shots of water and trees. A house on a hill. Boy (camper) gets a haircut. Shot of man in kitchen washing dishes. A boy cleans a fish. Boys swim. Swimming. Boys struggle to walk a baby cow down a road. Play being performed, the group of actors parade around the grounds. Boys move stones and rocks from back of truck into piles. Target/shooting practice. Setting tennis courts with rollers. Tennis. Boys bailing water from boats (safety exercise). Sailboats and boating. Boys doing chores around grounds (sweeping, cleaning and raking the yard). Building a fire. Archery practice. Intertitle: “KIEVE. A Boys Camp in the woods of Maine, situated on Damariscotta Lake, about sixty miles from Portland…The relaxed attitude of boys and counselors is the result of a carefully planned program which endeavors to adjust each boy’s experiences to a happy balance between quiet recreation and strenuous activity.” Shot of campers raising the flag. Intertitle: “Some activities are formal; some informal. All boys are urged to be doers rather than sitters” followed by shot of swimming. Boat jousting. Diving with counselors judging from a stationary dock on the water. Baseball. Tennis lessons. Basketball. Basket weaving. Horseshoes. Campers holding fish. Intertitle: “Canoe trips, mountain climbing trips, shore trips all add variety to the program.” Shot of campers with packs of hiking gear. Campers load canoes. Shot of the camp from water. Intertitle: “Dry, airy buildings are built on ledge rock.” Shot of camp buildings, barns. Counselors and boys in and around camp structures. Intertitle: “Sunday is a day of rest and Worship.” Shot of birch tree cross, pastor, and boys. Footage of the Sunday service. Potato peeling with the cook. Lobsters, women with a basket. Footage of lowering the flag. Footage of the train station and a train rolling through. Boys (campers) board the train. Everyone waves goodbye. Boys pose on beach, run into water. Building sand castles. Tennis. Throwing a boy into the lake. Relay races including pie eating. Boys jump out of the back of a truck, pose for a group shot. More potato peeling. A woman sewing. A young man smokes a cigar. Parents arrive. Footage of large group dinner with families and campers.