[John B. Jameson--home movies] Reel 7

Date1926 – 1928

Can DescriptionsTransfer from 16 mm. film originally done as Tech Services job, 2002. Job #02-009.

Donor-supplied Notes1926 Country Home of C.L.W. Eidlitz East Hampton L.I. N.Y. 1927 Montauk 1928 Devon Beach L.I., John Jr Robert & Jane swiming [sic] Montauk Light & Old Windmill

Viewing Notes19:52: Large shingled house; long pan past house to trees and shrubs, street. Wobbly view, returns to house. Pan again, weeping beech and other trees. Montauk, Long Island? 21:20 Man on ladder clipping hedges by hand. Looks at camera. 21:37 Older woman in long dress and cane, wearing hat, walks away from camera turns and points at shrubs. Camera unstable (not on tripod?) More shots of grounds and house--back of another house? Very large lawn (unstable view, camera keeps moving). Horse-drawn lawnmower in distance. Man with rake in foreground. Camera continues to make unsteady pans. 24:56 Older woman with basket meets up with gardener; they walk through garden and woman picks some flowers and gardener cleans up. It is very breezy. Gardener in overalls. Camera unsteady, walks toward woman and man in overalls, who has a rectangular basket. The woman has a small oval basket with a handle. 26:27 Dunes of Long Island landscape shot ends at large hotel building, panorama of building, Tudor half-timbered style. The film is damaged. This is Montauk; views of hotel, rocky panning shot. Cars around hotel. 28:27 On the beach – Devon Beach Club with Napeague fish factory in the distance. Wicker chairs outside the club. Views of Devon dock into bay. 29:11 Montauk lighthouse. Devon dock; beach chairs, people in shallow water. Pan of beach. Calm water. Closeup of people in water, child swimming. Boy floating then swimming a bit. Trim tanned man slaps his own arm, then helps child. Windmill