[Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 71, Accession 2114

2114.0071
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1942 – 1943
Intertitles: “Maine, the Land of Remembered Vacations” “Official State Picture Maine Development Commission State House Augusta, Maine.” ““And first I will tell you that the very sitting by the river’s edge is the fittingest place for contemplation. For they that occupy themselves here see the wonderful works of God.” Isaak Walton” “The Angler’s Song “Of Recreation there is none So free as fishing is alone All other passtimes do no less Than mind and body both possess”. Isaak Walton” Reel 71 is a promotional film about fly fishing in and around the Kennebago region of Maine with intertitles throughout. The footage includes shots of mountains, lakes, rivers and dirt roads in the country, a mist rising off of the Kennebago River, men fly fishing from a rowboat, trout laid out in the boat, men displaying their catch and walking around cabins by the water, a man petting a deer, people salmon fishing along a river, a woman holding up a salmon and a few shots of the sun setting. Donor Notes: “Pleasant Island”

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