Dramatic film about formation of a Maine fishermen's cooperative shot in Port Clyde, Maine, with an unsynchronized sound track. The cast is local fishermen. Funded by The Cooper...

Vinalhaven Island lobstering. Includes interviews with Vinalhaven residents.

NHF cataloguer's notes, 3/96: 'They're off to the land of the eskimo.' Small two masted schooner under sail. 'Headed Baffin Bay-wards.' Schooner in heavy 'following' sea. Lee ra...

"July and August 1939, Louise and Walter, V.H.";Two women in front of house with American flag. Street scene. Man walking down street. Fourth of July decorations. Woman with water in background. Ferry arriving. Women and girl...;Color home movies of 1939 summer scenes in Vinalhaven, Maine, including Fourth of July celebrations.

"Aug. & Sept. 1939, Pete";Group of people in yard. Woman dancing. Men boxing. Men carrying canoe. Family in front of house. People in yard. Two dogs playing. Woman rolling down hill. Pans across water. W...;Color home movies of late summer 1939 in Vinalhaven, Maine, and of travel in New Hampshire.

"July 19, 1939, views of V.H. and Lane's Island";Pans along horizon of town and water. Houses. Cemetery. Shoreline. Woman on rocks at shore. Houses and buildings. People in front of house. More shots of shore. Men working with...;Black-and-white and color home movies of Vinalhaven and Lane's Island, Maine, summer 1939.

"June and July 1940, Fog, Mrs. Levfest [?], Seal Bay, Levfests" ;Interiors of house. Women on shore. Ferry arrives. Woman sitting on rock. Group shots. Woman in rowboat. Women sunbathing. Shots of town across water. Boats in harbor. Plane tak...;Color home movies of summer in Seal Bay, Maine, 1940.

"Saddle-back, Matinicus";Passengers on motorboat. Approach island and lighthouse. Land on island using chair swing. Shots of lighthouse. Leave island. Approach second island. Landing. Leave island. Shot...;Color home movies of summer at Saddleback Island and Matinicus Isle, Maine, circa 1940.

"Sept. 1940 and Sept. 1941-June 1942, Mill, Wayside Inn, Vinalhaven in Winter, Memorial Day, V.H., Last trip of steamboat, Edith's picnic" ;Rainbow. Cars loading on ferry. Departure. On board. Beach. Stone buildings and houses. Mill stones. Waterwheel. Stream. Women next to car. Cutting cake. Closeup of cake. House....;Compiled color home movies of various scenes shot in Vinalhaven, Maine, between September 1940 and July 1942.

"July/Aug, 1941, Bill Lane and Emily, Mont cleaning boat, trip to Rockland (Camden), Picnic at B[?]'s, Picnic L[?], Mont & boat, Inside pictures, V.H., Old [?] well" ;Elderly couple in chairs outside. Man pulls boat ashore and cleans it. Ferry. Sailboat. Shots of land from boat. Women playing leapfrog. Picnic. Rowing in canoe. Sunset. Motorbo...

"First films, Rochester, Niagara Falls, Canandaigua, Durand-Eastman Park, Forest Lawn";Color home movies of 1939 scenes throughout Western New York, including Niagara Falls, Rochester, and Canandaigua.

"January 1940, Mostly Rochester; Lora, Louise Walter, Inside pictures, [?], Don & Becky, also Jen, Liza, Don, Becky, 1 year later";Color home movies of Rochester, New York, shot over 1940 and 1941.

"June-July 1941, new camera, Concord bridge, Dad's grave, V.H., U. Haven landing, Long Cove [?], mother & Frances, pulling up flagpole, Evelyn, [?]" On reel: "Mary Baker Eddy's ...

"Newburyport Turnpike, Sees & Elliots, gulls, Mont rowing, Webster Park, Thomas, Mabel Evarts, Bee Boman & husband"

1:03:19: pan of town, boats in harbor, loading trucks with fork lift, sea gulls, men sitting on main street on benches, brief comments from residents about how long they have li...

1:38:19, titles, zoom in on harbor and town, intervies with residents about Vinalhaven [throughout], captain and crew of ferry, views of storefronts on Main Street, photographer...

1:14:20 titles, pans of town and harbor, sea gulls, interviews with residents [throughout], storefronts on Main Street, granite sculpting, lobstering, painter's studio, boats, t...

1:28:37, titles, interviews of residents about Vinalhaven [throughout], shots of town and harbor, boats, buildings along water, 1:38:12 end.

Granite by the Sea