[Sebasco Lodge, 1930s]

Can DescriptionsAmateur footage. Donor's notes: 'Film of main lodge and other facilities at Sebasco Lodge, Sebasco Estates, etc. Golf foursome taken prior to 1935. Film of canoes on Wat-tuh Lake and speedboat in Sebasco Harbor (pre-1935).' NHF cataloguer's notes, 6/99, JS: Summary: The Bradford Collection shows recreational variety at resorts in Sebasco, Maine. Golf, tennis, and horseshoes are shown with an emphasis on boating. Embarking and disembarking on varied craft comprise most of the film's footage. The viewer is taken to Bermuda for varied pleasure-craft journeys. Glimpses of cottages, a large fish, and a seagull are shown. A boat which has been stored beneath a building is removed, thus completing the reel. (00:02) Intertitle: 'Sebasco Lodge and Cottages, Sebasco,Me. open from June 15th to October 1st. Cool. Comfortable, restful, convenient,quiet, easy to reach overnight from New York twelve miles from Bath, Me. Golfing, motoring, speed-boating, canoeing, swimming, and tennis. Reasonable rates.' Group of people gathered at exterior of lodge. Smaller unit, cabins. People on balcony of stone building. Front of resort inn. Toddler boy waves. Group in resort area. Intertitle: 'Fussy Foresome, Judge W.S. Kenyon, N.A. Cushman, E.S. Cushman, and K. A. Cushman'. Man hits ball with golf iron. Spectators on bench behind. (03:02.) Golfer strikes ball. Golfers walk down course. Having scaled ball into hole, man takes a bow. Man hits ball vigorously. Two of men retrieve balls as younger man takes his turn. (06:02.) Golfers disperse with irons in sheathes. Golfers gathered near a gazebo-like structure. Man serves his buddies water from a faucet at side of circular structure. Golf resumes. (09:02.) Two men watch buddy apply iron. Slow motion filming. Golfers take their turns. Golfers on course. Boy has marker flag. (12:02.) Golfers walk up elevated wooden path. Length of course. Men take their turns, hitting the ball with hearty accuracy. Elderly man hits ball with such vigor that he almost falls. Facade of hotel, resort. Golfing continues. The men take their turns at horseshoes. (15:02.) Horseshoe game continues. Woman ascends resort steps. Woman and man playing golf. Canoeing. Tennis. Woman uses racquet to push ball under net. Couple on bridge-like elevated walkway. Motorboating. Men wave hats. (18:02.) Piles. Varied watercraft. Intertitle: 'The end.' Lighthouse. Canoe or speedboat attached to other boat. American flag. Lighthouse area. Sailboat. Shoreline area, buildings, etc. Closer view the same. Large pleasure boat. Man in sailboat. Plane. (21:02.) Shoreline with hills, mountain sides. Moored sailboat. Blimp in sky. Pleasure boats with a number of triangular flags. Speedboats. Multiflagged boat with tender. Speedboating. Harbor scene. People in wharf area. (24:02.) Long cabin cruiser. Rowboating. Harbor scene. Two women and man in motorboat. Man on wharf talks to woman on cabin cruiser. Motorboat passengers. (27:02.) Group of men position unfinished boat on land, carefully lifting it. Group of women by cabin. Carefully, the men push and carry boat forward. Man on runningboard of pickup truck. Boat is attached to back of truck. Truck is attached to car. (30:02.) Men continue to position boat attached to vehicles. Small group follows after. Boat on its side. Collie dog, group of women on steps. Two-decked pleasure boat. Captain tips hat. Women with suitcases ascend gangplank leading into this boat. P.O.V. plane ride through area. Evergreens, buildings, resorts. (33:01.) Plane ride continues. Plane touches down on water. Pleasure craft with crew. Seaplane comes to halt. People descend gangplank. Seagull takes treat from man's hand, swims away and repeats same. Group of women, man. (36:01.) Other man joins women on steps. Pipe-smoking man raises hand. Older woman talking. Group on wharf. Young man in white. Children, women on bench. Boat begins voyage as wharf spectators watch. Man wearing cap. Sunset. (39:01.) Passengers descend gangplank, enter boat. African-American porter. Captain. POV boat ride, elegant shoreline buildings. Sign over building: 'Bermuda Airport. Imperial Ways'. Seaplanes. Steamboat. Wharf spectators watch boat dock. Speared fish under water. Fish's mouth wedged open with stick. Area architecture, flora, water. (42:01.) Stone-steps walkway. Parlor interior. Building with wide roof, climbing vines. Bungalow exterior. Woman sitting on steps. Woman descends stone pathway. Three women walking. Voyaging pleasure craft. (45:01) Pleasure craft continues voyage. Woman walks on shoreline. Women in boat. Little boy wades. Women on beach. Two sit in boat. Wharf, dock, gangplank. Men wave as pleasure boat begins voyage. Shoreline buildings. (48:01.) Sailboats side by side. Someone dives, takes swim from sailboat. Man dives from bowsprit of sailboat. POV pleasure-craft ride through area. Bungalow. Resort buildings along shoreline. Sailboat. (51:01.) Passengers disembark. Wharf assembly. Woman ascends steps to home. Boulders in shoreline area. Torpedo-like objects on wharf. Harbor scene. Shoreline buildings. Speedboat. (54:01.) Speedboating. Moored pleasurecrft, stern flag. Crew and passengers aboard docked craft. Pleasure boat with tender. Having been stored under building, people haul boat there by rope. (End.)