[Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 001

Datecirca 1930 – 1949

Can DescriptionsCan notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 1: Maine Thrillers, travel. Maine, Thunder Hole, Fire before and after fishing, by EGS.

Viewing Notesb&w, Intertitle: from "Glimpses of the Maine Coast" view from moving boat of rocky shore and trees. Top of frame, dirt. lobster pot, man hauls trap. Man is wearing captain's hat. Small steering wheel in front of him, open boat. young boy assists (John Stillman?). Man in captain's hat and short tie holds up two lobsters. CU lobster in his right hand. CU two lobsters on ground moving around, man's laced boot in background on right. Lobster has wooden pegs in its claws. Intertitle: "Feeding the gulls" Man, same captain (in hat) with gulls on water and sailing boat in background. from boat, passing buoy on the water, approaching and passing can on the water, islands in background. Sailing vessels, the first with dinghy behind and on the hull a written legend. The second a schooner loaded with wood to the booms. Man stands on wood. Passing lighthouse. Motor launch at high speed going other direction. Passing can. Coming up behind a sailing yacht. Leaving yacht behind. Passing rocky island. Views of sailboats and islands. Less dirt at top of frame but horizon not always straight. Passing navigational aides, motor yachts. Intertitle: What the fog did Steamship on rocks, submerged. Dinghies nearby. Passing island with lighthouse and three houses on it. Another view of lighthouse island and houses, scratches and dirt. Bell buoy, close, calm day. Lighthouse on a point with boathouse and dock in foreground. Closer in, moorings on wooden dock. Motor yacht, navigational aids. Intertitle: "A quiet day on Baker" Waves on shore. Various views of waves and barnacles on rocks. Lengthy. Man standing in dory, poling. Hilly islands in background (could be looking at Acadia National Park) Motor launch with man standing and steering Views of shore from water. Motor launch passes Stillman. View of island with thin lighthouse in distance. Rock with small building on it in distance. Blurry view of water coming off bow of boat. Stone pier with navigational aid. Sailing vessel. Intertitle: "Life-saving boat" short view. Short blurry views of biplane and working boats (very poor focus) Working sailing vessel. In motor yacht traveling fast past various watercraft. Schooner in the distance with islands. Scratch down center of frame. Another view of schooner. Dark land mass from moving vessel. Lighthouse and its outbuildings. Another lighthouse. Small rock islands. More navigational aids. Square house on low island. Lighthouse in ocean. Triangular navigational aid. Steamship coming toward camera with one funnel, black smoke. Eastern SS Lines. SS [J.T.] Morse. A large vessel with two masts and a steam ship funnel. Working fishing vessel underway with man working (lobster boat) Recreational motor boat, fast. Cliff with trees on top, slow pan. Fishing vessel. Very damaged view of lighthouse with scratches and black blob (deterioration?). Boat towing a barge View of large boat. Rocks with waves breaking.

Creator

• Ernest G. Stillman

• Ernest G. Stillman