[Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 4

1289.0004
Southwest Harbor, Maine
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Can notes: 'Manset, travel. Fish pier, etc.' // Some scratches throughout, scratches diminish towards end of reel. // Shot of ocean taken from dock in Manset in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Seagulls flying in sky and crowd of gulls gathering near water. Seagulls landing in water. Shipyard in Manset. Men working around boats. Fish being cleaned. Men haul lobster traps into small boat. Man fishing at sea in small boat.
Reel 4 Intertitle: "Manset the fishy A famous Maine summer play ground" Interrtitle: "Manset Police Boat" b&w, passing boat at dock. Intertitle: "The Manset View" Dock pilings with seagulls on them. Seagulls on top of a roof ridgeline. Seagulls on floating dock and on the sea. Dirt on top of frameline (overscanned). Intertitle: "The Manset Ship Yard" b&w, sailboat out of water. Hills in background across water. Man in overalls with pipe walks. Boy walks on shore. Man drives a caterpillar tractor. View from inside looking out at boatyard scene (framed by shed doorway). Caterpillar used to haul sailboat up ways. Nice scene. Man in overalls uses log as prybar to straighten out logs. Then he uses a sledghammer to straighten rollers. Sailboat eases up sloping shore. Man in rubber boots looks under hauled vessel. Camera swings around. Intertitle: "The Fish Market" Man scrapes and cleans fish at counter. Washes fish. He wears short sleeves and heavy apron. Underexposed view of younger man slitting fish open. He flips fish over easily. Pulls guts out. Another man in cap opens fish, smiles. Intertitle: "Manset Industries I Lobstering" Boat with canvas shelter over part of it, two men work with wooden lobster trap, throw float overboard, head off, turn. Another view of two men pulling lobster pot.They wear overalls. Trap comes up, they open it, not clear if there was a lobster in it. Put it back overboard. View of boat coming up to pot. Then the camera is on board with lobstermen. View from behind manually hauling trap. View of lobster trap with boat. Man wears gloves, pitches things out, rebaits trap. Ties it closed. He has on short sleeved shirt and jacket, both very worn. Intertitle: "Manset Industries II Fishing" Boat with man in it at bow has a roller with line, he pulls up jooked fish. Small cod? Pulls up another fish, then a third. Boat hull is very worn. The water is still. Slightly overexposed. He pulls in line, drops several fish into boat. He has on hat, checked shirt, gloves, overalls. Intertitle: "Manset Industries III Sailing Dudes" END REEL 4

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