[Fowler--home movies] Reel 1

Date1930s;1940s

Viewing NotesHome movies. NHF cataloguer's notes as follows. (Film can/box notes in quotes, tech. services notes in brackets, reel numbers are donor-assigned.) .0001: 'Home Town.' // Sign 'Old Town.' CU man in hat walks towards camera. Men wearing slouch hats sit around smoking on steam engine. (color) Pan lake. Pan garden and house beyond. Birch trees. Girl in floral print with ribbon in hair. Older boy playing with dog. CU boy in horn-rimmed glasses. CU flower shots. Carnations? Poppies? A bee. Woman in apron looking at flowers with admiration. Woman with bundled baby in arms. CU baby opening and closing mouth. CU cow. (b&w) Young girl running. Being chased by two dogs. Two men drinking beer on the stoop. Brother and sister? Playing tennis. Two dogs. Dachshund. Sniffing under stoop. Young girl tumbling. Woman picking flowers. (color) Man hoeing. Men sawing logs. Girl swinging dog back around. (b&w) Men on stoop again. Deep in conversation. Expressing with hands. Cigarette between fingers. (color) Pan blue sky. Silhouettes mountains. Man untying boat from dock. Girl in pink carries dog on to boat. Shots passing an island. Mountain from boat. From dock. Boat coming in. Side view man with bowler hat nodding. Fishing. Side view boy in horn-rimmed glasses. Girl walks through frame. Pushing hair out of her eyes. Man in striped shirt. Fishing pole in background. Men casting. Shoreline with logs and debris in background. CU reeling. CU fish being pulled in. Man in suspenders and hat posing on rock. Silhouetted against lake. Lights his cigar. Rowing against rough lake winds. CU man perched on boat bow. Bracing leg against dock as boat approaches. Crowd in black on dock. Man with grey whiskers and pipe exits boat. Skinning. Serving fish. CU bones, flesh of fish. Outdoor picnic. Pan across plates. Older woman in pink serves. CU women eating. Laughing. Woman eating corn on the cob. Man with mustache eating pastry. Girl swinging. Lobster feed. Woman scratching head. Boy gazing forlornly at camera. CU young woman. Whole table. White except for plates of red boiled lobster. Woman feeding young boy. Sees camera person. Backs away in dismay. CU plates. Biscuits. Napkins and newspaper lining the table. CU hands with forks smashing lobster shells and manipulating meat. Man scratches neck in background. Man drinks beer. Man feeds lobster to woman who laughs. CU Doberman (dog). (b&w) Conversation on steps, two men drinking beer deeply engrossed in conversation. (color) Pan lake. Opposite shore. Silhouette head looking out at train tracks.