[Price--home movies] Reel 008

Can DescriptionsAmateur footage of family activities and events. Can notes as follows; reel numbers assigned by donor. Reel 8: Shots of Craigmere beach etc. Swim at cabin. Christmas. Ice skating in street. Snow home. Igloo. Unicycle. Swim at FML. Polly to college. Soccer game. Rake leaves. Cover canoe. Shingles on house. P[?] at echo rock. Christmas. note:book by Price(A bad case of moosepox) (UNEDITED) NHF cataloguer's notes for Reel 8: 17:49. Young man in swim trunks runs down beach. Copious groves of shoreline trees. Water surface. Camp on shoreline. Right tracking pan. of area with water surface, camp, trees. 18:01. Camp. Grove of trees at right. Water is slightly in motion. Water surface sparkles from sunlight. Trees on shoreline. Two young men lying on shoreline rocks. Overhanging tree branches. 20:03. One man lifts leg and flips his flipper. Moving to right, water surface, silhouette of tree trunk. More tree and trunk silhouettes. Sparkling water surface. Camp. (This part of film is a bit faded.) Youngsters in lake. They have inner tubes. Boulders, rocks of shoreline. Woman appears to be resting on one of the rocks. (Overexposure, fading renders this part of film somewhat difficult of discernment.) 21:01. Young man places inner tube at his back and lapses into water in that position. (Photography has improved now.) Little girl astride inner tube which she has compressed at the sides. She uses her hands as oars to paddle herself along. She grasps, gathers front of inner tube together. Boy swims near her. Other boy dives backward off of wharf. Boy floats along seated in inner tube. He uses hands for oars. Girl wades in water. She crouches with inner tube on her back. (Shadowy shot.) Appears to be girl on wharf. (Photography clears.) This is girl on float. Now she swims in water. Boy and girl on individual floats. Boy uses hands for oars. Girl uses feet to paddle along. 22:03. Woman, other boy swim nearby. Woman grasps float. She gets thereon. Christmas. Family members enter room. Girl sits with doll in easy chair. Presents on floor. Two girls and boys. Girl shakes her head. Girl opens strong box. Presents on floor. 23:00. Boy displays basketball. Boy has box of dogfood. He eats a bit of it. Presents. Girl crouching on floor. Girl holds dress against herself. Boy and girl on ice skates walk on snowy ground. Girl tries to balance self while walking clumsily along on skates. Girl smiles while sitting on ground. Boy helps her rise. Home exterior. 24:03. Boy, girl walk near snow fort. They enter fort. One throws snowball. Boy shoveling snow. They begin throwing serious snowballs. Lower entrance to snow fort. Snow shoveled into small box. Boy stamps down snow as it enters box. Shoveling, stamping continues. 25:03. Box structure removed to reveal snow block for fort. Boy places snowblock on ground. Trims off rough edges. Spring. Boy pedals unicycle on walkway of home. He pedals, balances with expert grace. He dismounts and then resumes unicycling. He pedals on lawn. Girl aboard inner tube on lake. 26:02. She slips inner tube over head and floats along grasping it. Swimming boy smooths his hair. Forsaking inner tube, girl swims along with boy. Canoe, float nearby. Girl grasps side of canoe. She swims over to float. Boy at stern of canoe. Woman has been lying in canoe. She makes herself visible. Exterior of home. Upward vertical shot of home exterior. 27:02. Adjacent trees. Side of home. More exterior of home. Girl enters yard. Right-tracking shot of trees, adjacent home. 28:24. We move leftward. Teenage girl and woman. Girl waves. Boy descends from porch. Girl waves in sassy pose. Another girl joins the group. Shadowy shot. Family members moving around. 29:01. Shadows render action indiscernable. Athletes on field. Boys. Soccer game. Boys run on field. Action continues. Photography shadowy. Boy kicks ball. Ball flies through air. Sky above. Clouds. 30:06. Soccer game continues. Woman raking leaves. She continues task. Man works at canoe. Canoe interior. Two adjacent canoes. Side of home. Shot tracks upward to dome. Boy looks up from side. Shadow of someone working with hammer. 31:05. Scalloped siding is being added to home exterior. Man, boy securing siding. They are on lower roof of home. From tree adjacent to lake surface, boy swings over water Tarzan-fashion. Lets go of rope, dives into lake. Rope is extended from pole. He repeats aforescribed action. Once again. He swims vigorously. 32:01. Three boys walk along on boulder. They wave. Lead boy leaps into lake. Second boy does the same. Boy on boulder uses towel to hide self from camera. Copiously-treed mountain side. Lake surface. Left-tracking pan. of area. Large boulder extending into water. Boy sitting on boulder. He swims in lake. Buddy dives from boulder. Girl dives into lake. She shakes her head. Continues to swim. 33:01. Boy pops up where he has been swimming under water near her. Girl swims forward. Boy swims under water. Girl stands. She waves. She dives back in water. Swims. She swims backward. Boy swims. Winter now. Young man throws snowball. He wears no coat. Christmas tree. Interior door of hoem opens. Family members enter room. Presents at foot of tree. Family in jovial mood. Boy, hands in pockets, says a few words. Girl opening present. Boy opening present. 34:00. He holds up record album. Woman opens her present, a china dish. Girl opens her present, a plaid skirt. Man opens his present. 35:06. Boy opening present. He has received a 'No Parking' sign. He draws girl against him. Tree. Presents. Wrappings on floor. Star on top of tree. Wise men decorating mantle.