[Haight--home movies] Reel 002

Date1948

Can DescriptionsAmateur footage. Reel notes in quotes below; reel numbers are NHF-assigned. Reel 2: 'Court Peter Toby, Linda Mary Barkley, Non. 1948.' NHF cataloguer's notes for Reel 2, 2/1999 JS: (No time code.) Boy in moored rowboat. Finely-carpentered seat in boat. Inverted canoe. Upright canoe moored at dock. Woman steps into this canoe, but walks onto dock. She waves. Boy and woman in rowboat. Woman raises tarp as if she were trying to hide from the camera. She smiles and laughs. Boy waves briefly as boat wafts on water. Motor is attached to stern. Trees. Clearing in woods. Only lower halves of peoples bodies visible. Large white poodle. Woman and two boys, brothers, of slightly different ages adjacent to tree. One of the boys pats the poodle as woman crouches down and watches. Boy kisses poodle's ear. Woman, toddler, and poodle. Toddler walks along. Poodle gently grabs toddler's wrist between its teeth. Shadowy shot of family and poodle. (End of Reel 2)