[James F. Butler--home movies] Reel 4

Date1930s

Can DescriptionsCan label: '[ ? ], Niagara, Queen Mary.' // Date range from edge codes on film. // Reel was apparently transferred in two parts, as .0004A and .0004B. // 1930 Niagara Falls and rapids. 1935 S.S. Queen Mary. Notes provided by donor: Large passenger liner... New York City. // .0004A begins with guest leaving country home. // Group posing in front of a garage; group shaking hands in front of a house with large porch; picnic: (letters and numbers backward) grilling steak, picnic table with tablecloth and teacups; man walking off trellised porch; two men smoking pipes; two men skipping across the lawn; dog (black labrador retriever) running around sniffing; Winter scene with house, dog and man, man is carrying two suitcases to car trunk; kids playing in the snow. // .0004B begins with Niagara Falls. // Rapids on a river; Niagara Falls and more river rapids; shot of Falls from a tall building; mist rising from the Falls; view of Falls from a boat; view of the bridge linking Canada and the US taken from a boat; view of ocean liner and other boats (tugboats, etc) in harbor; view of ships/boats in harbor with people walking in front of the camera; view of ocean liner leaving harbor.