[Boat launch, circa 1972--Nathaniel Champlin--home movies.] Reel 9

Datecirca 1972

Can Descriptions: Great flounder, Champlin/Adams launch, Sea squirt in tow, marine specialties & Tom filling air, divers suiting up over underwater shots – bottles in boat, Pam & Marcia inspect bottles, Rose’s wharf bldg. collapsed, Maia tosses anchor, Nat comes up, Adams & Champlins boats |

Viewing Notes: Cars and boats on dunes, map of Cape Cod, Maia paddling blue rowboat, Paul and Andrea stand on the beach, man in waders stands by hull of old ship – raised out of the water – named “Loretta R.”, man cleaning hull of ship, car and boat on shore – in front of Pilgrim monument, boat tilts, Andrea in water, Adams car with boat backs into water next – in front of Lobster Pot restaurant, tilts boat and pushes into water, kids in small “seasquirt” boat with life jackets on – towed by larger boat, Champlin tilts boat and drives away – children help turn boat, Adams family waves from boat, wake in back of boat, partially demolished building – view of Pilgrim monument in background, Marine Specialties building, teenager filling diving tanks, wake in back of boat, small ship “Victory II”, Maia drops anchor, diver comes up, diver underwater, Mildred puts on flippers, mussels on ocean floor, Nat throws flippers on boat and hoists himself up – waves, divers underwater – bubbles, sailboats on the beach, Marcia Adams inspects bottles, Paul plays in water with a yellow shovel, Maia swims, kids play on wooden pole in water near wharf, Nat starts boat, kids run next to large boat grounded on the beach, girl picks up crab out of water, Mildred and others take off diving gear - Mildred looking out the window, storm outside from inside window of shack, Nat looking out window watching storm, Maia looking out window, swings and beach in storm, Mission Bell in storm, damage outside after storm, birdhouse in front of ocean, jeep in front of mission bell, shells and cup in the sand [end of reel].

Abstract: This reel documents a boat launch with the Adams and Champlin families at the Provincetown wharf, including footage of swimming, scuba diving, and other summer recreation. The end of the reel highlights damages outside of the dune shacks after a recent storm.