Work and Play at the Poultry Farm of Charles H. Buck in Naples, Maine 1935

Date1937

AbstractChickens and Eggs, House, Grounds and Gardens, Playing with young goat, Sunday school, kids excursion, swimming stunts at Old pond.

Viewing NotesSign hanging from a tree: ‘Rocky Hill Farm’. Mailbox: ‘C.H. Buck Rocky Hill Farm’. Shots of house, garden, barns and chickens. A cow. A woman gardening. Poultry in cages. A man catching chickens and putting them in cages. A man holds up two bundles of chickens. Men looking at chickens. Men carrying eggs. A woman weighs eggs and puts them on a pallet. A boy carries a box to the car. Shot of the garden. A girl digging up a fern and planting it elsewhere. A boy fills a bucket at a water pump. A woman holds a cat up to a dog and a goat. Shots of house, gardens and barns. A snake in the grass. Two children walk up the road as a car drives by. A boy opens the back door of the car and a group of children climb out. Children pose for the camera, holding an American flag and Christian flag. Line of children entering the church. The goat tied to a tree. People swimming at the lake and playing in the sand. A dog swimming. Backwards footage of a boy jumping off of a dock. Footage spliced so the boy and girl switch places mid-jump. The dog steal the girl’s towel. Cows walking into a barn. A man rolling a cigarette. Two girls feeding the goat. A boy pulling up plants. A girl playing with the goat and the dog. [End of Reel]

OtherThe title written on the film can has the date 1935, but the edgecode on the film is 1936 and a car pictured in the film has a license plate dated 1937. Due to this the date has been identified as 1937, despite the title provided by the filmmaker.