[Helen V. Bird–home movies] Reel 11
[Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 11
Video:
Identifier:
1311.0011
Collection:
Janice Smith Collection
Date:
1957
Original Format:
8mm
Color:
Color
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
[50 ft.]
Viewing Notes:
S.E. xway being built 1957. [Construction of Southeast Expressway, Quincy, MA.] Prom day. House moved. Sally Lehto cottage.Viewing NotesRepairing a house. Part of the neighborhood being dug up. Cranes demolishing a bridge. A girl (Janice) posing on the front steps of a house. Close ups of girls in formal dress. Janice posing in front of the house. The Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial. Close up of the statue dedication: ‘THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS 1623 – 1925’. Shots of the water and fishing boats. Close up of the hull of a boat with the name ‘CAROLE SHEILA’. Girls in the motorboat ‘Lorna’. Sign: ‘The Natick’, on a house by the water. A dog. People swimming. A boat towing a man on a wake board. Girls swimming. Shots of houses and broken stone. The new bridge. [End of Reel]
Subject(s):
Place(s):
Quincy, Massachusetts; Gloucester, Massachusetts
Rights:
This item may be available for reuse, please contact Northeast Historic Film for more information
Source:
http://oldfilm.org/collection/Detail/occurrences/10801