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1936 - FDR on Maine Fishing Trip

Reel Number: 221678-07

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1936

Country: USA

Location: Maine,Pulpit Harbor,Rockland

TC Begins: 14:32:23

TC Ends: 14:39:09

Duration: 00:06:46

1936 - FDR on Maine Fishing Trip Village street, line of seagulls on roof. President Roosevelt at wheel w/ others on small sailing yacht seen from boat circling, MCU. Seagulls on roof as though watching. 14:32:46 Village street w/ FDR motorcade arriving, pulling onto dock w/ many Secret Service; whistle blowing. MCU FDR sitting on board Presidential yacht Potomac w/ Navy officers in formal dress, posing for photographers. 14:33:46 View of docked yacht from water. Voice of cameramen & sound of boats. 14:34:15 Navy yacht leaving harbor; people watching from shore. 14:34:38 Twin-masted sailing schooner, Sewanna on water in small bay / Pulpit Harbor, sails being raised. (cameramen’s voices). Crew working sails, FDR at wheel. Navy yacht behind. GOOD shots of sailing getting underway & flag raised. Roosevelt sons working ropes, one in Harvard letterman’s sweater. 14:36:54 CU & MS FDR at wheel; sailing shots. 14:38:50 People on shore waving as at 14:34:35. Navy sailors assisting. Seagulls on roof. GOOD CU FDR waving. 1930s; Depression; Vacation; Recreation; Leisure; NOTE: Cruise began in Rockland, Maine 14Jul36. Sons James, John & Franklin, Jr. accompanied FDR.

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