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[Home Movies of Film Camera on Tripod; Fishing Boat; Commercial Fishing and More / circa 1937 – 1949]
Maker
Fukuzaki, Ben
Dateca. 1937-1949
ClassificationsMoving Images
Credit LineGift in Memory of Ben Fukuzaki
Object number2002.1.47
DescriptionColor home movie footage of fishing at sea filmed by Ben Fukuzaki, circa 1937 to 1949. Footage includes multiple fishing boats at sea (including “Nancy Rose” and “Fearless”), people working in commercial fishing, and various fish caught.
Timecode list:
0:31 – Closeup of a postcard of the ocean
0:56 – View of the ocean from above a boat; dolphins leaping ahead of the boat.
1:05 – View of another boat.
1:10 – Small pet fish (goldfish?) swimming in a bowl. Dead fish laid out. (Segments out of focus.)
2:12 – Fisherman sitting on rocky cliffside.
2:24 – Two Caucasian men and young JA boy on top of a car with a movie camera.
2:35 – Label “Guadalupe Island” on transparency over a photo of a boat.
2:43 – View of a boat at sea, hauling in fishing nets.
3:01 – Young man on deck holding a large fish by the tail.
3:13 – Open ocean.
3:28 – Grandmother and little girl, seated.
3:37 – View of “Nancy Rose” and “Fearless” (boats) from head on, out at sea. Side view of fishing boats.
3:42 – Four young men working on deck of a fishing boat; fish in holding areas.
3:56 – Man hosing down a large fishing net.
4:05 – Man fileting a fish
4:07 – High angle of fishing boat hauling in nets.
4:14 – Dolphins swimming alongside boat
4:45 – Three fishing boats lined up, seemingly at anchor near shore.
5:03 – Dead fish laying on sheet of canvas, seen from overhead.
5:30 – Film ends.
1 reel of color home movie film.
Timecode list:
0:31 – Closeup of a postcard of the ocean
0:56 – View of the ocean from above a boat; dolphins leaping ahead of the boat.
1:05 – View of another boat.
1:10 – Small pet fish (goldfish?) swimming in a bowl. Dead fish laid out. (Segments out of focus.)
2:12 – Fisherman sitting on rocky cliffside.
2:24 – Two Caucasian men and young JA boy on top of a car with a movie camera.
2:35 – Label “Guadalupe Island” on transparency over a photo of a boat.
2:43 – View of a boat at sea, hauling in fishing nets.
3:01 – Young man on deck holding a large fish by the tail.
3:13 – Open ocean.
3:28 – Grandmother and little girl, seated.
3:37 – View of “Nancy Rose” and “Fearless” (boats) from head on, out at sea. Side view of fishing boats.
3:42 – Four young men working on deck of a fishing boat; fish in holding areas.
3:56 – Man hosing down a large fishing net.
4:05 – Man fileting a fish
4:07 – High angle of fishing boat hauling in nets.
4:14 – Dolphins swimming alongside boat
4:45 – Three fishing boats lined up, seemingly at anchor near shore.
5:03 – Dead fish laying on sheet of canvas, seen from overhead.
5:30 – Film ends.
1 reel of color home movie film.
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ca. 1948-1959
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