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[Home Movies of Fishing on the Stella Maris; Cedros Island, Mexico and more / circa 1948 – 1959]
Maker
Fukuzaki, Ben
Dateca. 1948-1959
Mediumfilm
ClassificationsMoving Images
Credit LineGift in Memory of Ben Fukuzaki
Object number2002.1.45
DescriptionColor home movie footage of fishing expeditions filmed by Ben Fukuzaki, circa 1948 to 1959. The fishing expeditions are primarily on the Stella Maris, mostly all during the daytime. There are many shots of the boat and others at sea, with and without men in frame. There is footage of several stages of the commercial fishing process covered in several angles and shot sizes, all are generally well exposed. There is also coverage of the harbor and bay where people are seen sending off the departing boats.
Timecode list:
0:31 -- sunset shots of the ocean
1:00 – “Stella Maris” title card turned over to camera
1:18 – “By Ben Fukuzaki” title card turned over to camera
1:25 – dead fish on deck
1:32 – Stella Maris boat shots from different angles (at sea)
2:00 – “Fisherman Wharf” title card
2:03 – panning shot of boats docked at bay and cars parked along the road
2:23 – Marauder boat docked at bay
2:38 – men fixing up nets
2:51 – shot of boat leaving deck
3:00 – harbor shots
3:19 – Stella Maris moving towards camera, at harbor
3:32 – people on board smiling and waving
3:48 – dock
3:54 – ice blocks moving across various areas of boat
4:30 – men shredding ice
4:35 – men with produce on dock
4:40 – shots of families on deck, well dressed
5:00 – boat departing, people on dock waving
5:22 – at sea, lighthouse
5:39 – deck shots, water spilling onto barrels
5:52 – mountain/valley
6:01 – dolphins up close swimming/jumping
6:14 – wide shots of many dolphins
6:30 – shots of the fishing net wheeled out to sea
6:58 – boat in distance
7:00 – many birds flying over water
7:12 – cable wheel spinning as net is rolled out
7:25 – many shots showing net being deployed from back of boat
7:50 – Stella Maris at sea, smaller boat in frame
8:20 – man wrangling cable around wheel
8:40 – shots of men on a different fishing boat managing cables
9:24 – net slowly reeled in
10:00 – close up shots of various parts of the net/wheel contraption
10:44 – massive net hauled out and onto deck
11:06 – boats at sea
11:15 – shots of fish caught in net
11:58 – shots of men handling net on boat, eventually pulling it out of water
12:12 – dolphins
12:38 – waves crashing onto boat deck
13:46 – monument (grave?) on mountain
13:51 – Cedros Island title card
13:56 – shore at distance
14:00 – shots of boats passing
14:12 – sunset hour shots from inside the boat cabin
14:32 – Los Fraile Bay
14:38 – Stella Maris shots at sea
14:45 – men on boat, mostly hanging out
15:00 – many shots of Stella Maris
15:25 – two men on rowing boat with net rowing away
15:43 – shots from the sailing boat,
15:50 – anchored ships at sea, men hanging out on deck
17:05 – man in captain’s cabin?
17:22 – aerial shot of a whale or shark caught in net?
17:43 – men handling fishing net
18:15 – solo boat at sea
18:40 – several boats at sea
1 reel of color home movie film.
Timecode list:
0:31 -- sunset shots of the ocean
1:00 – “Stella Maris” title card turned over to camera
1:18 – “By Ben Fukuzaki” title card turned over to camera
1:25 – dead fish on deck
1:32 – Stella Maris boat shots from different angles (at sea)
2:00 – “Fisherman Wharf” title card
2:03 – panning shot of boats docked at bay and cars parked along the road
2:23 – Marauder boat docked at bay
2:38 – men fixing up nets
2:51 – shot of boat leaving deck
3:00 – harbor shots
3:19 – Stella Maris moving towards camera, at harbor
3:32 – people on board smiling and waving
3:48 – dock
3:54 – ice blocks moving across various areas of boat
4:30 – men shredding ice
4:35 – men with produce on dock
4:40 – shots of families on deck, well dressed
5:00 – boat departing, people on dock waving
5:22 – at sea, lighthouse
5:39 – deck shots, water spilling onto barrels
5:52 – mountain/valley
6:01 – dolphins up close swimming/jumping
6:14 – wide shots of many dolphins
6:30 – shots of the fishing net wheeled out to sea
6:58 – boat in distance
7:00 – many birds flying over water
7:12 – cable wheel spinning as net is rolled out
7:25 – many shots showing net being deployed from back of boat
7:50 – Stella Maris at sea, smaller boat in frame
8:20 – man wrangling cable around wheel
8:40 – shots of men on a different fishing boat managing cables
9:24 – net slowly reeled in
10:00 – close up shots of various parts of the net/wheel contraption
10:44 – massive net hauled out and onto deck
11:06 – boats at sea
11:15 – shots of fish caught in net
11:58 – shots of men handling net on boat, eventually pulling it out of water
12:12 – dolphins
12:38 – waves crashing onto boat deck
13:46 – monument (grave?) on mountain
13:51 – Cedros Island title card
13:56 – shore at distance
14:00 – shots of boats passing
14:12 – sunset hour shots from inside the boat cabin
14:32 – Los Fraile Bay
14:38 – Stella Maris shots at sea
14:45 – men on boat, mostly hanging out
15:00 – many shots of Stella Maris
15:25 – two men on rowing boat with net rowing away
15:43 – shots from the sailing boat,
15:50 – anchored ships at sea, men hanging out on deck
17:05 – man in captain’s cabin?
17:22 – aerial shot of a whale or shark caught in net?
17:43 – men handling fishing net
18:15 – solo boat at sea
18:40 – several boats at sea
1 reel of color home movie film.
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