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SHEPHERD, Robert Ward

1999-0030

Film

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1935

Robert Ward Shepherd III (Photography)

Footage of a trip to Bermuda in 1935: the sailing ship "Monarch of Bermuda" heading seaward in the late afternoon and continuing on to Hamilton; passengers on board the steamer "Castle Harbour"; the shoreline as the ship approaches St. George, the oldest part of Bermuda; "Monarch of Bermuda" leaving Hamilton for New York and the SS "Lady Somers" in the background; a landscape shot from their hotel; scenes along the line of Bermuda's gasoline railway; a parade; a naval dockyard and the ferry S.T.R. "Corona" shot on its way to Somerset; a gasoline train on fire; various boats as the Peytons leave Hamilton on board the "Queen of Bermuda"; "Castle Harbour" meets "Queen of Bermuda," with passengers from the St. George's Castle Harbour Hotel on dock; early morning view of the New York skyline; and the train station and their house in St-Lambert, Québec, in winter. <11mn 21s>

Silent with English intertitles

Libre

V1 2003-05-0013

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Kathie (Peyton) Bourque Copyright probably rests with Kathie Bourque.Copyright probably rests with Kathie Bourque.