Someone's 1929 home movie of the Lake...

Rattlesnake Guy · 09-07-2008, 10:05 PM

I think Gal has the rest of the DVD. Have seen it for sale on Ebay a few times. It is very interesting. I think it was shown at one of the forums. I think the great location that Steve A did for us.

riverat · 09-08-2008, 07:32 AM

I have a copy that was won at a Forum Fest a couple years ago at LSP. I watch it with friends and family once in awhile it is so refreshing.

SteveA · 09-08-2008, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Guy

I think Gal has the rest of the DVD. Have seen it for sale on Ebay a few times. It is very interesting. I think it was shown at one of the forums. I think the great location that Steve A did for us.

CarGuy did convert alot of old 8mm film from his early days at LSP. It was shown at LSP during the FF there. Not the same film, but it was from the mid 40's.

I have a copy, I'll try to remember to bring it to the FF at the Loon Center.

I've seen this particular video for sale on ebay as someone else mentioned.

SteveA

Rattlesnake Guy · 09-09-2008, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveA

CarGuy did convert alot of old 8mm film from his early days at LSP. It was shown at LSP during the FF there. Not the same film, but it was from the mid 40's.

SteveA

SteveA

I think you are partly right, Car Guy showed some LSP video as well as the home video partly shown above. We really enjoy the DVD we have and remember it at that FF. I was wrong thinking that RG had provided the disk that day. BTW, that FF is still my favorite when you consider how hard it rained that day and we stood nice and dry in a great piece of lakes history.

ApS · 09-09-2008, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveA

"...I've seen this particular video for sale on ebay as someone else mentioned..."

The site listed by Rose has a price of $14.95 on it. It's listed as taken from a 16mm film.

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Originally Posted by tis

I can just barely remember my Mom going on a surfboard! I remember her getting up the same way, up on the knees and then a standing position. I don't know why I remember that but I do. Ours had a slight rise in the front. I remember part of it was red. I wonder if it is still around somewhere? What a nice memory!

We watched aquaplanes in use, but it sure didn't seem very challenging.

A bridle kept it straight behind the boat, the rider hung onto a rope made like a rein, and you leaned left or right to move back and forth across the wake.

Skiing was much more creative, and slalom-skiing meant you had "arrived".

Last week, a 10' surfboard was being paddled in a standing position—with a very long paddle—a few houses away. When it's not being paddled, it's being towed behind a speedboat!

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Originally Posted by wildwoodfam

"...Did that plane EVER get into the air???..."

According to my Dad, that was a 1929 Travel Air SA6000.

It's engine was a nine-cylinder 450-HP Pratt & Whitney "Wasp". Odd-numbered cylinders are the norm in radial engines. For more power, a second and third set were stacked onto one crankshaft (usually in stacks of nine cylinders to get over 3300-HP).

The "Wasp" engine provided a cruising speed of 120-MPH and a top speed of 140-MPH. It landed at 65-MPH: take-off speed was dependent on wind and waves.

It had six wicker seats in addition to the pilot's. No seatbelts were required until 1928, and that was only in open-cockpit aircraft.

My Dad was treated to a ride on the model SA6000 floatplane on Winnipesaukee by his mother, who didn't know he'd already flown on a 1927 Travel Air 6000—a year before they were certified for flight! The pilot was Lt. Robert S. Fogg, who stored his Travel Air 6000 in my grandfather's garage in Massachusetts.

The wings were easily removed for storage, and for the floatplane models (the SA designation), wings were often painted yellow for visibility if downed by misadventure. (Orange was the norm on Travel Air 6000 wings.) After the market crash of 1929, Curtis-Wright bought Travel Air out.

Lt. Fogg was a WWI aviator who, after that war, was assigned by the fledgling Federal Aviation Authority to locate the best operating sites for floatplane operations in the US. He flew the mail routes around Lake Winnipesaukee.

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"...1929? Those boats were really moving for 1929 weren't they...?"

They were—even I was impressed!

My Dad made mention of the "Century", which was a small inboard runabout hereabouts with Model T engines of 151 cubic inches.

The Century was direct-drive, which meant it had no clutch: a push on the start button meant that the boat was already moving-out! With the innovation of the "Rajah" spark plug, they were made to go even faster.

Another popular speed boat was the Aero-Marine Ltd.: one operated out of Lake Winnipesaukee's Camp Wyanoke.

(I'd have put more of my Dad's excellently-detailed Winnipesaukee recollections here, but I ran out of breakfast napkin to write on!)

Travel Air model SA6000 (on floats) and model 6000 photos follow:

Orion · 09-10-2008, 07:08 AM

Wow! Great info. Thanks for taking the time to transcribe and post. Nothing like getting it from someone who's been there!

islandAl · 09-10-2008, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Acres per Second

We watched aquaplanes in use, but it sure didn't seem very challenging.

We used a board only 4 feet long (most are 6 feet) and it was not easy to stay on while taking a turn and sliding outside the wake.
You do not have the control of skis, no rudder, no bindings.
When crossing the wake, the outer edge liked to drop down and if it did and caught the water, the board flipped.
Some the spills were from the driver

turning and causing the trailing board to slide somewhat sideways into oncoming waves, goodbye.

SIKSUKR · 09-10-2008, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Acres per Second

We watched aquaplanes in use, but it sure didn't seem very challenging.

Have you ever tried it?Skiing was much easier than trying to stand on a piece of plywood without a keel.I grew up enjoying any kind of water sport there was and even created of few of my own.The hardest falls were taken from those aquaplanes from my experience.Experience being the key word.

GWC... · 10-10-2008, 04:08 PM

It took awhile to locate a link to the member who claims the video...

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...hp?photo=10189

Thought he made mention in the LSP thread; but found it in PhotoPost. There are several other pics of the two boats in the beginning of the video.

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...hp?photo=10191

So, thanks goes to carguy, for the enjoyable video...

Rattlesnake Gal · 10-14-2008, 09:25 AM

Here is the link to the previous thread on the Home Movies Of Lake Winnipesaukee.

Stills from the movie are in post #27.

Seeing the old Mt. Washington coming into port is absolutely fantastic. Still gives me goose bumps.

Wish we could find more of these old home movies. There has got to be many more out there.

09-10-2008, 07:08 AM	#6
Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cow Island Posts: 914 Thanks: 602 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	Excellent info! Wow! Great info. Thanks for taking the time to transcribe and post. Nothing like getting it from someone who's been there!

10-10-2008, 04:08 PM	#9
GWC... Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,325 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It took awhile to locate a link to the member who claims the video... http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...hp?photo=10189 Thought he made mention in the LSP thread; but found it in PhotoPost. There are several other pics of the two boats in the beginning of the video. http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...hp?photo=10191 So, thanks goes to carguy, for the enjoyable video... __________________ [Assume funny, clever sig is here. Laugh and reflect... ]

10-14-2008, 09:25 AM	#10
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Previous Thread from 2004 Here is the link to the previous thread on the Home Movies Of Lake Winnipesaukee. Stills from the movie are in post #27. Seeing the old Mt. Washington coming into port is absolutely fantastic. Still gives me goose bumps. Wish we could find more of these old home movies. There has got to be many more out there.

09-07-2008, 10:05 PM	#1
Rattlesnake Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,254 Thanks: 423 Thanked 366 Times in 175 Posts	I think Gal has the rest of the DVD. Have seen it for sale on Ebay a few times. It is very interesting. I think it was shown at one of the forums. I think the great location that Steve A did for us.

09-08-2008, 07:32 AM	#2
riverat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 722 Thanks: 337 Thanked 280 Times in 123 Posts	I have a copy that was won at a Forum Fest a couple years ago at LSP. I watch it with friends and family once in awhile it is so refreshing. __________________ Waking up in the morning is the greatest, everything after that is a bonus