Harpooning Turtle -1928
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bergman, Harry M.
label: Collection Creator
content: Kahn family
label: Collection Creator
content: Kahn, Kimberly
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content: Kahn Family Film Collection
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content: Kahn Family Film Collection / Series 3: Travel/Leisure
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Descriptive Summary: 500f, 16mm, b&w, silent, an original reel of amateur shot film. Sequences consist of: fishing for swordfish, attempting to hook a shark, loading harpoon gun, testing the gun, entering New Harbor, Block Island, submarines, Old Harbor, swordfish going to market, mending net, keeping watch for swordfish, harpooning the turtle (400 lbs.) and hauling it in, trophy shots NY Times reporter covering the story. [Professional title cards throughout. Near beginning a great shot of Harry M. Bergman shooting into a mirror to effect a self portrait. Views of New Harbor at Block Island, Coast Guard vessels, Old Harbor, Ballards, SOCONY] 

 Date: 1928 

 Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman 

 Performer(s)/Persons Pictured: Harry M. Bergman, sailing crew