Film Record: Sea, The

Hiram Maxim, The Sea, 1928. 16mm. Hiram Percy Maxim Collection, Northeast Historic Film

Identifier:

• 1521.0009 (Source: http://oldfilm.org/collection/index.php/Detail/Occurrence/Show/occurrence_id/17959)

Date produced: 1928

Filmmaker(s):

Hiram Percy Maxim

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:10:00

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Photoplay Amateur Movie Contest, 1929 - Non-Dramatic, Third Place
Northeast Historic List of Titled Amateur Works

Description:

"Third prize in the non-dramatic division was given to Hiram Percy Maxim, of 276 North Whitley Street, Hartford, Conn., for his beautiful scenic, "The Sea." Mr. Maxim submitted four 16 millimeter films in the contest and another of these, "Summer," was awarded an honorable mention. Mr. Maxim is the pioneer president of the Amateur Cinema League and a national leader in amateur cinematography." Photoplay, Nov. 1929, 86

Resources:

See the detailed cataloger's notes of Reel 9 on the NHF website.

The film is also examined by Charles Tepperman in essay anthology "Amateur Movie Making: Aesthetics of the Everyday in New England Film, 1915-1960."

Locations:

• Gloucester Harbor, Masschusetts (Filming)

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Water
•           Bodies of Water
•           Ocean
• North America
•      United States
•           New England

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Reel 9, Hiram Percy Maxim Collection, Northeast Historic Film

Video Link:

• Via Northeast Historic Film

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