TURN OF THE TIDE Part 8
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DRAMATIZED DOCUMENTARY: On the economics of lobster fishing and its influence on the development of credit unions and cooperative societies in Maine. Reel 1: Dramatizes the plight of lobster fishermen at Port Clyde because of the disparity between their selling price and the retail price. Shows lone fisherman harvesting his catch. Reel 2: On difficulty of independent fisherman pulling together to form cooperatives and credit unions. Includes scenes of hauling traps, fishermen arguing in local store, and sale at lobster float. Fisherman at home with family. Reel 3: Fisherman's wife complains about low income. Men on shore discuss feud between two others which is re-enacted. Fishermen discuss, but do not agree to, forming credit union. One man goes out alone in storm to set traps. Reel 4: Men on shore watch rough water for returning boat; they go out to search, and return, towing the lost fisherman's boat. Fishermen sell catches at lobster float at reduced price, and meet to consider credit union idea. Reel 5: People agree to form credit union. Map shows growth of credit unions and cooperative stores on Maine coast. Port Clyde store. Several credit unions meet. Commissioner Arthur Greenleaf, Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries, fish and Wildlife Service, directs re-seeding of Orr's Island clam beds. Men eat clam chowder at Port Clyde Federal Credit Union Meeting.
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