The Atlantic Sea Grill in Boston, Massachusetts. Men stand beside the building. Customers enter. A chalk board outside the establishment advertises Lobster stew for 50 cents, baked cod for 35 cents and fried shrimp for 40 cents.
Men stand at a pier in Boston, Massachusetts. The boat displays the Canadian Red Ensign flag. The men appear critical.
An enactment of the sale of fish at the Boston Fish Pier in Boston, Massachusetts. A man reads from a paper describing the species and weights of various fish in his catch. Buyers bid and the fisherman accepts the highest bids. Men sitting in front of him bid for the fish. The purchase quantities of each buyer and seller are recorded on a pad in duplicate (one a carbon copy).
Auctioning fish at the Boston Fish Pier in Boston, Massachusetts. Buyers bid for fish. They call out bid prices. A fisherman auctions his catch. Competing buyers bid for the fish.
Men in a club in Boston, Massachusetts. They play cards. They sit in groups at different tables. Coats hung in the background. Pictures of fish and fishing on a wall suggest this club may involve commercial fishermen. Camera focuses on one table of four men, as they play. A small wooden board with several pegs in it sits on the table next to the dealer. But he doesn't use it during the filming. In the final part of the clip, the men seem to be playing a different game, than earlier. The dealer deals each player two cards, and then each player three cards. Following that, he seems to deal two more cards into the middle..
Men at a club in Boston, Massachusetts. A man with a pipe in his mouth shoots pool. Men play cards. A man reads a newspaper named 'The Fishing News'. A man lights his pipe. Men smoke pipes and talk.