Hoffmann’s Bermuda Cruise: 1930 #2

This 1930 silent home movie, Ellwood F. Hoffmann - 1930 Bermuda White Star Game No 2, from the Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Collection, captures a vacation cruise to Bermuda in black-and-white 16mm. Filmed by the retired Philadelphia hosiery magnate with a dashboard-mounted camera, it blends personal footage—likely of the White Star Line’s “Monarch of Bermuda” docking at Hamilton—with a commercial short showcasing the island’s pink-sand beaches, Hamilton’s pastel streets, and lush foliage. Hoffmann, who narrated such reels with humor for groups like the horticultural society, offers a pre-war glimpse of Bermuda’s millionaire allure, preserved beyond his 1966 death.