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4) 0013.0001 Municipal Operations, Brewer--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 13
Title, 'Municipal Operations, City of Brewer, Maine, 1939.' col.: people walking into brick building. Interior, women around desk. b&w, men getting into, and driving, trucks in ...;Compiled black-and-white and color home movies featuring 1939 scenes of Municipal Operations workers and the construction of the Municipal Auditorium in Brewer, Maine.
2) 0016.0001 Hurricane, Alewives, Maple Syrup, Turnpike--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 16
b&w. Title, 'W.V. Mitton Production' in script. Man walking down tree-lined street, two people talking by door, views of treetops with wind blowing, garage missing door; tree f...
4) 0024.0001 The Toll of Time--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 24
Title: ‘The Toll of Time’, ‘W.V. Mitton Production.’ Intertitle: ‘MEMBER AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE’. Intertitle: ‘Brickett Bridge, Andover Maine, was built in 1872 of native spruce ...;The Brickett Bridge crosses the West Branch of the Ellis River.
10) 0026.0001 Nequasset Bridge--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 26
Title, 'Nequasset Bridge is on new location of Route 1 near the famous ship-building city of Bath.' View of bridge. Lumber piled up in snow, shoveling machine moving through sno...
1) 0078.0001 Crotch Island
NHF cataloguer's notes, 12/95: Pan of construction site out to water (bay), girders, metal frames rusting. Silo, field, flowers. Quarry. Corregated roof metal, demolished house ...
4) 0153.0001 [Peaks Island aerial footage]
NHF cataloguer's notes: 5004-01-MAHR-19 (nitrate): 'A pleasing glimpse of Peaks Island from an altitude of 1,500 ft.' Islands and water, houses on island. (Very scratched, nitra...
1) 0154.0001 St. Croix Bridge, Vanceboro
Single newsreel story about German saboteur's attempt to destroy international railroad bridge at Vanceboro, Maine. Pan and CU of men walking across bridge with peaveys. Site wh...
17) 0158.0001 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 1
'Cushman southern No. 1' ;First of four reels on a trip to the South. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (10 min.) 'The Ladies Travel South, a four reel picture of scenes from Pinehurst, N.C. to the Mississip...
2) 0158.0002 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 2
Travel scenes from Florida towns. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (12 min.) Alligator and ostrich farm. Alligators sliding down slides, creeping through shadows. Ostriches running...
3) 0158.0003 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 3
Amateur: Travel scenes in Florida resort towns. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (11 min.; film has red tint) Shipwreck. Women pretend to scream. Hurricane aftermath: trees blown d...
4) 0158.0004 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 4
'No. 4. Tallahassee, New Orleans, Miss. Riverboat to NY.';NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (7 min.) Tallahassee to Mississippi Delta. 'Tobacco planters.' Group in the distance. Pigs running along road. Herd of cattle. Men changing tire. N...
8) 0158.0005 State of Maine Dedicates Carlton Bridge, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 5
Amateur. First 17 ft. perf. damage and brittle. 1928 footage, with Title 'Opening the Bake,' man selects corn and clams from large pit clambake. About 12 people look at men arou...
6) 0158.0006 Wrights Manor and Poland Spring, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 6
Amateur. Title, 'Summertime in Maine.' 'Wright's Manor, Norway' [Maines]. Man in plus-fours on road. Cars parked near stone house. Dog on lawn. Rapid pan of landscape. Women in ...
14) 0162.0001 [Herbert Kenney--home movies]
Young, then elderly woman try to saw on tree as young man helps. Family picnic and roughhousing. Young girl running through woods. Children in bathing suits. Couple hugging. Coa...
9) 0262.0001 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 1: Miami and Everglades
Film box notes: 'Feb and March 1955. Joel Campbells home also.' NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: Sea. Ships. Car approaching along road. Palm trees. Oranges. Pan of field, palm tre...
6) 0284.0001 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 1
Croquet match with children, women in fancy dress, views of front of large house and surrounding yard, overview of croquet match, CUs of children, more views of house and cars, ...
12) 0284.0002 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 2
Views of mansion and surrounding fountains, hedges, arches, children posing for camera, workmen unloading supplies, children on boat, view inside boat, approaching a harbor (Bar...
18) 0284.0003 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 3
Good views of huge crowds lining the streets as various official-looking cars pass. Parade begins, a band passes, women with parasols, another band, a large float and 'Queen' at...
9) 0284.0004 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 4
View from inside house, elderly woman on porch. Same woman (Mrs. Davis?) and elderly man approach camera. CU of same woman. Long pan of Bar Harbor area. Pan of house and yard, p...
5) 0284.0005 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 5
Children rolling on beach, CU's of children swinging on tires, pan of house and yard, children racing toward camera, playing on lawn. Two women walk toward camera, dance on lawn...
21) 0284.0006 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 6
Children dancing and acting for camera, interesting views of Willow Grove Park amusement park. Girl and boy smiling and quickly kissing for camera then cartwheeling and dancing ...
12) 0284.0007 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 7
Birthday party July 28, 1927 Gary poses for camera as do his young guests in a group shot then in CU's, playing a game called Going to Jerusalem (musical chairs), a watermelon e...;Meyer Davis rented a house in Jamestown, RI, at 22 Old Walcott Avenue for several years. The house was called "Fairacre."
14) 0284.0008 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 8
Children on porch, croquet, playing with dog inside house, adults playing cards on porch, children acting for camera, playing in yard, croquet, playing pool, child playing by se...
11) 0284.0008A [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 8A
Children act for cameras (dying, etc.), play on beach (with brief shots of adults), a couple kissing, pans of a mountainous region, CU's of adults and children. Birthday party f...
21) 0284.0009A [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 9A
Children at the Jamestown house, wrestling, rolling, swinging bats, throwing balls. Family shots with mother. Running toward camera, adults on lawn chairs. // Meyer Davis Logboo...
18) 0284.0021 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 21
Series of scenes along the boardwalk at Cannes including shops, dogs, donkeys, small cars, tourists, street scenes in Grasse, outside Auteuil Race Track, Horse Racing and Specta...
12) 0284.0022A [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 22A
Views of Netherlands taken from a ship or boat: windmills, houses, trains. Hilda with Dutch people. Exposure problems. Amsterdam street scenes. Quick shot of Pierre Monteux, dan...
18) 0284.0023 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 23
Long pan of mountain range and lake (Bubble Pond, Mt. Desert Island). Boy surveys the scenery. Hilda and Meyer golfing, Hilda dances. Golf shots. Pan of mountain range and car. ...
19) 0284.0024 No Indian to Guide Them, or What Is It a Kemp?
Home drama with titles. Begins with a CU intro of fourteen Davises in a small boat. One of the girls falls overboard and is saved. A woman drops her jewels overboard. Family dis...
22) 0284.0026 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 26
Boating and swimming at Lake Placid, children playing with a puppy. Lake, scenes from the boat of boathouses and speedboats, picnic, diving and swimming. Rolls Royce. // Meyer D...
21) 0284.0027 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 27
Scenes of Willow Grove, an amusement park, with children, rides, flappers, arcades and crowds. A festival at Oak Lane Country Day School with children in costume, gymnastics, da...
27) 0284.0028 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 28
Children playing on land and on boat. Pan of lake and speedboats. Meyer having a smoke. Hilda and the children playing and going on a boat ride. Shots of sailboats, docks, dogs,...
26) 0284.0030 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 30
Swimming and rowing. A gathering on the porch with family and friends. Having fun by the lake. A costume party with little David dressed in blackface and other children dressed ...
2) 0284.0031 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 31
The Lake Placid Ferry. Swimming with the children and Rube Bloom. Picnic at lake house. The Wachapreague Hotel [Virginia]. On the docks with Meyer and friends geting ready for f...
32) 0284.0032 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 32
Views of Grand Canyon. Views of construction of Hoover Dam. Setting up for a polo match. Swimming and relaxing (possibly Peabody's house with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Muni). Visiting t...
29) 0284.0034 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 34
Reel 34. Hilda and Ginny on the boat in New York Harbor with pans of harbor. Hilda and Ginny on board the boat, leaving and crowds waving goodbye. Boat life: badminton, lounging...
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