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5) 0014.0001
Rockland Buildings--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 14
Title, 'Rockland has many fine Federal, County and City public buildings in well kept and attractive settings.' Color, White house with columns around front door and balcony abo...
2) 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...
4) 0155.0006
[Kodascope excerpts]
Collection formerly called 'Seavey Collection' Shots from a circus showing a tightrope walker [Herbert Kenney's uncle was a tightrope walker by profession]. Shots include a bala...
5) 0156.0001
Sociography: How Mainers Work, Live and Play
'A record of the travels of the pioneer sociography class of the Farmington State Teachers' College 1947 Summer Session.' 'Through Maine sociography one learns at firsthand of M...;Tape is in good condition, but transfer is EXTREMELY poor quality. // Original footage is 16mm. Film donated to University of Maine. See collection folder. // Factual film recor...
22) 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...
10) 0252.0001-.0005
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reels 1-5
Can/box annotations and titles appear in quotes. Original times refer to old tape. Times on new dub vary. // Reel 1: (350 ft., dc 1927) 'Central Italy, Rome, Aqua Claudia and Vi...
7) 0252.0026
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 26
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 26: (475 ft., dc 1926) 'Rome II.' 'Ca[?] Epolo part 2, San R[?] Castino 12 B.C., Calle [?].' 'Tribune, supe...
8) 0252.0027
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 27
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 27: (350 ft., dc 1926) 'Nuremburg and Rothenburg, Tauber.' 'Odds and ends, Doctor Kane.' Mauretania cros...
16) 0252.0028
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 28
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 28: (400 ft. dc 1931) [Northern Europe village? Film leader identifies chateau near Salzburg, Austria, and ...
13) 0252.0029
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 29
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 29: (100 ft., dc 1932) 'Hunter's party.' '20th reunion class of 1912, Geo. Washington Univ. Med. School.' '...
10) 0252.0030
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 30
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 30: (100 ft., dc 1931) 'Rastatt and [?]' Street scenes. Steam engine trains and train stations.
12) 0252.0031
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 31
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 31: (100 ft., dc 1931) 'N.C.' Man and woman at empty football field. Lighthouses. Beach. College campus?
5) 0252.0057
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 57
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 57: (100 ft., dc 1934) Ornate old buildings. 'Colorful' native/local people and birds (footage is b&w).
12) 0252.0061
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 61
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 61: (100 ft., dc 1935) (color very red) [Washington D.C.] Parade. Shriners.
14) 0252.0065B
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 65B
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 65B: (50 ft., dc 1935) 'Roth #2.' Small town, flooded.
7) 0252.0075
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 75
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 75: (100 ft., dc 1935) (color very red) Shriners' parade, Washington D.C.
14) 0252.0076
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 76
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 76: (100 ft., dc 1935) (color very red) Shriners' parade, Washington, D.C.
18) 0252.0077
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 77
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 77: (100 ft., dc 1935) 'New York harbor.' (dirty and scratched, color very red)
72) 0252.0079
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 79
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 79: (50 ft., dc 1935) Barnett Bros. three-ring circus. Two men lead elephant from tent and make print o...
19) 0252.0088
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 88
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 88: (400 ft., dc 1935 and 1936) Color (some segments red). Boats and boating. Schooners. New England or Mar...
20) 0252.0089
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 89
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 89: (300 ft.) 'Vacationland 1939-40.' Color. Washington Normal State School. Sign: Joe Burnham's Inn. Scene...
6) 0252.0091
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 91
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 91: (35 ft., dc 1939) 'Austin Longfellow/Ruggles.' Color. 'The historic Ruggles house [Machias].'
11) 0252.0094
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 94
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 94: (400 ft., dc 1939) 'Hanson #1.' 'Blge. Ambois, Chartres, Orange, LeMans, Taormina, Cargenta, Seqesta, N...
20) 0252.0095
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 95
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 95: (400 ft., dc 1939) 'Hanson #2.' 'Washington, Bd-Bd, Salzburg, Garferri, Jarlsburg, [?]igham, Nuremburg,...;Color. On board ship, looking over bow. Stormy sky. Sailing vessel stern. Four master, fully rigged. Planes in sky. Two young men (no shirts) in dinghy behind boat. Scratche...
7) 0252.0122
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 122
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 122: (25 ft.) 'Fredericksburg 1931.' B&w. Woman getting out of car. Sign: James Monroe Attorney at Law. Pan...
4) 0285.0003
Pemaquid
Date from edge code on film. // Shot as unedited documentary footage, gives a detailed visual and oral account of the archeological site in Pemaquid, Maine where two 1000 year o...
26) 0291.0006
Jaipur to Delhi, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 6
Boys weaving. Jantar Mantar, (an equinoctial sundial) Jaipur. A cow turning a mill. A man and a boy in a storefront. (Film changes to color) Tourists getting on an elephant. Cam...;From Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine 1938 – 1939 Nov. 3 – Jan. 22 N.Y. – to – Benares Films to # 33 14 C - Batik workers : Camels (Amedabad) Jaipur – Sun Gat...
13) 0291.0008
Elwins to Calcutta, 1938--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 8
Rock formation. Village scenes. Children and adults. Men and boys performing an acrobatic dance. A group of children. Children on a swing. Shots of the village. A western man wa...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 37, 38, 39 B+W Elwins Finished...;Mahatma Gandhi at Sevagram ashram near Wardha, India, where he lived from April 1936 to near the end of his life.
8) 0291.0008.01
[Adelaide Pearson--home movies] Elwins to Calcutta (Release Print)
Mahatma Gandhi at Sevagram ashram near Wardha, India, where he lived from April 1936 to near the end of his life.
11) 0307 cat. 1001-06-WABI-54
Barnum and Bailey Circus
New York City: Circus at Madison Square Garden including children riding elephants, a parade through streets. Narrated with music.
24) 0318 cat.0013-06-WABI-59
Wild Animal Circus
Wild animal circus. Shots of caged elephants, camels, llamas, leopard and zebra. Also elephants performing, and clowns dressing child in clown costume.
5) 0401 cat. 0080-08-WABI-64
Circus at Brewer
Brewer: Shots through cage bars of leopards performing with a trainer including a balancing act, jumping through fire hoops and playing.
6) 0410 cat. 0081-10-WABI-64
Circus at Brewer
Brewer: Shots of International Hippodrome Circus including performers' trailer, a boy with a dog, people on a trampoline, people talking, and a man looking at a drum set.
9) 0416 cat. 1036-15-WABI-64
Circus at Brewer
Brewer: Shots of International Hippodrome Circus including performers' trailer, a boy with a dog, people on a trampoline, people talking, and a man looking at a drum set, woman ...
10) 0431 cat. 1012-05-WABI-61
Circus
Circus including clown with audience, tiger in a cage, circus entrance, crowd entering, Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus sign, elephants, giraffes, camels, woman with monkey.
9) 0565 cat. 0038-02-WABI-59
Cerebral Palsy Children
Children roller skating, at circus, at day camp, at YMCA pool, and at the United Cerebral Palsy Center.
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