77 work results

1) 1902.0001 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 1, Accession 1902
Box notes: "Bethel, ME, Feb. 1929";People skiing on snowy hill, passing camera as they go down a slope one by one. The hill is not groomed, so some cross-country ski, and some downhill ski on the same track. As...
2) 1902.0002 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 2, Accession 1902
Can notes: "St. Jovite & Bethel, Feb. 1930. Skiing" ;Views of people cross-country skiing in open, flat, snowy area, then in a wooded area. A group of dogs are attached to a dog-sled, and one is hard to control as it waits to go....
3) 1902.0003 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 3, Accession 1902
Box label: "Air Meet, 1932" Biplanes and planes lined up on a flight line, and a trio of planes flying overhead. Spectators on the ground watch planes circling. Plane t...
4) 1902.0004 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 4, Accession 1902
Box label: "Quaboag River, May 1935 Kayaking and canoeing, rapids." The Quaboag River is a whitewater Class III and features several named rapids. Views of fast-running Qua...
33) 1902.0005 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 5, Accession 1902
Can label: "Westfield River, April 1936. Kayaking scenes" The Westfield River has been designated a National Wild & Scenic River, and has Class I-III rapids along its length. ...
34) 1902.0006 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 6, Accession 1902
Notes from titles: "Boston Skating Club Carnival 1937 and 1938" Intertitle: "Boston Skating Club Carnival 1937" Choreographed dance of young women in pink tulle costumes dancing...
23) 1902.0007 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 7, Accession 1902
Can note (and on title): "Boston Skating Club Carnival, 1939" Intertitle: "Boston Skating Club Carnival 1939" Skaters dressed as toy soldiers, toreros, majorettes, and horses s...
8) 1902.0008 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 8, Accession 1902
Can note: "Lake Placid, Feb. 1932" The Winter Olympics took place in Lake Placid, NY, February 4-15, 1932, with 14 events in 8 sports. Views of skaters in an outdoor rink, espe...
9) 1902.0009 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 9, Accession 1902
Can notes: "December 1934, Elmwood Feb. 1935, Franconia" Cross country skiers in forested area. Views from top of hill as skiers start down toward open farmland below (underex...
10) 1902.0010 Busting Bubbles
Donald Duck in "Busting Bubbles"
11) 1902.0011 Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Kodak Cinegraph version of directors, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, documentary feature.
12) 1902.0012 Hindenburg Explodes!
Pathegram film on the Hindenburg crash in 1937
5) 1902.0013 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 13, Accession 1902
Can note: "Surf, Cranberry, Dart, Jericho Bay, Black Duck" Extended coverage of waves crashing against rocky Maine shoreline which looks similar to that on Mt. Desert. POV fr...
14) 1902.0014 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 14, Accession 1902
Can note: "Westfield River, 1915"
27) 1902.0015 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 15, Accession 1902
"Kayak in [?], Cohasset, and in Surf, Blue Hill, Mt. Desert" Date on can: June 20 & Aug. 26, 1915
13) 1902.0016 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 16, Accession 1902
"Family, Milton" Notes: "October 1915, Family members" Views of a car parked at the edge of a road, and another car with its convertible top down driving down a dirt driveway...
11) 1902.0017 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 17, Accession 1902
"Katharine" Dates on can: Sept. & Dec. 1915 and 1919
12) 1902.0018 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 18, Accession 1902
Notes: Dates on can: "June & Sept. 1915" POV from boat as it comes into a landing, including a boathouse. Hadley Harbor, Naushon Island, with view of a Herreshoff 121/2 un...
16) 1902.0019 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 19, Accession 1902
Janet & Florry, Milton, Seal Harbor (KF, JF, FEF & Yeddy), Milton See-Saw. Dates on can: 'June & Sept. 1915.';DEC. 1920
2) 1902.0021 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 21, Accession 1902
Quaboag River, April 30, 1922
2) 1902.0022 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 22, Accession 1902
Irving Forbes, with KF, JF, & FEF and ball. Katharine and Florence skiing; FEFdance; KF & JFdance. Dates on can: 1924, 1925, Dec. 1926, April 1928.
21) 1902.0024 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 24, Accession 1902
Surf on Mount Desert Is. Maine
7) 1902.0025 France's Famous Gun the 75
Description from "Descriptive list of Pathefilms Classified" found at The Otter; The Marten
Description from "Descriptive list of Pathefilms Classified" found at Round Przemysl
Description from "Descriptive list of Pathefilms Classified" found at The Heart and the Circulation of the Blood
Description from "Descriptive list of Pathefilms Classified" found at The Water Beetle (Dytiscus) and its Larva
Description from "Descriptive list of Pathefilms Classified" found at [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 30, Accession 1902
Not on reel
18) 1902.0032 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 32, Accession 1902
Negatives (rolls and scraps)
26) 1902.0034 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 34, Accession 1902
First shot: waves crashing on rocks - holds this shot for a long time, with the tide coming and going. Different shots of waves, then moves closer in. More angles of rocks and...
35) 1902.0035 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 35, Accession 1902
Shots of rocks and waves
36) 1902.0036 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 36, Accession 1902
Shots of rocks and waves
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