131 work results

2) 0039.0001 Dawn of America
Celebration of Maine's sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary, shows history of Maine from its discovery and role in nation's development. French settlement at St. Croix Island, P...
35) 0066.PC1 Monson Ice Roller
No description available
2) 0134.0001 Harvest Bumper Crop Ice
On the Kenduskeag River, marking ice into cakes, handsaws at work, piking thru channel in river, putting ice into converyor, ls cu same, showing thickness of ice, reverse shot i...
4) 0135/0136.0001 Cutting Ice
Cutting with gas-powered saw (Model T engine) and using hand tools. Using tool to push ice block. Various views of conveyor carrying blocks up from pond into ice house. Scraper ...
1) 0137 National Archives Research Tape
Compilation tape containing four titled pieces from National Archives collections: 'How and Why of Spuds (14 min.): USDA-produced; 'Home (5 min.): regarding various types of Ame...
6) 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...
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...
1) 0252.0006-.0012 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reels 6-12
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 6: (400 ft) 'FDR, cherry blossoms, White House, Washington monuments 1929-30.' Washington DC. ...
24) 0252.0032B [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 32B
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 32B: (100 ft., dc 1932) 'Interiors.' A tour of a house.
19) 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).
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].'
10) 0252.0093 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 93
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 93: (250 ft., dc 1939) Color. [Caribbean?] vacation scenes. Shots of old ruins.
22) 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...
27) 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...
1) 0291.0002 Tahiti to Fiji, 1937--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 2
Can label: 'Tahiti to Fiji Stella Polaris 2 1937.' ;A dance performance (possibly hula or otea), three women and one man performing, accompanied by guitars. Footage of dancers, slowed down. A man standing in the water, holding an...
16) 0291.0005 Blue Hill to Jaipur, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 5
Ferris wheel and fair scenes in front of Blue Hill harness race. On board a cruise ship, waves, the White Cliffs of Dover. A farm. Sheep. Scenes of the English countryside, a ra...;From Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine 1938 – 1939 Nov. 3 – Jan. 22 N.Y. – to – Benares Films to # 33 0 = C = 1 = C. ? (landing/wandering?) Chester (Chester to...
25) 0291.0007 Delhi to Elwins, 1938--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 7
A group of children sitting on the ground. Women and children on the street. People sitting on a rooftop. Girls carrying platters on their heads. People on the street. Shots ins...;From Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine 1938 – 1939 Nov. 3 – Jan. 22 N.Y. – to – Benares Films to # 33 23 – C. - Delhi potters painting : Agra Fort : - Taj 25 –...
2) 0291.0009 Calcutta to Bangkok, 1936-1937--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 9
People making offerings. (?) Shots of a town street. Goats. Women carrying baskets on their heads. Beggars. Boats on a river. (Film changes to color) A temple. A garden. Boats o...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 47 B+W Calcutta – Kali Temple River Tr...
15) 0291.0010 Bangkok to Angkor--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 10
Standing Buddha shrine. Monks washing beside a canal (klong). Panning shot of temple (wat) roof and klong. (Wat Benchamabophit, Bangkok, Thailand) Wat entrance with yaksha statu...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 53 - C – Bangkok – Palace + Temple encl...
11) 0291.0011 Angkor to Peking, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 11
A road. Musicians carrying instruments. Dancers performing in front of Angkor Wat. (Siem Reap, Cambodia) The Cambodian Royal Palace. (with French flags) A funeral procession. Mo...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 62 C – Siem Reap = Pra Khom Pre Rup – P...
10) 0427 cat. 1040-02-WABI-64 Dolley Interview of Nassar
Interview of Nassar by Jim Dolley regarding Egypt, its landscape, new Aswan dam, the Pyramids, agricultural outlook, culture and fashion.
20) 0452 cat. 1060-27-WABI-67 IMC-Chlor-Alkali Plant Report #2
Workers working on large building with large tanks and huge open areas with large girder spans.
18) 0452 cat. 1061-03-WABI-67 Federal Building Follow-Up
Highlights of construction of Federal building. Placement of Federal seals on sides of front door, lettering on eaves of roof. Shots of bulldozer pushing dirt.
32) 0452 cat. 1061-11-WABI-67 Appleton Oakes Mansion Story
House on the shore. Detailed look at a mansion from several angles with concentration on the roof.
29) 0453 cat. 1061-16-WABI-67 Maine Vo-Tech Inst. Progress Report
Construction of large Vo-Tech building. Quick pan across the side of the building and then cut to sides. Man walking along side to show scale of building. Men working on windows...
28) 0548.0009 [Alfond Arena Completed]
Footage of newly completed Alfond Arena at the University of Maine in Orono.
15) 0559 cat. 1018-08-WABI-61 [Tanks in Paris]
Paris: Tanks line streets, men looks through piles of clothes after standing in long lines, a man speaks in a room, and famous Paris buildings are shown in CU.
27) 0659 The Forts of Casco Bay (program 1)
No description available
4) 0659 Collage
Excerpts from 'A Question of Survival,' 'The First Mainers Meet the New Mainers,' 'Portland Historic Neighborhoods: The Western Promenade,' Phi Beta Kappa Conference at Colby Co...
26) 0659 Tate House
Tape begins with unrelated material from other programs. Rest of tape appears to be unedited master for a program on the exterior architecture of the historic Stroudwater House.
35) 0659 Adaptive Reuse -- Old Houses
Portland : Reuse of old buildings focusing primarily on Portland. Map of Tower of London. Photo of same. Stills of Portland's Union Station, Grand Trunk Station, St. Stephen's C...
8) 0688.0001 Granite State Sampler, The
One side of disc is still images, the other side is moving images. Includes NHF archival footage of ice harvesting ('Cutting Ice,' 1943). ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY. Jacket notes as ...
62) 0689 Grace: A Portrait of Grace DeCarlton Ross
Biography of actress-dancer Ross, who was still dancing at the age of 93 (died 1983). Opens with dance class. Grace dancing with young woman in yard, on shore, in nightclub. Cla...
33) 0723 cat. 5457-01-WCSH-90 Maine's Ice Cutters
Dated January 1990. Story about contemporary ice cutter including CU of deer, squirrel. Steve Philbr(ick?) cutting ice with power saw and hand saw. His camp. He speaks on joy of...
21) 0724.0001 [Ralph S. Taylor, Sr.--home movies] Ice Cutting
Titled film on ice harvesting process in East Andover, NH. Shows the boarding house where men slept and ate when they were brought from the city to cut ice, and work horse parad...
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