227 work results

1) 0015.0001 Swanville Farm Apple Trees--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 15
Title, 'Hardy-stock apple trees are selected and varieties top-grafted,' man working with small tree, wrapping a graft. Title, 'Prior to the trees reaching bearing age commerci...;Color home movies documenting work activity at a commercial orchard in Swanville, Maine, circa 1940.
12) 0069.0001 [ARCO bicentennial outtakes]
NHF cataloguer's notes: NOTES ARE SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER- TAKEN FROM FOOTAGE BEFORE IT WAS TRANSFERRED- SOME SHOTS WERE ON REEL BACKWARDS OR REVERSED Street fair. MS families sit...
5) 0137.0002 Pilgrim Forests (reel 1 of 2)
Pilgrim Forests, produced by the National Park Service, United States Department of Interior, in cooperation with the Emergency Cooperation Work, about Civilian Conservation Cor...
4) 0140.0001-.0012 [various videotapes]
35 tapes from Acc. 0140-0142 moved from Blue Hill to NHF, 7/2002. Individual tapes identified when possible, otherwise labeled '0140-0142'. Various segments on: [Iowa farm famil...
2) 0142 [Interview with Joseph Millett]
35 tapes from Acc. 0140-0142 moved from Blue Hill to NHF, 7/2002. Individual tapes identified when possible, otherwise labeled '0140-0142'. Filmed conversation with Joseph Mille...
5) 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 ...
11) 0252.0118 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 118
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 118: (100 ft., dc 1936 and 1929) 'Melissa [?].' Color. Young naked child outside adobe home. Workers and bu...
14) 0260.0001 Northeastern States, 2nd Edition
Educational film produced by Encyclopedia Brittanica covering New England and N.Y., Penn., N.J., Del., and Maryland. Visually unidentified footage: dairy production, apple orcha...
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...
33) 0262.0002 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 2: Silver Springs
Film box notes: '1936. Picnics and Mt. Jefferson.' NHF cataloguer's notes. 1/96: Loading wheelbarrow, woman carrying bucket. Couple walking toward camera. Sitting, gesturing. Fl...
12) 0280.0001 Trail to Better Dairying
A-wind print. 1941, 1946 edge codes on film. Believed to be composed of camera original film. Consists of both Ansco and Kodachrome stock. Ansco color is significantly faded. //...
20) 0280.0002 Trail to Better Dairying
B-wind print. Date from edge code on film. Believed to be dupe of original (acc. 0280.0001). Consists of both Ansco and Kodachrome stock. // Educational work about the first yea...
14) 0280.0003 [Trail to Better Dairying Outtake]
Short outtake element found in can with 0280.0001. Ansco film stock. Color faded.
18) 0280.0004-.0008 [Trail to Better Dairying Soundtrack] Discs
Five sound discs containing the soundtrack to 'Trail to Better Dairying.' Stored in the audio area of the vault.
18) 0280.0010 Trail to Better Dairying (Color Internegative)
Color internegative created from best color portions of original 16mm prints (acc. 0280.0001 and 0280.0002) at Colorlab, 09/2007.
16) 0280.0011 Trail to Better Dairying (Release Print)
Release print created from color negative (acc. 0280.0010) at Colorlab, 09/2007. // Educational work about the first year of the Hancock County Dairy Club.
10) 0306 cat. 0004-02-WABI-57 Governor Edmund S. Muskie Inauguration
Augusta: Edmund Muskie's inaugural speech as governor of Maine includes Maine's natural resources, the farm economies, fish and game, forests and clean water, fair labor laws, c...
18) 0313 cat. 0009-06-WABI Pepper Farm Fire
Pepper Farm fire. Shots of crowds, buildings on fire, fire fighters watching.
33) 0322 cat.0016-05-WABI-60 Frost Farm Fire
Frost Farm on fire. Farm burning, fire fighters with hose, car on fire.
29) 0322 cat.0016-06-WABI-60 Farm and Home Week at UM
Students and faculty at Farm and Home Week presentation. Students walking in front of Student Union, students and faculty listening to speaker.
26) 0322 cat.1007-09-WABI-60 Farm and Home Week at Univ. of Maine
Live broadcast including UM sign, a WABI interview, people seated and listening, baby animal playing.
35) 0334 cat. 0024-10-WABI-61 Hugh Davis Barn Fire
Fire burning at Hugh Davis barn.
23) 0341 cat. 0027-02-WABI-61 Industrial Show in Augusta
Show including Raytheon, Portland Cement, Maine Department of Agriculture, Pepperell Fabrics and Maine Diesel.
30) 0343 cat. 0029-07-WABI-61 Rice Paddies
People working in rice paddies.
33) 0343 cat. 0030-02-WABI-61 Maine Potato Queen
Queen arrives on train, door opens to reveal her seated on throne. She meets reporters, receives flowers.
34) 0343 cat. 0030-05-WABI UM Farm and Home Week
Orono : Meetings, livestock, displays, WABI News interviews.
33) 0353 cat. 1020-06-WABI-62 Farm and Home Week
Orono: Event at University of Maine including WABI interview.
33) 0356 cat. 0048-21-WABI-62 Blueberry Pickers
Blueberry picking process shows plants, weighing berries, berry boxes.
29) 0362 cat. 0052-08-WABI-62 Bull Auction at UM
Cow and bull auction including parade for bidders. CU, MS, and LS of bull.
14) 0364 cat. 0050-21-WABI-62 Farm and Home Week at UM
WABI interviews people at Farm and Home Week.
32) 0381 cat. 0003-22-WABI-63 Farm and Home Week at UM
Event including interviews with participants, farm animal.
33) 0382 cat. 0072-01-WABI-63 Bangor Grange
Bangor: Setup of grange at Bangor Shopping Center including crowds, children and cattle.
17) 0385 cat. 0068-16-WABI-63 Soil Conference
Meeting.
10) 0385 cat.1028-10-WABI-63 Muskie
Senator Edmund S. Muskie speaks to the camera from behind a desk on selling Maine potatoes to the Soviet Union. Economic and political aspects. Says, 'we can bury them agricultu...
35) 0389 cat. 1028-09-WABI-63 McIntire
Congressman McIntire speaks to the camera in a message on civil rights legislation and his support of it. Also why farmers should sign up for acreage in support of a new quota o...
59) 0396 cat. 1031-10-WABI-64 Edmund Muskie on Sugar Beet
Muskie speaking to camera on fundraising for sugar beet project, for Maine to have one of only three refineries in country, economic impact on state, his support of it.
70) 0398 cat. 1034-14-WABI-64 Farm and Home Week
Farm and Home Week event including farm product booths and experiments, home products, lawn mowers, fertilizers, an audience listening to a speech, a man receiving a blood test.
22) 0398 cat. 1035-02-WABI-64 Potatoes Week
Dunn speaking on Maine potato industry including workers, potato's image. Also shots of a train pulling into junction with a woman engineer who gets out and presents suited men ...
27) 0398 cat. 1035-09-WABI-64 Birch Interview
Interview of Birch by George Redpath regarding Birch's organizations' plans to visit Aroostook family farms. Similar to or same as Cat. no. 0078-04-WABI-64.
24) 0401 cat. 0080-15-WABI-64 Farm and Home Week at Univ. of Maine
Orono: Scenes from event including a meat cutting demonstration using a side of beef, and cattle in their pens.
32) 0401 cat. 1035-11-WABI-64 Cliff McIntire on Beets
Congressman McIntire speech on sugar beet refinery proposal, which would give Maine one of only three such facilities in nation.
26) 0401 cat. 1035-13-WABI-64 Muskie -- Sugar Beet
Senator Muskie speaking on new sugar refinery that Great Western Sugar Company will build for $17 million. He thanks project planners and says it will provide thousands of new j...
27) 0401 cat. 1036-14-WABI-64 University of Maine
Interview with secretary O. Freeman regarding sugar beet refinery proposed for Maine, and the fact that competition with other states is making process take longer. Same as Cat....
28) 0408 cat. 0077-15-WABI-64 Farm And Home Week
Event including booths with lawnmowers, fertilizer, a chemist, visitors, WABI cameras.
29) 0408 cat. 0078-04-WABI-64 Howard Birch
Interview with Birch by George Redpath regarding Birch's organization and their plans to visit Aroostook County family farms.
34) 0408 cat. 0078-08-WABI-64 Potatoes Week
Mr. Dunn discussion of Maine potato industry including potato farmers, potato's image, a woman engineer pulling a train into junction and presenting men with bags of potatoes.
31) 0408 cat. 0078-09-WABI-64 Governor Reed on Potatoes
Interview with Governor Reed regarding potato industry including its future, merchandising, economics.
32) 0409 cat. 0081-04-WABI-64 O. Freeman
Interview with Secretary O. Freeman regarding sugar beet refinery petitioned for by Maine. Says why he thinks process is taking longer than expected, and that many other states ...
33) 0410 cat. 0082-04-WABI-64 Cliff McIntire on Beets
McIntire discusses selection of Maine for one of three beet refineries to be built in U.S. He displays enthusiasm and gives credit to the University of Maine for initiating the ...
34) 0423 cat. 0090-01-WABI-64 Freeman at UM
Orono: Visit of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Freeman during Farm and Home Week including speaking with Senator Edmund Muskie, discussing agricultural legislation, and sale of w...
34) 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.
12) 0428 cat. 0090-03-WABI-64 Dolley-Nassar Interview
Interview of Nassar of Egypt by Mike Dolley including discussion of Egypt and its landscape, the new Aswan Dam, the Pyramids, agriculture, fashion, and culture. Program: 'Live M...
17) 0432 cat. 0091-03-WABI-65 Potato Blossom Festival
Parade including Miss Maine, the Potato Queen, the Maple Queen, Miss Junior Maine, and others.
18) 0450 cat. 1057-24-WABI-67 Future Farmers of America -- Orono
Orono: Meeting including high school students listening to speakers.
19) 0450 cat. 1058-03-WABI-67 Vahlsing Discusses Sugar Beets and Potato Processing
Speaker talking to group of men.
27) 0451 cat. 1059-07-WABI- Cole's Express Offers Carrier Rides
Interview of Cole includes painting of Cole's trucks lined up, discussion of new program allowing people to ride carriers between truck terminals. Rides will be round trip betwe...
21) 0452 cat. 1060-21-WABI-67 Parkman-White Farm in Skowhegan
Interview about 4H fund-raising cattle auction and the livestock to be sold at the auction. Shots of cows and farmer behind fence. 4H representative talks about foreign exchange...
22) 0453 cat. 1063-09-WABI-67 Page Farm Contributes to Crossman 4H Auction
Barn with sign reading 'Page Farms.' House and barn. Calf with white forehead. Farmer with grandson. Daughter with calf. Father, daughter, grandson, calf and dog. Calf. Calf wit...
26) 0550 cat. 0043-05-WABI Black Beauty Potatoes
Tour of potato factory showing process of potato production from harvesting to packaging. Shots of plants, automatic potato digger, people picking potatoes, packing potatoes in ...
5) 0641 B & A Iced Cars
Carl Smith, vice-president of B & A Railroad, describes company's new iced cars with a two and a half-ton capacity for use by potato shippers. Shot of one being loaded with ice.
9) 0683 H.O.M.E.
Dated 14 September 1980. // Standup by Jerry Landay. Intro by Richard Threlkeld. Views of Bucksport area. Blueberry raking. Chet Turner interview. Stanley Grindle regarding seas...
32) 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 ...
27) 0720 cat. 5441-01-WCSH-82 [(Tebbetts?) Home Farm outtakes]
Clif Reynolds wearing cowboy hat stands in front of milking machines. Makes a statement regarding significance of new dairying technology.
34) 0725 4H, A Family Special
Dated October 1987. Ted Greene, a bearded maple syrup maker wearing a flannel shirt, narrates. Kids recite 4H pledge. Sebago Town Hall sign. 4H activities. Christmas tree. Ridin...
1) 0742.PC2 4-H Today
WABI news program: '4-H Today' (approx. 15 min.).
30) 0742.PC6 Agriculture: A Key to Maine's Future
WABI news program: 'Agriculture: A Key to Maine's Future,' dated 4/19/88 (59:56 min).
6) 0747.0001 [Allan Preble Robinson--home movies] Reel 1
Amateur footage. Various aspects of logging operations in the upper Kennebec Valley in the 1930s. Donor's notes: Reel 1 (400 ft.): putting logs in water, woods camp, woods opera...
4) 0747.0002 [Allan Preble Robinson--home movies] Reel 2
Amateur footage. Various aspects of logging operations in the upper Kennebec Valley in the 1930s. Donor's notes: Reel 2 (400 ft.): four-foot wood, log boom, Wyman Lake, two-hors...
92) 0747.0003 [Allan Preble Robinson--home movies] Reel 3
Amateur footage. Donor's notes: Reel 3 (100 ft.): haying, horses, thrashing oats, bailing straw.
4) 0747.0004 [Allan Preble Robinson--home movies] Reel 4
Amateur footage. Donor's notes: Reel 4 (100 ft.): cows, horses at barn, sheep in barn yard, horses in barn yard, winter; unloading horses from truck, horses in yard, summer.
23) 0752.0023 Warner Pathe News: Volume 4, Number 2
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'Report on Korea'; 'Report on Germany'; 'Attempt to Slay Sultan'; 'Mid-Atlantic Sea Rescue'; 'Art: Masterwor...
25) 0752.0030 Warner Pathe News: Volume 4, Number 9
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'The Communist Threat: Train Links China and Russia, Berlin Refugee Flood at Height, Freedom Plane Arrives i...
32) 0752.0035 Warner Pathe News: Volume 5, Number 4
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'The Elections'; 'Keeping Up With the President: He Dedicates Iwo Statue, He Welcomes New Americans, He Open...
32) 0752.0060 Warner Pathe News: Volume 8, Number 2
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'U.N. Condemns Russia'; 'Adenauer is Reelected'; 'Mirror Carrier Landings'; 'Arctic Ice Cap Adventure'; 'Hum...
7) 0752.0063 Warner Pathe News: Volume 8, Number 5
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'News of the President'; 'Satellite Test Fails'; ''Free Fall' Parachuting'; 'Four-H Club Champions'; 'Aviati...
1) 0752.0066 Warner Pathe News: Volume 8, Number 8
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'Navy Moon in Orbit'; 'Brussels World Fair'; 'Inside Cuba's Revolt'; 'Navy Polar Crew Returns'; 'Historic An...
5) 0759.0005 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 5
Cape flowers, ditch digging at Lodge, Cape boats, farm equipment, fields, etc.;A trellis with morning glory flowers. Flower garden. Shot of landscape with mountains in the distance. A tractor cutting a trench for a pipe. Panning shots of lakes and landscap...
5) 0759.0011 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 11
Garden on front lawn, haying at farm, off to church, closet Janet, Rowdy & Bull, winter yard.;A garden. A girl walking through the garden. A tractor. A man cutting grass with a scythe. A girl driving horse drawn farm equipment. The man with the scythe. A truck piled with...
32) 0759.0016 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 16
Burning brush, logs in lake, plantings after 1938, horses, Jan in yard, lilacs, steamer, log drive.;(Shaky footage) People walking past parked cars. Bonfires. A boat and logs on the water. People on horseback. Newly planted trees. A girl (Janet) playing outside. Janet and a do...
30) 0759.0030 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 30
Combine at Greenleaf Place, the (7,8) Sherban Birches.;A man with a dead raccoon. A dog. A man tips his hat to the camera. A truck load of corn. An orchard. A tractor pulling a combine, mowing a field. Close up of a baby. Panning sh...;'Mills, kid, coons, dog, Mike, combine Pinnacle.'
8) 0759.0031 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 31
Picking peas, ? husking corn or ? cows at Pinnacle, Peter and John Laban at Lodge, sleigh at Cape, snow plow.;A farm field. People outdoors. People husking corn. Dark shots of people outdoors. A boy carrying a bottle. A person on horseback. Men getting into a car. A deer strapped to the...
23) 0760.0001 [Harrie B. Coe--Maine promotional film]
This is a 16mm reduction print. // 1930 date code on film. // Film has twist and edgewave throughout. // Travelogue: Title: 'Limestone from Rockland...' (one or two frames only)...
2) 0760.0002 [Water Sports Day at the Rangeley Lake Hotel]
1932 date code on film. // Title card: 'Water Sports Day at the Rangeley Lake Hotel, August 13, 1932.' 'Photographed, edited and titled by Harrie B. Coe.' 'Can you find yourself...
11) 0782 Potatoland
Informational film on potato growing. Notes by NHF intern: Woman talking in her kitchen, showing potato dishes. Men getting potatoes. Tractors in field. Field with mountains. Tr...
13) 0782 Maine's Better Seed
'The State of Maine is a national leader in both the production and sale of seed potatoes. Constant, untiring, exhaustive testing is carried on in Maine and at Homestead, Florid...
14) 0782 Maine's Brazilian Partner
Rio Grande Do Norte, Maine's sister state in northeast Brazil.
15) 0782 Potato Eaters
'The story of the extraordinary journey of the Irish potato from the Peruvian Andes to Ireland and the United States; with scenes of primitive agriculture in Peru, the Irish pot...
8) 0782.0007 Nature's Blueberryland
Concerns blueberry cultivation and cookery. 'Wild, low bush blueberries are a product of nature, assisted by man. Shown are the traditional blueberry 'burn,' and other unique as...
10) 0792.0001 New England
Video copy of film about New England. There are several themes in this film that focus on nature, lifestyle, work, architecture and geographical locations in New England. There ...
36) 0800 Living the Good Life
Helen and Scott Nearing left city life 45 years ago to homestead. This footage is a visit to their farm in Maine. FOR REFERENCE ONLY. NHF cataloguer's notes: Helen and Scott Nea...
1) 0801.0001 Maine family activities and travels, circa 1930-1950-- Ben Blodget--home movies. Reel 1
Compiled home movie reel including 1939 New York World's Fair color footage shot by Benjamin P. Blodget, resident of Bucksport, Maine. ;New York World's Fair footage: United States Building and Lagoon of Nations with fountains. Government Zone Pavilions including Romania Pavilion. Union of Soviet Socialist Rep...
17) 0803.0004 [Harold B. Neal--home movies] Reel 4
Original title from donor for Reel 4: 'Begins with trip to Nova Scotia, Machias, etc. Maine Coast, fall. Good fall color.' NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96 for Reel 4: Machias, Me. ...
93) 0813.0402 [Maine Beef Farmers]
News story dated 06-07-68. Maine beef farmers are trucking beef out of state to increase prices. Interview at shipping yard.
9) 0823 Speaks for Itself
One of seventeen advertisements submitted as Bangor Advertising Awards Entries, 1989-1990 to 1990 Kane Awards show: client Capistro Wine, title 'Speaks for Itself,' producer WLBZ
10) 0823 American Tradition
One of seventeen advertisements submitted as Bangor Advertising Awards Entries, 1989-1990 to 1990 Kane Awards show: client Downeast Country Wines, title 'American Tradition,' pr...
16) 0823 [title not known]
One of seventeen advertisements submitted as Bangor Advertising Awards Entries, 1989-1990 to 1990 Kane Awards show: client Footman's Dairy, [title?], producer Duffy Darrow, 30 sec.
7) 0838.0015 [promotional footage by Harrie B. Coe] Reel 15
NHF cataloguer's notes (reel numbers are NHF-assigned): Reel 15: Note on film box: 'Cull.' Shot list inside box: 'Battleships off CE. Auto[?]. Butterflies on lilacs. Puffins. Lo...
26) 0847.0003 [Potato Harvest]
Potato harvest in Northern Maine. Interview and poetry reading by Norm Dube in Bedford (NH).
15) 0849 [Various state and federal films]
Includes the following titles: - Bicycling Safety Tips, National Safety Council, 117 ft. - Geothermal: Nature's Boiler, ERDA, 270 ft. - Hawaii: Come for the Beauty, Hawaiian Tou...
12) 0849 [Various titles]
Includes the following titles: - Waterfront, a television series (syndicated 1954) about San Pedro Harbor (CA), starring Preston Foster; 16 episodes, 1,000 ft. each. - 138 assor...
17) 0849 Apples Away
Documentary/factual work: Methods of preserving apples. Begins with art, slides of Native Americans preparing food. Methods of food preservation in early European settlement inc...
13) 0849 Nature's Blueberryland
No description available
31) 0849 Potatoland
No description available
32) 0849/0855.0002 Part-Time Farmer
Views of countryside, farm buildings, birds, nature. 'One-tenth of Maine's farmers are part-time.' Backgrounds of individuals vary: doctor, trapper, TV performer, etc. Scenes of...
12) 0874.0001 ['The How and Why of Spuds' with music added]
Video copy of 'The How and Why of Spuds' with soundtrack added by Ken Blazej, independent filmmaker.
1) 0885.0001 [Alfred Pfister--home movies] Reel 001
Donor's notes and NHF cataloguer's notes: Reel 1: West Indies Cruise (1931). Two women, one man CU, making faces. Pan lake front. Pan garden through trees. Countryside. Women in...
11) 0885.0004 [Alfred Pfister--home movies] Reel 004
Donor's notes and NHF cataloguer's notes: Raising American flag. Large gathering on front lawn. Play acting, young men being killed, shooting bows and arrows. Boys climbing on f...
7) 0885.0006 [Alfred Pfister--home movies] Reel 006
Donor's notes and NHF cataloguer's notes: Reel 6: Farm. Swans. Horses running through fields. Cows. Dappled horses. Swans, water wheel. Farm equipment. Tractor ca.1920s. Sprayin...
21) 0885.0013 [Alfred Pfister--home movies] Reel 013
Donor's notes and NHF cataloguer's notes: Graduation ceremony, all women's college (Smith College). Farm work.
10) 0889.0001 Welcome to the Maine Grange
Dated May 1, 1992. 'Greetings from the Grange.' Maine grange history, with exteriors of numerous grange buildings, also interiors and performance of grange games, comic readings...
1) 0916 Aroostook County, 1920s
NHF edited version of Presque Isle films from Michael Bernard Collection/acc. 0916. 'Edit master' made 12/31/94. With sound track compiled by Danny Patt, recorded by Clayton Smith.
22) 0916.0001 [Presque Isle scenes, ca.1920] (NHF Reel 1)
Aroostook County footage. General description: One shows downtown Presque Isle on the town's centennial in 1920, and includes shots of businesses on Main Street such as the Oper...
33) 0937.0001 Sunrise County USA
[no abstract notes available]
114) 0952.0166 [Shanghai and Commune #1]
Label on tape: 'P to P #16. Shanghai + Commune #1.' // Raw video shot for MPBN production "Behind the Curtains: Mainers in Russia and China." // Shots taken from onboard ferry o...
1) 0952.0198 [Woods & Waters: William Clark]
Program #107. // Bud Leavitt visits the home of author and journalist William 'Bill' Clark in Caratunk, Maine. Clark writes column titled 'Logrolling.' Clark speaks about his li...
28) 0952.0261 Behind the Curtains: Mainers in Russia and China
Record date: October 19, 1983. // Program documents a July 1983 agricultural goodwill mission sponsored by People to People International (PTPI). 23 residents of Maine visited l...
1) 0952.0348 In and Out of Maine: The New People
Record date: October 8, 1976. // Documentary focuses on young people moving to Maine from urban areas in search of a natural life as part of the homesteading movement. People di...
6) 1017.0001 Giant Horses: The Pulling Horse Controversy
Reference copy.
2) 1045.0004 Working Women of Waldo County: Her Story
NHF cataloguer's notes, 11/94: Still photos. Oral history format: stories of four women and their working lives, their mothers and grandmothers. [poor sound] Woman cooking and t...
12) 1045.0007 This Land: The Story of a Community Land Trust and a Co-Op Called H.O.M.E.
Documentary about land co-op organization in Orland, Hancock County, Maine. NHF cataloguer's notes, 11/94: Discussion of land price inflation and emigration of native mainers du...
5) 1050.0003 [Quincy Market Centennial] Version 2
One of two films sponsored by the Faneuil Hall Markets Century Celebration in 1926. This industrial film details the history of the markets, and showcases industries surroundi...
14) 1092.0005-.0007 [George Mulherin--home movies] Reels 5-7
NHF cataloguer's notes, 11/94 for Reels 5-7: [NOTE: DIVISIONS BETWEEN REELS IS UNCLEAR IN CAT. NOTES.] Mining operation. Town shots. Big mountains in background (the Rockies?). ...
20) 1092.0008-.0009 The Resource and the Challenge (NHF Reels 8-9)
NHF cataloguer's notes, 11/94 for NHF Reels 8-9: [DIVISION BETWEEN REELS IS UNCLEAR] 'J.R. Simplot Co. Presents The Resource and the Challenge.' Promo film for a mining and agri...
4) 1092.0011 [1964 Maine Potato Festival] (NHF Reel 11)
NHF cataloguer's notes, 11/94 for Reel 11: Banquet. Local beauty pageant, Miss Van Buren and Miss Houlton. Parade. Large farm equipment.
9) 1108.0104 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 104
Reel 104: Archie Stewart can notes: The War Years. Screening notes: Faded color. Slo pan from rooftop of commercial area of unidentified town. Sign for Marks Furs in FG. [Prob...
19) 1108.0140 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 140
Reel 140: Archie Stewart can notes: 1. End August camp trip and morning glories. Sept Take G.G. to Sterling Forest. 2. Sept work trip to camp. 3. Oct visit Ann Quantico. Autumn ...
19) 1140.0384 [Small Farming]
Label on film: 'Bruce Poulton.' // Interview with man about increased interest in small farming, part of the back to the land movement. Defines agricultural self reliance and wh...
13) 1164.0040 [Cameron Bradley--home movies] Reel 15
Amateur footage. Family's viewing notes as follows (reel titles in quotes are based on can/box notes, reel numbers are NHF-assigned.) 15. '[unlabeled] 1940.' Scenes of a sunset ...
15) 1164.0041 [Cameron Bradley--home movies] Reel 16
Amateur footage. Family's viewing notes as follows (reel titles in quotes are based on can/box notes, reel numbers are NHF-assigned.) 16. '[unlabeled] 1944.' Scenes of an antiqu...
5) 1164.0046 [Cameron Bradley--home movies] Reel 21
Amateur footage. Family's viewing notes as follows (reel titles in quotes are based on can/box notes, reel numbers are NHF-assigned.) 21. 'Field Day May 1954.' Scenes of an open...
23) 1184 [The How and Why of Spuds outtakes]
Includes 5 shots: 1) Intertitle: 'Then Spread Out to Dry.' 2) Two men with backs to camera, each holding a bag of potatoes in large tub. 3) Intertitle 'left for 1 1/2 to 2 hours...
24) 1191 cat. 1077-15-WABI-67 Maine Apple Story, Part One
No description available
25) 1191 cat. 1077-22-WABI-67 Maine Apple Story, Part Two
No description available
26) 1191 cat. 1078-06-WABI-67 Maine Apple Story, Part Three
No description available
30) 1191 cat. 1079-20-WABI-67 Piscataquis County Extension Meeting in Dover-Foxcroft
Unconfirmed
35) 1191 cat. 1092-05-WABI-68 Orville Freeman in Bangor
Orville Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture
25) 1191 cat. 1097-14-WABI-68 U-M Agricultural Team Embarks to Brazil
No description available
30) 1191 cat. 1101-07-WABI-68 [Farm Bureau Building Dedication]
New Maine Farm Bureau building dedicated in Augusta; crowd gathered outside
5) 1191 cat. 1107-16-WABI-68 State Future Farmers of America Convention in Orono
No description available
34) 1202.0001 cat.5044-03-HINK-40 [Scenes at Hinckley School for Boys]
Farming scenes with tractor and various machinery. Boys pick and bag potatoes. Truck picks boys up. Sheep farming with lambs, ewes; sheep herding, chicken farming with CU's of c...
20) 1202.0005 cat. 5043-01-HINK-40 Truth About Taxes
Educational film showing brief scenes of industry (foundry farming, building motors). Interviews with taxpayers. War footage of planes and aerial bombing, destruction of cities,...
12) 1202.0006 cat. 5043-02-HINK-40 Willkie-McNary Know Their Farming
Overview of farm and barn, mountains, plains, lakes, a rodeo. Dialogue between Willkie and McNary in front of flag. Willkie at a farm talking to farmers, pumping and drinking wa...
10) 1202.0007 cat. 5043-03-HINK-40 We the People
Various Philadelphia scenes. Dissolve to recreation of founding father giving speech, fade to CU of Constitution, fade back to founding father discussing something with Colonial...
36) 1206.0001 [Laurence Bray--home movies] Reel 1
Fishing. Men paddling canoe. Barn. Women in field. Men posing. Pan of potato field. Coast. Fishing. Men make fire on shore for picnic. Fishing. Snowmobiling.
61) 1206.0002 [Laurence Bray--home movies] Reel 2
Family activities. Dog. Boston street scene. Large group of elderly people in rural area. Fields. Construction site. Man planting. Women with dog. Boy playing with cat. Women wi...
11) 1206.0011 [Laurence Bray--home movies] Reel 11
Mixed breed dog. Rural or small town homes. Snow scene. Cat. Man on tractor plowing field by mobile home. Small girls. Young men working in field. Dalmatian. Women. Black cat. O...
3) 1206.0012 [Laurence Bray--home movies] Reel 12
Mixed breed dog and community street. City street with construction and apartment buildings. Old women outside rural mobile home. Family. Dogs. Old cars. Cornfield. Two women pi...
18) 1206.0018 [Laurence Bray--home movies] Reel 18
Trees. House. Potato crop. Women. Shore. House. Box says 'Uncle Arthur. Bar Harbor. Home. Sabra.'
5) 1206.0019 [Laurence Bray--home movies] Reel 19
Man and woman picking corn. Dalmatian. Goats. City bridge. Young men working on building foundation.
6) 1206.0021 [Laurence Bray--home movies] Reel 21
Bridge. Cornfield. Garden plot. Dog. Boston demolition. Street scene. Mobile home area. Horse race. Tractors on track. Note on film box: 'Rockingham. Haverhill St. Swifty. 1951.'
34) 1212.0001 Abnaki: The Native People of Maine
Educational/cultural work that explores the cultural identity and survival of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet and Micmac Indian tribes, and their legal battles over land ...
2) 1218.0001 [Elwyn Davis--home movies] Reel 1
NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: Reel 1 (5 min., b&w and color): (fades in and out of focus) Yellowstone National Park. Mountain tops shot from plane, plane wing shown in the foota...
6) 1229.0002 [Charles Gilbert--home movies] NHF Reel 002
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows. Intertitles in quotes; film box notes/dates in parentheses. Reel numbers are NHF-assigned. Reel 2: (Hardy Orchard). (1929). (8:00) Tree loaded...
19) 1235 New England
Series description: 'The United States Geography Series' depicts life in eight principle regions of the U.S. Basic concepts and issues covered: the influence of tradition and cu...
21) 1250 [NHF Compilation: 'Maine selections']
Ca.1990 NHF compilation of Maine-related footage, taken from various NHF collections. The tape contains: 1. Everett Johnson Collection, cat.no.5241-01-JOHN-43, Cutting Ice 1943,...
12) 1250.0005 [NHF Compilation - Rural Selections]
1997 NHF compilation of rural footage dated 1929-1960, fifteen segments taken from nine collections. (Segments are described fully in separate ProCite records at each collection...
50) 1250.0007 [NHF Compilation - Maine Selections]
VHS reference tape. Ca.1990 NHF compilation of Maine-related footage, taken from various NHF collections. The tape contains: 1. Everett Johnson Collection, cat.no.5241-01-JOHN-4...
24) 1285.0001 Aroostook County, 1920s
NHF edit of Michael Bernard Collection footage in preparation for making final version of 'Aroostook County, 1920s' video. Has time codes. The Michael Bernard Collection/acc.091...
25) 1285.0002 Aroostook County, 1920s DISTRIBUTION MASTER
DISTRIBUTION MASTER. // For distribution duplication only.
8) 1289.0013 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 013
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 13: A Maine hayfield, travel.;[DVD Reel 13 is same as Reel 6. Does not match Can note above. karan sheldon, 13 August 2013.] Sign for Thunder Hole at Acadia National Park. Shots of rocky coastline at Acad...
17) 1296.0001 Modern Times in Maine & America: 1890-1930
'This video explores the growth of the paper industry and hydroelectric utilities; Maine's role in American expansionism; immigration and the decline of agriculture; urban probl...
29) 1304.0001 Big Horse
Retrospective look at role of the 'big' (draft) horse and current uses as well as effects of technology. Briefly mentions horse's use in logging/timber operations; primarily foc...
36) 1320 Modern Times in Maine & America: 1890-1930
NHF Tape 1: SP-Dub of 'Modern Times' production made from Ggroerer/Creativideo production master. The program is a retrospective look at social and technological change in Maine...
20) 1327.0030 [Whipple--home movies] Reel 30
Reels 30 and 31 (division between reels not clear in cataloguing notes): Col. 1950s? Pan house. Yard in summer. Manicured lawn. Tractor working in fields beyond. Exiting front p...
4) 1351.0001 These Memories of Maine
Dated March 4, 1987. Program on Maine film history mixing contemporary footage with archival footage. Introduction includes quick cuts: CU of building with turrets, storefront, ...
14) 1370.0014 [Karl Stefan--home movies] Reel 14
Amateur footage of family and travel. Leader notes: 'Europe 1955, Carl and Statue, Scenes from a plane' [train] NHF Cataloguer's notes for Reel 14: Elaborate stonework on buildi...
23) 1370.0019 [Karl Stefan--home movies] Reel 19
Amateur footage of family and travel. Leader notes as follows: 19. Europe '55, October 1955, Morocco base and scenery. NHF Cataloguer's Notes: (03:45) Umbrella tables and women ...
17) 1374.0001 [Maine Agricultural Footage]
NHF notes, 4/96: Maine agriculture footage shot by Maine Central Railroad, possibly intended for use in promotional film to attract passengers from New York City. With intertitl...;Title: Picture of farm animals outside a building: ‘The Bank of Nature’. Intertitle: ‘It Pays Dividends’. Intertitle: ‘The producers of this film gratefully acknowledge the coop...
12) 1384.0001 Beginning With Maine
Promotional film 'dealing with Maine, its people, geography and environment, and the personal values which emerge from these elements working together.' Running time: 16:35 min....
26) 1392 [Stone--home movies]
Amateur footage of Sudbury (Mass.) farm, shot probably in early 1920s by Stone family member. Includes scene of Model T Ford automobile. Appears to be family gathering. Groups o...
10) 1396 Nature's Blueberryland
See description at Maine Department of Agriculture Coll./acc.0782, ProCite record 2970.
28) 1396 Potato Eaters
See description at Maine Department of Agriculture Coll./acc.0782, ProCite record 3060.
10) 1462.0001 [Earliest Maine Films]
Submaster, created 11/27/1991. // NHF compilation of archival footage from three collections, 'short pieces from the days when motion picture was young.' // The five segments ar...
19) 1462.0002 [Earliest Maine Films] DISTRIBUTION MASTER
DISTRIBUTION MASTER. // Created 10/30/1991, edited at UM. Has soundtrack. New tag added 02/26/1996. // Titles contain more dropout than submaster. // NHF compilation of archival...
7) 1469.0007 [John K. Howard--home movies] Reel 7
NHF cataloguer's notes, 6/97: Reel 7: Stables. Horses have their heads out of stalls. People are gathered around talking. (21:05) Woman employs cane as a sort of chair while two...
32) 1490.0005 [NHF Compilation - Promo Reel 5]
1988 NHF compilation tape of news stories from BHS/WABI Collection. Tape contains: 1. Univ. of Maine electronic brain, cat.no.0029-16, dated 1961 2. Union Street Tower demolitio...
15) 1523 Some Hancock Folks
Dated summer 1978. Tour of town including Union Congregational Church; Hancock Grocery; Hancock Community Center; Hancock Denture Studio; Frenchman's Bay; lobster boat; post off...
29) 1556.0010 Better Seed
Title on film: 'Better Seed' 'Based in Part upon the Story of the Development of the Kennebec Potato.' // Print is A-wind, no splices. // Date from edge code on film.
25) 1571.0001 Crop Circles
CBS News report of Crop Circles in oat field in Masardis, Maine. Clip from WAGM TV8 P.O. Box 1149, Presque Isle, Maine. Strange phenomenon where all the oat was laid over in the...
2) 1578.0001 [1920 Fair]
NITRATE // NFPF grant allowed for film transfer to beta, 3/4' and VHS. Transfer is a little slow. Compared to film 'Aroostook County 1920s'- Acc 0916. Confident that there is no...
31) 1687.0004 [Crop Sorting]
Documentaries and factual works. NHF processing notes: Tractors, sorting crops, forklift.
2) 1687.0005 [Grain Harvesting]
Documentaries and factual works. NHF processing notes: Harvesting grain and putting it in silo.
3) 1687.0007 [Tractor Work]
Documentaries and factual works. NHF processing notes: Tractor, harvesting [grain].
4) 1687.0008 [Forage Hard]
Date from edge code on film. // NHF processing notes: Mowing field with tractor, making hay bales, loading truck, machinery.
1) 1720 Northeast Farm Community
Educational film, junior high school level. Description UNH catalog: Portrays the life of a typical farm family during the early 1800's in the northeastern United States.
25) 1767.PC1-.PC7 Home: The Story of Maine
VHS copies of Maine history series produced by Maine public television. Approximately 30 minutes each. Backup copies for titles in Reference by Mail collection. 1999 Series: Pro...
25) 1770.0001 Keeping the Tradition Alive: One Town's Story
Documentary about maintaining farms in suburban Lincoln, MA
8) 1830.0001 Road Diaries: #101 -Western Maine
VHS copies of Maine documentary series produced by Maine public television for verification of stock footage job. Approximately one hour each. Western Maine segment uses NHF foo...
16) 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...
33) 1932.0001 [Curtis Family--home movies] Reel 1
April 1959. // Box notes: 'Char & her new horse, Cowboy Johnnie, Bob Simpson on his horse, Edna & Charlotte on bicycle.' // Footage includes: horseback riding; woman and girl ri...
8) 2002-013.0001 Florida, farm scenes--Julia Crafts Sheridan--home movies. Reel 1
Farm scenes. Includes man with two cauliflowers and unsmiling elderly woman with white hollyhock. Women in Florida?
12) 2111 Fryeburg Fair
No description available
13) 2114.0009 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 9, Accession 2114
Footage of men on a tractor pulling a disc harrow and a seeder along a field. Several shots of the field taken at various points in time as the seeds grow into corn stalks. Fo...;Donor Notes: “Corn”
36) 2114.0010 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 10, Accession 2114
A few shots of a field, including some with people and machinery in the background. Footage of men in a field digging out bricks of earth with small plants in them, including a...
31) 2114.0031 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 31, Accession 2114
Footage of potato fields, including farmers on tractors plowing the field and spraying the crops and fields of potato blossom flowers. Footage of the Maine Potato Blossom Queen...
36) 2114.0033 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 33, Accession 2114
Footage of trees along roads, by lakes, on mountains, in residential neighborhoods and along rivers displaying their autumn foliage. Some of the footage is shot from a boat on ...
17) 2114.0045 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 45, Accession 2114
A shot of birds in a road. A shot of a deer in a forest near a stack of logs. A few shots of a town along the water. A few shots of houses and a church. A few shots of a wat...
6) 2114.0069 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 69, Accession 2114
Intertitles: “Maine, The Land of Remembered Vacations” “Official State Picture, Maine Development Commission, State House, Augusta, Maine.” Reel 69 is a promotional film about ...
18) 2114.0076 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 76, Accession 2114
Intertitles: “Maine the Land of Remembered Vacations” “Official State Picture Maine Development Commission State House Augusta, Maine” Reel 76 is a promotional film about Maine...
2) 2122.0002 [Raymond Cotton—home movies] Reel 2
Intertitle: "Raymond C. Cotton Presents FIELD OF BLUE THE STORY OF MAINE'S BLUEBERRY INDUSTRY. AUGUST Bushes and weeds are cut". Man with scythe cuts bushes in field. Men with...
5) 2122.0005 [Raymond Cotton—home movies] Reel 5
One brief sequence of people picking strawberries in field.
26) 2124 Dairy Farm
No description available
28) 2129 Sheep Farm
No description available
3) 2196.0005 [Vermont Forest Service Films] Reel 5
Pan apple trees in spring bloom, and people walking through an orchard. People standing, sitting, watch event in a building. Pan parking lot full of cars in spring or summer. ...
26) 2226.0001 [unidentified Van Buren/Aroostook County segments] Reel 1
NITRATE // Date from edge code on film. // Film also consists of Dupont film stock. // Heavy perf damage throughout, scratching, over 2% shrinkage. // Reel is predominantly sile...
22) 2226.0002 [unidentified Van Buren/Aroostook County segments] Reel 2
NITRATE // No edge code on film. // Moderate perf damage, predominantly at tail, some scratching, over 2% shrinkage. // First intertitle reads: 'J. Frank Guiou, President, North...
13) 2298.0022 [Manley Nelson--home movies] Reel 22
1948, 1949 edge codes on film. // Can label: 'Party at Camp. C. Bradstreet Planting Potatoes. Last Day of School at BM.' ;Family and friends at campsite cooking and enjoying meal. View of E.J. Leavitt store and post office in Flagstaff, Maine. Views of Lake (Flagstaff?) and mountains. Men and bo...
1) 2310.0003 [Milton Dowe—home movies] Reel 3
25:07-26:07 Man on tractor with man with mowing blade behind working the tall hay in a field. 26:07- 29:29 Man with horse and raker in hay field gathering hay for making into b...
21) 2399.0004 [Clayton P. Hodgkin--home movies] Reel 4, Accession 2399
A shot of Laura Hodgkin and others on a beach. A boy driving a tractor with two children in a wagon filled with hay attached to it. A large crowd and people standing near cars...
2) 2399.0005 [Clayton P. Hodgkin--home movies] Reel 5, Accession 2399
Mary and Clyde Hodgkin raking hay. People in and around tractors and a pickup truck on a farm. Connie and Marilyn Rathbun, Lily Cady and Forest Hodgkin on the beach at Martin’...
19) 2447.0007 Richard Hale Collection Reel 7
Footage of a farmer herding game birds through the brush and back to the coop. Footage of a bird coop including birds in cages and shots of the buildings on the farm. A man di...
5) 2486.0002 [Joshua W. Curtis, Jr.--home movies] Reel 2, Accession 2486
Footage of ladies at a tea party outside. A few shots of a shoreline, including some women on the rocks by the shore. A shot of women outside. A shot of a pig in a pen. A sh...
21) 2491.0001 [Clayton P. Hodgkin--home movies] Reel 1, Accession 2491
Laura, Bertha and Mae Hodgkin with numerous young children. Irving Hodgkin pushing his young grandchildren, Irving and Douglas Hodgkin, in a stroller as two dogs walk with them...
16) 2491.0002 [Clayton P. Hodgkin--home movies] Reel 2, Accession 2491
Children playing and adults interacting in a yard, including Charles Meade, Harold and Ruth Meade with their son Rodney, Douglas Hodgkin, Mrs. Rathbun and Arthur Niles, with Har...
14) 2491.0007 [Clayton P. Hodgkin--home movies] Reel 7, Accession 2491
People swimming and boating in a lake, including Clayton and Keith Hodgkin in a kayak, Harold Meade in a boat and children playing in the sand. A child dunking clothes in a wat...
8) 2491.0008 [Clayton P. Hodgkin--home movies] Reel 8, Accession 2491
The view of Mount Washington from the Hodgkin household, including at sunset. Keith Hodgkin wearing a beanie hat with two propellers. A bulldozer clearing trees on the Hodgkin...
33) 2491.0010 [Clayton P. Hodgkin--home movies] Reel 10, Accession 2491
Forest Hodgkin playing with a duck while the family dogs Sparky and Penny roll in the grass and circle a car with a cat on the running board respectively. Forest siting on a tr...
35) 2491.0011 [Clayton P. Hodgkin--home movies] Reel 11, Accession 2491
The Milk Parade, including majorettes, marchers in costume, floats, riders on horseback, marching bands, cars and tractors. Cows in a pasture. Clyde and Laura Hodgkin and anot...
6) 2507.0009 [S.D. Kelsey--home movies] Reel 9
Can notes: "Korea";REEL NINE 1951-1952 the Korean War Life during war in Korean village; the year 1951. Army trucks and personnel in the streets and the countryside has been laid waste by th...
8) 7225 Bangor 4-H and Noel [Stookey] High School Audio
David Weiss and Karan Sheldon videotaped at Bangor Fair, 17:45 mins. Noel Paul Stookey prepared audio for a high school reunion; videotape includes audio portion. Also edit black.
8) 7412 Harvesting by Hand
VHS reference tape. This film documents a class of 4th graders from Saco as they visit and participate for a day in a different culture, in Aroostook County where grade school c...
20) 7581 Wings to Brazil
Travel 'documentary' (promotional film) with scenes and brief narrative descriptions of the main cities and points of interest in Brazil. Includes shots of leisure activities (s...
36) 11985 Coffee
[no contents description available at present]
4) 13682 Last Stand Farmer
16 mm. projection print formerly circulated via the Connecticut Humanities Council resource center. The film may have been funded in part by the Connecticut Humanities Council. ...
9) 13697 The Vital Connection
16 mm. projection print formerly circulated via the Connecticut Humanities Council resource center. The film may have been funded in part by the Connecticut Humanities Council. ...
3) 18140 Farmington State Fair, Report #2
Farmington: Fairground rides. Bunny Club. Midway with farm equipment by Pratt's Inc. Agriculture booths. Quilts hanging on wall.
25) 18679 Orville Freeman Tours Dow
Orville Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture
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