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3) 2586.0021 [Earle G. Shettleworth, Sr.--home movies]. Hartford Flood and Damage, Reel 21
Various scenes of toppled trees, smashed cars, collapsed buildings, good views of flooded Connecticut river, nice shot of man laughing about his demolished car. Film shifts to b...
8) 2586.0018 [Earle G. Shettleworth, Sr.--home movies]. Washington D.C. and Long Island Disaster, Reel 18
Good shots of D.C. in b&w, then switching to color of Arlington, Mt. Vernon, Washington Monument, etc. Storm aftermath in a coastal city (looks like Maine, but sign says Long Is...
16) 2586.0006 [Earle G. Shettleworth, Sr.--home movies] Portland Shipyard and Flooding, Reel 6
Can: "1) Danish Village complete 2) Portland Headlight 3) Flooding" Good footage around Portland harbor and docks including lighthouse. Short winter scenes at home, then long...
36) 2534.0004 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 4
A shot of wind blowing through a snowy forest. A shot of workers cutting branches and logs with a circular saw. A shot of a woman walking along a wooden shed. A shot of worke...
5) 2534.0003 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 3
Footage of workers unloading logs from trucks with pick poles and measuring them. A shot of men loading logs onto a truck. A shot of a horse twitching, or dragging, logs. A s...
10) 2534.0002 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 2
Footage of broken and downed trees as a result of a hurricane intercut with shots of workmen using a crane and dump trucks to move large rocks, build a retaining wall and clear ...
32) 2523.0006 [Philip W. Hussey--home movies] Reel 6, Accession 2523
Man works on trailer hitch. Men gather around outside of a storefront with ads in windows, smoke cigars, work together to move a sailboat out of a storefront door, put the boat...
5) 2447.0016 Mt. Desert Island Forest Fire
Intertitle: “Mt. Desert Island Forest Fire October, 1947 University of Maine Forestry Department” A shot of three signs that read, “Cadillac Mtn Road,” “Jordan Pond House,” and...
30) 2447.0001 Richard Hale Collection Reel 1
Intertitle: “Photographed by WM. H.MC Gill, President Lombard and Company Incorporated Boston Montreal” Footage of a forest fire interspersed with title cards explaining that i...
4) 2386.0004 [Nashua, NH Films] Reel 4
A shot of some wreckage. Footage of fireman spraying water on a burning building in winter interspersed with shots of an icicle covered fire engine with its ladder extended. I...
4) 2310.0008 [Milton Dowe—home movies] Reel 8
Intertitle: "Home Movies Presents 'The Flood' Spring of 1940" 49:12- 50:37 Views of rushing water on village streets, running down embankment by small bridge and into stream b...
31) 2159.0001 Hurricane Damage in Massachusetts, 1938--Harris M. Elliott--home movies. Reel 1
"Hurricane Damage/Purgatory Mountain, Mass/Whitinsville+Uxbridge/Taken Nov 6 1938.";1938 home movie survey of hurricane damage and clean up in Massachusetts following the September 21 storm. ;Pans over fallen and uprooted trees along a dirt road, with some signs of clean up in progress. A man stands at the base of a large uprooted tree, providing perspective on its ...
7) 2122.0001 [Raymond Cotton—home movies] Reel 1
Intertitle: "Raymond O. Cotton presents TIME MARCHES ON. August 1937. Hiram Buys a Fire Engine. HIRAM FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ACTION." The fire department in Hiram was started in 193...
17) 2114.0046 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 46, Accession 2114
Footage of a flood in Lewiston, ME, including buildings and streets underwater, people watching from dry patches of land, a man rowing out to the WLAM radio station building in ...
4) 1722.0001 October Fury: Maine's Forest Fire Disasters
A documentary examining the destructive forest fires Maine experienced in October of 1947. Maine Forest Service
54) 1612.0020 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 20
Footage of a raging brook shooting from small dams and waterfalls and reaching up to bridges with flood damage evident in the background. A shot of a hose attached to a pump. ...;Notes on can: “Flood Bridgton 38! Causway [sic]” “Old Bridge”
34) 1612.0011 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 11
Compiled home movie reel including 1939 color scenes of the New York World's Fair.;A few shots of people around a Lockheed Electra plane with “La Touraine Coffee Co.” on the side of it. Footage shot from within the airplane, probably New York City. A few sho...;Notes on can: “World’s Fair 1939; Hurricane; Maine Scenes; Logging; Skiing; Air Scenes - Naples; Logging w/ oxen”
4) 1579.0004 [Vermont Flood, 1927]
Intertitle: “Newport, Vt. suffers heavy property loss as waters rise, carrying away bridges and floating streets and homes.” Automobile driving through flooded streets. Horse-...
10) 1435.0006 [Price--home movies] Reel 006
Amateur footage of family activities and events. Can notes as follows; reel numbers assigned by donor. Reel 6: Margie one year old. Christmas. Hurricane at FML. Swimming. Stilts...
27) 1382.0006 [John A. Stone--home movies] Reel 006
Donor's notes as follows: Reel 6: Monmouth, Maine, at Elizabeth's. August Stone and John Stone, July 1938. Grampa Larry carving decoys, in color. Dot Burgess and Buddy (dog)...
2) 1308.0012 [William Rand, Sr.--home movies] Reel 012
Can notes as follows (reel numbers are NHF-assigned): 12. Floods and Storms in New England.
9) 1250 [NHF Compilation: 'Portland selections']
1995 NHF compilation of Portland, Maine footage dated 1919-1963, taken from four collections. This tape contains excerpts from: Maher Collection, '[Peaks island aerials and othe...
12) 1032 [George Erswell, Sr.--home movies]
KS notes 7/94: Reels 1-9. Poor visual quality. Dirty. Florida? Boy on rollerskates, dog, father. Girl and boy in chair swing. Trailer house. Women emerge. Couple kiss. Man with ...
24) 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...
9) 0829.0001 [White--home movies]
Woman and child on bow of motor yacht. Woman in knickers digs in snow. Man pounds to open hole in ice. Child runs around. Ice fishing Camp fire, three adults and child. Man hold...
14) 0813.0571 [Washington Avenue in Portland is Flooded]
News story dated 12-23-68.
28) 0813.0378 [Winter Storm Footage]
News story dated 03-13-62. Flooded streets, trees down, roofs collapsed.
29) 0780.0035 [Sawyer--home movies] Reel 035
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows (box/reel notes in quotes, reel numbers are NHF-assigned). Reel 35: Length: 3:40. col.;Cars driving through flooded road. Monkeys and birds at zoo. Family trip to Washington, D.C. shows shots of WWII memorial statue, boat racing, military ceremony, Washington monu...
14) 0759.0027 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 27
1938 hurricane, best.;Fallen trees and houses damaged by a hurricane. People clearing fallen trees, using horses. Men cutting down trees. A girl on a swing. Shots of several houses. People clearing t...
15) 0759.0015 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 15
Hurricane 1938 damage, Dean's, #2, looking toward house and toward barn, wellhouse, watertower. 'Big reel, 1938, hurricane at the Cape.';Fallen trees and houses damaged by the hurricane. People cutting trees. A broken cement path. A man chopping a tree that has fallen on a house. More shots of storm damage. [End ...
32) 0752.PC62 Warner Pathe News: Volume 8, Number 4
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'Opening the Era of Outer Space'; 'Jamestown: A Colony Reborn'; 'A Sculptor of Trees'; 'A Sculptor of Animal...
18) 0752.0058 Warner Pathe News: Volume 7, Number 9
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'The Middle East'; 'Queen Elizabeth Visits France'; 'First Films of the Earth Satellite'; '100,000 Starlings...
4) 0752.0056 Warner Pathe News: Volume 7, Number 7
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'The Middle East Question'; 'Two Strange Mid-East Lands'; 'Floods Hit Southern States'; 'Prospecting By Heli...
13) 0752.0055 Warner Pathe News: Volume 7, Number 6
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'The Inauguration!'; 'Ike Visits Dust Bowl'; 'Great Cal. Brush Fire'; 'Inside the Gaza Strip'; 'Open Longest...
36) 0752.0054 Warner Pathe News: Volume 7, Number 4
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'Eisenhower Re-Elected!'; 'The Invasion of Egypt'; 'Russia Crushes Hungary'; 'The Teeming Life Within the Se...
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