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11) 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”
20) 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”
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...
4) 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...
5) 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...
23) 0696.0020 [E.H. Maxcy--home movies]
NHF viewing notes as follows. Reel notes in quotes. 5511-11 'Lake and March Flood 1936' Date code 1934. 100 ft. Sailing on lake, children play cowboys on shore. Flood, ice in ri...
14) 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 ...
21) 0579 cat. 1017-09-WABI-61 Flood
Effects of flood including damaged waterfront, ice and snow.
6) 0322 cat.1007-11-WABI-60 Flood Pictures at Hudson
Flooded river including cars trying to cross road, water rushing over road past trees and houses.
14) 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 ...
23) 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 ...
15) 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...
13) 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...
17) 0386 cat. 1028-15-WABI-63 High Water
Scenes from results of high water. Large amounts of water pour over a dam, water around trees on river banks and calm water with a fish jumping.
19) 0431 cat. 0039-06-WABI-60 High Water in Kenduskeag
Swelling of Kenduskeag River including cars trying to move on flooded roads, trees surrounded by flowing water, houses surrounded by rising water.
31) 0431 cat. 0039-10-WABI-61 High Water in Pleasant River
Flooded river including the Pleasant River sign.
26) 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.
9) 0252.0099 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 99
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 99: (100 ft., dc 1940) 'Blizzard.' Color. Shots of heavy snowfall.
14) 0285.0004 Hurricane Carol and Edna
Film has a Hurricane Carol and a Hurricand Edna section. Stretch of leader separates two sections. // Each section is [650 ft.] // Hurricane Carol section: Dupont film stock, no...
13) 0358 cat. 0049-16-WABI-62 Hurricane Daisy
Large tree broken by hurricane scrapes a building. Shots of men cutting off branches, coastal waves, high winds.
1) 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 ...
5) 0319 cat.0014-03-WABI-59 Hurricane Donna
People preparing for Hurricane Donna and coping with aftermath. People preparing by tying things down, later cutting fallen branches. Shots of waves crashing on shore, trees fal...
13) 0325 cat. 1008-12-WABI-60 Hurricane Donna
Bangor: Hurricane-related activities including Civil Defense Dept. radioing message, men working on power lines, tree branch, men working by truck.
6) 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)...
7) 0318 cat.0012-13-WABI-59 Kenduskeag Flood
Bangor: Flood. Shots of ice left after water retreated, flooded yards, people surveying damage, water level compared to bridge.
9) 0339 cat. 0026-07-WABI-61 Machias Flood
Machias: Flooded ditches and roads, picnic area underwater, logjam, houses and stores, Narraguagas and Machias rivers.
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 ...
7) 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...
23) 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...
4) 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...
31) 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...
1) 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...
33) 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
2) 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...
6) 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...
31) 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...
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