[Wallace Cunningham--home movies] Reel 49

0869.0049
Skowhegan, Maine
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1949, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 edge codes on film. // Label on film: 'CP wreck, Brownville Junction, bowling alley lumber toppled over 42 cars off. Gold medal flour, shortening, Miller beer. 1954 or 1955, Katahdin Iron Works. Ike - Skowhegan Pittsfield. // Canadian-Pacific freight train wreck. Derailed freight cars lie in large pile of wreckage. Groups of people inspect the site. Boy walks beside bicycle. Wooded area and waterfall. Outdoor picnic. Men clean roof of car. Pan of Mount Katahdin. Hiking. Shots of Knife's Edge from top of Katahdin. Young boy in front of camera holds piece of paper. Motorcade arrives at Skowhegan Fairgrounds. Distant shot of podium with American flag and bunting. Motorcade departs. President Dwight Eisenhower waves to crowd from lead car. Motorcade on street. Canadian-Pacific steam locomotive. Engineer inspects train in snowy setting. Shots of countryside in winter taken from onboard moving train.

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