State of Maine, The

Date1940s

Can DescriptionsNOTE: This footage is on 'March of Time' compilation tape described in separate ProCite record. NHF cataloguer's notes for 'This Land of Ours': A map of the U.S., with a closeup of Maine. Opens with a coastal view, a horse-drawn hay wagon, an historic fort, and a lighthouse. A visual tour of Maine's prominent towns including: the Rotunda in Augusta; Kennebec River; Lewiston and Auburn, The Pepperell textile mill and Wood and Smith shoe factory (interior, exterior shots); Portland, Longfellow statues and commercial fishing on docks; Brunswick and Bowdoin College; Bangor and statue of loggers, University of Maine Orono campus, experimental farms; Bar Harbor shot from motor boat, from shore, a schooner or other sailboat, people skiing. Also included are agricultural scenes including hay making and storing hay in a barn, harvesting blueberies, a dairy farm and poultry farm, harvesting potatoes, Aroostook County sign, dog breeder Perry Green and the Chinook puppies he raises. Shipbuilding including two people working a crosscut saw, a sawmill, a man being shaved with an ax, log driving. CU of a moose.