[Miscellaneous Sports]

Date1967 – 1975

Can DescriptionsSilent b&w high school outdoor track and field meet (in Saco?) with shot put and hurdles; men's (college?) track meet; silent color footage of interview with hockey player Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins; silent color footage of lodge and skiers skiing at the Balsams Resort; older man stands at chainlink fence, walks around muddy vacant lot; Maine Department of Economic Development (DED)-produced film in color on skiing in Maine, Pleasant Mountain Ski Resort with Governor Ken Curtis and his daughters, speaks about new chairlifts at the facility and the value of the skiing industry for the state, skier on stilts wearing top hat does slalom, little kids ski underneath him; silent b&w outdoor track meet; silent b&w high school track meet with South Portland and Portland runners and high jumpers, little boy with 8mm movie camera, close up footage of individual athletes; girls outdoor high school track meet; University of Maine vs. Connecticut college baseball game played at Connecticut, man with 16mm movie camera.

Viewing NotesSilent footage Sacopee Valley Jr/Sr High School sign; view of track and field; closeup of starter gun; track races; shot put events; smiling faces; hurdles; score keepers; switch to a men's track meet that includes New Hampshire; switch to a tented gathering and well-wishers; switch to an outdoors sign 'Wilderness' and snow-covered landscape; a lodge amid snow and skiers preparing for the slopes; chairlifts and views of skiers on the downhill course, as well as the very young trying to stay upright; an unidentified man looks across a yard surrounded by fence, and then walks away; a DED produced film begins with the sound of a Swiss horn blare as several young people stand nearby listening and a voice over talks about what is being observed at Pleasant Mount; Governor Ken Curtis and his daughters are on hand for ceremonial ribbon cutting and bell ringing; Curtis talks about what a great thing the chair lift is for the tourism industry; footage of ski demonstrations; silent footage of track events from several trials and fields, mens and womens, including long jump, high jump, javelin, hurdles, pole vault and some awards ceremonies, closeups of winners' faces; University of Maine vs. Connecticut college baseball game played at Connecticut, man with 16mm movie camera; scoreboard shot at 5th inning, visitor (0), home (2);