[Unobskey--home movies] Reel 17

1454.0017
Unobskey Collection
Calais, Maine
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1958
Amateur footage. Donor's notes in quotes. Reel numbers are NHF assigned. 17. (150 ft., b&w) 'Fire in Calais. March 5, 1958.'
NHF cataloguer's notes for Reel 17: Pan of businesses. 'St. Croix Electric Co.' 'The Harvey Studio' sign above previous 'Unobskey Lock 192?.' 'State Theatre.' Smoke billows above. Fire fighters seen through plate glass windows in Harvey Studios with hoses. Group of fighters with hoses run out. Bright light of fire seen at back of building. Burning fallen rubble including signs. Man hurt by fire lying on ground trying to get up. LS of street. Billowing smoke and fire seen above rooftops. LS two people silhouetted by fire. Fireman spraying hose in foreground. Group of fighters behind him. Shot from rooftop of raging fires, smoke. Man with hose. St. Croix Electric is burned out. Crowd of people watching. Men trying to untangle hoses. Smoke and fire moving across roof of State Theatre. Interior of theater lobby burning. Unobskey's starting to burn. Shot of crowd again.

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