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3) 0013.0001 Municipal Operations, Brewer--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 13
Title, 'Municipal Operations, City of Brewer, Maine, 1939.' col.: people walking into brick building. Interior, women around desk. b&w, men getting into, and driving, trucks in ...;Compiled black-and-white and color home movies featuring 1939 scenes of Municipal Operations workers and the construction of the Municipal Auditorium in Brewer, Maine.
7) 0016.0001 Hurricane, Alewives, Maple Syrup, Turnpike--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 16
b&w. Title, 'W.V. Mitton Production' in script. Man walking down tree-lined street, two people talking by door, views of treetops with wind blowing, garage missing door; tree f...
25) 0024.0001 The Toll of Time--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 24
Title: ‘The Toll of Time’, ‘W.V. Mitton Production.’ Intertitle: ‘MEMBER AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE’. Intertitle: ‘Brickett Bridge, Andover Maine, was built in 1872 of native spruce ...;The Brickett Bridge crosses the West Branch of the Ellis River.
1) 0026.0001 Nequasset Bridge--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 26
Title, 'Nequasset Bridge is on new location of Route 1 near the famous ship-building city of Bath.' View of bridge. Lumber piled up in snow, shoveling machine moving through sno...
5) 0078.0001 Crotch Island
NHF cataloguer's notes, 12/95: Pan of construction site out to water (bay), girders, metal frames rusting. Silo, field, flowers. Quarry. Corregated roof metal, demolished house ...
1) 0153.0001 [Peaks Island aerial footage]
NHF cataloguer's notes: 5004-01-MAHR-19 (nitrate): 'A pleasing glimpse of Peaks Island from an altitude of 1,500 ft.' Islands and water, houses on island. (Very scratched, nitra...
7) 0154.0001 St. Croix Bridge, Vanceboro
Single newsreel story about German saboteur's attempt to destroy international railroad bridge at Vanceboro, Maine. Pan and CU of men walking across bridge with peaveys. Site wh...
12) 0158.0005 State of Maine Dedicates Carlton Bridge, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 5
Amateur. First 17 ft. perf. damage and brittle. 1928 footage, with Title 'Opening the Bake,' man selects corn and clams from large pit clambake. About 12 people look at men arou...
9) 0158.0006 Wrights Manor and Poland Spring, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 6
Amateur. Title, 'Summertime in Maine.' 'Wright's Manor, Norway' [Maines]. Man in plus-fours on road. Cars parked near stone house. Dog on lawn. Rapid pan of landscape. Women in ...
27) 0262.0001 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 1: Miami and Everglades
Film box notes: 'Feb and March 1955. Joel Campbells home also.' NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: Sea. Ships. Car approaching along road. Palm trees. Oranges. Pan of field, palm tre...
507) 0290.0006 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 6
Amateur: Women in yard. Indoor family scene. Pan of coast. Bridge. Pan of large city. Shots taken from moving car. Airplane taking off. Old car. Girl on slide. Girls on swing, o...
9) 0290.0008 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 8
Amateur: Pan of rocky, wooded coastal bluffs. People looking at waterfall. Men on boat in rain gear. Bridge. Many shots of falls. Town buildings. Large crowd in street. Aerial s...
2) 0290.0012 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 12
Amateur: Pan of mountain. Hawk's Nest overlook sign. Aerial shot of train. Pan of mountains. Bridge shot from boat. Other boats. Snowy residential street and trees. Cars. Box #1...
20) 0290.0014 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 14
Amateur: Palm trees. Palm Beach Hotel. Goodyear blimp. Beach. Roads. Bridge. Cars. Beach motel. Suwannee River State Park sign. Beach. Mountain ridge. Houses. Roads. Old bridge....
21) 0290.0015 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 15
Amateur: Ridge. Bridge. Car driving. Tram overhead. In town: man with camera and group posing. Horse race as viewed from box. MCU of horses and jockeys. Stands. Box #14 said 'Fl...
3) 0290.0019 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 19
Amateur: Trailers in campground. Ocean and boats. Coast from boat. 'Bahia Hondo Bridge' sign. Beach. 'Fly Havana' sign. Cemetery. Airplane. Car. Fruit trees. 'Jungle Cruise' boa...
27) 0290.0021 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 21
Amateur: Family in yard. Lincoln House. Pan of woods and mountains. Log bridge. Mountains. 'Thoreau Spring' sign. 'Mt. Katahdin' sign.
6) 0307 cat. 0005-03-WABI-54 Bangor-Brewer Bridge
Bangor Brewer : Construction of the Bangor-Brewer Bridge and dedication ceremonies. Includes various speakers, planes overhead flying in formation, crowd shots and a parade acro...
10) 0309 cat. 0007-05-WABI Simulated Plane Crash Fire
Bangor ? : Scenes from a simulated plane crash fire as fire fighters try to get it under control. Night. Scenes of planes taxiing on runway. Ref. 300.
20) 0310 cat.1002-10-WABI-59 Dow Air Fair
Bangor: Mock helicopter rescue including pickup of pilot from crashed airplane and firetruck with water gun.
26) 0311 cat. 1002-14-WABI-59 Damaged Plane Dow Air Force Base
Nighttime shots of damaged airplane from various angles.
12) 0312 cat. 1003-03-WABI-59 Hermon Accident
Hermon: Accident scene including car with front end smashed in.
25) 0313 cat. 0009-05-WABI-59 Interview at Dow Air Force Base
Bangor : Interview with two Air Force men about their surviving a midair collision and being in the Maine woods before help could arrive. Questions about their careers, the acci...
6) 0314 cat.1004-02-WABI-59 Interview with Crash Survivor
Lieutenant Johnson has apparently just survived an airplane crash. He is interviewed at a table.
34) 0315 cat.0010-05-WABI Car Accident
Car accident. Shots include several angles of damaged car, and road and traffic from point of view of driver.
26) 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.
4) 0318 cat.0013-02-WABI Car Accident
Car accident. Shots of car and crowd.
18) 0318 cat.0013-05-WABI-58 Train Derailment North Maine
Northern Maine: Train derailment. Shots of engine off track, engineers surveying damage, damage, train pulled back onto track.
2) 0322 cat.1008-01-WABI-60 Sunset Drive
Bangor: Shots of I-95 by Union Street including view from bridge of both directions.
29) 0323 cat. 0017-13-WABI-60 Accident at State Street
Bangor : Minor accident. Shots of cars and damage.
33) 0324 cat. 0017-07-WABI-60 Accident
Car and bus collision at Hudson intersection. Shots of damaged vehicles, accident scene.
23) 0324 cat. 0017-08-WABI-60 Tractor Accident at Auditorium
Bangor : a farm tractor is flipped back into position by a wrecker in front of the civic auditorium.
7) 0334 cat. 0024-13-WABI-62 Gas Main
Damaged gas main. Police directing traffic around it, men working on it, spectators.
13) 0335 cat. 0025-05-WABI-61 Racing at Bangor Fair
Horse and buggy race including an accident.
22) 0337 cat. 0023-04-WABI-61 101 B Crash
Recovery of crashed 101 Bomber. Shots of search party, crash site, forest, wreckage.
15) 0338 cat. 1009-13-WABI-61 Plane Crash at Dedham
Dedham: 101 bomber crash including sections of airplane and trees scattered on ground, path gouged into woods, people standing around, an official speaking.
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