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4) 2586.0015 [Earle G. Shettleworth, Sr.--home movies]. Paris and Countryside, Reel 15
Paris-Downtown scenes, and rural France (Spain?) with workers riding on donkeys.
23) 2586.0013 [Earle G. Shettleworth, Sr.--home movies]. Southern Europe Vacation, Reel 13
Collection of vacation footage in Italy (Naples?). Cafe scenes. Greece and Venice. Three minutes of technical problems make some of Venice blurry.
1) 2486.0001 [Joshua W. Curtis, Jr.--home movies] Reel 1, Accession 2486
Footage of streets and houses in a small town intercut with a few shots of an old man and a dog. A few shots of boys posing in their graduation caps and gowns. A few shots of ...
15) 2463.0005 Rockefeller Center, 1937-1938--Cyrus Pinkham--home movies. Reel 5
Black-and-white home movie provides a tour of Rockefeller Center, including scenes of Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers at a garden event.;Rockefeller Center - Mary Pickford - The Rainbow Room - Times Square;Sign: "ROCKEFELLER CENTER MCMXXXII" Title: "Photographed and edited by Cyrus Pinkham" Intertitle: "Rockefeller Center is the largest building project ever undertaken by privat...
28) 2386.0004 [Nashua, NH Films] Reel 4
A shot of some wreckage. Footage of fireman spraying water on a burning building in winter interspersed with shots of an icicle covered fire engine with its ladder extended. I...
9) 2304.0001 [Norwood Movie Queen]
Views of the Norwood Central Railroad station; men stand outside the station. A train comes down the track toward and by the camera. The "Movie Queen" exits the train, is give...;According to articles in the Norwood newspaper 'The Messenger', (housed at the Morrill Memorial Library) Doris Hamel was the director of the Norwood Movie Queen.
1) 2261.0001 [Joshua W. Curtis, Jr.—home movies] Reel 1
Black and white: On a grassy field in the winter, people play with a dog and converse with each other. Car pulls out onto Main Street in Searsport with post office sign across t...
8) 2176.0016 Ocean liner and Paris--Arthur Pentecost--home movies. Reel 16
Blurry footage of people on the deck of an ocean liner. Scenes of Paris.
12) 2176.0012 Europe--Arthur Pentecost--home movies. Reel 12
Notes in can: '1931, Italy - Milan, Venice, Turin; France - Paris; Belgium - Brussels; England - Dover - Cliffs; Holland - Amsterdam.' Scenes of Milan, including Duomo and stre...
406) 2176.0011 Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Venice--Arthur Pentecost--home movies. Reel 11
Street scenes and shots of the main landmarks of Prague, Vienna, Budapest, and Venice.
1178) 2176.0008 England--Arthur Pentecost--home movies. Reel 8
Exterior of a factory. London street scenes, and St. Paul's Cathedral. Family and pets outside of a house. Pullman train at a station platform. Dark footage of the interior ...
5) 2176.0005 1930 trip--Arthur Pentecost--home movies. Reel 5
Notes in can: '1930-London-Laundry at Liverpool, Car Being ..., Wilford Grange, Surrey's Russell at home.' Footage of ocean liner. Passengers disembarking and crew lowering an...
10) 2137.0001 [Bath Movie Queen]
Opening title: "Extra! Extra! Movie Queen returns home!" Children, adults, and two uniformed groups, officers and boy scouts, stand on the railroad station platform awaiting th...;Intertitle: ‘Agfa 1935’, ‘Good News’. Intertitle: ‘Extra Extra! Movie Queen returns home.’ Panning shot of a train depot. People gathered near the train tracks. Close up of men ...
20) 2114.0079 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 79, Accession 2114
Intertitles: “Maine, The Land Of Remembered Vacations” “Official State Picture Maine Development Commission State House Augusta, Maine.” Reel 79 is a promotional film about his...
36) 2114.0012 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 12, Accession 2114
Footage of a river and the surrounding area, including a road passing by the river, water rushing through a small gorge at Snow Falls, animals grazing in a field nearby, people ...
11) 1906.0001 [Belfast Movie Queen footage] Reel 1
Intertitle: "Movie Queen Visits School Children" Black and white footage of children lined up carrying flags, boxes, or plaques for presentation. They are all in summer clot...
16) 1888.0001 [Van Buren Movie Queen]
People on train platform wave to camera. Many are children. A sign in background advertises the Movie Queen. A parade on the main street is led by policemen and Boy Scouts ca...;Laura Alexina Michaud Sloane (1912-2009) was the Van Buren Movie Queen. from her obituary in the Bangor Daily News: ...1933, after which she taught elementary school in V...
18) 1697.0027 Cape Cod, Patsy's seventh birthday--Mortimer B. Fuller, Jr.--home movies. Reel 27
On can: "Cape Cod 1939, Patsy's 7th birthday. 1940.";Compiled color home movies of family scenes at Cape Cod over 1939 and 1940.;Title: “Patsy’s 7th Birthday” (hand-written card) Clay-court tennis. A crudely hand-painted sign reads "Fair Grounds / Beware of Pickpockets / No Spitting” Group gatherin...;Cape Cod. Adult fun and games, PAF 7th birthday, Plymouth? 1940?
11) 1683.0003 [Groton Movie Queen--Preservation Print]
The Groton Massachusetts, Movie Queen film was shot in January, 1939 and shown in the Groton Town Hall January 26-27, 1939 as part of a larger local talent production. Intertitl...
2) 1683.0001 [Groton Movie Queen]
The Groton Massachusetts, Movie Queen film was shot in January, 1939 and shown in the Groton Town Hall January 26-27, 1939 as part of a larger local talent production. The "Mov...
21) 1682.0007 Western travels in California, Arizona, and Mexico, 1939--Robert Hoadley Whipple--home movies. Reel 7
On can: "Western #2, Grand Canyon 1939”;Color home movies of the Whipple family's travels through the American West and Mexico in 1939, including scenes of San Francisco, Tijuana, and Grand Canyon National Park. ;Reel begins with city views of downtown San Francisco. Mission-style architecture, including a church with an ornate mural on its façade. A passing parade features a marching ...
23) 1612.0023 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 23
Home movie reel of New York and Atlantic City scenes, featuring shots of the 1939 New York World's Fair.;A shot of a field. A few shots of a busy city street. A shot of the Statue of Liberty in the distance. A shot of a park. Footage of New York City from above. Footage of bus...;Notes on reel: “N.Y. #1” “2”
23) 1612.0020 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 20
Footage of a raging brook shooting from small dams and waterfalls and reaching up to bridges with flood damage evident in the background. A shot of a hose attached to a pump. ...;Notes on can: “Flood Bridgton 38! Causway [sic]” “Old Bridge”
24) 1612.0016 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 16
Intertitle: “Assisted by: “Corning Friends” A few shots of photographs of people, some standing next to a road sign for Gaspé. Intertitle: “** And Others” Intertitle: “Enteri...;Notes on can: “Gaspé Trip”
15) 1612.0015 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 15
A shot of a small town. A shot of a picture of a boat with a caption that reads, “Water Sports - Thrills!” Footage of boats on the water intercut with seaplanes taking off fro...;Notes on can: “Naples Centennial”
7) 1532.0001 [Newport Movie Queen]
'Movie Queen' film shot in Newport, Maine. Local residents appear. NHF cataloguing notes, 6/97 as follows (intertitles in quotes): Opening title: 'Extra! Extra! Movie Queen retu...
2) 1515.0012 [Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 12
Men and women stand by as men in turbans unload luggage from a cart. Footage of a large, ornate building from several angles both inside and out. Footage of a street including...
10) 1515.0011 [Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 11
Footage of a busy street including people walking along, pack animals pulling carts, cows standing in the street, people sitting along the side of the road, two men riding a cam...
9) 1318.0020 Washington, D.C., Spring 1939--Samuel B. Horovitz--home movies. Reel 20
Compiled color home movies of friends and colleagues in Washington, D.C., including scenes at the law office of Houston & Houston and at the Howard University campus.;FRIENDS 1939 NATURAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY by SBH COLORED GROUP--FATHER HOUSTON --his office probably-SBH Reddish-Q simple original light MAX RABB, EUNA, CHARLIE, ZIMMER? whole WAS...;Title: “Natural Color Photography by Samuel B. Horovitz” Young woman eats ice cream with small spoon. Man to camera. African American group meeting in the law offices of Hous...;On can: "Wash D.C. Howard Law 1939 group, Euna, Charlie K?, J. Spiegel, group Manchester/1939 spring"
1) 1318.0011 Guests, friends, Wakefield, Harvard boat races, New York, 1937-1939--Samuel B. Horovitz--home movies. Reel 11
Compilation of home movie footage including many portraits of friends and colleagues, a Harvard regatta, and New York.;Written on can: "33 Elm St. - Mrs. Cartel, old Harvard Boat house (w/Oscar and Mary), NY: Uncle Aaron's store, New Yorkers: all the lives and scenes.";Main title: “Sam-O-Graphs” Intertitle: “Look who's here!” Older woman—Mrs. Cartel?—in close-up, shingled house, pan along convertible car, lawn, passing truck. Rural neighborho...
2) 1286 [unidentified--home movies]
Reel note: 'Duplicate.' NHF viewing notes, 8/95: university graduation procession on campus, people in gowns and mortarboards walking through streets. Automobiles also in proces...
12) 1208.0001 [Bar Harbor Movie Queen]
Produced with support from the Yomoco(?) Club of the Methodist Church (the young married club). Young woman (Mrs. Percy Sleeper) arrives by boat to Bar Harbor pier. Miss America...;A man walking in a field. A boat seen approaching from a distance. People gathered on the dock. A boat is tied off at the dock, and people disembark. Shots of people on the dock...
1) 1194.0001 [Cherryfield, 1938]
This is the archival original print. // Print has water damage - is very brittle, emulsion is flaking off in areas. // Film has twist throughout. // Dupe neg and print were made...
3) 1154.0062 Ocean cruise, Jamaica, Cuba, 1938--Arthur Libby Race--home movies. Reel 62
Fourth in a four-part series of color home movies documenting a 1938 cruise from New York on the S.S. Georgic, including scenes of Kingston, Jamaica, and Havana, Cuba.;On can: "West Indies #4 1938";Intertitle: “Sunset at sea/Feb. 28” Intertitle: “Kingston, Jamaica/March 1.” Intertitle: “March 2, Deck Sports” Large group of spectators gathered on the ship's deck fo...
10) 1154.0061 Ocean cruise, Venezuela, Curaçao, Panama, 1938--Arthur Libby Race--home movies. Reel 61
Third in a four-part series of color home movies documenting a 1938 cruise from New York on the S.S. Georgic, including scenes of Venezuela, Curaçao, and Panama.;On can: "West Indies #3 1938";Intertitle: "La Guaira and Caracas/Feb. 24" Intertitle: "Curacao/Feb. 25" Intertitle: "Colon/Feb. 27"
73) 1108.0072 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 072
Reel 72: [Archie Stewart can notes: 'My big moving scrapbook.'] Screening notes: Title: 'Member of Amateur Cinema League, Inc' over clouds. 'The worldwide organization of amateu...
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