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23) 0310 cat.1002-18-WABI-59
Local Weather
Bangor: Heavy snowfall has stopped traffic.
31) 0312 cat. 1003-03-WABI-59
Hermon Accident
Hermon: Accident scene including car with front end smashed in.
31) 0312 cat. 1003-04-WABI-59
Minesweeper Visits Bangor
Bangor: Scenes of minesweepers 192 and 193 docked in Bangor. Mayor boards minesweeper and gives key to the city to captain as crew stands at attention.
36) 0312 cat. 1003-06-WABI-59
Hi-Value Groundbreaking
Groundbreaking of used car dealership including hand shaking, and shovelfuls of earth. Appears to be sponsored by International Harvester.
13) 0312 cat. 1003-10-WABI-59
Trailer Caravan
Bangor: Trailers pulled by cars proceeds through downtown Bangor in front of old Sears building and turning onto Central Street.
12) 0314 cat.1004-01-WABI-59
Hunter's Breakfast
Old Town: Rotary Club outdoor breakfast event including people standing in food line, CU food, men serving, big pots on brick fires, people standing next to fire, women dancing,...
13) 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.
14) 0316 cat.0010-09-WABI-59
Storm Scenes
Bangor: Heavy snowfall and its impact. Scenes include vehicles having difficulty from slippery road conditions, snowdrifts, and a 'Merry Christmas' sign.
4) 0318 cat.0013-08-WABI-59
Minesweeper Visits Bangor
Bangor : Minesweepers 192 and 193 docked with crew on board. Official comes on board and gives key to the city to captain.
18) 0336 cat. 0023-09-WABI
Penobscot County Search
Penobscot County Sheriff's Dept. search includes shots of them with their vehicles, searching river, spectators.
8) 0554 cat. 0042-01-WABI-59
Swan's Island Ferry
Silent footage of the Swan's Island Ferry William S. Silsby;views of the hardware store near the ferry landing; the Ferry picking up vehicles; closeups of the captain and crew a...
7) 0813.0303
Friendship Sloop Launched
News story dated 08-10-59.
16) 0813.0312
South Portland Shipyard
News story dated 11-02-59.
10) 0897.0001-.0013
[Unobskey--home movies]
[Unobskey--home movies] are scenes of Jewish family life in Calais, ME, spanning four decades. Footage includes graduations, birthday parties and other family celebrations, ice ...
9) 1108.0001
[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 001
NHF cataloguer's notes, 3/96: Reel 1: screening notes: Features various views of golfing, both male and female players, caddies. Wide shots & closeups of players on course i...
16) 1204.0002
[Great Northern Paper Company films] Reel 2
Amateur footage of Great Northern Paper operations. // Opening title cards: 'GNP Co. Continued. Launching. West Branch No. 3. North Twin 1942.' apt.' Boat/ferry named 'West Bran...
25) 1327.0007
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 7
Reel 7: "Quick scenes from Dr Kaligari." (15:44). Pan. Neighborhood. Man climbs down ladder leaning on house. Backyards. Telephone wires. Inside building now, very dark. Group o...
29) 1327.0008
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 8
Reel 8: Pan field in snow. Tiny silhouettes of people walking, skiing. Right pan of parking lot to shot of hood in foreground. (Tremendous depth of field in shot.) CU man skiing...
33) 1327.0010
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 10
Reel 10: (32:22). Caribbean. Woman walking away from camera with elaborate hat. Jerky pan of family members on street. 180-degree pan of street. Gardens. Silhouettes of trees. P...
25) 1327.0013
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 13
Reel 13: Baby on porch in four wheeled walker. Moves about MD gestures to the left and right. Two boys dressed in black and wearing berets enter frame and scootch down to get in...
22) 1327.0015
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 15
Reel 15: Children peeking under fence at cows in pasture. CU women in flapper styled hats. Man speaking. Woman now closing eyes. Couple kissing. Man wipes womans mouth they kiss...
31) 1327.0016
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 16
Reel 16: Pan snowy yard in winter. Man shoveling. CU baby. CU dog. LS boy throwing snowballs. CU boy. Mouth and nose. Sticking out tongue. CU man smoking. Woman cuts through fra...
24) 1327.0017
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 17
Reel 17: Fade in. Young girl speaking to camera. Driving down road. Man now standing in center of road. (Still camera.) Another man enters frame. Shakes other man's hand. Car dr...
19) 1327.0024
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 24
Reel 24: B&w. Yacht's side. Yacht from front. Shots from aboard boat. Unsteady. Man with sea legs laughing. Shots on sea of surrounding boats. Sailboats. Ocean lines etc. (4:28)...
17) 1336
[compilation of Boothbay Harbor footage]
Compilation tape received from the Boothbay Region Historical Society. Tape divided into various segments as follows: 1. 1987 intertitle: 'The Boothbay Region Historical Society...
29) 1370.0023
[Karl Stefan--home movies] Reel 23
Amateur footage of family and travel. Leader notes as follows: 23. Turtle kroll, turtles. [no date] NHF Cataloguer's Notes: (36:23) Sign: 'Turtles' in front of pens in water ful...
20) 1612.0028
[Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 28
Footage of a woman exploring houses and other structures in a wooded area, including the woman taking pictures of a house damaged by fire and a boy scout holding flowers. A few...;Notes on can: “Naples - early shots - ice cutting wall - etc. 16” “Moose Pond - Parade Bridgton - Rope Tow - Plane no ice cutting”
33) 1726.0007
[E. Fromuth--home movies] Reel 7
Can notes: 'Year 1959-60-61. Shadow Lake - NH. Autumn in NH, Route 3. Ice Follies in Boston. Ocean Surf at Rockport. Steamer coming through bridge at Congress Street, Boston. Da...
30) 1861.0045
[John Frederick Hohmann--home movies] Reel 45
From notes on film can: 'In and Around New York, 1954-1961, New York World's Fair, 1964.' This reel is titled as reel 6 on 3/4in. and VHS transfer copies.;Baseball stadium (with sign that says 'Chesterfield'); baseball game (Cincinnati Reds ? vs ?); city streets (taxis, pedestrians); exterior of New York City Public Library; crowd...
23) 1861.0048
[John Frederick Hohmann--home movies] Reel 48
From notes on can: 'Outer Banks, 1958-61; Jeep to Ocracoke; Fishing Trip.' // Poor focus. // This reel titled as reel 9 on 3/4in. and VHS transfer copies.;Boy on beach cleaning fish; girl and woman in ocean; waves washing up on shore; beach scenery; seagulls flying; girl on boat deck; ferry full of cars, people coming into shore; ...
21) 2157.0012
"Fishers of Men" Reel 1
2157.0012-0015 make up the film "Fishers of Men" Intertitle: "This is the story of The Maine Sea Coast Mission which has for half a century carried a practical Christian minis...
22) 2681.0054
[Albert G. and Mary Miller Dietrich--home movies] Reel 54
Box: Butter Island with the Hinkleys + [Elsers]? Oct 1959 / Camp over Thanksgiving 1959 – storm with large waves;People with cameras in a field. Shot of a float plane in the air, panning down to a boat at anchor. Children dragging a rope. Dark shot of the waves. A boy (David) walking by th...
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