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4) 0039.0001 Dawn of America
Celebration of Maine's sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary, shows history of Maine from its discovery and role in nation's development. French settlement at St. Croix Island, P...
2) 0150.0001 Lucerne, Maine
1. Actuality: Tozier's winter sports party 1928, 1929' with Dupont Pathe 12 stock. Decorated frame shots, Lucerne Hotel, train, fishing. (Dupont Pathe 29 stock). Six or so men p...
6) 0152.0001 NRA Parade, Bangor
Dated October 1933. 'The pictures of the Bangor Brewer NRA Parade are brought to you through the efforts of Bangor Publix Theatres.' LS front of library? Bands, military, Indepe...;People on the Indian Island Women's Club float identified as sisters Lucy Poolaw, Florence Shay and Emma Nicolar.
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...
2) 0285.0003 Pemaquid
Date from edge code on film. // Shot as unedited documentary footage, gives a detailed visual and oral account of the archeological site in Pemaquid, Maine where two 1000 year o...
9) 0293 Longley News Conference
Dated August 11, 1978. Governor James Longley talks about private landowners and Native American lawsuits. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
24) 0293 Venture in Mission to Maine
Community service issues in Maine and their relationship to Maine Diocese. Opening includes discussion at Blaine House by Governor Joseph Brennan and others. Their voices accomp...
8) 0293 cat. 5193-01-PSMQ-75 In and Out of Maine: The First Mainers
Members of the Passamaquoddy nation talk about the ways of their ancestors and how life is changing for Native American people in Maine. Contrasts the past nomadic lifestyle wit...
5) 0394.0001 A Question of Survival: Washington County, Maine
Documentary examines poor economic conditions in Maine's Washington County. Interviews with residents about life, work, job opportunities, and the prospects for the future. Vari...
1) 0659 Sea Fever: Maritime Preservation
Dated April 5, 1978. Show documenting history of preserving maritime-related objects and buildings. All visuals are still photographs, sketches or paintings. Includes shots of s...
2) 0670 cat. 5282-01-VOYG-81 Coaster: The Adventure of the John F. Leavitt
Story of man's attempt to carry freight in hand-built two-masted schooner. Includes boatbuilding, woods, voyage, airplane and helicopter rescue, cemetery.
33) 0688.0001 Granite State Sampler, The
One side of disc is still images, the other side is moving images. Includes NHF archival footage of ice harvesting ('Cutting Ice,' 1943). ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY. Jacket notes as ...
14) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 2
Dated July 23, 1988. Interview with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins at his home.
2) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 1
Dated July 23, 1988. Interview with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins at his home.
8) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 7
Dated August 29, 1988. Interviews with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins.
4) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 4
Dated August 3, 1988. Interview with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins.
6) 0709 [Albert 'Hap' Collins fine edit]
Fine edit of show on aged painter, boatbuilder, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins. Includes interviews with Collins in his South Blue Hill home and workshop. Segments i...
7) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 3
Dated August 3, 1988. Interview with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins.
20) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 5
Dated August 11, 1988. Interview with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter. Includes shingle mill and sawmill.
2) 0710 A Question of Survival: Washington County, Maine
Documentary examines poor economic conditions in Maine's Washington County. Interviews with residents about life, work, job opportunities, and the prospects for the future. Vari...
14) 0736 Spirits of the Polar Night
Onsite reference only. // Documentary on Aurora Borealis including scientists, Alaskans, Eskimo art, the borealis.
17) 0752.0028 Warner Pathe News: Volume 4, Number 7
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: ''Big Four' Meet in Red Zone of Berlin'; 'Indo-China: An Old War Goes On and On'; 'Return to Freedom: Releas...
2) 0761.0001 Our Lives in Our Hands
Documentary on the Micmac basketry collective that markets handcrafted baskets for its members. NHF has obtained limited distribution rights to this film from DER, Inc.
15) 0800 The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
Rough cut of documentary that speculates about vanished Native American tribe. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
23) 0800.0050-.0062 AIDS series
AIDS series of videotapes: conference speakers and panels. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
35) 0811.0001 Tales of Wood and Water
Documentary program on Maine's contemporary wooden boat building and use. The video employs an episodic format. FOR REFERENCE ONLY. Cataloguing notes: Horses twitch logs in wint...
24) 0813.0478 [Portland Summer Boat Yard Project]
News story dated 10-25-68. Man talks about summer boat yard project for youths in Portland.
23) 0813.0479 [Portland Summer Boat Yard Project]
News story dated 10-25-68. Man talks about summer boat yard project for youths in Portland, continued.
20) 0813.0573 [Boatyard Interior, Large Wooden Ship Being Built]
News story dated 12-23-68.
30) 0813.3374 [Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project]
Original script in Collections File. // Construction of worker housing at Quoddy Hill, dam building (with rail) at Pleasant Point and Treat Island.
11) 0854.0001 Batteau Machias
Student project about shop class constructing and using a river driving batteau in Machias, Me.
5) 0885.0011 [Alfred Pfister--home movies] Reel 011
Donor's notes and NHF cataloguer's notes: Reel 11: Indians on the farm. Ceremony, Native American dance, man imitating dance, takes man's headdress, goofing around. Women, babie...
16) 0921.0041 [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 4
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 5: Maine Festival, 1978. Passamaquoddy Indians.' // Periodic dropout throughout tape. // Scenes from the 1978 Maine Festival ...
33) 0947.0003 [Winter Movie workprint] Journey Into Yesterday
Promotional films made for Maine Department of Economic Development. [Winter Movie workprint] is incomplete; includes script. Journey Into Yesterday concerns Southwest U.S. with...
35) 0952.0285 [Field Trip: Munsungun: Early Man in Maine]
Program #15. Record date: May 6, 1983. // Explanation of a three year study started in 1979 at the Munsungun Lake region by Dr. Robson Bonnichsen of the University of Maine Anth...;Credits: A special thanks to the Institute for Quaternary Studies of the University of Maine and the Member Organizations of Northern Maine Woods, Inc. without whose help this “...
11) 0952.0296 [Field Trip: Yacht Building]
Program #4. Record date: October 16, 1981. // Dropout becomes progressively worse during transfer. End credits are cut due to dropout. // Tour of the Henry R. Hinckley Company i...
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