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3) 2534.0027 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 27
Footage of firemen using various techniques, trucks and pieces of equipment to fight a forest fire with intertitles explaining all of them. Intertitle: “Some have answered the ...
2) 2534.0026 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 26
Footage of a forest fire starting from sunlight magnified by a glass bottle and fire fighters putting out the resulting blaze with intertitles. Footage of forest fires and fire...
1) 2534.0025 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 25
Intertitle: “When the Red Cock Struts Through the Forest” A few shots of a forest fire. Intertitle: “The number of Forest Fires can be reduced if---” A few shots of fire figh...
29) 2447.0010 The Tree In A Test Tube
Directed by Charles McDonald, narrated by Pete Smith and Lee Vickers and starring Laurel and Hardy. Pete Smith explains to Laurel and Hardy how many products in their daily liv...
25) 2351.0018 "Sea Coast Mission" Reel 4
Intertitle: "There are 54 lonely lighthouses in the Mission's parish." Views of Owls Head lighthouse , built 1825, near Rockland, from the Sunbeam. Views from the wheelhouse...;THE MAINE SEA COAST MISSIONARY SOCIETY Bar Harbor, Maine INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (May be omitted if desired): The idea of making this movie of the work of the Maine Sea Coast Mi...
7) 2351.0017 "Sea Coast Mission" Reel 3
Intertitle: "When a doctor's call from the mainland may cost $75, the services of a nurse in the winter months are desperately needed. She is sponsored jointly by the Mission a...;THE MAINE SEA COAST MISSIONARY SOCIETY Bar Harbor, Maine INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (May be omitted if desired): The idea of making this movie of the work of the Maine Sea Coast Mi...
3) 2351.0016 "Sea Coast Mission" Reel 2
Intertitle: "The Maine Sea Coast Mission is independent non-denominational, and wholly supported by voluntary gifts." Intertitle: "The Mission headquarters in Bar Harbor is als...;THE MAINE SEA COAST MISSIONARY SOCIETY Bar Harbor, Maine INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (May be omitted if desired): The idea of making this movie of the work of the Maine Sea Coast Mi...
44) 2351.0015 "Sea Coast Mission" Reel 1
"Manuscript to be Read at Showing of the Sea Coast Mission Films THE MAINE SEA COAST MISSIONARY SOCIETY Bar Harbor, Maine INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (May be omitted if desired): T...;Title: "Sea Coast Mission" Intertitle: "The story of the Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society of Bar Harbor, Maine." Intertitle: "Produced on behalf of the Mission by the ALPHA ...
1) 2157.0004 "God's Tugboat"
This film focuses on the ministry of Sunbeam III built in 1939. Collection Notes: "Script for the film "GOD'S TUGBOAT" Introduction (Read before film is shown.) The Maine Se...;Screening notes: Intertitle: "The Sunbeam, serving as a Christian guardian, travels thousands of miles each year to provide extra security which transforms grim existence into ...
18) 2114.0018 Making of a Shooter (Reel 2), Accession 2114
Making of a Shooter (Reel 2) is the second reel of a rifle safety film. This reel is about a girl named Mary who competes in the National Rifle Matches at Camp Perry in Port Cl...
6) 2114.0006 Vacation Bicycle Safety Patrol, Accession 2114
Vacation Bicycle Safety Patrol is a film about bicycle safety with intertitles throughout. The footage includes a boy in a Vacation Bicycle Safety Patrol uniform biking up to a...
2) 1515.0071 Operation Everest
Operation Everest is a film documenting Dr. Charles S. Houston’s study of the same name conducted in 1946 for the United States Navy that used a pressure chamber to study the pr...
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