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Circus
Mills and mill-work
1) 0155.0006
[Kodascope excerpts]
Collection formerly called 'Seavey Collection' Shots from a circus showing a tightrope walker [Herbert Kenney's uncle was a tightrope walker by profession]. Shots include a bala...
1) 0158.0001
The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 1
'Cushman southern No. 1' ;First of four reels on a trip to the South. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (10 min.) 'The Ladies Travel South, a four reel picture of scenes from Pinehurst, N.C. to the Mississip...
17) 0158.0007
Maine family activities--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 7
Amateur footage. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (20 min.) Augusta, Me. State House. Lisbon Street, Lewiston. Mill. River. Pan to bridge. Waterfall, dam. 'Bowdoin Pines.' Pan of t...
3) 0252.0079
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 79
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 79: (50 ft., dc 1935) Barnett Bros. three-ring circus. Two men lead elephant from tent and make print o...
8) 0307 cat. 1001-06-WABI-54
Barnum and Bailey Circus
New York City: Circus at Madison Square Garden including children riding elephants, a parade through streets. Narrated with music.
6) 0309 cat. 0007-03-WABI-60
Woodman Lumber Fire
A very large fire at a lumber mill. Shots of fire fighters at the fire and extensive damage. Brewer fire fighters. Ref. 300.
12) 0318 cat.0013-06-WABI-59
Wild Animal Circus
Wild animal circus. Shots of caged elephants, camels, llamas, leopard and zebra. Also elephants performing, and clowns dressing child in clown costume.
32) 0323 cat. 0017-15-WABI-60
Groundbreaking at Emple Knitting Mill
Brewer : Young boy performs groundbreaking at mill while older men look on.
13) 0339 cat. 1010-04-WABI-61
Mrs. John Reed at Old Town
Old Town: Mrs. Reed's visit including Dunegan Woolen Mills, Inc., standing by a Freight Ways truck, signing Blaine House address on package, package being loaded on truck which ...
31) 0341 cat. 0027-01-WABI-61
Mrs. Reed at Old Town
Old Town: Governor John Reed's wife visits Dunegan Woolen Mills, Inc. She stands by a truck and writes the address of the Blaine House on a package, which is loaded onto the truck.
3) 0401 cat. 0080-08-WABI-64
Circus at Brewer
Brewer: Shots through cage bars of leopards performing with a trainer including a balancing act, jumping through fire hoops and playing.
13) 0410 cat. 0081-10-WABI-64
Circus at Brewer
Brewer: Shots of International Hippodrome Circus including performers' trailer, a boy with a dog, people on a trampoline, people talking, and a man looking at a drum set.
7) 0416 cat. 1036-15-WABI-64
Circus at Brewer
Brewer: Shots of International Hippodrome Circus including performers' trailer, a boy with a dog, people on a trampoline, people talking, and a man looking at a drum set, woman ...
8) 0431 cat. 1012-05-WABI-61
Circus
Circus including clown with audience, tiger in a cage, circus entrance, crowd entering, Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus sign, elephants, giraffes, camels, woman with monkey.
7) 0453.0021
[East Division of Standard Packaging to Slow Down Production]
Label: 'East Division of Standard Packaging to Slow Down Production.' // Truck arriving at gate of Eastern Fine Paper mill in Brewer. Sign: 'Eastern Fine Paper and Pulp Division...
9) 0565 cat. 0038-02-WABI-59
Cerebral Palsy Children
Children roller skating, at circus, at day camp, at YMCA pool, and at the United Cerebral Palsy Center.
34) 0657 cat. 5271-01-NHFC-88
Sins of Our Mothers: The Story of Emeline
Story of young 19th century woman believed to have inadvertently married her own son. NHF distributes this title to institutions; it is also available through Reference by Mail....
21) 0666
[Technicolor Logging]
Produced in 1983, contains footage appearing to be from the 1920s through the 1960s. // Steam log hauling through snow. Old car. Pan of logging area. Steam log hauling. Rolling ...
18) 0669.0001
King Spruce
Logging film including axe sharpening, chopping trees, horse pulling logs, Lombard log hauler, rolling logs with Peaveys, men going to lunch, cutting ice, bulldozer, boat, boom,...
31) 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 ...
1) 0696.0002
[Bucksport Mill footage] NHF Reel 2
NHF notes: Footage of the construction of the Maine Seaboard Paper Company mill in Bucksport, Maine. Appears to be professionally shot. Includes shots of construction site on w...
29) 0696.0011
[E.H. Maxcy--home movies]
NHF viewing notes as follows. Reel notes in quotes. 5511-02 '9/1931' 100 ft. More swimming. Ocean, pool with harbor in background including four-masted vessel. Bucksport Mill vi...
8) 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.
18) 0712.0001
[Forrest Colby--home movies] Summer logging
Can/box note: 'Pulpwood drive.' NHF cataloguer's notes: 00:50 Camp in summer, long pan of log buildings. Horse crosses, pulling travois-type sled with box on it. Man walks behin...
4) 0719
Places of Interest in the Bucksport Area
Dated Spring 1989. Student film of Bucksport sites of historical and other interest. Old postcards showing Bucksport Main Street, bridge, boy pumping water, old buildings, railr...
6) 0726.0006
[unidentified--home movies] Reel 6
NHF cataloguer's notes (reel numbers are NHF-assigned): Reel 6: Country scenes. Small-town American Legion Parade. Mountains. Lakes. Beach scenes. Same family (as in earlier ree...
16) 0726.0008
[unidentified--home movies] Reel 8
NHF cataloguer's notes (reel numbers are NHF-assigned): Reel 8: Circus. Zoo. Mountain scenes. A small-town parade. Four-masted schooner 'Seth Parker' open to the public. Isl...
12) 0751.0018
[Wilbur Senter--home movies] Reel 18
Amateur footage. Can notes (quoted) and reel notes as follows; reel numbers are NHF-assigned. Reel 18: 'Circus and ski jumping reel.' Robbins Brothers Circus. National Ski J...
29) 0780.0006
[Sawyer--home movies] Reel 006
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows (box/reel notes in quotes, reel numbers are NHF-assigned). Reel 6: 'Jo and John in boat, rainbow, Mt. Washington, air circus ; ca. 1939'. Lengt...;Scenes of rainbow. Man and woman in canoe and then in motor boat. Some airplane stunts and parachutist, but these are poor quality. Views of mountains and surrounding area.
29) 0808
Log Jam
Follows the annual drive of the St. Regis Paper Company on Maine's Machias River from the woods to the mill. // St. Regis became Champion International Corporation.
30) 0832
Mt. Washington Valley
Mt. Chocorua, Saco River, Ellis River, Pinkham Notch, Crawford Notch. Mt. Washington Weather Station, Mt. Washington Hotel, Mt. Washington Valley. White Mountain National Forest...
3) 0836.0010
[Wildlife Birds]
Donor's titles in quotes: 'Wild Life Birds (surplus film 1963).' // Box captions: 'Wildlife--Birds--surplus film taken on river Sept 1963--original film. B.' // Scenery, marshes...
36) 0836.0052
Pictures of Pulp Mills on the Pacific Coast
Title on film: 'Pictures of Pulp Mills on the Pacific Coast taken by E.P. Cook and B.T. Larrabee November 1940.' // Slight perf and edge damage. // List of scenes in collection ...
2) 0964.0003
The Stud Mill Story
Features the particular operations involved in producing wooden studs. (Print no. 7, 15 min. running time.)
4) 0964.0005 - 0964.00027
['Light Coated Quality' and other titles]
Collection-level description of video footage: promotional works such as 'Light Coated Quality' about technology and processes used in the forest products industry, instruction ...
13) 1140.0460
[Circus Sets Up at Bangor Auditorium]
Circus equipment set up at Bangor Auditorium. Performer practices on trapeze. Footage of ponies and elephants, tigers in cages.
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