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1) 18358 Union Station Lot Development Site
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59) 9672 [Charles H. Tobin--home movies] Reel 4
NHF cataloguer's notes, 3/96 as follows. Film box notes in quotes; reel numbers are NHF-assigned. Reel 4 (25 ft.): 'Train Wreck Augusta 1954.' Steam rail crane moving railroad c...
15) 7922 Union Pacific 8444--1987
Documentary about renovated Union Pacific 8444 locomotive. Shows excursions to Cheyenne and through Wyoming, through Nebraska to the River City Roundup in Omaha, also to Denver ...
4) 3027 Rails and Trails: Visions for Maine's Future
'Produced with the cooperation and assistance of WCSH, Channel 6 TV, Portland.' Footage of railway trains in Europe, promotion of passenger rail systems in Maine. Includes NHF a...
1) 2586.0002 [Earle G. Shettleworth, Sr.--home movies]. Winter Scenes and City Scenes, Reel 2
Excellent winter scenes with ski-jumping, ice skating, dog sleds, horse drawn sleds. Views of coastal Maine(?), including mansions, rail yards, amusement park, then Ausable Chas...
36) 2526.0008 [Philip W. Hussey--home movies] Reel 8, Accession 2526
Can notes: “Trips + Travels; Marion knits at Kidney Pond; Dam on Souadabscook Stream; Falls + Bridge on West Branch; Mt. Katahdin from Foot Bridge; Stuck in Stream – Dam the Bea...
2) 2523.0005 [Philip W. Hussey--home movies] Reel 5, Accession 2523
Intertitle: “Events About Town ’38 (Reel No. 2)” Allan Sim Florist billboard. Intertitle: “The boss himself with a bunch of the Best” followed by a shot of a man with flowers i...
8) 2491.0001 [Clayton P. Hodgkin--home movies] Reel 1, Accession 2491
Laura, Bertha and Mae Hodgkin with numerous young children. Irving Hodgkin pushing his young grandchildren, Irving and Douglas Hodgkin, in a stroller as two dogs walk with them...
14) 2394.01550 [Amtrak]
Leader: "P2 Amtrak #8087 5/2/74";People board an Amtrak train, a conductor collects tickets, baggage check counter. Mike Taibbi reporter voiceover and standup about Amtrak's financial situation and the rail tr...
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...
1) 2298.0001 [Manley Nelson--home movies] Reel 1
Date from edge codes on film. // Note in can: 'Desert of Maine. Nelson family on vacation. Poland Spring House with golf. Fish hatchery (?). Branch Pond in fall foliage. Spirit ...
12) 2272.0003 Zephyr on the Front Range
Zephyr on the Front Range. // Film on railroad in the west.
13) 2272.0002 Bridgton and Harrison, The
The Bridgton and Harrison. // Film on narrow gauge railroads in Maine.
14) 2272.0001 Two Foot Gauge in Maine
Two Foot Gauge in Maine. // Film on narrow gauge railroads in Maine.;Film on narrow gauge railroads in Maine.
6) 2221.0015 [Dave & Annette Jackson--home movies] Reel 15
Date range from edge codes on film. Also Ansco film stock. // Warped, faded, heavy scratches at points. // Men with dead bear. Children and puppy in yard. Lake. Snowy ice-covere...
24) 2195.0001 [Earliest Massachusetts Films--elements] Tape 1
LOC compilation tape 1 of 2 featuring early Massachusetts films. // Footage includes: 'Boston Horseless Fire Department,' 'Canoeing Scene,' 'Panoramic View of Boston Subway from...
35) 2185.0023 [Philip Thompson--home movies] Reel 23
Box label: 'Boston and Other Places.' // Construction of Copley Place. Boston Public Library and pan of Copley Square. Traffic scenes. Vietnam memorial with waterfall. Plaque ap...
18) 2141.0001 Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
A 'case film' produced by/for the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration that focuses on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad company. // Donor notes say film was produ...
14) 2114.0073 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 73, Accession 2114
Intertitles: “Maine the Land of Remembered Vacations” “Official State Picture Maine Development Commission State House Augusta, Maine.” Reel 73 is a promotional film about a tr...
20) 1931 Last Run of Engine 470
Last run of Engine 470 (steam locomotive) including engine moving past buildings, alongside cars. Rear view as it slows down. People gather in front of engine, pose. CU of vario...
21) 1878.002 Steel Trails
Documentary about history of New Hampshire North Coast Railroad including interviews with current and past employees.
22) 1803.002 Trolley Cars of Rockland, ME
Tapes accessioned from NHF backlog, 2/2001. Note says that they were probably brought in by Wayne Gray, Knox-TV. Instrument of Donation and letter sent for clarification 1/16/20...
23) 1791 Two Foot Gauge in Maine
Acc. 1791 is collection of miscellaneous videotapes acquired by NHF. Stored in VHS ref. Includes three segments: Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes, Bridgton & Harrison, New Eng...
24) 1730.0042 [Herbert R. Bucklin--home movies] Reel 42
No visible date code. // Can label: 'Some of the Film is September 1967 Just a Day or Two Before Cog Railway Jumped Off Mt. Washington Track. 8 Killed 30 Hurt.'
25) 1682.0006 Western travels in Colorado, Utah, California, 1939--Robert Hoadley Whipple--home movies. Reel 6
On can: “Western #1, Grand Canyon 1939”;Color home movies of the Whipple family's travels through the American West in 1939, including scenes shot in Colorado, Utah, and California.;Stone marker enclosed in iron fencing. Mountain vistas. People standing in doorway at the Star Tunnel mine in Clear Creek County, CO, below sign: "Star Tunnel/Property of Cons...
26) 1660 Today's Maine Railroads
Documentary and factual work. VHS jacket summary: 'Come along on a journey of discovery as Pentrex travels to the Pine Tree State . . . You'll see all the current freight operat...
186) 1654.0001 Fast Train
Date from edge code on film. // Transferred at 15fps. // Amateur footage. POV train traveling through countryside and small towns.
34) 1649.0001-.0069 Bangor & Aroostook Railroad! [production masters]
Production field shoot and archival masters for 'Bangor & Aroostook Railroad! The First 100 Years, 1891-1991. A unique documentary of an unforgettable era in Maine railroading.'...
28) 1634.0001 Vermont Romance, A
Romance drama: 'The story of Dorothy, a poor but robust farm girl who is discovered by a rich man in white flannel trousers on a motor-car tour, and is loved also by a poor coun...
66) 1612.0027 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 27
A shot of two toy tractors. Footage of men moving an antique car from a garage onto a tow truck. A shot of an antique car turning into the Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospita...
25) 1612.0025 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 25
Footage of narrow gauge railroad trains, including scenes of the people and places along the tracks, workmen and other people posing with trains, two workers retracting a chute ...
15) 1612.0024 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 24
A few shots of moose around a pond, including a bull moose. Footage of people riding on and displaying large scale, or G scale, model trains on a raised track.;Notes on can: “Railroad”
13) 1612.0013 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 13
Stage play with music track. Shot on a small gauge railroad probably on the Bridgeton and Saco River line. Footage of people in late 19th or early 20th Century period costumes...
24) 1612.0010 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 10
Footage of people in late 19th to early 20th Century period costumes, with many of the men dressed as train conductors or railroad workers, the majority of women wearing red han...;Notes on can: “Chute Homestead; Narrow Gauge Train Trip”
9) 1612.0009 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 9
Footage of people riding on and displaying large scale, or G scale, model trains on a raised track, including a few shots of a model steam tractor. Footage of narrow gauge trai...;Notes on can: “Trains”
36) 1604.0001-.0002 Men and Mail in Transit
Transfer notes: Not filmed in northern New England. Tells story of postal processing in transit on trains, following the work of one man, possibly in the mid-west.
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