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1) 0155.0002 [Herbert Kenney--home movies]
Collection formerly called 'Seavey Collection' Various short scenes includes: Fishermen with their catch, a small whale; captain's head barely in view; Sea lion on a beach, bark...
2) 0155.0004 [Hunting dogs short]
Collection formerly called 'Seavey Collection' Three hunting dogs in action. Shots include a group of hunters and various hunting dogs cornering a deer; a Chesapeake Bay dog ret...
2) 0155.0005 [Kodascope excerpts: Felix the Cat]
Collection formerly called 'Seavey Collection' Felix the Cat escapes from a fisherman, a crocodile, a fish, a bear and a big bird Also, some footage of men photographing themsel...
10) 0227.0008 Spying on New Hampshire Wildlife
Animals including birds, moose and beaver. Humorous narration. Ends with warning against fires.
9) 0252.0019 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reels 19
Reel 19: (100 ft. dc 1930) 'Airplanes, pelicans.' Biplanes flying formations. Animal park.
24) 0252.0057 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 57
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 57: (100 ft., dc 1934) Ornate old buildings. 'Colorful' native/local people and birds (footage is b&w).
9) 0252.0067 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 67
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 67: (100 ft.) 'Niagara and birds 1936.' Niagara Falls. Birds.
3) 0252.0084 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 84
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 84: (100 ft., dc 1938) Color. Navy ship leaving New York harbor. Officers with pigeon.
24) 0252.0106 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 106
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 106: (100 ft., dc 1941) 'Birds, jungle, Jack Bell.' Color. Fly fishing. Nest of speckled eggs. Small animal...
10) 0262.0001 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 1: Miami and Everglades
Film box notes: 'Feb and March 1955. Joel Campbells home also.' NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: Sea. Ships. Car approaching along road. Palm trees. Oranges. Pan of field, palm tre...
20) 0290.0018 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 18
Amateur: Village. Car on beach. Gulls or sea birds. City scene. Restaurants. Large ship in water. Road. Car. White sand beach. 'Hurry Back and Sleep by the Gulf Tonight' sign. B...
12) 0298 [Seapro project] Tape 1
NHF viewing notes: Dated 10-06-1988. Wide shot of plant from O'Hara's Dock. Zoom by boats to plant at dusk. Gulls. Russian processing boat at dusk. 'Coastal Cruiser' boat. Plant...
163) 0449 cat. 1051-15-WABI-67 It's For The Birds at the Blaine House
Scenes of birds on Blaine House shutters.
14) 0453 cat. 1062-13-WABI-67 Penobscot Marine Museum
Searsport: Pictures of sea captains and historic ships. Huge ship model. Carved wooden eagle. More pictures of men. Chinese curios, kimono. Curved sideboard with tea service and...
15) 0659 Salt Marshes (Program 5)
No description available
14) 0659 Whales (Program 3)
No description available
18) 0659 She Knew a Phoenix: May Sarton
Dub. Documentary about poet May Sarton includes Sarton at typewriter, speaking poem, talking with (student) interviewer. Winter road scenes driving to her house (in Maine?). The...
20) 0659 Gulls and Terns (Program 4)
No description available
9) 0659 Eagles (Program 6)
13 April 1978
15) 0659 Winter Bird Feeding (Program 1)
No description available
16) 0659 Learning About Winter (Program 2)
No description available
18) 0660.0001 Blue Hill Class Reel 1
Date from edge code on film. // About 20 people in chairs draw people on lawn. Cow is led about in front of them. Shot is from rear of students. Boy climbs on donkey and is led ...;A woman with a donkey stands in front of a group of students with notebooks. A boy leads the donkey in front of the group. The boy sits on the donkey while another boy leads it....
9) 0660.0002 Blue Hill Class Reel 2
Date from edge code on film. // Pekinese dogs on lawn. Asian girl, about 5 years old, gestures, dressed in robe. Waters flowers. Goose. Boy does somersault on lawn, plays in spr...;Three Pekinese dogs on the lawn. Pekinese and Pekinese puppies playing tug-a-war with a person off screen. Close up shots of the dogs. An Asian woman and little girl. Shot of th...
1) 0660.0006 Guatemala, 1932
Title, 'Costa Rica, Billy the Ant Eater.' Woman's legs and small animal on ground. Title, 'Nicaragua, Where More U.S. Marines were ruined by Boredom like this than were killed b...;Title card: [Costa Rica. Billy the Ant-Eater.] An anteater on a leash, being played with by two women of whom only their feet are shown. Intertitle: 'Nicaragua. Where more U.S. ...
25) 0697.0006 [Goodman--home movies] Lobstering with Stan Meserve
Man and boys wearing and carrying fishing gear on pier. Stacked lobster traps. Man wears boots turned down. Buddy Goodman? in stern of boat. Shot taken from behind Stan Meserve...
22) 0721.0001 [Naturalist Films] Tape 1
Untitled educational/cultural films and nature films. // Date range from information in collection folder. // Original footage is 16mm film. // NHF retains video copy with the f...
3) 0721.0003 [Naturalist Films] Tape 3
Untitled educational/cultural films and nature films. // Date range from information in collection folder. // Original footage is 16mm film. // NHF retains video copy. // NHF vi...
28) 0725.0001 4H, A Family Special
Dated October 1987. Ted Greene, a bearded maple syrup maker wearing a flannel shirt, narrates. Kids recite 4H pledge. Sebago Town Hall sign. 4H activities. Christmas tree. Ridin...
18) 0733 Gilley, Portrait of a Bird Carver
Documentary: Biography of Wendell Gilley, bird carver. He narrates. Ducks swimming near rocks. Gilley sits and talks among his carving with young female interviewer. Fire going ...
24) 0752.0035 Warner Pathe News: Volume 5, Number 4
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'The Elections'; 'Keeping Up With the President: He Dedicates Iwo Statue, He Welcomes New Americans, He Open...
31) 0752.0058 Warner Pathe News: Volume 7, Number 9
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'The Middle East'; 'Queen Elizabeth Visits France'; 'First Films of the Earth Satellite'; '100,000 Starlings...
32) 0752.0060 Warner Pathe News: Volume 8, Number 2
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'U.N. Condemns Russia'; 'Adenauer is Reelected'; 'Mirror Carrier Landings'; 'Arctic Ice Cap Adventure'; 'Hum...
21) 0759.0007 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 7
[Tractors,] Log drive start, Crooked River, log drive start, logs being 'sacked' into river.;A woman driving a tractor. A man walking up a dirt road. Men moving logs into the river. Birds flying overhead. A stack of logs being rolled into the water. Men using poles to p...
36) 0759.0009 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 9
Boat ride from boathouse around the island, loons, nest, eggs, later babies [little loons].;Dark shots of trees and boats along the shore. The water filmed from a boat. A loon. A loon nest with eggs. The loon with chicks. [End of Reel]
21) 0759.0014 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 14
Frank on horseback at farm, Kemp's log cabin, Lamb Place, Respar's, woodpecker, chickens, Olga's, Cape, Dr. Sullivan prior to 1938, Janet, Christine and Vera, Pop unloading ice,...;A man leading a horse. A dog. A man (Frank) on horseback. A log cabin. Houses and a barn in the snow. A woodpecker in a tree. Chicks. A house in the snow. A man (Dr. Sullivan?) ...
1) 0776 An Eagle is Flying
Factual work by Fournier Film Co., Inc. for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. First successful eagle egg transplant from Minnesota to Maine, eagle nest building and other wild...
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