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1) 0325 cat. 0018-07-WABI-60 MCRR 1st Freight Service

Christening ceremony for Maine Central Railroad's new Freight Express. Shots include christening by woman and engineer looking from his station as train pulls out.

4) 0336 cat. 1009-03-WABI-61 Bangor & Aroostook Pickup and Delivery

Ad including train pulling past camera, man backing up a truck and dropping off a crate, more footage of train rolling by.

17) 0336 cat. 1009-04-WABI-61 Mr. Gordon Robertson

Robertson speaks on railroads, including Bangor & Aroostook Railroad.

14) 0336 cat. 1009-05-WABI-61 Bangor & Aroostook Pickup and Delivery

Commercial: composite master copy of commercial about Bangor & Aroostook Railroad's free pickup and delivery service. Same as 1009-03.

35) 0338 cat. 0025-14-WABI-61 B & A Railroad

Meeting.

34) 0339 cat. 0026-06-WABI-61 Plane Crash at Dow

Crash at Air Force Base with plane stranded on train tracks.

17) 0342 cat. 0031-04-WABI-61 B & A Train

Shots of man standing by railroad tracks, train rolling by, men at the Paul Bunyan statue, food.

33) 0343 cat. 0029-09-WABI-61 Train Hits Car

Driver hit by train is fatally injured. Shots of car, train.

32) 0343 cat. 0030-02-WABI-61 Maine Potato Queen

Queen arrives on train, door opens to reveal her seated on throne. She meets reporters, receives flowers.

26) 0345 cat. 0031-14-WABI-62 Train and Car Collision at Veazie

Collision scene shots include damaged car, railroad tracks, police officer.

11) 0360 cat. 0050-07-WABI-62 Train-Car Accident in Bucksport

Collision damage including car's severed front end, car interior, and point of view shot from a car driving through accident site over train tracks.

14) 0363 cat. 0044-13-WABI-61 Demolition of Union Station

Bangor: Demolition scenes include men working on building and tower, river's edge.

28) 0363 cat. 0044-16-WABI Union Station Tower

Bangor: Downtown shots include Union Station Tower, 'Spalding Headquarters -- Official Outfitters of Schools and Teams,' a panorama of one part of city.

19) 0374 cat. 1026-15-WABI-62 Train Accident in Veazie

Veazie: Accident scene including car damaged by train, tracks, police officer.

30) 0380 cat. 0062-12-WABI-63 Accident at Railroad (Connors)

Men talk by railroad cars at accident site.

18) 0387 cat. 1029-06-WABI-63 Railroad Strike

Interview with railroad official Durant by George Redpath regarding strike set for the evening and union-management relations in local area.

32) 0388 cat. 0064-13-WABI-63 Railroad Yards

Train yard including trains, tracks, train car flatbed, the station.

20) 0389.0009 [Last Mail Train to Bangor]

Footage shot by WABI for news report on the mail train's last trip to Bangor. Features scenes of workers in mailroom sorting and filing envelopes, the Maine Central freight trai...

29) 0398 cat. 1035-02-WABI-64 Potatoes Week

Dunn speaking on Maine potato industry including workers, potato's image. Also shots of a train pulling into junction with a woman engineer who gets out and presents suited men ...

22) 0408 cat. 0078-08-WABI-64 Potatoes Week

Mr. Dunn discussion of Maine potato industry including potato farmers, potato's image, a woman engineer pulling a train into junction and presenting men with bags of potatoes.

33) 0432 cat. 1044-04-WABI-65 [Volkswagen Beetle Accident]

Car appears to have been hit by a train. MS and LS of car and LS of train tracks and parked vehicles.

32) 0439 cat. 1048-20-WABI-66 Geodetic Survey

USC&G surveying of land including three men working beside train track.

34) 0450 cat.1055-15-WABI-67 Telejournal Looks at Expo '67 -- Part 1

Montreal: World's Fair scenes including reporters arriving in Montreal, 'Man and His World' exhibit as seen from moving vehicle, a ship, various international exhibits, a monora...

17) 0450 cat. 1057-22-WABI-67 Maine Central Railroad Hauls Off Junk Cars

Train leaves Maine to take junked cars to Massachussetts.

35) 0451 cat. 1059-20-WABI-67 Belfast & Moosehead Railroad Tour

Belfast & Moosehead sign. Pan of wooded area. Train full of passengers. Spectator. Man walking along tracks.

10) 0453 cat. 1061-21-WABI-67 End Rack Pulp Wood Cars at Bangor & Aroostook Railroad

WABI Reporter (Gordon?) with Mr. Swill of the B & A talking about the new pulp wood cars: their loading, cost ($17,000/each), uses, and railroad's future. Discuss route of the B...

29) 0553 cat. 0060-16-WABI-63 Redpath Interview, Railroad official

Interview with railroad official named Durant who knows about a strike about to take place that night. Asked how long the strike will be, how it will take place, how union-manag...

30) 0559 cat. 1018-10-WABI-61 [Soldiers]

Trains loaded with jeeps and hardware, soldiers talking on trucks and walking around.

22) 0638 B & A, Fox and Ginn

Various takes of the two companies logos.

28) 0639 B & A Railroad Round Trip Ticket

Passengers boarding B & A bus, person waving down bus, driver's view.

34) 0640 B & A Free Pick-Up and Delivery

Promo for free service including alternating shots of train and truck.

27) 0641 B & A Iced Cars

Carl Smith, vice-president of B & A Railroad, describes company's new iced cars with a two and a half-ton capacity for use by potato shippers. Shot of one being loaded with ice.

33) 0643 B & A Round Trip Ticket

Unused negative portion of ad. Same as Catalogue No. 0046-02.

28) 0645 B & A Iced Cars

Same as 0046-07.

30) 0647 B & A Round Trip Ticket

Same as Catalogue No. 0046-08.

36) 0648 B & A Iced Cars

Commercial for Bangor and Aroostook Railroad descibing the pre-iced car service they offer to potato farmers. Shows railroad cars including men loading ice onto cars and raising...

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