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11) 2419.0055 Abraham Katz--home movies. Boston fish business. Reel 55
Outstanding Boston Working Waterfront Reel, about 4 minutes. Reel 55: Color, boat and water at Boston Harbor. Working waterfront, bucket unloads fish. Ice in hold. Nice fo...
35) 2351.0040 [Maine Sea Coast Mission -- home movies] Reel 9
Views of one of the American tourist women admiring the baby of a Syrian woman as she and several children look on. Views of four fishermen in a traditional open boat, rowing,...;Box notes: "Lake Galilee 1933"
19) 2351.0023 "Faith is the Substance"
Title: "FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE" Intertitle: "Since 1905 the Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society of Bar Harbor has carried the Christian gospel to isolated Maine island and coast...
15) 2351.0011 "Salt Water Parish"
Title: "Salt Water Parish" Views of ship Sunbeam III at anchor in calm waters. Intertitle: "Navigation in Maine waters is varied and hazardous." shots of radar scope turnin...
310) 2310.0014 [Milton Dowe—home movies] Reel 14
1:12:49-1:14:03 Man and daughter walk through deep snow in woods toward and by camera on snowshoes. Views of cabin covered in snow, and man and daughter walking on snow. 1:14:...
7) 2310.0003 [Milton Dowe—home movies] Reel 3
25:07-26:07 Man on tractor with man with mowing blade behind working the tall hay in a field. 26:07- 29:29 Man with horse and raker in hay field gathering hay for making into b...
20) 2298.0005 [Manley Nelson--home movies] Reel 5
Dates from edge codes on film. // Note in can: 'Pipe Line Construction. Memorial Bridge in Augusta Construction.';Seaweed harvesting from Boat. Recreational sailing, men fishing from large dory and from side of lobster boat. Clearing with bulldozers, laying pipeline. D.A. Fogg Excavating...
7) 2157.0007 [Maine Sea Coast Mission--production outtakes] Reel 2
The scenes appearing in this reel are outtakes or duplicates of scenes from the edited films produced by The Maine Sea Coast Mission. Scenes of schoolchildren served by the Mi...
5) 2157.0005 "Cruising with the Sunbeam"
Intertitle: "The Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society Presents" Intertitle: "Cruising with the 'Sunbeam'" Intertitle: "Along the coast of Maine are scattered many lighthouses -...
15) 2157.0003 "Mission By Sea"
Collection Notes: Script " MISSION BY SEA Titles View form Cadillac Mountain This is the country which the Sea Coast Mission serves-- a country of deep-cut bays and rock...;Screening notes: Intertitle: "This film tells the dramatic story of The Maine Sea Coast Mission which has, on a year-round basis, since 1905 served the scattered people of the...
5) 2114.0053 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 53, Accession 2114
Footage of male and female deer in a field. A few shots of men in a boat. Footage of men digging clams out of the mud with a pitchfork, or clam hoe, and putting them in crates...
22) 1997-001.0001 Draggerman's Haul
Two 16 mm. projection prints formerly circulated via the Connecticut Humanities Council resource center. Titles are: 'Draggerman's Haul' (600 ft., 18 min.): The plight of Stonin...
2) 1908.0001 New England Fisheries, Part 1: Cod
Ship 'Columbia' sets sail for 'The Grand Banks' in north Atlantic. Scenes of cod and halibut fishing and processing. Annual memorial services for Gloucester fishermen lost at se...
14) 1893.001 [Unidentified fishing footage]
Commercial fishing footage. Appears to be professionally shot footage of loading fish at dock. Reel given to Alan Lewis from 'acquaintance who runs a flea market'. Transfer was ...
2) 1800.0002 Fresh is Best!
'presented by New England's Fresh Fishermen'
16) 1800.0001 Maine's Harvesters of the Sea
Color is faded. // General description: narration and appearance by artist Laurence Sisson. Fishermen in trawlers, draggers, purse seiners and lobster boats. Fishing for cod, ha...
17) 1722.0009 Gabriel Women, Passamaquoddy Basketmakers
This video offers a glimpse into the life of Mary Gabriel, who grew up on the Passamaquoddy Reservation in Indian Township, Maine. There she learned the traditional way of baske...
12) 1612.0006 [Chute Homestead—home movies] Reel 6
A shot of a sign with a fish on it that reads “State Fish Hatchery”. A shot of a building with a sign that reads “Maine State Fish Hatchery”. Footage of workers at the netting...;Notes on can: Fall Foliage; Locks; Fair Waterford #2”
18) 1508.0001 An Old Fishing Village
Videotape copy of intertitled amateur film. 'An Old Fishing Village fotographed by Fuller 1926 and 1927.' NHF viewing notes: Boothbay Harbor village scenes, fishing operations, ...
19) 1507 Watermen
Long (full) version of 'Watermen,' a documentary about Chesapeake Bay oyster fishermen, their families and working life. Long (full) version is 2300 ft., 65 min. running time.
5) 1507 Watermen
Shorter version of 'Watermen,' a documentary about Chesapeake Bay oyster fishermen, their families and working life. Shorter version is edited for television.
6) 1494.0001 A Tale of Two Fisheries
Production dated 2/7/97 using NHF archival footage related to history and state today of cod fishing. ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY.
23) 1472.0002 The Last Smokehouse [Sample]
Documentary about Lubec and the smoked herring industry of Maine. Betacam SP copy is promotional sample edit.
1) 1472.0001 The Last Smokehouse
Documentary about Lubec and the smoked herring industry of Maine. VHS is rough clip, dated 4/4/89. ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY.
24) 1445.PC4-PC6 ['Live Lobster' videotape masters]
Three videotape masters of 1976 Peg Dice production 'Live Lobster: Maine Lobsterman.' Lobster fisherman Phil Alley shows how lobsters are caught and tells about the pattern of h...
9) 1445.0001 ['Fence In the Water' videotape master]
Videotape master of 1980 Peg Dice production 'Fence in the Water' about fish weir belonging to Phil Alley and Gordon Chapin. They catch Atlantic herring for Maine sardines, watc...
5) 1415.PC1-.PC41 [film elements for 'To Kayak,' 'Fence,' and other titles]
Film elements for various film projects by Peg Dice: To Kayak Fence in the Water Iceland Fishing Maine Seine Opthamologist Watershed
27) 1396.PC4 Fence in the Water
See description at Peg Dice Coll./acc.0896, ProCite record #13084.
29) 1383.0004 [Earl Hodgkins--home movies] Reel 004
Box/can notes as follows. Reel numbers are NHF-assigned. Reel 4: Spring 1947. Niagara falls. Dot, Andy and Joyce at Falls. Canadian gardens. David as a baby 6 wks. Jo Joseph and...
29) 1354.0001 The Gloucestermen
Documentary aired initially by WGBH-TV, Boston in April 1973. ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY.
64) 1336 [compilation of Boothbay Harbor footage]
Compilation tape received from the Boothbay Region Historical Society. Tape divided into various segments as follows: 1. 1987 intertitle: 'The Boothbay Region Historical Society...
4) 1328.PC1-.PC25 ['Live Lobster' and 'Fence' film elements]
Film elements for 'Live Lobster: Maine Lobsterman' (1976) and 'Fence in the Water' (1980).
1) 1306.0001 Quest #105: Water Ways
VHS reference tape. Recorded 11/15/95. Program #105 of the MPTV series 'Quest: Investigating the World We Call Maine.' Includes 218 seconds of NHF archival footage, showing scen...
150) 1289.0008 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 008
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 8: Products of Duck Island. Travel. First rate, of seagulls, Cranberry Isles, scenes, shoreline architecture, sardine...;Purchased film, transferred without sound, although title indicates RCA sound. Title card: The State of Maine: A Carl Dudley Production photographed by Edwin E. Olsen. color...
58) 1289.0003 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 003
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 3: Manset, travel. Fish pier, etc.;[Note: Reel 3 is the same as Reel 12. --karan sheldon 13 Aug 2013] Intertitle: "Products of Duck Island" Seagull in water, more seagulls come to eat dead fish. CU seagull on...
48) 1235 New England
Series description: 'The United States Geography Series' depicts life in eight principle regions of the U.S. Basic concepts and issues covered: the influence of tradition and cu...
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