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13) 0012.0001
Stonington & Deer Isle--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 12
Pan of field, trees, water, land, mountains. Shot of three women, one man, one boy, and a baby girl; car going over Deer Isle causeway; lobster boats and sailboats in Stonington...
5) 0308 cat. 1002-02-WABI-59
Dead River Presents
3 ads for Dead River Co. in which man describes company's contributions to Maine, and encourages viewers to watch 'Dead River Presents' Sunday night television program.
3) 0309 cat.0007-07-WABI-59
Downtown Bangor
Bangor : Scenes of Main Street during Christmas shopping season at night. Shows WABI neon sign, a toy train in a department store window, the Sears Roebuck building, Citizens Ut...
10) 0309 cat.0007-08-WABI-58
Freeses Department Store, Bangor
Bangor : Long static night shots of Freeses Department Store lit up for Christmas. Also, some shots of the crowds on the streets and a look through the front windows of the stor...
16) 0310 cat.1002-13-WABI-59
Chevron Banquet
Lucerne : Banquet at Lucerne Inn including men standing in front of sign that says, 'What's Come Over Our Calso Sign?' and crowd.
323) 0312 cat. 1003-06-WABI-59
Hi-Value Groundbreaking
Groundbreaking of used car dealership including hand shaking, and shovelfuls of earth. Appears to be sponsored by International Harvester.
14) 0314 cat.1004-09-WABI-59
Jackson Boat Co. Fire
Veazie : Jackson Boat Co. fire including smoke pouring from building, fire fighters on ladders in the snowfall, fire truck.
23) 0316 cat.0010-06-WABI-59
Rexall Brewer Auditorium
Brewer: Rexall displays Christmas wares at Brewer Auditorium. Shots include people browsing; displays of cards, toys and decorations; 'Toyland' and 'Merry Christmas' signs.
43) 0317 cat.0012-07-WABI-58
Bowl MOR Lanes
Ad for Bowl MOR Lanes
31) 0318 cat.0013-10-WABI
Nelson and Small Opening
Nelson and Small Plumbing and Heating has Open House. Shots include oil furnace, building exterior.
27) 0319 cat. 0013-12-WABI-59
[Joan Crawford at Dow Air Force Base]
Joan Crawford at opening ceremonies for Rudman Beverage Co., a new Pepsi-Cola factory in Maine. Her arrival at Dow Air Force Base on a Pepsi plane, her welcome by the crowd. She...
26) 0332 cat. 0020-03-WABI-59
John Paul
Commercials: 1) A tall man models a suit and then walks to a sign that says, 'John Paul, Chargray Flannels, $37.50.' three takes 2) Same model in suit walks to a sign 'America's...
40) 0335 cat. 0025-09-WABI-59
Bowl MOR Lanes
Bowling demonstration.
14) 0336 cat. 0023-08-WABI
Opening of Portland General Electric
Portland: General Electric ribbon cutting shots include building exterior, man cutting ribbon and shaking hands, 'Portland Branch Office' sign.
15) 0347 cat. 0030-16-WABI-59
Gass Sales
Gass Sales Barn and stables with man and donkey in foreground.
10) 0554 cat. 0042-01-WABI-59
Swan's Island Ferry
Swan's Island: William S. Silsby Ferry picking up and ferrying vehicles. Shots of rooms and deck, land, dedication for service to Swan's Island, speeches, ferry leaving port, is...
9) 0570 cat. 0041-01-WABI-59
'Gov. Muskie' Motor Ferry
Dedication ceremonies honoring ferry's maiden voyage from Islesboro to Lincolnville. Interviews with Maine Port Authority's General Manager Edward Langlord, Authority President ...
18) 0581 cat. 0037-01-WABI-56
Metropolitan Grand Opening
WABI interviews with employees of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. as they arrive for a luncheon at the Penobscot Valley Country Club. Luncheon to celebrate opening of new compan...
20) 0609 cat. 0035-02-WABI-56
Blue Nose Ferry
Bar Harbor: Ferry sailing into harbor includes speeches by the captain, Governor Edmund Muskie, GAM Kirk from Canada, Mr. Pickering from Canadian National Railways, Yarmouth com...
15) 0622 cat. 0039-01-WABI-58
Ellsworth Fire
Ellsworth: Fire footage includes smiling fire chief and an Ellsworth Building Supplies Co. truck.
28) 0813.0281
Smith, Halsey: President Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce
News story dated 12-03-58. Original label says STOCK: Smith, Halsey
147) 0813.0305
Smith, Pete: Chamber of Commerce, New Mall
News story dated 10-06-59.
36) 95-40.0029
Isle Royale, summer--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 29
NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96: Landscape shots of island shore; rocky, forested w/protected coves and open water; summer scene depicts family (adults and small children) eating l...
42) 95-40.0031
Isle Royale, summer--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 31
Isle Royale, Summer (1953)
29) 95-40.0036
Coldwater, new house, Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 36
Coldwater (1955)--New house, Isle Royale (1958)
12) 1205
[Laurence Newman--home movies]
Amateur. Intertitled. NHF cataloguer's notes (titles in quotes), 3/89: 'Starting all over again--after 17 years on white collar job. Feb, 1946.' Man and boy against snowy landsc...
26) 1273.0001
[Worumbo Mill]
Broadcast by NBC, early 1954, one of first in the Truth or Consequences series shows. A man was challenged to get a suit made in two weeks and given a bag of wool which he took ...
77) 1321.0001-.0022
[Archie Stewart--home movies]
Amateur footage of Sauls family and Stewart family activities. Can notes follow; reel numbers are donor-assigned. 1. Goofy golf tricks--Xmas. Korea Military Maneuvers. Baby Mary...
21) 1327.0010
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 10
Reel 10: (32:22). Caribbean. Woman walking away from camera with elaborate hat. Jerky pan of family members on street. 180-degree pan of street. Gardens. Silhouettes of trees. P...
10) 1375.0069
[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 69
NHF cataloguer's notes (reel numbers assigned by donor or creator): Reel 69: (36:06) men walk to car in front of new house; older woman w/ fancy blue dress and parasol models ou...
11) 1375.0070
[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 70
NHF cataloguer's notes (reel numbers assigned by donor or creator): Reel 70: [all color, exterior footage, shots were well composed, fairly lengthy, focused, and steady] 0:00 Ma...
121) 1375.0074
[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 74
NHF cataloguer notes (reel numbers assigned by donor or creator): Reel 74: [all exterior shots; generally well composed, focused, and steady. Some of the shots were a little sho...
13) 1454.0016
[Unobskey--home movies] Reel 16
Amateur footage. Donor's notes in quotes. Reel numbers are NHF assigned. 16. (250 ft., col.) 'Film of 1957. Uncle Charlie in Israel. Fixing walls of A and P building 1959. Sprin...
3) 1736.0017
Sea Mark--Joan Thurber Baldwin--home movies. Reel 17
Title: ‘AN OLD OAK PRODUCTION’. Title: ‘SEA MARK’. Intertitle: ‘Monhegan Island, Maine September 19-23 1957’. Shot of the water from a boat. Intertitle: [Cast names, faded, diff...
15) 2114.0047
[Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 47, Accession 2114
A shot of a lake. A shot of a moving train. A few shots of an industrial area. A few shots of a road, including a sign that reads, “Do Not Drive On Gutter”. A few shots of p...
165) 2114.0059
[Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 59, Accession 2114
Footage of flowers and trees in gardens, including a man chasing a baby in a field and a woman and a child in a car. Footage of a pond filled with lily pads. A few shots of a ...
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