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Amateur films
1950s
1) 0314 cat.1004-07-WABI-59
YMCA Activities
Boys doing exercises including situps, jumping jacks, dribbling and shooting basketballs, snorkeling in a pool, tumbling on mats, jumping on a trampoline, swimming underwater an...
8) 1736.0012
Yeaman's Hall, 1956--Joan Thurber Baldwin--home movies. Reel 12
Yeaman's Hall, 1956;Sign: ‘Private Road No Trespassing Yeaman’s Hall Club Stop At Gate’. Shots of the road. The club house in the distance. Cars in the parking lot. A yellow flag with the letters ‘...
34) 1377.0013
Winter Camping (NHF Reel 13)
BSA training film.
6) 1138.0006
[William Rand, Sr.--home movies] Reel 006
NHF cataloguer's summary of Reel 6: Amateur outdoor footage of a canoe trip through Maine [and possibly Canada]. Shots of canoe portages, camping, fishing, paddling in early aut...
10) 0318 cat.0013-06-WABI-59
Wild Animal Circus
Wild animal circus. Shots of caged elephants, camels, llamas, leopard and zebra. Also elephants performing, and clowns dressing child in clown costume.
17) 1327.0015
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 15
Reel 15: Children peeking under fence at cows in pasture. CU women in flapper styled hats. Man speaking. Woman now closing eyes. Couple kissing. Man wipes womans mouth they kiss...
34) 1327.0013
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 13
Reel 13: Baby on porch in four wheeled walker. Moves about MD gestures to the left and right. Two boys dressed in black and wearing berets enter frame and scootch down to get in...
2) 1327.0012
[Whipple--home movies] Reel 12
Reel 12: Plymouth Harbor. Boat across screen. Boy sits in bow next to flag. Glances back at cameraman. Pan shoreline homes. Man bobbing with boat sits and speaks. Woman nods. An...
1) 1695.0004
Wedding, Disneyland, Children playing, 1959-1964--Joanne Swift--home movies. Reel 4
Wedding. Outside shot of bride, Joanne Swift, and her father at door to church with other people. Dark footage inside the church. Pan of the crowd from the back of church. B...
2) 2155.0002
Wedding, ca. 1950--Dewson Family--home movies. Reel 2
Label on film box: 'Wedding' ;Color- The bride and groom come out of the church and stop on the steps to pose for photos. Bridesmaids join them and they arrange for photos. A car drives off with the bride ...
11) 2155.0001
Wedding, ca. 1950--Dewson Family--home movies. Reel 1
Label on film box: 'Wedding' ;Color - Pan across several women and men standing in front of a church, most with their backs to the camera, talking to each other . They are all well-dressed. One woman is w...
4) 2329.0006
[Virginia Lee Viall--home movies] Reel 6
An older and younger girl (Virginia) with a kitten. Virginia, with a patch over her eye, standing with a ‘Mother’s Day’ bouquet and gifts. Virginia with the kitten. A set of lac...
5) 2329.0005
[Virginia Lee Viall--home movies] Reel 5
A girl (Virginia) playing with dolls. People opening Christmas gifts. [End of Reel]
14) 2329.0004
[Virginia Lee Viall--home movies] Reel 4
Virginia Lee Viall's Sixth Birthday June 20, 1953;A girl (Virginia) and a man seated on a bench. A birthday cake. Virginia with birthday gifts. She holds up a copy of ‘Blueberries for Sal’. A man holds a lobster out to Virginia...
3) 2329.0003
[Virginia Lee Viall--home movies] Reel 3
Virginia Lee V. 4th birthday - June 20, 1951;Close up of a calendar with an ‘Officer Friendly’ print, with June 20, 1951 circled. A birthday cake. A girl (Virginia) eating the cake. Virginia playing with a toy phone. Virgi...
3) 2329.0001
[Virginia Lee Viall--home movies] Reel 1
Virginia Lee Viall third birthday - June 20, 1950;A toddler (Virginia Viall) at an outdoor table, with a birthday cake and gifts. Virginia on the sidewalk. A man holds Virginia’s hand as they walk by a lake, past a sign: ‘In th...
17) 1377.0009
[untitled scouting film] NHF Reel 9
BSA training film. Appears to be professional rather than amateur film.
13) 1454.0014
[Unobskey--home movies] Reel 14
Amateur footage. Donor's notes in quotes. Reel numbers are NHF assigned. 14. (400 ft., col.) 'Joe in Navy, 1955. Dorothy Wolman. Leave for Nashville, F and M in Ford 1955 summer...;NHF cataloguer's notes for Reel 14: (3:13:16) Young man in Navy uniform with sailor's hat. Hugs older man. They pose together with arms around each other. Sailor then poses with...
12) 1454.0013
[Unobskey--home movies] Reel 13
Amateur footage. Donor's notes in quotes. Reel numbers are NHF assigned. Reel 13. (300 ft., b&w and col.) '1954. Martha's engagement. Wedding Party 1955. Trip to Puerto Rico and...;NHF cataloguer's notes for Reel 13: Couple in front of garage with car in it. They kiss and hug each other. Wave to camera. Two men holding woman between them and swinging her. ...
2) 1454.0010
[Unobskey--home movies] Reel 10
Amateur footage. Can notes in quotes. Reel numbers are NHF assigned. Reel 10. (400 ft., col.) '1952. Martha's trip to Europe. From boarding train in St. Stephens to Calais, Fran...;NHF cataloguer's notes, 3/97: Pan of two women, man and two teenage boys in front of 'Canadian Pacific' sign. Woman with her parents? Elderly man and woman. Elderly woman kisses...
3) 0897.0001-.0013
[Unobskey--home movies]
[Unobskey--home movies] are scenes of Jewish family life in Calais, ME, spanning four decades. Footage includes graduations, birthday parties and other family celebrations, ice ...
22) 1540.0004
[unidentified--home movies] Reel 4
Label on can: '1952, 1953.' // Footage of Maine including Belfast, Harpswell, trains and mountains.
23) 1377.0019
To Tommy With Love (NHF Reel 19)
BSA training film.
24) 2367.0007
[Thomas P. Haviland--home movies] Reel 7
Label on can: 'Stonington 1952-1961.' // See collection folder for additional notes.
33) 1377.0012
This Is Exploring (NHF Reel 12)
BSA training film.
29) 1377.0008
They Also Serve (NHF Reel 8)
BSA training film. 'They Also Serve' on can. 'Steps of the Pioneers' on reel, possibly a subtitle.
27) 1736.0018
The Face of Fall, Cliff Golf--Joan Thurber Baldwin--home movies. Reel 18
Title: ‘AN OLD OAK PRODUCTION’. Title: ‘THE FACE OF FALL’. A school bus driving up a tree-lined road. A man with a rifle. He shoots a metal plate. A dead deer hanging from a tre...
1) 1736.0009
The Barn Party--Joan Thurber Baldwin--home movies. Reel 9
Title from leader. Date from edge code. Note on reel: '90'. Woman typing, opening credits, barn party, drinking, smoking cigarettes, arm wrestling;A woman typing and answering the telephone. She takes a bottle out of the cabinet and walks outside. Pages with different breeds of cows listed, tacked to a wall. Panning down t...
29) 1736.0011
Test Move--Joan Thurber Baldwin--home movies. Reel 11
Test Movie;Joan Baldwin stands in front of a Christmas tree and addresses the camera. She talks about the process of making a low-budget film. A mailbox with ‘Baldwin Reveley Old Oak Farm’...
10) 2367.0010
Stonington as It Was: 1952-1961
Edited compilation taken from 8mm films shot by Thomas Haviland.
30) 2367.0009
Stonington as It Was: 1935, 1939-1940, 1950
Edited compilation taken from 8mm films shot by Thomas Haviland.
11) 1736.0013
Some Glimpses of Our Town--Joan Thurber Baldwin--home movies. Reel 13
Some Glimpses of Our Town - August 1956;Title Card: “AN OLD OAK PRODUCTION”. People on stage. A woman reveals successive title cards. Title Card: ‘SOME GLIMPSES OF OUR TOWN’. Card: ‘A screen adaptation from the film b...
23) 2179.0003
[Solon and Betty Bailey--home movies] Reel 3
Donor's notes (abridged - see collection folder): Large Reel #3. Winter/Spring: Easter in Providence and Milton; Spring, Donkey Day, Fourth of July: Donkey Day at Milton Hoosic ...
22) 2179.0002
[Solon and Betty Bailey--home movies] Reel 2
Donor's notes (abridged - see collection folder): Large Reel #2. Late summer 1957: Salter's Point and Norwell; Fall 1957: Norwell; Christmas 1957: Bailey family; Winter 1958: Ou...
1) 2179.0001
[Solon and Betty Bailey--home movies] Reel 1
Donor's notes (abridged - see collection folder): Large Reel #1. 1956 at Salter's Point in South Dartmouth, MA: Marguerite Bailey, the Watts and Gurneys, Salter's Point olympics...
13) 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...
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