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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...
3) 0039.0001
Dawn of America
Celebration of Maine's sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary, shows history of Maine from its discovery and role in nation's development. French settlement at St. Croix Island, P...
1) 0078.0001
Crotch Island
NHF cataloguer's notes, 12/95: Pan of construction site out to water (bay), girders, metal frames rusting. Silo, field, flowers. Quarry. Corregated roof metal, demolished house ...
4) 0089
Crotch Island
No description available
3) 0153.0001
[Peaks Island aerial footage]
NHF cataloguer's notes: 5004-01-MAHR-19 (nitrate): 'A pleasing glimpse of Peaks Island from an altitude of 1,500 ft.' Islands and water, houses on island. (Very scratched, nitra...
12) 0158.0005
State of Maine Dedicates Carlton Bridge, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 5
Amateur. First 17 ft. perf. damage and brittle. 1928 footage, with Title 'Opening the Bake,' man selects corn and clams from large pit clambake. About 12 people look at men arou...
16) 0252.0059
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 59
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 59: (250 ft., dc 1934) 'West Indies, South America cruise #2.' Barbados. Boats and swimmers. Local people p...
8) 0252.0060
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 60
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 60: (300 ft., dc 1934) 'West Indies, South America cruise #3.' 'Up the Andes by train.' Caracas. Down to La...
1) 0252.0065B
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 65B
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 65B: (50 ft., dc 1935) 'Roth #2.' Small town, flooded.
9) 0252.0071
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 71
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 71: (175 ft.) 'Caribbean colors, 1936-1937 #1.' Color. Snow in woods. Bon voyage scenes, leaving New York o...
11) 0252.0072
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 72
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 72: (325 ft.) 'Caribbean colors, 1936-1937 #2.' (color sightly red) Island/tourist shots.
5) 0252.0073
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 73
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 73: (200 ft.) 'Caribbean colors, 1936-1937 #3.' (color slightly red at beginning) Sailing on ship back to N...
17) 0252.0088
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 88
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 88: (400 ft., dc 1935 and 1936) Color (some segments red). Boats and boating. Schooners. New England or Mar...
18) 0252.0093
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 93
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 93: (250 ft., dc 1939) Color. [Caribbean?] vacation scenes. Shots of old ruins.
11) 0252.0099
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 99
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 99: (100 ft., dc 1940) 'Blizzard.' Color. Shots of heavy snowfall.
28) 0262.0003
[Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 3: Maine coast
Film box notes: 'Summer 1934. Cadillac Mt. On boat with Geo., Honey, Susie, Elanor, Gus Nye, Lady Fisher Smith, John Nashes family.' NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: Girl smiling a...
23) 0285.0004
Hurricane Carol and Edna
Film has a Hurricane Carol and a Hurricane Edna section. Stretch of leader separates two sections. // Each section is [650 ft.] // Hurricane Carol section: Dupont film stock, no...
30) 0291.0001
Florida/Panama to Tahiti, 1936-1937--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 1
Reel label: 'Florida to Tahiti.' Can label: 'Panama to Tahiti 1936-1937.' ;View of waves from a ship. A passing steam ship. (Film changes to black and white) A life jacket drill on ship. Panama Canal passage as viewed from the cruise ship, including sh...
10) 0309 cat. 0007-05-WABI
Simulated Plane Crash Fire
Bangor ? : Scenes from a simulated plane crash fire as fire fighters try to get it under control. Night. Scenes of planes taxiing on runway. Ref. 300.
22) 0310 cat.1002-10-WABI-59
Dow Air Fair
Bangor: Mock helicopter rescue including pickup of pilot from crashed airplane and firetruck with water gun.
28) 0311 cat. 1002-14-WABI-59
Damaged Plane Dow Air Force Base
Nighttime shots of damaged airplane from various angles.
21) 0312 cat. 1003-03-WABI-59
Hermon Accident
Hermon: Accident scene including car with front end smashed in.
21) 0313 cat. 0009-05-WABI-59
Interview at Dow Air Force Base
Bangor : Interview with two Air Force men about their surviving a midair collision and being in the Maine woods before help could arrive. Questions about their careers, the acci...
15) 0314 cat.1004-02-WABI-59
Interview with Crash Survivor
Lieutenant Johnson has apparently just survived an airplane crash. He is interviewed at a table.
28) 0315 cat.0010-05-WABI
Car Accident
Car accident. Shots include several angles of damaged car, and road and traffic from point of view of driver.
16) 0318 cat.0012-13-WABI-59
Kenduskeag Flood
Bangor: Flood. Shots of ice left after water retreated, flooded yards, people surveying damage, water level compared to bridge.
11) 0318 cat.0013-02-WABI
Car Accident
Car accident. Shots of car and crowd.
20) 0318 cat.0013-03-WABI-60
Ferry Scenes
Ferry. Shots taken on board of dock and spectators as ferry leaves, Boat, an island, passengers, cars on board, captain's central room, trail of bubbles left behind.
9) 0318 cat.0013-05-WABI-58
Train Derailment North Maine
Northern Maine: Train derailment. Shots of engine off track, engineers surveying damage, damage, train pulled back onto track.
5) 0319 cat.0014-03-WABI-59
Hurricane Donna
People preparing for Hurricane Donna and coping with aftermath. People preparing by tying things down, later cutting fallen branches. Shots of waves crashing on shore, trees fal...
17) 0322 cat.1007-11-WABI-60
Flood Pictures at Hudson
Flooded river including cars trying to cross road, water rushing over road past trees and houses.
31) 0323 cat. 0017-13-WABI-60
Accident at State Street
Bangor : Minor accident. Shots of cars and damage.
11) 0324 cat. 0017-07-WABI-60
Accident
Car and bus collision at Hudson intersection. Shots of damaged vehicles, accident scene.
14) 0324 cat. 0017-08-WABI-60
Tractor Accident at Auditorium
Bangor : a farm tractor is flipped back into position by a wrecker in front of the civic auditorium.
19) 0325 cat. 1008-12-WABI-60
Hurricane Donna
Bangor: Hurricane-related activities including Civil Defense Dept. radioing message, men working on power lines, tree branch, men working by truck.
23) 0334 cat. 0024-13-WABI-62
Gas Main
Damaged gas main. Police directing traffic around it, men working on it, spectators.
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