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1) 0291.0002 Tahiti to Fiji, 1937--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 2
Can label: 'Tahiti to Fiji Stella Polaris 2 1937.' ;A dance performance (possibly hula or otea), three women and one man performing, accompanied by guitars. Footage of dancers, slowed down. A man standing in the water, holding an...
12) 0291.0003 Fiji to Ceylon, 1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 3
Can label: 'Fiji to Ceylon Stella Polaris 3 1938.' ;Dance performance. (Fiji?) Dancers preparing kava. Dancers serving kava to tourists. (Film changes to black and white) Dance performance. Performers in masks and headdresses. Pe...
26) 0291.0004 Ceylon to Liberia, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 4
Dancers and drummers, continues from previous reel. (Film changes to black and white) Same dancers. A covered wagon pulled by an ox. An elephant and mahouts by a stream. Boats b...;Ceylon would become Sri Lanka in 1972.
4) 0660.0001 Blue Hill Class Reel 1
Date from edge code on film. // About 20 people in chairs draw people on lawn. Cow is led about in front of them. Shot is from rear of students. Boy climbs on donkey and is led ...;A woman with a donkey stands in front of a group of students with notebooks. A boy leads the donkey in front of the group. The boy sits on the donkey while another boy leads it....
3) 0886.0001 [Middlebury Movie Queen]
NHF cataloguer's notes: Views of downtown Middlebury, VT, truck passes with milk cans in back. Catalog of churches. Woman crossing guard. CUs of young women. Kids. Houses, Railw...;Source of Information: Polly Darnell, Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, Vt. Sponsored by the Middlebury Chamber of Commerce, the film in this collection was shot on 1 November 1939. ...
36) 1112.0001 [F.B. Richards--home movies.] Snow White and A Round of Calls in Blue Hill
Amateur. 'Snow White' production staged at country club. Wedding. Also Richards family members visiting Blue Hill families. Includes a performance by Kneisel Hall Quartette. 2...;Amelia Earheart attended the Ogontz School in Philadelphia in 1916-1917, but did not graduate. http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/digital/ogontz/alumnae.html "After attending ma...;"A Round of Calls," includes a view of Kneisel Hall Quartette (sic). Isabella Stewart Gardner's music room at Fenway Court was the home of the Kneisel group for performance s...;"Snow White" Part 1 Original can label (? either for this or part 2): "Snow White negatives" NAC #9
7) 1515.0040 [Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 40
Two shots of a wooden structure on a bridge. A shot of children writing on paper outside. Footage of a pond with stones set in it forming a pathway across and people crossing ...
8) 1515.0041 [Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 41
Two shots of wreaths placed in front of a building. A shot of women carrying baskets on their back. A shot of a bridge. A shot of a statue. A few shots of a pond. Footage o...
36) 1564.0004 [Mexico and Central America. Adelaide Pearson--home movies] Reel 4
Shot of dancers in headdresses, filmed over other spectators’ heads. Performers in masks, with flower garlands. The dancers in headdresses performing. The dancers in masks perfo...
10) 1902.0006 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 6, Accession 1902
Notes from titles: "Boston Skating Club Carnival 1937 and 1938" Intertitle: "Boston Skating Club Carnival 1937" Choreographed dance of young women in pink tulle costumes dancing...
6) 1902.0007 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 7, Accession 1902
Can note (and on title): "Boston Skating Club Carnival, 1939" Intertitle: "Boston Skating Club Carnival 1939" Skaters dressed as toy soldiers, toreros, majorettes, and horses s...
12) 1949.0002 [Lauren K. Woods—home movies] Reel 2
Toddler in snowsuit and boots walks around outside for camera. Interior shots of child in crib with book, light and shadows. Views of infant laying in crib. Pan wall of photos...
4) 1949.0004 [Lauren K. Woods—home movies] Reel 4
Toddler in walker/stroller outdoors learning to walk and push the walker. Mother or caregiver helps push. Same child in high chair, playing with toy. Dark and shadow. Sittin...
5) 1949.0005 [Lauren K. Woods—home movies] Reel 5
Brief shot sign on road "Turn Right for Lakewood. 200 Yds to theatre, bungalows…America's Foremost Dramatic….Consecutive Years…" Pan buildings at Lakewood, and woods nearby, a...
29) 1949.0007 [Lauren K. Woods—home movies] Reel 7
Color, out of focus and dirty footage of family around house, playing in snow, learning to ski on lawn and melting snow, sledding. Boy gets up on horse, horse riding group less...
19) 2145.0013 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 13
Puppets, Frogs Frolic, Tow, 1928 L.W. Little Wohelo;Children (campers) painting. An outdoor puppet show. Campers performing with puppets. A puppet show. Campers pose with puppets. Campers running away. Seagulls on the shore. A li...
18) 2145.0023 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 23
Little Wohelo 1933;A toddler on the beach. Girls playing on the beach. Girls (campers) riding horses up a dirt road. A man walking towards the camera. Girls seated in the grass. Campers on horseba...
17) 2145.0026 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 26
Title: ‘FAMILIAR FACES. WISH ALL GIRLS HAD FACED THE CAMERA.’ Shots of various girls (campers). Campers walking through the woods. Two girls hold up a doll. A man in a chef’s un...
14) 2145.0034 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 34
Little Wohelo 1939;People gathered on the shore. Girls (campers) diving from a raft. Campers canoeing. Swimming. A paddleboat race. A dance performance. Panning shot of the people watching the dan...
15) 2145.0041 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 41
Used on television about 1950 Coolidge newsreel for small fry Marionette house/Making marionettes + show Bib uniforms/Pooh Animals on stage;A group of girls (campers) with marionettes. A puppet show. A girl making a dress for a puppet. Campers with puppets. Intertitle: ‘THE COOLIDGE NEWS REEL FOR SMALL FRY’. A group...
9) 2145.0044 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 44
SW-Tim-LW - 1943-44 9/96 Each Starts with Aerial Photo;Lake and camps filmed from an airplane. Two girls in swimsuits and swim caps hold a sign: ‘LUTHER GULICK CAMPS’. Cabins by the lake. A teddy bear on a cot. A cabin. Girls (campe...
23) 2509.0001 Summer of '72, 1972--Linda Stearns--home movies, Reel 1
Among things on the footage is a performance of "The Circus" by Polly Thomas School of Dance. It was filmed summer of 1972. Nearly a decade later is some footage from the Airp...;Circus performers and dancers on a field, with people seated around the edge. Recording equipment. A circus performance. A man with a camera. A clown leads a dance procession. (...;Birthday - RED DOLL Cake "3"
23) 2509.0002 Recital B.D., circa 1972--Linda Stearns--home movies, Reel 2
Children with toys. A girl holds up a spinning top. A birthday cake with a ‘3’ shaped candle. Dark, green tinted scene. Girls in dance costumes. Dance performances. [End of Reel...
9) 2509.0009 Spring and Summer '74, 1974--Linda Stearns--home movies, Reel 9
A man playing a game with a little girl. A child ice skating. A dance performance. [End of Reel];Spring and Summer 1974
16) 2509.0010 Bangor Fair, Gram & Folli, circa 1974--Linda Stearns--home movies, Reel 10
Hand drawn posters, including ‘Oklahoma’, ‘South Pacific’, ‘Babes in Toy Land’, ‘Godspell’, ‘You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown’, ‘Bye Bye Birdie’, and ‘West Side Story’. A theater...;Bangor Fair, Gram & Folli
26) 2509.0011 Gymnastics, 1974--Linda Stearns--home movies, Reel 11
Girls in a dance/gymnastics performance. [End of Reel];Gymnastics; Linda believes this is 1974
7) 2509.0012 Gymnastics, 1974--Linda Stearns--home movies, Reel 12
A dance/gymnastics performance, girls dancing with fans. [End of Reel];Gymnastics; Linda believes this is 1974
4) 2925.0004 [Reid Family--home movies] Reel 4
A sailboat on the water. A buoy/channel marker. A different sailboat, filmed from another boat. Close up of a girl. Close up of Christine Reid. Shot of a street and storefronts ...
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