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1) 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...
9) 0116.PC5 Associated Hospital, Lobsterman
60 sec. TV spot.
2) 0133 cat.5315-03-DRAW-02 Drawing a Lobster Pot
'One man can be seen inspecting a cratelike device known as a lobster pot from a two-man rowboat. The film is too short to permit further discussion.' Early Motion Pictures, Kem...
2) 0152.0001 NRA Parade, Bangor
Dated October 1933. 'The pictures of the Bangor Brewer NRA Parade are brought to you through the efforts of Bangor Publix Theatres.' LS front of library? Bands, military, Indepe...;People on the Indian Island Women's Club float identified as sisters Lucy Poolaw, Florence Shay and Emma Nicolar.
18) 0227.0002 Maine's Harvesters of the Sea
Narration and appearance by artist Laurence Sisson. Fishermen in trawlers, draggers, purse seiners and lobster boats. Fishing for cod, haddock, whiting, ocean perch, shrimp and ...
5) 0252.0014 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reels 14
Reel 14: (approx.150 ft.) 'Shenandoah Caverns Va. Bob and Jim Marsh and Hamps[?] Kane-fish--underwater--in Florida 1930.' 'Lobstering.' 'Columbia P.[?]' Billboards advertising v...
8) 0260.0001 Northeastern States, 2nd Edition
Educational film produced by Encyclopedia Brittanica covering New England and N.Y., Penn., N.J., Del., and Maryland. Visually unidentified footage: dairy production, apple orcha...
6) 0293 Venture in Mission to Maine
Community service issues in Maine and their relationship to Maine Diocese. Opening includes discussion at Blaine House by Governor Joseph Brennan and others. Their voices accomp...
9) 0298 [Seapro project] Tape 4
NHF viewing notes: Dated 10-06-1988. Rockland harbor, interview with 'Sea Leader' boat's captain Philip Reeves, lobster boat, ferry, holding tanks. Log notes from Bob McIntire a...
10) 0323 cat. 1008-06-WABI-60 Rockland, Maine Lobster Festival
Rockland : Event including young girl wearing tiara showing lobster to camera, men pulling large baskets of lobster out of boiling steam bath, girl eating lobster.
15) 0355 cat. 1021-19-WABI-62 World's Largest Lobster Trap
Shots of the record-setting trap containing a girl petting a giant lobster and smiling, as it is lifted by a crane.
12) 0594 cat. 1017-01-WABI-60 Nixon Visit
Bangor: Continuation of Richard M. Nixon presidential campaign visit and speech; he and Pat departing from airport, receiving a lobster presented by children, introduction of pe...
27) 0659 Mary Mayo Mainetide Demo Tape
Demo tape for Mainetide TV show featuring clips from Mary Mayo interviews. Intro with music and lobster boats in bay. Cut to Richard Pierce, Maine State Senator, telling Mary Ma...
35) 0659 Sea Fever: Maritime Preservation
Dated April 5, 1978. Show documenting history of preserving maritime-related objects and buildings. All visuals are still photographs, sketches or paintings. Includes shots of s...
2) 0670 cat. 5282-01-VOYG-81 Coaster: The Adventure of the John F. Leavitt
Story of man's attempt to carry freight in hand-built two-masted schooner. Includes boatbuilding, woods, voyage, airplane and helicopter rescue, cemetery.
12) 0671.0001 A Maine Lobsterman, or A Day in the Life of a Fisherman
NOTE: TAPE MISSING as of August 2003 - 3/4 in. copy of 16mm transfer filed in vault in its place. // A day in the life of a lobsterman including hauling traps into a lobster boa...
13) 0676 cat. 5287-01-TOUR-88 The Maine Coast: A Video Tour
Pounding surf, rocky coast, field, lobster traps, boats, windjammers. People on cruise. Lighthouses and keeper. Lobstermen at dawn. Hauling traps. Plugging lobsters' claws. Lobs...
41) 0688.0001 Granite State Sampler, The
One side of disc is still images, the other side is moving images. Includes NHF archival footage of ice harvesting ('Cutting Ice,' 1943). ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY. Jacket notes as ...
17) 0697.0006 [Goodman--home movies] Lobstering with Stan Meserve
Man and boys wearing and carrying fishing gear on pier. Stacked lobster traps. Man wears boots turned down. Buddy Goodman? in stern of boat. Shot taken from behind Stan Meserve...
15) 0702.0001 [Lloyd B. Hayes--home movies] Reel 1
Men walk among piles of lobster traps along the water as a few young boys explore the traps. One of the men wrestles with a boy. Footage of the fishermen sitting on lobster tr...
26) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 2
Dated July 23, 1988. Interview with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins at his home.
2) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 1
Dated July 23, 1988. Interview with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins at his home.
24) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 6
Dated August 29, 1988. Albert 'Hap' Collins lobstering in Blue Hill Bay with Ken Taplin.
36) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 7
Dated August 29, 1988. Interviews with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins.
5) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 4
Dated August 3, 1988. Interview with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins.
26) 0709 [Albert 'Hap' Collins fine edit]
Fine edit of show on aged painter, boatbuilder, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins. Includes interviews with Collins in his South Blue Hill home and workshop. Segments i...
7) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 3
Dated August 3, 1988. Interview with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter Albert 'Hap' Collins.
16) 0709 [Interviews with Albert 'Hap' Collins] Tape 5
Dated August 11, 1988. Interview with aged South Blue Hill boatbuilder, painter, fiddler and carpenter. Includes shingle mill and sawmill.
34) 0733 Gilley, Portrait of a Bird Carver
Documentary: Biography of Wendell Gilley, bird carver. He narrates. Ducks swimming near rocks. Gilley sits and talks among his carving with young female interviewer. Fire going ...
32) 0807 ['Turn of the Tide' and other segments]
Chronicle program aired April 1991. One segment concerns 'Turn of the Tide' produced by James McPherson, a film about local fishermen shot in Port Clyde, Maine. ONSITE REFERENCE...
30) 0811.0001 Tales of Wood and Water
Documentary program on Maine's contemporary wooden boat building and use. The video employs an episodic format. FOR REFERENCE ONLY. Cataloguing notes: Horses twitch logs in wint...
32) 0813.0478 [Portland Summer Boat Yard Project]
News story dated 10-25-68. Man talks about summer boat yard project for youths in Portland.
33) 0813.0479 [Portland Summer Boat Yard Project]
News story dated 10-25-68. Man talks about summer boat yard project for youths in Portland, continued.
553) 0813.0573 [Boatyard Interior, Large Wooden Ship Being Built]
News story dated 12-23-68.
35) 0822.0035 [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 35
Forest Sailing Trips, U of Mass ‘70 Forest Soils Conference U. of Mass. 1970 lobster boats;People seated on a railing along the edge of a beach. People gathered in the woods. Campus buildings. Fernald Hall (University of Massachusetts Amherst). People in the woods. A ...;[From Susan Wells] Reel 35 -Forest Service Conference UMO campus or Univ. of Pennsylvania campus(?) -fishing boat (don’t know where)
2) 0843.0001 A Maine Lobsterman, or A Day in the Life of a Fisherman
Documentary of a day in the life of lobsterman, Eugene Eaton of Deer Isle, Maine. Narrated by E.B. White, the film shows the work involved in baiting, setting, and hauling lobst...
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