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15) 0017.0001
Wedding and Hula Hoop Girls--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 17
Color logo of the Amateur Cinema League followed by titles, 'Thayer and Macdonald,' 'April 26, 1952,' 'I pronounce you man and wife.' Faded color. Bride and groom walk out of ch...
22) 0305
Dedication of Army Reserve Center
Dedication of the Army Reserve Training Center, Corps of Engineers, New England Division. Unknown speakers plus shots of head table. Groundbreaking ceremonies.
27) 0307 cat. 1001-01-WABI-56
Blue Nose Ferry
Blue Nose Day including ferry race, an ox-pull, speakers, shots onboard as ferry sails into harbor.
25) 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...
35) 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...
4) 0310 cat.1002-04-WABI-59
Opening of New Mart
Opening of new Mart store including speeches, ribbon cutting, shoppers inside and out.
35) 0310 cat.1002-06-WABI-59
30' Farm League (Baseball)
Players hit balls and run bases as small crowd cheers.
17) 0310 cat.1002-12-WABI-59
Opening of New Mart
More footage of cat. no. 1002-04-WABI-59. Includes more shots of shoppers.
13) 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.
19) 0311 cat. 1002-15-WABI-59
Christmas Party at Dow Air Force Base
Santa's distribution of gifts including him posing with children and nuns. People eating around a table. The men rush out to get on an Air Force plane.
32) 0312 cat. 1003-05-WABI-59
Caribou Centennial
Celebration of 100 years of development from Boston to Caribou. Caribou Centennial Covered Wagon is in front of Paul Bunyan statue, and is pulled by horses.
13) 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.
5) 0312 cat. 1003-09-WABI
[Warehouse]
Men arrange a display of desks or bureaus in store or warehouse.
6) 0312 cat. 1003-10-WABI-59
Trailer Caravan
Bangor: Trailers pulled by cars proceeds through downtown Bangor in front of old Sears building and turning onto Central Street.
7) 0313 cat.0009-07-WABI-59
Ted Williams Jimmy Fund
Ted Williams arrives to sign autographs for local Pee-wee baseball teams and to help with his Jimmy fund event. Shots include band playing, performers, Williams speaking, crowds...
23) 0314 cat.1004-04-WABI-59?
Groundbreaking for King Cole
Groundbreaking ceremony for King Cole including handshaking, bucket loader digging.
26) 0314 cat.1004-05-WABI-59
Paul Bunyan
Bangor: Christmas celebration around Paul Bunyan statue including crane placing of a lei around the statue's neck, Santa Claus, men raising themselves in the crane, CU of statue.
18) 0314 cat.1004-10-WABI-59
WAGM Radio
Governor Horace A. Hildreth, president of the Hildreth Network, pushes button bringing WAGM Radio to Aroostook County as part of a banquet. Shots of transmitting tower, ceremoni...
19) 0315 cat.0010-04-WABI-59
WAGM 5000 Watts
Former governor Horace A. Hildreth, now president of the Hildreth Network, pushes button as part of presentation banquet to officially begin new broadcasting activity of WAGM 95...
9) 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.
22) 0317 cat.0012-01-WABI-59
Mammoth Mart
Mammoth Mart Old-Fashioned Sale Days. Group dressed in period costume poses around piano.
9) 0317 cat.0012-03-WABI-59
New Central Furniture
Workers at New Central Furniture building. Shots of carpenters and electricians working, store inventory.
36) 0317 cat.0012-04-WABI-59
Coffin and Wimple Open House
Furniture store. Shots of furniture and of boss unsuccessfully directing men where to place a couch. Coffin and Wimple sign.
34) 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...
8) 0321 cat. 0014-04-WABI
Frontier Week
Frontier Week Celebration. Parade, fair, officials at lunch, Calais gun and rod club. Also a baseball game in which Ted Williams participates.
19) 0328 cat. 0018-24-WABI-59
New Central Furniture
Furniture store remodeling. Carpenters and electricians working, furniture displays, building exterior.
25) 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...
26) 0332 cat. 0020-03-WABI-59
John Paul Spots
First spot has a tall man modeling a suit and walking over to a sign that says, 'John Paul -- Chargray Flannels -- $37.50' 3 takes. 10 ft. each. Second spot has same man walking...
10) 0332 cat. 0020-04-WABI-59
John Paul Top Coats
Spots for Ranch Coats and Top Coats. A man wearing a top coat looks into a three-way mirror, then walks to a sign with the coat's name and price. & takes.
11) 0332 cat. 0020-05-WABI-59
John Paul Fits em All
Shot of the 'John Paul Fits Em All' sign. 2 takes.
192) 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.
2) 0336 cat. 0024-02-WABI-59
John Paul Ads
John Paul clothing store ads. Young boy models a suit, walks to sign naming type of suit and price: 'Chargray Flannel -- $19.98,' 'Ice-Grey flannels -- Suit $24.98,' 'Sportcoat ...
14) 0347 cat. 0030-12-WABI-59
New Central Furniture
Interior shots of furniture store including sign reading, 'Office of Pappy Rappy.' Man coming out of this office smiling and with open arms. Also shot of calendar page from Sept...
18) 0347 cat. 0030-15-WABI-59
John Paul Animation
John Paul clothing store ads. Men with varied builds model clothes.
9) 0347 cat. 0030-20-WABI-56
John Paul Ads
Slow zoom onto John Paul clothing store logo reading, 'Big or Small, Short or Tall, John Paul Fits Em All.'
18) 0431 cat. 0039-07-WABI-59
Dow Air Force Base Christmas Party
Party includes children and nuns receiving and opening gifts from Santa.
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