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2) 0011.0001 Air Circus Bangor--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 11
Title, 'Aerial Circus at Bangor airport, May, 1939,' b&w: planes, hangar with Bangor painted on roof. Cars parked along field. Planes doing rolls. Title, 'Capt. Eddie Rickenb...;Compiled black-and-white and color home movies including scenes of ice skating, baseball, an aerial show, and a 1940 appearance in Bangor of World War I flying ace Captain Eddie...
2) 0076.0001 National Guard, Air Guard-Aircraft
No description available
3) 0150.0001 Lucerne, Maine
1. Actuality: Tozier's winter sports party 1928, 1929' with Dupont Pathe 12 stock. Decorated frame shots, Lucerne Hotel, train, fishing. (Dupont Pathe 29 stock). Six or so men p...
3) 0158.0002 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 2
Travel scenes from Florida towns. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (12 min.) Alligator and ostrich farm. Alligators sliding down slides, creeping through shadows. Ostriches running...
20) 0252.0006-.0012 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reels 6-12
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 6: (400 ft) 'FDR, cherry blossoms, White House, Washington monuments 1929-30.' Washington DC. ...
6) 0252.0019 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reels 19
Reel 19: (100 ft. dc 1930) 'Airplanes, pelicans.' Biplanes flying formations. Animal park.
13) 0252.0066 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 66
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 66: (250 ft.) 'Maine 1935 plane.' (color very red) Aerial views [of flooding?]. Views from a boat. Flower g...
2) 0286.0001 [H.D. Sheldon--home movies]
Amateur footage including 'Christmas at Henry's 1928', Vermont and Denmark scenes. // NHF cataloguer's notes: Man on beach in striped bathing suit setting up beach umbrella. Man...
26) 0290.0006 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 6
Amateur: Women in yard. Indoor family scene. Pan of coast. Bridge. Pan of large city. Shots taken from moving car. Airplane taking off. Old car. Girl on slide. Girls on swing, o...
8) 0290.0019 [Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 19
Amateur: Trailers in campground. Ocean and boats. Coast from boat. 'Bahia Hondo Bridge' sign. Beach. 'Fly Havana' sign. Cemetery. Airplane. Car. Fruit trees. 'Jungle Cruise' boa...
13) 0301 cat. 1000-03-WABI B-52-G Air Force
Air Force bomber shots including taxiing onto runway, midflight shots, refueling, and landing.
23) 0307 cat. 0005-01-WABI-57 Eisenhower Speaks at Dow AFB, Bangor
Bangor: Eisenhower gives a short speech and receives a fly rod as a gift. Shots of Eisenhower, Air Force 1 airplane on the ground and departure. Ref. 300.
11) 0307 cat. 1001-02-WABI-55 President Dwight Eisenhower at Dow Air Force Base
Eisenhower refueling including landing strip and airplane, Ike talking with two officers.
1) 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.
8) 0309 cat. 0007-06-WABI-60 Thunderbirds
Bangor : Airplanes on the ground and Thunderbird jets in formation flying overhead. Air Force demonstration. Airplanes parked on the ground in a row. Ref. 300.
14) 0310 cat.1002-08-WABI-59 Ralph Takes a Jet Ride
Ralph's jet ride including pilot seating him in the cockpit, takeoff, flight, and landing. Also aerial views.
26) 0310 cat.1002-09-WABI-59 Armed Forces Day
Attack airplanes and bombers fly overhead together and solo as crowd watches.
9) 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.
22) 0310 cat.1002-11-WABI-59 Armed Forces Day Parade
Armed forces and their bands march while airplanes fly overhead in formation. The Hildreth Network covers the event.
12) 0310 cat.1002-16-WABI-59 Dow Air Force Base on Alert
Alert including people getting up from eating in mess hall to drive and board their airplanes.
19) 0311 cat. 1002-14-WABI-59 Damaged Plane Dow Air Force Base
Nighttime shots of damaged airplane from various angles.
9) 0312 cat. 1003-02-WABI-59 Airport
An elderly couple and a young woman wave as they board an airplane.
34) 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...
25) 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.
36) 0316 cat.0011-02-WABI-59 Dow Alert Force
Crowd of people eating in large hall. Five men jump to an alert and drive to their plane, which they board. Also a shot of a sign reading 'Alert Force Crew No. 5.'
24) 0317 cat. 0011-14-WABI-60 Evacuation of Dow Air Force Base
Dow Air Force Base. Low angle shots of jets taking off.
19) 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...
27) 0319 cat.0013-13-WABI-59 F-80 Jet Flight
Bangor: Two men fly in an F-80 Jet Fighter. Boarding jet, taxiing onto runway, landing, exiting plane, aerial view of Bangor.
23) 0319 cat.0014-02-WABI-59 Governor Day at Otis Air Force Base
Governor Day boards a plane and flies to Otis Air Force Base. Shots of him in flight, and with Air Force officials at base.
36) 0321 cat.0014-05-WABI-60 Nixon in Bangor
Bangor: Dick and Pat Nixon presidential campaign stop. Boarding and arrival of their incoming plane, then boarding and departure of their outgoing plane. Speech at reception hal...
32) 0323 cat. 0017-16-WABI-60 Boeing 707 at Dow
Bangor : Dow Air Force Base: Shots of people standing around and working on a Boeing 707 airplane.
19) 0323 cat. 0017-17-WABI-60 Civil Air Patrol Cadets at Dow
CAP cadets boarding, exiting, and exploring a troop carrier.
24) 0324 cat. 0017-02-WABI-60 One Millionth Visitor to Maine
Man and woman are millionth visitors to Maine. They get off plane and pose with officials.
13) 0324 cat. 0017-03-WABI-60 Armed Forces Day
Silent footage of Armed Forces Day at Air Force Base; Troop Carrier Aircraft 975, deboarding servicemembers and about two dozen uniformed bystanders.
33) 0325 cat. 1008-09-WABI-60 Evacuation of Dow Air Force Base
Shots of large jets taking off.
34) 0325 cat. 1008-10-WABI-60 T-birds at Orphanage
T-birds flying group's visit to orphanage including men talking to children.
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