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1) 1289.0001 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 001
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 1: Maine Thrillers, travel. Maine, Thunder Hole, Fire before and after fishing, by EGS.;b&w, Intertitle: from "Glimpses of the Maine Coast" view from moving boat of rocky shore and trees. Top of frame, dirt. lobster pot, man hauls trap. Man is wearing captain's...
2) 1289.0002 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 002
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 2: Southwest Harbor. Harbor scene and vast lumber cutting and 1930 sawmill operation.;color. Intertitle: "A Maine hayfield" (transfer shows frameline at bottom) Panning of flowers in long grass, tilt up to lobster traps. Intertitle: "Otter Creek" View of ha...
3) 1289.0003 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 003
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 3: Manset, travel. Fish pier, etc.;[Note: Reel 3 is the same as Reel 12. --karan sheldon 13 Aug 2013] Intertitle: "Products of Duck Island" Seagull in water, more seagulls come to eat dead fish. CU seagull on...
3) 1289.0004 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 4
Can notes: 'Manset, travel. Fish pier, etc.' // Some scratches throughout, scratches diminish towards end of reel. // Shot of ocean taken from dock in Manset in Southwest Harbor...;Reel 4 Intertitle: "Manset the fishy A famous Maine summer play ground" Interrtitle: "Manset Police Boat" b&w, passing boat at dock. Intertitle: "The Manset View" Dock pil...
5) 1289.0005 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 5
Can note: '1947 Fire Starts. Bar Harbor Fire, MDI.' // Footage of 1947 forest fire on Mount Desert Island. Smoke on horizon. Shots of burned woodland area and heavy smoke in for...;Reel 5 Intertitle: "When the red cocks crow on Mt. Desert" Intertitle: "The 1947 Fire Starts" color, views of smoke and small flames, smoking landscape, burned over, pan. In...
6) 1289.0006 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 6
[Note: Reel 6 same as Reel 13. karan sheldon, 13 August 2013] Can note: 'Maine Thrillers, travel. Maine, Thunder Hole, Fire before and after fishing, by EGS.' color // ...
7) 1289.0007 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 007
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 7: 1947 fire starts. Bar Harbor Fire, MDI.;b&w Intertitle: "Fishing for the sacred cod in Maine" Intertitle: "Baiting traul" Some deterioration in title and footage that follows CU man's torso, hands, line being baited i...
8) 1289.0008 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 008
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 8: Products of Duck Island. Travel. First rate, of seagulls, Cranberry Isles, scenes, shoreline architecture, sardine...;Purchased film, transferred without sound, although title indicates RCA sound. Title card: The State of Maine: A Carl Dudley Production photographed by Edwin E. Olsen. color...
9) 1289.0009 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 9
Reel numbers are donor-assigned. // Can label: Fishing in Maine, Fish. // Reel of amateur footage that documents herring fishing off the coast of Maine. Begins with scene of a s...;b&w Intertitle: "When the herring swarm" Intertitle: "The seiner" b&w, fishing vessel with hill behind, another shot of sail-powered fishing vessels. Intertitle: "The sein ...
27) 1289.0010 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 010
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 10: Building a building. Berrycliff. [Not transferred to DVD, could not view in 2013. Karan Sheldon]
11) 1289.0011 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 011
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 11: Glimpses of the Maine coast. Travel. Maine, EGS, b&w.;color Intertitle: "Seal Harbor" Overexposed view of sandy beach with people and trash cans. [may not be Seal Harbor; pier, lifeguard, length of beach indicate it is another ...
168) 1289.0012 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 12
VINEGAR SYNDROME? - original record says this reel has vinegar, but descriptive info for reel was wrong - not sure whether this is vinegar or not. // Reel numbers are donor-assi...
13) 1289.0013 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 013
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 13: A Maine hayfield, travel.;[DVD Reel 13 is same as Reel 6. Does not match Can note above. karan sheldon, 13 August 2013.] Sign for Thunder Hole at Acadia National Park. Shots of rocky coastline at Acad...
14) 1289.0014 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 014
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 14: Maine herring, cap'd when the [herring swam?]. This is not correct; it is a construction reel. --karan sheldon,...;Men in white overalls working on wooden framework with stone facing. Excavation. Engineer takes a siting. Beams put in place. Carpentry work. One man in brimmed hat, white shir...;Liz McMullan July 2014, great-granddaughter of Ernest Stillman and cousin of Whit Stillman. Her mother is Penelope Stillman Wolfe: Reel 14 is building the summer home in Seal ...
15) 1289.0015 [Ernest G. Stillman--home movies] Reel 015
Can notes as follows; reel numbers are donor-assigned. Reel 15: Herring, Maine.;Family outdoors at construction site. Man fells a conifer away from the camera. Ocean in background. Wheelbarrows and people. Caterpillar tractor with block and tackle pulls...;Liz McMullan July 2014, great granddaughter of Ernest Stillman and cousin of Whit Stillman. Her mother is Penelope Stillman Wolfe: ...building the summer home in Seal Harbor, ...
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