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11) 0290.0012
[Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 12
Amateur: Pan of mountain. Hawk's Nest overlook sign. Aerial shot of train. Pan of mountains. Bridge shot from boat. Other boats. Snowy residential street and trees. Cars. Box #1...
1) 0669.0001
King Spruce
Logging film including axe sharpening, chopping trees, horse pulling logs, Lombard log hauler, rolling logs with Peaveys, men going to lunch, cutting ice, bulldozer, boat, boom,...
11) 0714.0001
[Edward P. Arbo--home movies] Long Log Drive
Long log drive, East Branch of the Pleasant River. Views of men on river pushing logs into stream, falling into water, batteaus.
32) 0762.0026
[Edward M. Graham, Sr.--home movies] Reel 26
Home movies of fishing and hunting in Maine. NHF cataloguer's notes below. (Reel notes from donor are in brackets; reel numbers are donor-assigned.) Reel 26: [Square Lake. Troll...
33) 0762.0028
[Edward M. Graham, Sr.--home movies] Reel 28
Men walking through woods with paddles and packs. Man in water standing in canoe. Women in hat and scarf on shore sharing drinks and jokes with men. CU of man smiling and smokin...;Home movies of fishing and hunting in Maine. NHF cataloguer's notes below. (Reel notes from donor are in brackets; reel numbers are donor-assigned.) Reel 28: [Moosehead Lake 193...
5) 0763.0001
[Ernest Broadbent--home movies]
NHF viewing notes with donor's explanations in quotes: Segment 1: (col., 2 min.) Man and dog. Family playing with dog. 'Friends getting together at a friend's cottage in Dennisp...
3) 0803.0005
[Harold B. Neal--home movies] Reel 5
Original title from donor for Reel 5: 'Begins with Frankenstein Ledges in the fall, Dorcas as drum major (Needham, Ma.) Oct. 12 trip, winter)' NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96 for R...
24) 96-034.0027
Pralognan-la-Vanoise, 1948--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 27
Black-and-white home movies of Houston travel in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, including scenes of mountain climbing in Pralognan-la-Vanoise.
32) 1005.0012 - 1005.0033
[O.P. Geer--home movies] Reels 12-33
Collection-level description: amateur, edited footage with intertitles and scenes of family life, work at the law office, travel, summer camp, boating and sailing. Also contains...;Reel 30: Esso gas station was on McKown Street and Todd Avenue. In 2013 a bank site. Robert Rice says Orland McKown ran the station before and during WW II, followed by Ralph W...
1) 1143.0001
[Fowler--home movies] Reel 1
Home movies. NHF cataloguer's notes as follows. (Film can/box notes in quotes, tech. services notes in brackets, reel numbers are donor-assigned.) .0001: 'Home Town.' // Sign 'O...
11) 1143.0006
[Fowler--home movies] Reel 6
.0006: '[Norcross 1948]' // CU float plane landing. Three bare-chested boys in a rowboat watching plane. Boys shot against sky. Small tomboyish girl enters frame. Makes fist. Gr...
17) 1202.0001 cat.5044-03-HINK-40
[Scenes at Hinckley School for Boys]
Farming scenes with tractor and various machinery. Boys pick and bag potatoes. Truck picks boys up. Sheep farming with lambs, ewes; sheep herding, chicken farming with CU's of c...
13) 1202.0006 cat. 5043-02-HINK-40
Willkie-McNary Know Their Farming
Overview of farm and barn, mountains, plains, lakes, a rodeo. Dialogue between Willkie and McNary in front of flag. Willkie at a farm talking to farmers, pumping and drinking wa...
28) 1218.0001
[Elwyn Davis--home movies] Reel 1
NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: Reel 1 (5 min., b&w and color): (fades in and out of focus) Yellowstone National Park. Mountain tops shot from plane, plane wing shown in the foota...
8) 1218.0002
[Elwyn Davis--home movies] Reel 2
NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: Reel 2 (23 min.): Waves crashing. Several shots. Pastoral seascapes, villages. Odd rock formations in sea. Dirt roads. Covered bridge, mist hanging...
23) 1308.0008
[William Rand, Sr.--home movies] Reel 008
Amateur footage. Can notes and donor's comments as follows (reel numbers are NHF-assigned): 8. As Others See Us #1. About Reels 8 and 9, donor writes: 'He [William Rand's father...
24) 1308.0009
[William Rand, Sr.--home movies] Reel 009
Amateur footage. Can notes and donor's comments as follows (reel numbers are NHF-assigned): 9. As Others See Us #2. Roping. Skiing. About Reels 8 and 9, donor writes: 'He [Willi...
3) 1397.0001
Rapid River Races
Title in first frames: 'National White Water Championships held at Rapid River, Middle Dam, Maine, September 1940.' Can/reel notes: film no. 706.41; 'Raygram Corp., property USA...;Rapid River Races (Silent) (Color) Rapid River Races (Silent) 706.41 Rapid River Races;Title: ‘“National White Water Championships held at Rapid River, Middledam, Maine, September 1940.”’ People paddle kayaks/foldboats across Lower Richardson Lake. Racers wearing ...
14) 1454.0005
New York World's Fair and Maine, 1940--Unobskey family--home movies. Reel 5
1940 home movie reel from the Unobskey family, including a trip to the New York World's Fair and a girl's birthday party in Maine.;New York World's Fair footage, Theme Center, Transportation Zone, Communications and Business Zone: Man, woman and boy in front of Bowling Green fountain. Walkway with flags and...;1939-1940. Return trip from the World's Fair. Sukie, Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Bill. Birthday party 1940.
12) 1469.0029
[John K. Howard--home movies] Reel 29
NHF Cataloguer's notes for Reel 29: Intertitle: 'Off beaten track in New Zealand. Traveling off the beaten track thru New Zealand, by airplane, motor car, boat, horse or on foot...
11) 1515.0002
[Oscar R. Houston—home movies] Reel 2
Bash Bish Falls State Park in Mt. Washington, MA. Footage of a waterfall. A shot of two men in the surrounding rocks. Footage of a boy climbing up a fallen tree and over some...
22) 1515.0020
[Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 20
A shot of a man climbing a mountain. A shot of a man breaking down a structure made of sticks. A shot of a mountain. A shot of a man setting up a tent. A few shots of a woma...
23) 1551.0061
[Birch Rock Camp footage, Kimble Union Academy] Reel 61
A man jumping rope. People playing tennis. People golfing. Panning shot of a field. Boys swimming in an outdoor pool. The Mt. Washington Cog Railway. The ‘Great Gulf’ engine and...
29) 1564.0005
[Mexico and Central America. Adelaide Pearson--home movies] Reel 5
Panning shot of mountains. Shot of thatch roofed buildings. Shot of a car next to a sign post. Shot of thatch roof buildings. Panning shots of mountains and a stream. [End of Reel]
20) 1564.0007
[Mexico and Central America. Adelaide Pearson--home movies] Reel 7
A group of men in hats. A woman standing in front of an archway. Blurry shot of mountains. Blurry panning shot mountainous landscape. Shot too blurry to see. Shots of a stone ho...
26) 1682.0008
Travels in New York and Canada, 1940--Robert Hoadley Whipple--home movies. Reel 8
On can: "Trip to Canada 1940, Muskoka Lake";Color home movies of the Whipple family's travels through New York and Ontario, Canada, including Niagara Falls, Toronto, the Muskoka Lakes region, and North Bay.;Reel opens on scenic vistas of the Allegheny Mountains in New York. Sign: "Roosevelt Highway/Wyalusing Rocks/Allegheny Mountains." Scenic overlook. Sign: "Watkins Glen State ...
25) 1711.0003
[North Star Camp/Gillingham Family] Reel 3
Family scenes. Family getting in cars. Fire and roasting hot dogs. Swimming. Eating. Working outside of a building, mixing sand in wheelbarrow. Three children play with a c...
26) 1823.0005
Miscellaneous [Elizabeth Woodman Wright--home movies] Reel 5
Label on box: 'Niagara Falls' Date from edge code.;Top of Niagara Falls. Bottom of the falls. Pheasants. Wider shots of the falls. Panning across the falls. Top of the falls. The cloud of mist at the bottom of the falls. Shots o...
12) 1868
Souvenir of North Conway
Film appears to be short excerpts from a March of Time newsreel and a Fox newsreel, with footage of winter scenes and winter sports in North Conway, NH. Titles are as follows: '...
26) 2114.0029
[Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 29, Accession 2114
Footage of men fly fishing in a river, including leaving a house, driving, putting together their fishing rods and lures, reeling in fish and showing off their catch of salmon. ...
6) 2114.0044
[Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 44, Accession 2114
Footage of an urban street. Footage of people milling about a Greyhound bus near a hotel on a road with mountains in the distance. Footage of people atop Grays Peak, including...
15) 2114.0071
[Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 71, Accession 2114
Intertitles: “Maine, the Land of Remembered Vacations” “Official State Picture Maine Development Commission State House Augusta, Maine.” ““And first I will tell you that the ver...
13) 2167.0029
West Point--King Family--home movies. Reel 29
Date from edge code on film. // Label on can: 'West Point.' // Reel begins with Castle Films News Parade reel about United States Military Academy. Second portion of reel is ama...;Castle Films News Parade, "West Point Symbol of Our Army," 1943. Silent version with intertitles. Followed by amateur color film, marching soldiers at West Point. View of...
36) 2233.0003
[Rebecca Freethey Viall--home movies] Reel 3
Maine 1949;A toddler and a dog next to a chicken coop. A horse drawn wagon. A car pulling a combine. A man chopping wood. A wagon piled with hay. People piling in more hay. A boy holds up ...;Regarding the images of the airplane in a field: "That is an accident that occurred on August 21, 1949 in a field in North Sedgewick. Lieutenant George Aiken's F-80C fighter jet...
29) 2526.0001
[Philip W. Hussey--home movies] Reel 1, Accession 2526
Compiled home movie reel including scenes of New York City and the 1940 New York World's Fair.;Can notes: “Reel No. 18 – 1940 World’s Fair in N.Y.; Views of New York City; Lois Wright Martin and Margorie Hill at Wells Beach; All go out fishing; Paul + Lois at Exeter, NH; ...;Intertitle: "Vermonters on a Magic Carpet" Intertitle: "New York World’s Fair" Shot of plane propeller and woman on bench. View of ship masts and buildings, people gathere...
29) 2526.0003
[Philip W. Hussey--home movies] Reel 3, Accession 2526
Can notes: “Bill’s Summers at Camp Great East Lodge And Senior Year at Gould Academy; Diving at Camp; Camp Waterfront Scenes; Rifle Range + Mts.; Camping Trip over Presidential ...
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