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8) 2925.0015 [Reid Family--home movies] Reel 15
England + Wales Reel 1 1935;England and Wales 1935;The ocean and the deck of a ship. A man standing at the ship’s rail, looking at a ship on the horizon. Couples dancing on deck. A young girl dancing. The life boats and smoke st...
36) 2241.0006 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 6,  Accession 2241
Box notes: "1932, Milton, 3 girls dancing on lawn in garden; short bit of 2 riders on horseback" Two young girls wearing gossamer dresses dance in the garden at Milton, leapin...
125) 2241.0003 [Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 3,  Accession 2241
Box notes: "1930 - Black Duck; 4-masted schooner passing Naushon; Florry, Kitty & friends dancing with scarves; more Black Duck." Kitty (Alexander's daughter Katherine) and ...
8) 2145.0035 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 35
Sebago Wohelo 1939;Girls (campers) lined up on the dock to dive into the water. Swimming. A girl swimming, wearing a wide brimmed hat. People watching from the shore. A woman playing the cello on ...
2121) 2145.0034 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 34
Little Wohelo 1939;People gathered on the shore. Girls (campers) diving from a raft. Campers canoeing. Swimming. A paddleboat race. A dance performance. Panning shot of the people watching the dan...
36) 2145.0030 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 30
Sebago Summer 1937;A motorboat towing a line of sailboats and canoes. Sailboats on the lake. Synchronized swimming. A girl (camper) diving from a diving platform. A car with a rowboat on the roof,...
35) 2145.0029 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 29
1936 Sebago Wohelo No 1;Title: ‘THE LUTHER GULICK CAMPS’. The lake filmed from an airplane. The camp filmed from the water. Girls (campers) riding horses. A dance performance. A person sharpening a kni...
4) 2145.0023 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 23
Little Wohelo 1933;A toddler on the beach. Girls playing on the beach. Girls (campers) riding horses up a dirt road. A man walking towards the camera. Girls seated in the grass. Campers on horseba...
24) 2145.0022 [Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 22
Diving/War canoes/Water Sports Day/Dancing/Horses - Last 1/3 So Casco Fair;A motorboat towing a line of canoes, some with sails. Cabins. A marching band. A parade of people in costume. Clowns. Clowns in a pony cart with the sign: ‘SOUTH CASCO FIRE DEPT...
30) 1928.0001 [Guy W. Leadbetter, Sr., footage of Penobscot Indians]
Note from Pam Wintle: 'The copies are for archival and research use in Northeast Historic Film. Any duplication or use outside NHF requires written permission from HSFA. The don...
66) 1638.0015 Teen dance, Cincinnati ball game--Robert N. Lupfer--home movies. Reel 15
Teen dance in the basement at home, pipes visible. Faded color. Couples move quickly past, dancing together in twos. Upstairs, teens in coats mill before leaving; Christmas tree...;Hopie’s dance in 291 basement. Dining room Ed and Hopie dancing formals Cincinnati Reds World Series Crowley field J.R. Groff, Hopie, Ginny Dave Robertson (?) snow ball fi...;Compiled color home movies of varied subjects, including a winter dance for teens hosted in the basement of the Lupfer home and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1939 World Series.
3) 1638.0003 Halloween costumes, dance performance--Robert N. Lupfer--home movies. Reel 3
Goodyear Zeppelin hangar with people walking on road nearby. Scratched film in early part. This was the Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio, built in 1929, the largest building at...
59) 1318.0021 Friends, launching Sara II, 1939--Samuel B. Horovitz--home movies. Reel 21
Compiled color home movies including scenes of the launch of Horovitz's yacht Sara II.;FRIENDS 1939 THE FAMILY ALBUM (bought) Renard + Goldberg going to Md to get SARA II, airport SARA II in Dundalk, river try-out flight back LAUNCHING in BOSTON Dr. Myron A. Stram...;Title: “The Family Album” (color art card) Airplane, pan of length of plane. Eastern Air Lines, "The Great Silver Fleet." Men in hats at door of plane. Runway, view over wing...
53) 1247.0013 [William H. Fenn III--home movies] Reel 013
NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: Reel 13, western U.S. trip (5 min.): (Steam?) clouds rising up from crevasses in canyon. Trees in wind. 'Grandeaux Point.' Dark sky over darkened c...
45) 1108.0056 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 056
Reel 56: [Archie Stewart can notes: 1. Dec 8 strange bedfellows. 2. Golf, Miami and swimming, 1936. 3. Hose picnic.] ;Screening notes: MCU of grandmother looking out window (nice light). Miami: WS of harbor, boats, seagulls. Moving shots past Gulf oil storage tanks, bird on buoy; approaching dr...
2) 0751.0006 New York World's Fair, 1939--Wilbur Senter--home movies. Reel 6
Documentation of the New York World's Fair shot in 1939 by Wilbur Senter of the Knox County Camera Club of Rockland, Maine.;Creator Notes: "New York World's Fair 1939. Fountain of Adam in Bowling Green. Lagoon- George Washington with Perisphere and Trylon on Constitution Mall, called Theme Center. S...;New York World's Fair 1939. Fountain of Adam in Bowling Green. View down Constitution Mall toward statue of George Washington, Trylon, and Perisphere. Statue, "The Worker," on U...
28) 0738.0005 [Unidentified—home movies] Reel 5
Shot of children dressed up, standing together holding rolled paper with ribbons tied around documents (diplomas or certificates). Dark shot of boys in tuxedos or suits standin...
23) 0738.0004 [Unidentified—home movies] Reel 4
Blindfolded man follows blindfolded boy around a table in middle of seated audience. Intertitle: “WALTZ CIRCLE” followed by couples dancing (waltzing) and a shot of the musicia...
13) 0660.0001 Blue Hill Class Reel 1
Date from edge code on film. // About 20 people in chairs draw people on lawn. Cow is led about in front of them. Shot is from rear of students. Boy climbs on donkey and is led ...;A woman with a donkey stands in front of a group of students with notebooks. A boy leads the donkey in front of the group. The boy sits on the donkey while another boy leads it....
4) 0658 cat. 5272-01-CAPT-36 Captain January
Little girl adopted by lighthouse keeper lives pleasant life until truant officer threatens to take her away.
18) 0291.0011 Angkor to Peking, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 11
A road. Musicians carrying instruments. Dancers performing in front of Angkor Wat. (Siem Reap, Cambodia) The Cambodian Royal Palace. (with French flags) A funeral procession. Mo...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 62 C – Siem Reap = Pra Khom Pre Rup – P...
7) 0291.0004 Ceylon to Liberia, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 4
Dancers and drummers, continues from previous reel. (Film changes to black and white) Same dancers. A covered wagon pulled by an ox. An elephant and mahouts by a stream. Boats b...;Ceylon would become Sri Lanka in 1972.
12) 0291.0003 Fiji to Ceylon, 1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 3
Can label: 'Fiji to Ceylon Stella Polaris 3 1938.' ;Dance performance. (Fiji?) Dancers preparing kava. Dancers serving kava to tourists. (Film changes to black and white) Dance performance. Performers in masks and headdresses. Pe...
14) 0291.0002 Tahiti to Fiji, 1937--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 2
Can label: 'Tahiti to Fiji Stella Polaris 2 1937.' ;A dance performance (possibly hula or otea), three women and one man performing, accompanied by guitars. Footage of dancers, slowed down. A man standing in the water, holding an...
9) 0284.0052 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 52
Eddie Cantor appears with luggage and performs before camera. Rudy Vallee in sunglasses tips his cap to the camera beside Kezar Lake. Several people, including Meyer Davis, shoo...;// Meyer Davis Logbook: 'Rudy Vallee's camp, summer 1939. Ginny, Garry, M.D, Revues [?]. Farringtons 1939. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman. Bill Dasheff. Picnic, Liptons 1938. Butler's Bal...
16) 0284.0018 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 18
Street scenes along Amalfi drive (most taken from car). Visiting a Capucine Monastery, visiting the ruins of Hadrian's villa and some spirited dancing among ruins. A 'peasant' g...
15) 0284.0016 [Meyer Davis--home movies] Reel 16
'Mother Davis' with young girl and on swing. Pierre clowning with two ladies, nurse brings a baby out to a couple. Two children playing by the lake and roasting hot dogs, marshm...
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