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1) 0010.0001 Winter and Auto Trip Around Gaspé Peninsula--Walter V. Mitton--home movies. Reel 10
Viewing notes from VHS, February 2012. No slate at head of access copy. Views from train of river in winter, people standing by ice dam. At Greenville, Maine, train station...
2) 0158.0005 State of Maine Dedicates Carlton Bridge, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 5
Amateur. First 17 ft. perf. damage and brittle. 1928 footage, with Title 'Opening the Bake,' man selects corn and clams from large pit clambake. About 12 people look at men arou...
20) 0158.0007 Maine family activities--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 7
Amateur footage. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (20 min.) Augusta, Me. State House. Lisbon Street, Lewiston. Mill. River. Pan to bridge. Waterfall, dam. 'Bowdoin Pines.' Pan of t...
16) 0291.0007 Delhi to Elwins, 1938--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 7
A group of children sitting on the ground. Women and children on the street. People sitting on a rooftop. Girls carrying platters on their heads. People on the street. Shots ins...;From Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine 1938 – 1939 Nov. 3 – Jan. 22 N.Y. – to – Benares Films to # 33 23 – C. - Delhi potters painting : Agra Fort : - Taj 25 –...
23) 0660.0002 Blue Hill Class Reel 2
Date from edge code on film. // Pekinese dogs on lawn. Asian girl, about 5 years old, gestures, dressed in robe. Waters flowers. Goose. Boy does somersault on lawn, plays in spr...;Three Pekinese dogs on the lawn. Pekinese and Pekinese puppies playing tug-a-war with a person off screen. Close up shots of the dogs. An Asian woman and little girl. Shot of th...
16) 0660.0007 Guatemala, Mexico 1932-1933
Street scenes including vendors, people smiling and waving at camera, bull fight.;A line of men in various uniforms walking down the street. One man breaks off from the group to pose for the camera and is joined by a man with a guitar. A crowd gathers to pose...
3) 0706.0004 [Forrest Colby--home movies] Reel 4
Reel 5501 Date code on original 16mm film is 1934. Dalmatians with Joan (young girl) in garden. Swan house in Columbia Circle, Shanghai. Outdoor table with mother. Sm...;Label on film: 'Hangchow, Lianchi First Part Street Scenes.' // Date from edge code on film. // Fox hunt or steeple chase and other horse scenes. Children in yard. Shots of rive...
26) 0706.0026 [Forrest Colby--home movies] Reel 26
Label on film: 'Dam Wash. Cty. Machias.' // Date from edge code on film.
15) 0712.0001 [Forrest Colby--home movies] Summer logging
Can/box note: 'Pulpwood drive.' NHF cataloguer's notes: 00:50 Camp in summer, long pan of log buildings. Horse crosses, pulling travois-type sled with box on it. Man walks behin...
21) 0712.0002 [Forrest Colby--home movies] Winter log hauling
Can/box note: 'Dead River logging. March 1, 1932.' NHF cataloguer's notes: Winter. Quick shots. Horses pull logs down snow road with snub line attached. Trees marked with cross ...
22) 0751.0018 [Wilbur Senter--home movies] Reel 18
Amateur footage. Can notes (quoted) and reel notes as follows; reel numbers are NHF-assigned. Reel 18: 'Circus and ski jumping reel.' Robbins Brothers Circus. National Ski J...
12) 0759.0007 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 7
[Tractors,] Log drive start, Crooked River, log drive start, logs being 'sacked' into river.;A woman driving a tractor. A man walking up a dirt road. Men moving logs into the river. Birds flying overhead. A stack of logs being rolled into the water. Men using poles to p...
14) 0759.0023 [Margaret Cummings Bean--home movies] Reel 23
Hunting party on Pinnacle, Helen Peaco, Peter Laban, racing on ice by Outpost.;Three men, one with a fox skin around his shoulders. People and dogs outdoors. Deer, a raccoon and a fox hanging from a barn. Shots of various men. Dogs. Men with guns. Dead ani...
36) 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...
30) 0822.0014 [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 14
June 1969 May 1968 – home for Easter vacation Davis Dr- G. + Bill? + Linda getting in car Penob. River? – dam Lou Parlin S.C.S. men. fishing – don’t know where 7 men canoeing u...;A framed painting. A snowy yard. People exiting the house. A man and a woman getting into a car. A river dam. (Penobscot River?) Men in canoes on a river. [End of Reel];[From Susan Wells] Reel 14 (1968): -Linda’s husband, Bill Beutel, Linda and Gladys in Linda’s Pontiac Lemans -Penobscot River dam -Fishing trip; Walter in plaid; do not know fi...
16) 0822.0015 [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 15
more canoeing / fishing looks like same place as 15 + same men camping S.C.S. men Lou Parlin, Bob Fish display 1 – teepee Clearing brush for canoes with ropes and letting canoe...;Two men in a canoe. Beached canoes. People in a tent. Tents in a campsite. Two men in a canoe. A man holds up a fish. Three men next to a campfire. Tents. Two men in a canoe. Pa...;[From Susan Wells] Reel 15 (1969): -Walter’s annual fishing trip – possible names of co-workers from Orono/Old Town area were: Lou Parlin, Dennis Erinakes, Larry Long, Ken LaFla...
14) 0822.0039 [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 39
Unidentified men Canoeing and camping;A river. Two people in a canoe, paddling against the current. An animal carcass in the grass. Trucks and an RV parked on the side of the road. Three men around a campfire. Truck...;[From Susan Wells] Reel 39 (1966): -Fishing trip with buddies; Lou Parlin in red jacket (?); also Hunting trip
9) 0822.0040 [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 40
Same as 39 plus fishing and man sitting on outdoor toilet.;People loading and launching canoes. Canoes on the river. Men in a campsite. A man fetching water from the river. A man sitting beside the water. A man sitting on a latrine. A m...;[From Susan Wells] Reel 40 (1970): -Fishing trip; Dennis Erinakis in glasses -How to build a latrine or what men do to entertain themselves on a fishing trip
36) 1108.0006 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 006
NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: Reel 6: Viewing notes: b&w, silent. Intertitles throughout. Attempt to match descriptions to title summary at head may not be correct. Slate:...
5) 1108.0012 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 012
NHF cataloguer's notes: Reel 12 Screening notes: Mary, Ann and Robert Cote (Powelton Club lifeguard) posing in swimsuits beside stone wall. Swimming race, watched by young boys...;Reel 12: Combination Mary & Ann's reel. 'Mary the Chink.' Ann in costume. Skating 8th tee, 1940. Snow house, 1940. Horse backing 1940. Rob at Bloomer's watching horse backin...
34) 1108.0024 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 024
NHF cataloguer's notes, 4/96: Reel 24: Archie Stewart can notes: 1932 Picnic at 'Home' Camp. Cheepy. Deer hunting at Unknown [Lake]. McQuade picnic. 1. Picnic at Camp of Home fo...
66) 1108.0029 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 029
NHF cataloguer's notes, 4/96: Reel 29: Screening notes: Children in and around swimming pool. Wrestling in water with inflated toy. Pan of well dressed crowd at swimming meet. ...;Archie Stewart can notes: Mary Sr's reel. Swimming 1933. Wellesley 1934. Swimming 1934. Tennis 1937. Wellesley 1939. Mary's 15 [birthday], 20 October 1938. Costume Dec 1948. Goo...
30) 1108.0037 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 037
NHF cataloguer's notes, 7/96: Reel 37: [Archie Stewart can notes: Summer 1934. Summer 1939 (?). 1. Picnic at West Point. 2. Picnic at Phoenicia. 3. Uncle Sam's 74th birthday. 4....
1) 1108.0046 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 046
NHF cataloguer's notes, 7/96: Reel 46 [Archie Stewart can notes: Party at McGrath's. Golf at Manchester. 27 March 1938. Newburgh from air. Fall Angola, s.o.f. Army-Navy 1938. 1....
8) 1108.0060 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 060
Reel 60: [Archie Stewart can notes: Snyder's camp.] SOUND Screening notes: People relaxing on rocky shore of river (ambient sound). Dr. Harold Snyders. VS with Archie poem nar...
25) 1108.0068 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 068
Viewing notes: Reel 68: Summer 1938 (silent). Screening notes: Mother and girls posing in summer frocks in garden, Mary's 8th grade graduation class. Setting off sparklers, fire...
27) 1108.0109 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 109
Reel 109: Archie Stewart can notes: Fishing, Spring 1951. Screening notes: Intertitles- Masked text angled across logo, Member of Amateur Cinema League; World Wide Association...
25) 1108.0146 [Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 146
Reel 146: Archie Stewart can notes: Starts 8 Aug 1963. 1) Mary's birthday at Bird & Bottle. 2) 5 grandchildren to camp. 3) Dinner at 350. 4) Supper at 388. 5) Camp September...
150) 1142.0002,.0005,.0006 [Dolby--home movies] Reels 2,5,6
NHF viewing notes: Reel 2: [Logging on Saco River] Pile of logs, caterpillar tractor. Men push logs into stream. Horse twitches log. Man takes still photo of log ends. [In Lawre...;Lawrence Towne Dolby, 92 OBITUARY, Sun Chronicle, Friday, July 28, 2006 Lawrence Towne Dolby, a longtime resident of Saco, passed away on July 18, 2006. He was born in Sac...;Regarding Saco logging footage, "... Joseph G. [Deering] was born September 13, 1894, in Saco. After graduating from Yale in 1917, he returned in the early 1920’s to join the b...
1) 1154.0001 Car ride, trains, Boothbay, February 1927--Arthur Race--home movies. Reel 1
"Boothbay Feb '27." ;Woman in fur coat leaving house. Kittens in her arms. Two ponies in harness, pulling. Three boys on sun porch. Boys taken for ride through countryside. Stop at barn. Cows. Coupl...
34) 1154.0002 Boothbay, Summer 1927--Arthur Race--home movies. Reel 2
"Boothbay--Summer 1927." ;Ponies pulling cart. CU ponies' heads. Woman leaves house and waves. Walks away. Boy with pony team. Resting. Shots of house and grounds. Woman returns from walk, pats ponies. B...
1) 1154.0003 Horse racing, June 1927--Arthur Race--home movies. Reel 3
'Raceland--18 June 1927.'; Large dining tent. Elaborate serving of food. Shots of waiters and kitchen. People eating and drinking. Horses being led into paddock. Saddling up. Steeple chase. Clean up in d...
3) 1154.0005 Newport Yacht Race, 1930--Arthur Race--home movies. Reel 5
"Newport Yacht Race--1930." ;Sunrise. Coast guard cutter 'CG7,' a destroyer with four smoke stacks. Various vessels. 'CG22,' J.P. Morgan's 'Corsair.' 'Rotary Club of Providence' charter boat. 'Sea Sled' pas...
49) 1154.0010-.0058 Arthur Libby Race--home movies. Reels 10-58
10: Niagara Falls July 1927 11: Detroit, Windsor, Buffalo July 1927 12: Golf Nassau September 1927 13: Boothbay Fishing October 19, 1939 'Hebron Island 14: St. Louis Trip N...
1) 1164.0001 [Cameron Bradley--home movies] Reel A
Amateur footage. Family's viewing notes as follows (reel titles in quotes are based on can/box notes, reel letters are NHF-assigned.) A. 'Rowing 1932.' Scenes taken at St. Paul'...
2) 1164.0004 [Cameron Bradley--home movies] Reel D
Amateur footage. Family's viewing notes as follows (reel titles in quotes are based on can/box notes, reel letters are NHF-assigned.) D. 'Maine Baseball, Fay, and Indian Digging...
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