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10) 0262.0001
[Frank Nash--home movies] Reel 1: Miami and Everglades
Film box notes: 'Feb and March 1955. Joel Campbells home also.' NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: Sea. Ships. Car approaching along road. Palm trees. Oranges. Pan of field, palm tre...
25) 0301 cat. 1000-05-WABI-59
Sentry Dog at Dow Air Force Base
Dog displays his training.
6) 0305
Dedication of Army Reserve Center
Dedication of the Army Reserve Training Center, Corps of Engineers, New England Division. Unknown speakers plus shots of head table. Groundbreaking ceremonies.
27) 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.
43) 0309 cat.0007-07-WABI-59
Downtown Bangor
Bangor : Scenes of Main Street during Christmas shopping season at night. Shows WABI neon sign, a toy train in a department store window, the Sears Roebuck building, Citizens Ut...
7) 0309 cat.0007-08-WABI-58
Freeses Department Store, Bangor
Bangor : Long static night shots of Freeses Department Store lit up for Christmas. Also, some shots of the crowds on the streets and a look through the front windows of the stor...
26) 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.
13) 0311 cat. 1002-15-WABI-59
Christmas Party at Dow Air Force Base
Santa's distribution of gifts including him posing with children and nuns. People eating around a table. The men rush out to get on an Air Force plane.
15) 0312 cat. 1003-01-WABI-59
Christmas Toys
Christmas items display including cards, toys, decorations, and crowd.
24) 0312 cat. 1003-14-WABI-59
Smokey Bear at Dow Air Force Base
Bangor: Smokey's visit including talking to children, children listening to model of Smokey, children walking in line to receive literature and fire hats.
14) 0314 cat.1004-05-WABI-59
Paul Bunyan
Bangor: Christmas celebration around Paul Bunyan statue including crane placing of a lei around the statue's neck, Santa Claus, men raising themselves in the crane, CU of statue.
3) 0314 cat.1004-06-WABI-59
Santa Parade
Bangor: Parade including Cub Scout float on which scouts saw wood, Peace on Earth float with angels, majorettes, Santa on float.
13) 0316 cat.0010-06-WABI-59
Rexall Brewer Auditorium
Brewer: Rexall displays Christmas wares at Brewer Auditorium. Shots include people browsing; displays of cards, toys and decorations; 'Toyland' and 'Merry Christmas' signs.
16) 0316 cat.0010-09-WABI-59
Storm Scenes
Bangor: Heavy snowfall and its impact. Scenes include vehicles having difficulty from slippery road conditions, snowdrifts, and a 'Merry Christmas' sign.
26) 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.'
17) 0317 cat. 0012-05-WABI-59
Dow Contest
Inspection of Dow Air Force Base crew as they refuel tankers. Shots of inspection and results.
21) 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...
12) 0319 cat.0013-14-WABI-59
Sentry Dog Show
Dow Air Force Base: Sentry dog performs training tasks including obstacle course and attacking a dummy. Also shown barking in kennel.
29) 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.
26) 0419 cat. 0091-02-WABI-55?
President Dwight Eisenhower Refuels at Dow Air Force Base
Refueling of Eisenhower's jet including his deplaning and talking with the base commander, his plane landing and taking off, LS and MLS of him talking with officers and young wo...
10) 0431 cat. 0039-07-WABI-59
Dow Air Force Base Christmas Party
Party includes children and nuns receiving and opening gifts from Santa.
15) 0806.0001
[John Murphy--home movies] Tape 1
NHF notes, 1991: Tape 1 contents (no clear divisions between 'reels' on the tape): Reel 1A Maine 1941-1953. Reel 1B: J.H. Murphy & Assoc. spring 1957 to December 1958. Reel 1C: ...
30) 0825.0001
Assignment in Aroostook
Produced by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in cooperation with the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC), this short tells the story of Sergeant Don Butler, who...
34) 0897.0001-.0013
[Unobskey--home movies]
[Unobskey--home movies] are scenes of Jewish family life in Calais, ME, spanning four decades. Footage includes graduations, birthday parties and other family celebrations, ice ...
13) 307 cat. 1001-11-WABI-58
New Lights -- Dow Air Force Base
Silent footage of the runway, and closeups of the new landing lights at the base of the airstrip; views of airmen boarding several planes and seated in the darkened cabin; light...
7) 1059.0007
[George E. Whitmore--home movies] Reel 7
Film can/box notes as follows (reel numbers are NHF-assigned). 7. Xmas 1957 & Xmas 1958.
8) 1059.0008
[George E. Whitmore--home movies] Reel 8
Film can/box notes as follows (reel numbers are NHF-assigned). 8. Xmas 1959.
23) 1108.0057
[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 057
Reel 57 Archie Stewart can notes: Continuation of garage reel #78 for personal. Second garage reel. Picnic 1950, Picnic 1951. Xmas Party 1956.;Screening notes: Intertitle: 'Member Amateur Cinema League. World Wide Association of Movie Makers.' (Color). Dedication of new car show room. VS of people eating at long tables...
16) 1108.0107
[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 107
Reel 107: Archie Stewart can notes: Temporary Xmas season pictures, 1949-1950. Start with Ann & Bob, end Ann & Mary's Xmas party. Storm damage, fall 1950. Small strip To...
17) 1108.0115
[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 115
NHF cataloguer's notes: Reel 115: Archie Stewart can notes: 1- Uncle T & GG. 2- 4th of July. 3- Proper's boat. 4- Thruway. 5- Col. G's 79th. 6- Christmas 1953. 7- Ann &...
25) 1108.0117
[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 117
NHF cataloguer's notes: Reel 117: Archie Stewart can notes: 1954 fall trip. Colonel 80 [Robert N. Golding]. Thanksgiving 1955. Camp May 1955. Screening notes: Ann Stewart Sauls...
19) 1108.0124
[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 124
Archie Stewart can notes: Reel 124 Camp fall 1956. Colonel G's 82nd [birthday] 25 November 1956. Xmas 1956. New Years dinner. Screening notes: WS car picnic on rural road. VS o...
14) 1108.0133
[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 133
Reel 133: Donor's can notes: 1959 Operation Shotgun 3. Eglin Air Force Base, 4-5-6 May. Family visit 30 June- 14 July. Build Ann St. Bldg. July, August. Take Mother and Esther t...
22) 1108.0134
[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 134
Reel 134: Archie Stewart can notes: 1. Camp, September 1959. 2. Camp 23 October thru 8 November. 3. Florida, Christmas through New Years. 4. Rob [Golding] making brooms. NHF C...
1) 1307.0002
[Herbert Kenney--home movies] Reel 002
Collection formerly called 'Seavey Collection' Amateur footage of family scenes. Can notes are as follows (reel numbers are NHF-assigned): 2. Emma at Dixmont. Don. Bea, and Emma...
22) 1311.0014
[Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 14
Sept 58. Spring 59. New York Sept 1958.;Shot of an American Airlines plane, tail number: ‘N94275’. Shot of a bottle of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. A blurry shot of a Western Union Telegram and a check from Canada Dry. A ph...
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