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35) 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.

8) 0307 cat. 1001-01-WABI-56 Blue Nose Ferry

Blue Nose Day including ferry race, an ox-pull, speakers, shots onboard as ferry sails into harbor.

20) 0310 cat.1002-04-WABI-59 Opening of New Mart

Opening of new Mart store including speeches, ribbon cutting, shoppers inside and out.

33) 0310 cat.1002-12-WABI-59 Opening of New Mart

More footage of cat. no. 1002-04-WABI-59. Includes more shots of shoppers.

34) 0310 cat.1002-13-WABI-59 Chevron Banquet

Lucerne : Banquet at Lucerne Inn including men standing in front of sign that says, 'What's Come Over Our Calso Sign?' and crowd.

7) 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.

36) 0312 cat. 1003-05-WABI-59 Caribou Centennial

Celebration of 100 years of development from Boston to Caribou. Caribou Centennial Covered Wagon is in front of Paul Bunyan statue, and is pulled by horses.

8) 0312 cat. 1003-06-WABI-59 Hi-Value Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking of used car dealership including hand shaking, and shovelfuls of earth. Appears to be sponsored by International Harvester.

6) 0313 cat.0009-07-WABI-59 Ted Williams Jimmy Fund

Ted Williams arrives to sign autographs for local Pee-wee baseball teams and to help with his Jimmy fund event. Shots include band playing, performers, Williams speaking, crowds...

24) 0314 cat.1004-04-WABI-59? Groundbreaking for King Cole

Groundbreaking ceremony for King Cole including handshaking, bucket loader digging.

25) 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.

26) 0314 cat.1004-10-WABI-59 WAGM Radio

Governor Horace A. Hildreth, president of the Hildreth Network, pushes button bringing WAGM Radio to Aroostook County as part of a banquet. Shots of transmitting tower, ceremoni...

17) 0315 cat.0010-04-WABI-59 WAGM 5000 Watts

Former governor Horace A. Hildreth, now president of the Hildreth Network, pushes button as part of presentation banquet to officially begin new broadcasting activity of WAGM 95...

11) 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...

9) 0321 cat. 0014-04-WABI Frontier Week

Frontier Week Celebration. Parade, fair, officials at lunch, Calais gun and rod club. Also a baseball game in which Ted Williams participates.

16) 0336 cat. 0023-08-WABI Opening of Portland General Electric

Portland: General Electric ribbon cutting shots include building exterior, man cutting ribbon and shaking hands, 'Portland Branch Office' sign.

10) 0431 cat. 0039-07-WABI-59 Dow Air Force Base Christmas Party

Party includes children and nuns receiving and opening gifts from Santa.

28) 0554 cat. 0042-01-WABI-59 Swan's Island Ferry

Silent footage of the Swan's Island Ferry William S. Silsby;views of the hardware store near the ferry landing; the Ferry picking up vehicles; closeups of the captain and crew a...

22) 0570 cat. 0041-01-WABI-59 'Gov. Muskie' Motor Ferry

Dedication ceremonies honoring the ferry's maiden voyage from Islesboro to Lincolnville. Interviews with Maine Port Authority's General Manager Edward Langlord, Authority Presid...

20) 0573 cat. 0040-01-WABI-56 [Blue Nose Ferry Service]

Inauguration of ferry service between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Bar Harbor including interviews and speeches by Gov. Muskie, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, Premier Hicks of Nova Sco...

21) 0581 cat. 0037-01-WABI-56 Metropolitan Grand Opening

WABI interviews with employees of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. as they arrive for a luncheon at the Penobscot Valley Country Club. Luncheon to celebrate opening of new compan...

3) 0609 cat. 0035-01-WABI-56 Blue Nose Ferry Launching

Canada: Launching of ferry on maiden voyage to Bar Harbor including LSs of ship and crowds waiting for christening, speeches, CU of deck, car driving onto ferry.

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