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1) 0069.0001
[ARCO bicentennial outtakes]
NHF cataloguer's notes: NOTES ARE SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER- TAKEN FROM FOOTAGE BEFORE IT WAS TRANSFERRED- SOME SHOTS WERE ON REEL BACKWARDS OR REVERSED Street fair. MS families sit...
1) 0137
National Archives Research Tape
Compilation tape containing four titled pieces from National Archives collections: 'How and Why of Spuds (14 min.): USDA-produced; 'Home (5 min.): regarding various types of Ame...
2) 0140.0001-.0012
[various videotapes]
35 tapes from Acc. 0140-0142 moved from Blue Hill to NHF, 7/2002. Individual tapes identified when possible, otherwise labeled '0140-0142'. Various segments on: [Iowa farm famil...
9) 0224.0001
Porte Ouverte sur l'Emigration (Immigration...the Journey)
3/4 in. archival original is transfer from original 2 in. tape. // Dropout throughout. // Episode produced in 1981 by Maine Public Broadcasting for a series titled Reflets et Lu...
4) 0252.0001-.0005
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reels 1-5
Can/box annotations and titles appear in quotes. Original times refer to old tape. Times on new dub vary. // Reel 1: (350 ft., dc 1927) 'Central Italy, Rome, Aqua Claudia and Vi...
20) 0252.0006-.0012
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reels 6-12
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 6: (400 ft) 'FDR, cherry blossoms, White House, Washington monuments 1929-30.' Washington DC. ...
8) 0252.0032B
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 32B
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 32B: (100 ft., dc 1932) 'Interiors.' A tour of a house.
25) 0252.0057
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 57
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 57: (100 ft., dc 1934) Ornate old buildings. 'Colorful' native/local people and birds (footage is b&w).
17) 0252.0061
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 61
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 61: (100 ft., dc 1935) (color very red) [Washington D.C.] Parade. Shriners.
5) 0252.0062
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 62
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 62: (100 ft., dc 1935) (color very red) [Washington D.C.] Parade. Shriners. Dog. Spinning globe.
6) 0252.0075
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 75
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 75: (100 ft., dc 1935) (color very red) Shriners' parade, Washington D.C.
7) 0252.0076
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 76
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 76: (100 ft., dc 1935) (color very red) Shriners' parade, Washington, D.C.
11) 0252.0091
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 91
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 91: (35 ft., dc 1939) 'Austin Longfellow/Ruggles.' Color. 'The historic Ruggles house [Machias].'
33) 0252.0093
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 93
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 93: (250 ft., dc 1939) Color. [Caribbean?] vacation scenes. Shots of old ruins.
11) 0252.0094
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 94
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 94: (400 ft., dc 1939) 'Hanson #1.' 'Blge. Ambois, Chartres, Orange, LeMans, Taormina, Cargenta, Seqesta, N...
29) 0252.0114
[Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 114
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 114: (100 ft.) 'Florida 2 1943.' Color. (very dark) Fish and fishing. [Snake] handlers.
4) 0285.0003
Pemaquid
Date from edge code on film. // Shot as unedited documentary footage, gives a detailed visual and oral account of the archeological site in Pemaquid, Maine where two 1000 year o...
2) 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...
3) 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...
5) 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.
27) 0291.0005
Blue Hill to Jaipur, 1938-1939--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 5
Ferris wheel and fair scenes in front of Blue Hill harness race. On board a cruise ship, waves, the White Cliffs of Dover. A farm. Sheep. Scenes of the English countryside, a ra...;From Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine 1938 – 1939 Nov. 3 – Jan. 22 N.Y. – to – Benares Films to # 33 0 = C = 1 = C. ? (landing/wandering?) Chester (Chester to...
2) 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 –...
13) 0291.0009
Calcutta to Bangkok, 1936-1937--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 9
People making offerings. (?) Shots of a town street. Goats. Women carrying baskets on their heads. Beggars. Boats on a river. (Film changes to color) A temple. A garden. Boats o...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 47 B+W Calcutta – Kali Temple River Tr...
19) 0291.0010
Bangkok to Angkor--Adelaide Pearson--home movies. Reel 10
Standing Buddha shrine. Monks washing beside a canal (klong). Panning shot of temple (wat) roof and klong. (Wat Benchamabophit, Bangkok, Thailand) Wat entrance with yaksha statu...;FROM Miss Adelaide Pearson Rowantrees Bluehill, Maine Jan. 22, 1939 to March 22nd Benares – To – Saigon Indo China Films to # 64 C Films 53 - C – Bangkok – Palace + Temple encl...
11) 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...
26) 0427 cat. 1040-02-WABI-64
Dolley Interview of Nassar
Interview of Nassar by Jim Dolley regarding Egypt, its landscape, new Aswan dam, the Pyramids, agricultural outlook, culture and fashion.
18) 0452 cat. 1060-27-WABI-67
IMC-Chlor-Alkali Plant Report #2
Workers working on large building with large tanks and huge open areas with large girder spans.
18) 0452 cat. 1061-03-WABI-67
Federal Building Follow-Up
Highlights of construction of Federal building. Placement of Federal seals on sides of front door, lettering on eaves of roof. Shots of bulldozer pushing dirt.
19) 0452 cat. 1061-11-WABI-67
Appleton Oakes Mansion Story
House on the shore. Detailed look at a mansion from several angles with concentration on the roof.
13) 0453 cat. 1061-16-WABI-67
Maine Vo-Tech Inst. Progress Report
Construction of large Vo-Tech building. Quick pan across the side of the building and then cut to sides. Man walking along side to show scale of building. Men working on windows...
21) 0548.0009
[Alfond Arena Completed]
Footage of newly completed Alfond Arena at the University of Maine in Orono.
15) 0559 cat. 1018-08-WABI-61
[Tanks in Paris]
Paris: Tanks line streets, men looks through piles of clothes after standing in long lines, a man speaks in a room, and famous Paris buildings are shown in CU.
9) 0659
The Forts of Casco Bay (program 1)
No description available
24) 0659
Collage
Excerpts from 'A Question of Survival,' 'The First Mainers Meet the New Mainers,' 'Portland Historic Neighborhoods: The Western Promenade,' Phi Beta Kappa Conference at Colby Co...
26) 0659
Tate House
Tape begins with unrelated material from other programs. Rest of tape appears to be unedited master for a program on the exterior architecture of the historic Stroudwater House.
9) 0659
Portland Landmarks Series (3 tapes): An Architectural History of Portland, series intro Joel Russ (program 1) Federal Style Architecture (program 2) Ancient North Yarmouth (program 4)
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