Skip to content
Menu
Menu
Home
Give
Membership
Donate
Volunteering & Internships
William S. O’Farrell Fellowship
Donate Film & Equipment
Collecting Policy
Explore
Collections
Exhibits
Services
Moving Image Transfers
Storage
Stock Footage Licensing
Request Footage & Research
Alamo Theatre
History
Renting The Venue
Archived Events
Sponsor a Movie
About
About Film Preservation
History
News
Partners
Staff, Board & Advisors
Employment
Projects
Core Documents
FAQs
Moving Image Review
Publications
Collecting Policy
Contact
Collections
Overview
Browse Collections
Browse Works
51 work results
Sort by:
Identifer
Name
Sort order:
Ascending
Descending
Start Over
Add selected results to lightbox
1959
Airplanes
Christmas
12) 0301 cat. 1000-03-WABI
B-52-G Air Force
Air Force bomber shots including taxiing onto runway, midflight shots, refueling, and landing.
3) 0309 cat. 0007-05-WABI
Simulated Plane Crash Fire
Bangor ? : Scenes from a simulated plane crash fire as fire fighters try to get it under control. Night. Scenes of planes taxiing on runway. Ref. 300.
1) 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...
14) 0310 cat.1002-08-WABI-59
Ralph Takes a Jet Ride
Ralph's jet ride including pilot seating him in the cockpit, takeoff, flight, and landing. Also aerial views.
34) 0310 cat.1002-09-WABI-59
Armed Forces Day
Attack airplanes and bombers fly overhead together and solo as crowd watches.
14) 0310 cat.1002-10-WABI-59
Dow Air Fair
Bangor: Mock helicopter rescue including pickup of pilot from crashed airplane and firetruck with water gun.
17) 0310 cat.1002-11-WABI-59
Armed Forces Day Parade
Armed forces and their bands march while airplanes fly overhead in formation. The Hildreth Network covers the event.
14) 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.
34) 0311 cat. 1002-14-WABI-59
Damaged Plane Dow Air Force Base
Nighttime shots of damaged airplane from various angles.
14) 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 and Air Force plane.
10) 0312 cat. 1003-01-WABI-59
Christmas Toys
Christmas items display including cards, toys, decorations, and crowd.
12) 0312 cat. 1003-02-WABI-59
Airport
An elderly couple and a young woman wave as they board an airplane.
7) 0313 cat. 0009-05-WABI-59
Interview at Dow Air Force Base
Bangor : Interview with two Air Force men about their surviving a midair collision and being in the Maine woods before help could arrive. Questions about their careers, the acci...
35) 0314 cat.1004-02-WABI-59
Interview with Crash Survivor
Lieutenant Johnson has apparently just survived an airplane crash. He is interviewed at a table.
19) 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.
6) 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.
32) 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.
36) 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.
15) 0316 cat.0010-12-WABI-59
Station ID and Season's Greetings
Bangor: Station ID in the form of a Christmas card held in someone's hands. The card is opened and the inside says, 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from WABI-TV Channel 5 ...
32) 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.'
26) 0317 cat.0012-08-WABI-58
Mart Santa Claus
Santa at Mart with children on his lap. Shots include store interior, crowd and children's reaction, toy displays.
25) 0318 cat.0013-11-WABI-59
Paul Bunyan Statue
Christmas wreath is place around neck of Bunyan statue. Christmas parade shots include two men and Santa in a cherry-picker, a Cub Scout float, a peace-on-Earth float, a Santa f...
20) 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...
27) 0319 cat.0013-13-WABI-59
F-80 Jet Flight
Bangor: Two men fly in an F-80 Jet Fighter. Boarding jet, taxiing onto runway, landing, exiting plane, aerial view of Bangor.
28) 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.
9) 0329 cat. 1009-01-WABI-59
Camp Edwards
Governor Day's visit to camp including him boarding plane, aerial shots, governor posing with officials, other military personnel, eating in mess hall.
68) 0431 cat. 0039-03-WABI-59
Tanker
Damaged refueling plane footage shot at night.
36) 0431 cat. 0039-07-WABI-59
Dow Air Force Base Christmas Party
Party includes children and nuns receiving and opening gifts from Santa.
14) 0813.0311
Aviation: Military F-100A
News story dated 10-29-59. In flight.
13) 0895.0005
[David L. Knowlton--home movies] Reel 5
NHF cataloguer's notes, 8/97 (notes are divided into 9 parts due to length, donor's notes are inserted in brackets): [Location possibly Greenville, Maine or Knowlton, Quebec, Ca...
32) 1059.0008
[George E. Whitmore--home movies] Reel 8
Film can/box notes as follows (reel numbers are NHF-assigned). 8. Xmas 1959.
36) 1196
[Shaw--home movies]
Videotape copy of nine Shaw family home movies. (Segment #1 is Brady Gang segment described in separate ProCite record.) 2. Civil Rights Parade, Bangor, Main St. Dated early 196...
24) 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...
16) 1311.0016
[Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 16
Xmas 1959. Laura's first. 4 mos. old. Xmas 1959 Laura's first.;Shot of a Christmas tree. Toys and stockings laid out on a chair. A person standing out of sight holds up a baby (Laura) in a doorway. Christmas decorations. A woman holding a b...
17) 1321.0001-.0022
[Archie Stewart--home movies]
Amateur footage of Sauls family and Stewart family activities. Can notes follow; reel numbers are donor-assigned. 1. Goofy golf tricks--Xmas. Korea Military Maneuvers. Baby Mary...
36) 1375.0089
[Gertrude Jane Hay Eustis--home movies] Reel 89
People unloading a car. A shed with a moss covered roof. A white house. A group of men mowing the lawn. Family poses for the camera. Dark shot of a Christmas tree. Children wavi...
Next 36
Filter by
collection
Bailey, Solon and Betty Collection (1)
Bangor Historical Society/WABI Collection (29)
Cannon, LeGrand Jr. Collection (1)
Dietrich, Mary Lou Collection (2)
Edwards, Lillian Collection (2)
Eustis, Gertrude Jane (Hay) Collection (1)
Hafer, Fred Collection (1)
Hohmann, Nancy Collection (1)
Jackson, Dave & Annette Collection (2)
Knowlton, John D. Collection (1)
Maule, Joshua D., Jr. Collection (1)
Palermo Historical Society Collection (1)
Shaw, Dick Collection (1)
Smith, Janice Collection (2)
Soule, David Collection (1)
Stewart, Archie Collection (1)
Sturdy, Herbert F. Collection (1)
Thompson, Philip Collection (1)
White, John J. Sr./WGAN Collection (1)
and 12 more
decade
1950s (35)
genre
Amateur (11)
Travelogue (1)
subject
Accidents (6)
Advertising (2)
Aeronautics (15)
Airports (2)
Amateur films (15)
Armed Forces (1)
Auditoriums (1)
and 56 more
people and organizations
John F. Kennedy (1)
Joshua D. Maule, Jr. (1)
Manley Nelson (1)
Close
Home
Give
Membership
Donate
Volunteering & Internships
William S. O’Farrell Fellowship
Donate Film & Equipment
Collecting Policy
Explore
Collections
Exhibits
Request Footage & Research
Services
Moving Image Transfers
Storage
Stock Footage Licensing
Projects Using Our Footage
Alamo Theatre
History
Renting The Venue
Archived Events
About
About Film Preservation
History
News
Partners
Staff, Board & Advisors
Employment
Projects
Core Documents
FAQs
Moving Image Review
Contact