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1) 0283.0001 [1947 Fire at Jackson Laboratory]
Original footage was 16mm film with 1950 date code. // Begins with Clarence Little narration and fades to fire footage. Building. Laboratory shots with mice, microscopes, clinic...
2) 0291.0015 Asiatic Potters, India 1938-1939
Titled amateur film: 'Asiatic Potters India 1938-39.' 'Our first Hindu Potter...' etc. Amritsar. 'Miss Paddock, judging the workmanship of the ware.' Good CUs. // Original foota...;Title card: 'Our First Hindu Potter Note how he turns his wheel. The only potter we saw who tooled the bottom of his piece.' A potter using a potter’s wheel to make a pot out of...
17) 0291.0016 [Asiatic Potters, 1938-1939]
Appears to be part of 0291.0015. // Film on Puri leper potters and their methods. Japan. Calcutta. Pegu, Burma; Kuala Lumpur, Bienhoa, French Indochina; Annam. // Original foota...;Title card: 'The leper potter of Puri. Large pots are thrown without bottoms then batted over a stone till thin, well-shaped and dec-orated.' A man pats a bottom-less pot into s...
1) 0660.0008 Mayan Rites
Title, 'The Spanish Conquistadors destroyed all the sacred temples of the Mayas and built churches on their high foundation pyramids,' etc. Guatemala.;Title card: 'The Spanish Conquistadores destroyed all the sacred temples of the Mayas, and built Churches on their high foundation-pyramids.' Intertitle: 'Still clad as when the...
34) 0660.0009 Palestine
Title, 'Life in a tent. Swaddling baby. Making coffee. Spinning. Making bread.' Silhouettes. Exterior. 'Village scenes. Lilies of the Field? Shepherd boys. Views of people outsi...;Title card: 'LIFE IN A TENT – Swaddling Baby Making Coffee Spinning Making Bread.' A family gathered under a tent. A woman swaddles a baby and rocks the baby in a hammock. A man...
33) 0696.0002 [Bucksport Mill footage] NHF Reel 2
NHF notes: Footage of the construction of the Maine Seaboard Paper Company mill in Bucksport, Maine. Appears to be professionally shot. Includes shots of construction site on w...
7) 0952.0189 [Woods & Waters: Whitewater Rafting]
Program #217. // Bud Leavitt goes whitewater rafting on the Kennebec River with a group led by John Connelly of Eastern River Expeditions. Connelly operates the company out of G...
2) 0952.0198 [Woods & Waters: William Clark]
Program #107. // Bud Leavitt visits the home of author and journalist William 'Bill' Clark in Caratunk, Maine. Clark writes column titled 'Logrolling.' Clark speaks about his li...
49) 0952.0199 [Woods & Waters: Glen Perkins, Mickey Noble and Gerry Gartley]
Program #5. Record date: November 1, 1978. Air date: November 6, 1978. // Interview with game warden Glen Perkins north of Greenville. Perkins demonstrates how to call moose wit...
3) 0952.0347 In and Out of Maine: The Young
Record date: October 8, 1976. // Documentary focuses on young people born and raised in the state of Maine who left the state but later decided to return. Issues discussed and r...
20) 1000.0019 Henry Strater: American Artist
Rocks Nudes and Flowers: A Portrait of Henry Strater, American Artist (1896- ). 'A portrait of life and works of prolific realist painter who has found in Maine the subjects he ...;Title card: ‘ROCKS NUDES AND FLOWERS’. Title: ‘a portrait of Henry Strater American Artist (1896- )’ Henry Strater, sitting on a rock wall by the water, talking about his youth ...
12) 1000.0020 In the Spirit of Haystack
'A film by Jane Morrison.' Made with funds from the Maine State Commission on the Arts during the filmmakers artist in residency at WCBB 1979 (per credits). Portrait of Haystack...;A man standing in front of the ocean puts a sheet of clay over his face and imprints a design with his fingers. Title card: ‘IN THE SPIRIT OF HAYSTACK, A film by Jane Morrison, ...
13) 1000.0021 Muscongus Pond: A Potters's Place
Potter Connie Romero at work. She talks about relationship between her work and her cabin on the pond. Closeups of potters wheel, hands, pots being created. Fall at pond. Romero...;Shot of a rocky island in a pond. Title: ‘MUSCONGUS POND a potter’s place’. A porch by the pond. Narration over footage of a woman, Connie Romero, at an outdoor potter’s wheel. ...
14) 1000.0022 Children of the Northlights: A portrait of Ingri and Edgar d'Aulaire
Portrait of children's book creators. Authors describe spending five years on Greek myths book. Travel with their children. One of their first books, Ola, about a Norwegian boy,...;Illustrations of trolls and other images. Title Card: ‘CHILDREN OF THE NORTHLIGHTS’. A child reading a picture book. Title: ‘a portrait of INGRI and EDGAR D’AULAIRE’. Ingri and ...
5) 1016.0001 Sharing One Earth
Students' film on ecology. Live action Penobscot native studies camp-out. Passing the talking stick. Students' voices describe camp out. Students build shelters in woods with st...
16) 1108 [Archie Stewart--home movies] VT12 and VT6 (three cuts)
Stewart International Airport footage: VT12, first flight VT6, three cuts. Mary Stewart Hafer notes: VT 12 April 17, 1990. Similar to VT 3, different angle. American Airlines a...
17) 1227.0001 In the Public Interest: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine
History of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Maine including still photographs, contemporary footage of former corps workers and work sites, and a small amount of archival fi...
1) 1397.0001 Rapid River Races
Title in first frames: 'National White Water Championships held at Rapid River, Middle Dam, Maine, September 1940.' Can/reel notes: film no. 706.41; 'Raygram Corp., property USA...;Rapid River Races (Silent) (Color) Rapid River Races (Silent) 706.41 Rapid River Races;Title: ‘“National White Water Championships held at Rapid River, Middledam, Maine, September 1940.”’ People paddle kayaks/foldboats across Lower Richardson Lake. Racers wearing ...
19) 1515.0036 K2 The Savage Mountain
K2 The Savage Mountain is a film about a British expedition to K2 led by Chris Bonnington in 1978 which also includes a history of previous expeditions to date. Chris Bonningto...
20) 1515.0038 K2 The Savage Mountain (Part 1)
K2 The Savage Mountain is a film produced by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) about the Third American Karakoram Expedition to K2 in 1953, sponsored by the American Alpin...
21) 1515.0039 K2 The Savage Mountain (Part 2)
K2 The Savage Mountain is a film produced by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) about the Third American Karakoram Expedition to K2 in 1953, sponsored by the American Alpin...
22) 1545.0023 Living the Good Life
"Living the Good Life" - live action documentary about Helen and Scott Nearing, and their "Good Life" homestead in Brooksville, Maine. See also: Good Life Center Collection (Acc...
23) 1789.0001 Our Dances
Documentary about Penobscot dances produced at Indian Island School, featuring Penobscot Student Dance Troupe. Includes claymation sequences explaining genesis of dances.;Provenance of this tape is uncertain. Dubbed from 3/4 in., 9/97. Huey is listed as 'Artist in residence' in credits. Tape was accessioned from collection backlog 1/2001. //
24) 1789.0002 The Frog Monster and Other Penobscot Legends
Provenance of this tape is uncertain. Huey is listed as 'Artist in residence' in credits. Tape was accessioned from collection backlog 1/2001. Documentary about Penobscot legend...
25) 1902.0011 Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Kodak Cinegraph version of directors, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, documentary feature.
26) 1914.001 Maine Moose: A Habitat Study
Note from USDA: 'made in 1982 about moose and deer research on Moosehorn National Refuge in Maine'. According to donor, this is only print made.
3) 2165.0001 Paul Fournier Films
Full handwritten inventory in collection folder including 21 3/4", 5 Betacam, 1 VHS, 7 audio tape, 57 films & various professional film equipment. Includes items relating t...;Video (3/4 -21, Betacam 5, VHS 1) Eagle Transplant W.P. 2 Eagle Transplant W.P. 3 Eagles “A” Eagles “B” Eagle # 2 P’s Film/Tape Transfer CBS Sunday Morning – Eagles 2/2/79 Dub –...
28) 2176.0023 A Royal Tour of the New York World's Fair
Commercial footage of the New York World's Fair.
29) 2292.0045 [Knox Woolen Mill Interviews] Tape 1
Label on tape: 'Knox Woolen Mill Interviews. 1/6/88. Tape 1: Side A - Burling Women. Side B - Spinning Men.'
30) 2292.0046 [Knox Woolen Mill Interviews] Tape 2
Label on tape: 'Knox Woolen Mill Interviews. Tape 2: Side A - Judy+Dot. Side B - Mill Sounds.'
3) 2419.0154-.0166 Abraham Katz--commercial films. Reels 154-166
Commercial 16mm prints of films including a Mickey and Minnie cartoon, "World Parade," "The Chameleon," "Monarch of the Ring," "Shicklegruber [sic] doing the Lambeth Walk," and ...
32) 2426.0001 America Goes Over, 1
U.S. Army Signal Corps film reels, "Especially released by the War Department to the Eastman Kodak Company for The Second A.E.F." [American Expeditionary Force]. Originally dis...
2) 2426.0002 America Goes Over, 2
U.S. Army Signal Corps film reels, "Especially released by the War Department to the Eastman Kodak Company for The Second A.E.F." [American Expeditionary Force]. Originally dis...
3) 2426.0003 America Goes Over, 3
U.S. Army Signal Corps film reels, "Especially released by the War Department to the Eastman Kodak Company for The Second A.E.F." [American Expeditionary Force]. Originally dis...
35) 2426.0004 America Goes Over, 4
U.S. Army Signal Corps film reels, "Especially released by the War Department to the Eastman Kodak Company for The Second A.E.F." [American Expeditionary Force]. Originally dis...
5) 2426.0005 America Goes Over, 5
U.S. Army Signal Corps film reels, "Especially released by the War Department to the Eastman Kodak Company for The Second A.E.F." [American Expeditionary Force]. Originally dis...
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