Description: A videotape, in VHS format, titled Penobscot; The People and Their River, by Acadia Film Video, Gunnar Hansen and David Westphal, date unknown
Description: A videotape, VCR- VHS format, titled "Hard Work", produced by Jim Sharkey, Orono, ME, Folkfilms.com Interviews, historical photos, and video from present day factories details the rise of the female workforce in the State of Maine's mills and factories and explores the conditions that women had to endure both on and off the job circa 1888.
Kids Vids Educational Entertainment, MPI Home Video
Collection:
Audio Visual History Collection
Date:
1995
Description: A videotape, VCR-VHS format, title Milk & Cookies: A video snack for kids of all ages, 30 minutes, 1995 This video is a tour of a milk producing farm to see how raw milk is collected and processed. Also explores the cookie makinf process at Keebler Company. Audience is children, ages 3-12. This video was used with children during one of the MDIHS exhibits related to dairy farming.
Description: A film compilation about the fire of 1947 from the Collections of Northeast Historic Film. Included is: October Fury 1947, Maine's Forect Fire Disasters, A Look Back at the Infamous Fires 50 Years Later, a retrospective produced by the Maine Forest Service. There are other cuts and film included without attribution of sources. On DVD.
Description: A DVD that contains interviews with 12 individuals who have knowledge of the Peapod, a small Maine built wooden skiff. The DVD also contains photographs, plans, slideshows, construction information, and records of many of the existing wooden skiffs.
Description: A videotape, VCR-CHS format, titled "Maine's Golden School Days" 1890-1930, A Reminiscent Video. A project of the Phillips-Strickland House, jacket design by Cheri Walton, n.d.
Description: A videotape, VCR-VHS format, titled Restore America Maine, Episode #118, Scripps Productions, E.W. Scripps Company, n.d. Film has not been reviewed prior to accessioning. Source unknown.
Description: A DVD that contains a 5.36 minutes long MP4 file that has information about the Lewis H. Story chebacco boat and the project of MDIHS to sail this vessel from Essex to Mount Desert Island in 2013 to commemorate the voyage of Abraham Somes in 1762 that brought Somes and his family to Mount Desert Island. This video was prepared by Cape Ann TV and focused on the rebuilding and care of the boat by the Essex Museum. Several copies of this DVD are in the archives. [show more]
Description: A DVD that contains a 2 minute video, narrated by William Horner, that describes the Chebacco Project hosted by MDIHS in collaboration with the Essex Historical Society and Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Massachusetts, during the summer, 2013. The video was made as a short film that could be used for various audiences (board, community, funders, etc) to describe the scope and intent of this project. The video used in this film was shot during the Chebacco visit on the island by Peter Logue, resident of MDI. The film is attached to this record. Please click on the Media tab to access the mp4 file. It is also filed in hard copy, on DVD. [show more]
Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall, Fraternal Lodge, Grange Hall
Creator:
unknown
Date:
2010
Description: A CD that contains 45 digital images taken on June 5, 2010 at Salisbury Cove, Maine. These photos document the repair and maintenance work that was done on the stage curtain at the Bay View Grange. Photos include Charlotte Singleton and several unidentified individuals.
Description: A DVD that contains the finished film, "Dancing at the Mill: Two Centuries of Life on Mount Desert Island". This DVD is the film version that was sold to the public. This is an MDIHS library copy of the final film.
Description: A DVD that was created by Dobbs Productions to be played as a film or backdrop at events that were held during 2012, the 250th year celebration of the landing of the first settlers on Mount Desert Island.
Description: A DVD that contains .psd files for use in promoting the film, "Dancing at the Mill". These photos are high res, in Adobe Photoshop file formats. The images are of the cover of the jacket of the DVD as it appeared for sale to the public.
Description: A DVD that includes a three minute promotional film that was developed by Dobbs Productions for the purpose of promoting the film, "Dancing at the Mill: Two Centuries of Life on Mount Desert Island".
Description: A DVD that contains 14 .tif and 93 .jpg images used in the creation of the film, "Dancing at the Mill: Two Centuries of Life on Mount Desert Island". These photos can also be used as images for promoting the film.
Description: A compilation of film, photos, and audio oral histories created by Donna Wiegle, Swans Island Lighthouse , Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station.
Description: A film on DVD about Wendell Gilley, master carver from Southwest Harbor. Title: Gilley: Portrait of a Bird Carver. A documentary story filmed during the construction of the museum built in his honor in 1981. Film by Richard W. Adams, with a 2004 update on the 25th anniversary of the Museum and the centennial of the birth of Wendell Gilley. Running time of 25 minutes.
Description: A DVD that includes DVD versions of Charles Savage films that were used in creating "Dancing at the Mill". These films are property of the Savage family and MDIHS does not have rights to these versions.
Description: A DVD that includes DVD versions of Charles Savage films that were used in creating "Dancing at the Mill". These films are property of the Savage family and MDIHS does not have rights to these versions.
Description: Two discs, #16 and #17, that contain 4 lectures that comprise a portion of a course, "The American Civil War". Discs are labelled A & B. The discs contain topics: The River War and Confederate Commerce Raiders; Women at War, I; Women at Warr, II; and Stalemate in 1864
Description: A DVD containing a compilation of short images from the collection of Northeast Historic Film. This series was started in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of NHF. 10 clips, ranging from 1933 through 1975, are included.