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Length Title Category Year Format (min.) Description PERF Purchase Little Tree is a Native American from Connecticut, now a resident of Pittsford, Vermont. He says, "I am a Namante, one who heals by spiritual power, and a Matenu, one who heals by use of plants . Part of an Earth Medicine (1&2) American Indians 1975 DVD 56 eight part series on the use of plants and trees in health . PERF No Little Tree is a Native American from Connecticut, now a resident of Pittsford, Vermont. He says, "I am a Namante, one who heals by spiritual power, and a Matenu, one who heals by use of plants . Part of an Earth Medicine (3&4) American Indians 1975 DVD 56 eight part series on the use of plants and trees in health . PERF No Little Tree is a Native American from Connecticut, now a resident of Pittsford, Vermont. He says, "I am a Namante, one who heals by spiritual power, and a Matenu, one who heals by use of plants . Part of an Earth Medicine (5&6) American Indians 1975 DVD 56 eight part series on the use of plants and trees in health . PERF No Little Tree is a Native American from Connecticut, now a resident of Pittsford, Vermont. He says, "I am a Namante, one who heals by spiritual power, and a Matenu, one who heals by use of plants . Part of an Earth Medicine (7&8) American Indians 1975 DVD 56 eight part series on the use of plants and trees in health . PERF No Mary Gabriel, born in 1908 on the Passamaquoddy Reservation in Indian Township, , and honored as a National Heritage Fellow in 1994, tells the inspiring story of learning the centuries-old basketmaking tradition from her grandmother, and of passing the tradition on to her two daughters, Sylvia and Clare. Gabriel Women: Passamaquoddy The three women illustrate their commitment to cultural values and how they have served as mentors Basketmakers American Indians 1999 DVD 28 to others. No This film examines some of the history of the relations between the white and the Indian communities in Maine. Through individual voices, it looks at underlying reasons for the racism so deeply embedded in white American culture and how that culture continues to shape Native American reality today. Includes Invisible American Indians 2005 DVD 59 83 minutes of supplemental interviews. No

25 edited natural conversations in Passamaquoddy-Maliseet recorded between 2006 and 2008 in Maine and New Brunswick that evoke the knowledge and values of Passamaquoddy-Maliseet community life. These exchanges range from humorous storytelling, oral history, and personal reminiscence to conversations about everyday experiences, past and present. The Soctomah Sisters, Natuwisine: Let’s Yes. $99.95 or Go Pick Berries, Nmihqelsultipon etolamotultiyek: Cards and Memories, Sitomok: On the Shore, Kcihkuk: $19.95 each Language Keepers (box set) American Indians 2009 7 DVD Set 180 In the Woods, Elatkuhkalkiyiq: How Our Stories Are Told and Etucintuhtiyek: We Sing So Strongly. individual title.

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People American Indians 1987 DVD 60 Archaeology of the circumpolar region, including coastal New England. packaging. $25 Micmac Indian basketmaking cooperative in northern Maine. Sponsored by the Aroostook Micmac Our Lives in Our Hands American Indians 1988 DVD 50 Council and produced by Jarred Carter and Harold Prins. Yes. $24.95

Penobscot Basketmaker--Barbara Francis American Indians 2002 DVD 52 The life and basketry work of Barbara Francis, a Penobscot who lived on Indian Island, Maine. Yes. $19.95

In Maine, the Native Americans began carving images into stone ledges beginning about 3,000 years ago. These petroglyphs, probably the work of shamans, were used as metaphors of the spirit quest or to help memorize chants. Because the petroglyphs had powerful spiritual qualities, they were avoided by Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of the uninitiated. This film presents explanations and ideas about what the images mean and how they Maine American Indians 2004 DVD 47 changed as the ideas of the people who made them changed. Yes. $24.95 Wabanaki Film & Video of Northeast Historic Film: A Selection American Indians 2009 DVD 42 A bibliography compiled by Micah A. Pawling Yes. $5.00

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Length Title Category Year Format (min.) Description PERF Purchase Cultural survival and revival of Wabanaki of Maine and Maritime Canada. Interviews, music, dance. Wabanaki: A New Dawn American Indians 1995 DVD 28 Produced on behalf of Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission. Yes. $19.95

Simpson’s subjects included the pioneering families and workers living in woods camps and on farms. He photographed the crews constructing and excavating-by-hand- the railroad and the Great Northern Paper Company mill in East Millinocket, workers and families living in tarpaper shacks on “Shack Hill” in 48 Hour Music Festival Artists & Authors 2009 DVD 81 Millinocket, shanties, as well as the homes of the well-to-do. No A film by Huey, Portland filmmaker. A documentary about the photographer as told through the stories Honest Vision: A Portrait of Todd Webb Artists & Authors 1996 DVD 55 of Webb himself. Yes. $19.95

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready In the Spirit of Haystack Artists & Authors 1979 DVD 10 Noted craft school in Deer Isle, Maine. PERF packaging. $25 Maine Frontier: Through the Lens of Isaac Jack of all trades, Isaac Walton’s photographs together with film, oral histories and a compelling musical Walton, The Artists & Authors 2014 DVD 55 soundtrack represent northern Maine at the turn-of-the-century. Yes. $19.95

Cushing-based painter and printmaker Alan Magee (born 1946) is a modern master painter and printmaker. His invite wonder at the inherent dignity and beauty of simple objects, such as letters, and stones. His monotypes offer haunting images of faces scarred by the world. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet under- No (see recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the Union mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - Alan Magee Artists & Authors 2002 DVD 30 of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com) Olive Pierce from Rockland, ME is in her early 80s. Her gritty, documentary black and white photographs have focused on community: a Maine fishing community; high school; and the children of Iraq. She is an unflinching truth teller;The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by No (see Maine Masters Project - Children of Iraq Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with mainemasters. (Olive Pierce) and Olive Pierce Artists & Authors 2002 DVD 30 Maine artists. com)

Sculptor Clark FitzGerald (1917-2004) moved to Castine in the 1950s. Having fallen in love with Maine, he decided to see if he could survive on his art in the place he found inspirational. He became one of Maine's most successful sculptors, a master in wood, metal, and stone. His large-scale sculptures are found around the world. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet No (see under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - Clark Fitz-Gerald Artists & Authors 2005 DVD 30 Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com)

A New Englander by birth, Dahlov Ipcar (born 1917) was introduced to Maine by her parents, artists William and Marguerite Zorach. Ipcar, whose first solo show took place at the Museum of Modern Art, has gained wide recognition through her marvelous paintings of animals and her many children’s books. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet No (see under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - Dahlov Ipcar Artists & Authors 2003 DVD 30 Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com)

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David Larson said his mission was to “articulate the mystery.” His paintings make no judgments as they explore issues of belief, doubt, angst, suffering, identity, and love. He worked from a place of rigorous integrity, loving the quest, agonizing in the unknown. His paintings investigating the story of Moby Dick and the politics of the Last Supper, are central to this documentary. A deeply felt tribute to a great American artist directed by his son, Soren Larson, a television news producer and filmmaker in . The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet No (see under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - David Larson Artists & Authors 2010 DVD 30 Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com)

Harold Garde (born 1923) taught for many years before retiring to Maine in 1984. His energy and artistic vigor have had an enormous impact on the community of Maine artists. A painter and printmaker, he often works in series, focusing on figures and faces, chairs and kimonos. He lives in Belfast, ME and in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet No (see under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - Harold Garde Artists & Authors 2002 DVD 30 Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com)

Lois Dodd (born 1927) is a nationally known painter recognized for her intimate, poetic, painterly approach to landscape motifs (including quarries), the nude and floral subjects. She first came to Maine in 1951 and now divides her time between Cushing, ME, New York City and New Jersey. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet under- No (see recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the Union mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - Lois Dodd Artists & Authors 2009 DVD 30 of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com)

Painter Robert Hamilton (1919-2004) taught at the Rhode Island School of Design for 34 years before moving to Port Clyde. His paintings are based in jazz-like improvisation – witty, surprising, colorful, eccentric. Imbedded in their playful surfaces are themes of personal history and commentaries on the history of art. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet No (see under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - Robert Hamilton Artists & Authors 2007 DVD 30 Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com)

Indiana-raised, New York City-based painter Stephen Pace (born 1918) fell in love with Stonington on his first trip to Maine in 1953. His paintings of lobstermen, a lily pond and his wife, Pam, tending the garden are imbued with the energy of early Abstract Expressionist roots. Pace is represented in many major American museums. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet No (see under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - Stephen Pace Artists & Authors 2008 DVD 30 Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com)

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Born in New York City, William Thon (1906-2000) settled in Port Clyde in 1947. Thon's grand theme was the boat; the many vessels he painted in his lifetime in Maine and on the shores of Europe make for an extraordinary fleet. This film portrait includes footage of Thon giving a watercolor demonstration at the Farnsworth Art Museum. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet No (see under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the mainemasters. Maine Masters Project -William Thon Artists & Authors 2002 DVD 30 Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com)

Yes/Special Order/Not May Sarton reads some of her work and talks about the meaning of her poetry, women's roles and her retail-ready May Sarton: She Knew a Phoenix Artists & Authors 1980 DVD 28 views on feminism, and the source of her ability to write. PERF packaging. $25

Renascence: Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poet Artists & Authors 1993 DVD 58 Edna St. Vincent Millay, one of Maine's most famous writers. Yes. $19.95 A tour of the locations which inspired the poet with video adaptations of some of his most beloved Robert Frost's Artists & Authors 2000 DVD 40 poems. No

Combines Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company’s comprehensive collection of early 20th century photographs of rural New England and Upstate New York, with archival film footage, interviews, and The Northeast by Eastern Artists & Authors 2016 DVD 102 oral histories. Combined, these stories and images illustrate an era unlike any other in American history. Yes. $19.95

Around Cape Horn Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1929 DVD 37 Captain Irving Johnson as a young man aboard the bark Peking. His narration was recorded years later. Yes. $29.95

Yes/Special M.V. Bluenose cruise ship operated by Canadian National Railways/CN Marine between Yarmouth, Nova Order/Not Scotia and Bar Harbor, Maine. Maiden voyage January 1956 and "Bluenose Day" in Bar Harbor June 7, retail-ready Bluenose 1956 Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1956 DVD 62 1956. Speeches and interviews with all of those involved. PERF packaging. $25 This documentary explores the relationship between the people of a small Maine village, Damariscotta Mills, and the harvest of alewives as it evolves over time. The film captures the arrival of thousands of Closing the Circle: The Alewife Run in alewives and reflects on the influence of their migrations on local heritage, culture, and survival during Damariscotta Mills Boats, Sea & Fisheries 2005 DVD 30 the last two centuries. No

Maine lobstering in the mid-50s through the profile of Pat Moore of Five Islands. Memories shared by Downeast Lobsterman: Revisiting the Billy Plummer III lobsterman and boat builder, and reflections by folklorist and musician, Bill Bonyun. 1950s Wooden buoys and traps, hand-woven nets and carved wooden pegs were lobstering tools of bygone When Wood Was the Way Boats, Sea & Fisheries 2006 DVD 30 times that come back to life in this video. Yes. $19.95

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Fence in the Water Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1980 DVD 45 Weir fishing for herring in Penobscot Bay, Maine, by independent filmmaker Peg Dice. PERF packaging. $25 Finest Kind Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1975 DVD 28 A small Maine fishing community fighting to continue making a living from the sea. No

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Flavor of Maine Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1996 DVD 60 Grand Banks dory fishing, stop-seining mackerel and herring, and lobstering. PERF packaging. $25

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Length Title Category Year Format (min.) Description PERF Purchase Gloucester's Adventure: An American Story Boats, Sea & Fisheries 2002 DVD 58 Documentary about the schooner Adventure, the last American dory-trawler. Yes. $14.95 Gus Skoog: Boat Builder of Vinalhaven, Maine Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1999 DVD 50 The building of a 34 foot wooden lobster boat in an island boat shop. No In Our Wake: Maine's Maritime Heritage on Film Boats, Sea & Fisheries 2011 DVD 70 From lobster pots and four-masted schooners to whitewater canoeing and seine fishing, Yes. $19.95 It's the Maine Sardine & Sardines Downeast Style Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1949 DVD 16 Catching, packing and eating Eastport fish. PERF Yes. $9.95 Jenny's Island Life Boats, Sea & Fisheries 2002 DVD 42 step back in time to 1901 and travel through the decades as we explore Maine’s nautical Yes. $19.95 Keepers of the Light Boats, Sea & Fisheries 2018 DVD 66 The story of Gay Head Light on the western tip of Martha's Vineyard. Yes. $19.95 Lighthouses of Maine: A Journey Through Time Boats, Sea & Fisheries 2003 DVD 55 Stories about seventy Maine lighthouses and the people who lived in them. No

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Live Lobster: Maine Lobsterman Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1976 DVD 24 Phil Alley shows how he catches lobsters, what it eats and about the lobster's annual cycle. By Peg Dice. PERF packaging. $25 Lobstertown Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1947 DVD 27 For home or classroom viewing only. Community life and lobstering in Corea, Maine. No

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Maine Lobster, The Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1955 DVD 30 Lobster fisheries and consumption with unusual footage including the assembly of lobster TV dinners. PERF packaging. $25 THREE full documentaries on one DVD! Jack Perkins, host of A&E's Biography, looks at each of the sixty- plus lighthouses that grace the coast of Maine in Light Spirit, talks about how Maine's natural beauty has inspired the world in Maine: America's Coast and see extraordinary aerial footage of the rugged coast in Maine's Coast Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1996-1998 DVD 160 Air Maine. Yes. $19.95

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Maine's Harvesters of the Sea Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1968 DVD 28 Fisheries including shrimp, cod, and lobster. PERF packaging. $25 Our Fishing Heritage Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1996 DVD 60 Grand Banks dory fishing, stop-seining mackerel and herring, and lobstering. No

Interviews with 12 individuals who have knowledge of the Peapod. The little double-ended boats known as peapods have played an essential role in the life and history of Maine. They are thought to have originated around 1870, or earlier, around Penobscot Bay. They were the original Maine lobster boat, as fishermen could row either way, and walk up the side to haul a trap. This series of interviews commemorates the boats and captures some of the history and knowledge held by a generation who Peapods of the Maine Coast Boats, Sea & Fisheries 2005 DVD 85 has seen them pass from working to largely recreational crafts. No This story of Pemaquid Peninsula on midcoast Maine is told by the place itself and the people who call it Pemaquid: Stewards by the Sea Boats, Sea & Fisheries DVD 59 home. Yes. $17.95

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Between the late 1940s and the late 1980s Downeast Maine was world famous for its Atlantic Salmon fishing. People came from around the corner and around the world, to cast a fly to the "king of the sport fish". Fortunately Phil Harriman of Cherryfield, a visionary and dedicated salmon advocate for more than 50 years, has preserved a piece of history from the heyday of Atlantic salmon angling in Downeast Maine. Phil takes us from landlocked fishing on Tunk Lake to the crowds gathering to watch a sea-run Salmon Country Boats, Sea & Fisheries DVD 29 salmon landed in downtown Cherryfield. The firm truly brings you back to bygone days. Yes. $14.95

This DVD is about the communities of Gouldsboro, Prospect Harbor, Corea and Winter Harbor, Maine. They all share a peninsula on the coast and an understanding of magic. It is the magic of ocean knocking against a rocky coast, or sun burning through a lingering morning fog. It is the magic found in the practical approach to living that is engendered on this coastal peninsula. As Lobsterman Dale Torrey Schoodic: Where Sea Meets Land Boats, Sea & Fisheries DVD 57 puts it, "You can't explain it, it's just in you." Yes. $17.95 The Jeremiah O'Brien, Homecoming Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1994 DVD 59 Liberty Ship returns to Portland, Maine, where she was built in 1943. Yes. $24.95

Tugboat Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1978 DVD 14 Documentary about the Clyde B. Holmes, the last commercially-operated steam screw tugboat. PERF Yes. $9.95 Turn of the Tide Boats, Sea & Fisheries 1943 DVD 48 Drama about formation of a lobster cooperative; from the Vinalhaven Historical Society. No It is dedicated to showing the awesome nature of whales. Produced to put you on the boat, at least it Awesome Whales for Kids Children 2006 DVD 67 will seem like you are there, enjoying the whales and the boat ride. No Two horses, Spike and Smitty, talk about how "horse power" changed and shaped our history. Original Big Horse Children 1995 DVD 30 music by The Big Horse Orchestra, conducted by Helen White Yes. $9.95 Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales with This Telly Award winning program allows you to meet Salt, eight of her calves, and 40 other named Names Children 2004 DVD 60 whales. Yes. $18.95 The Maple Sugaring Story Children 1989 DVD 28 Children's video with teacher workbook. PERF Yes. $29.95

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready White Heron, The Children 1989 DVD 26 A young girl's choice between friendship and a creature she loves. Story by Sarah Orne Jewett. PERF packaging. $25 24 Hours City Life 1963 DVD 27 Fire fighting in Portland, Maine, with memorable narration. Produced by Earle Fenderson. PERF Yes. $9.95

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Anchor of the Soul City Life 1994 DVD 60 African American history in northern New England through the story of a Portland church. PERF packaging. $25

Experience Portland Past City Life 2003 DVD 70 Journey through 400 years in this riveting video that tells the inspiring history of Portland, Maine. Experience Portland, Maine 2003 City Life 2003 DVD 120 Tour Maine's largest, most vibrant coastal city and discover why people love Portland. No Agriculture--potato growing with horse power. Downtown Presque Isle, Maine, Aroostook Valley Aroostook County, 1920s Country Life 1928 DVD 20 Railroad electric trolley. PERF Yes. $9.95 Tour some of Vermont's most picturesque barns. From humble structures to magnificent complexes, Barns: Legacy of Wood and Stone Country Life 2002 DVD 60 from a towering behemoth to a 10-sided dairy barn still in use. Yes. $14.95

Century of Summers, A Country Life 1987 DVD 45 The impact of a summer colony on a small Maine coastal community by Hancock native Sandy Phippen. PERF Yes. $19.95 Cherryfield, 1938 Country Life 1938 DVD 6 A terrific home movie about rural spring. PERF Yes. $9.95 Conversations with Farmers Country Life 2000 DVD 56 Sustainable agriculture and Maine's family farms. PERF Yes. $14.95

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Length Title Category Year Format (min.) Description PERF Purchase Both small and commercial ice operations are featured. Scenes from New Britain, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Newburgh, New York round out extensive footage from Rumford, Bangor, Hiram, Rockland, Searsport, Otisfield, Palermo, Presque Isle and South Portland, Maine. Commentary by Harvesting Ice in New England Country Life 2017 DVD 66 Dennis Picard. PERF Yes. $14.95 Five short films showing a near-forgotten New England industry. Narration by Philip C.Whitney explains Ice Harvesting Sampler Country Life 1994 DVD 26 process and tools. PERF Yes. $14.95

In Days Gone By Vermont Country Ways Country Life 2000 DVD 60 Vermonters share memories of early 20th century rural life. Yes. $14.95

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Part-Time Farmer Country Life 1975 DVD 17 Promotes agriculture as an after-hours pursuit. PERF packaging. $25 Time Marches On Country Life 2018 DVD 73 Raymond Cotton's Hiram, Maine 1935-1939 with his narration. In the 1940s there was a shortage of milk and quality dairy cattle in Hancock County, Maine. To remedy this, Maine's first county-wide 4-H club was born. This film was made to document this groundbreaking first year. The children show off their progress and their calves in visits to each of their homes. Their efforts are rewarded at the 1946 Blue Hill Fair and at their end-of-the-year banquet at the Trenton Trail to Better Dairying Country Life 1940 DVD 44 Lobster Pound. PERF Yes. $9.95 Words from Millie's Garden: The Story of Millie Pettengill lived in an historic house overlooking the Harraseeket River in Freeport, Maine for 100 Pettengill Farm Country Life 2003 DVD 50 years. No Working the Land Country Life 2016 DVD 65 The upper Kennebec Valley region of Maine in the 1930s. PERF Yes. $14.95 All But Forgotten Early Film 1978 DVD 30 Documentary on the Holman Day film company (1920-1921) in Maine; by Everett Foster. PERF Yes. $9.95

Yes/Special Order/Not Man with a temper befriends a bear, learns to control his temper and wins the daughter of the mill retail-ready Brother of the Bear Early Film 1921 DVD owner and a job running the sawmill. A Holman Day Production. PERF packaging. $25

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Cupid, Registered Guide Early Film 1921 DVD 20 A two-reel North Woods comedy by Maine writer Holman Day. PERF packaging. $25

Earliest Maine Films Early Film 1901 DVD 44 Lobstering, trout fishing, , canoeing on Moosehead Lake, and potato growing, from 1901-1920. PERF Yes. $14.95 Eighteen film segments dating from 1897 to 1906 covering city scenes, transportation, military/political Earliest Massachusetts Films Early Film 2006 DVD 60 footage, work, recreation and entertainment. PERF Yes. $14.95

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Knight of the Pines, The Early Film 1920 DVD 20 Another North Woods adventure by Maine writer Holman Day. PERF packaging. $25

Making of an American Early Film 1920 DVD 14 An Italian immigrant realizes the importance of learning English. Connecticut Dept. of Americanization. PERF Yes. $14.95

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Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready My Lady O' the Pines Early Film 1921 DVD 26 A two-reel North Woods drama by movie writer Holman Day, starring Mary Astor. PERF packaging. $25

Yes/Special Short romance drama by the Vitagraph Company shot in southern Maine. A sailor leaves his family to go Order/Not to sea and is thought lost when his boat sinks. The family loses its home and the young woman has to retail-ready Sailor's Sacrifice, The Early Film 1909 DVD 20 dig clams with her dog Jean. PERF packaging. $25 D.W. Griffith directs Lillian Gish as a poor New Englander who visits her wealthy cousins, falls in love Way Down East Early Film 1920 DVD 149 with Richard Barthelmess, and faces a scandalous past. No

This video examines the lives and deaths of Maine authors Helen Nearing and her husband, Scott, who were best known for their book about homesteading practices called Living the Good Life. More than a Helen Nearing: Conscious Living/Conscious biography, this hour-long documentary looks at the Nearings' commitment to self-sufficiency and Dying Ecology and Energy 2000 DVD 56 voluntary simplicity and unveils the spiritual philosophy that underlay their lives and work. No

Yes/Special Order/Not This Land: The Story of a Community Land retail-ready Trust and a Co-op Called H.O.M.E. Ecology and Energy packaging. $25

Yes/Special Order/Not Central Maine Power film on the construction of Wyman Station on the Kennebec River, with retail-ready Wyman Station Ecology and Energy 1928 DVD 30 Daggettville, the workers' town. 1928-1930. PERF packaging. $25

Based on the novel , "Spoonhandle" by Ruth Moore. Directed by Henry King. Starring Dana Andrews, Cesar Romero, Dean Stockwell. A Maine lobster fisherman, trained as an architect, prefers to be a fisherman over the objections of his fiancée. The latter, a welfare worker for the state, finds a home for a 12-year-old orphan who loves the sea. He and the fisherman become friends but the fiancée, fearful of the dangers of sea life. forces the fisherman to restrict the boy from his boat. Denied the life he loves, the boy, in retribution, steals a camera and is sent to reform school. The couple marries and succeeds in Deep Waters Feature Films 1948 DVD 85 getting a judge to grant a petition allowing them to adopt the boy. No The Acadian experience interpreted by Longfellow and Hollywood, starring Dolores Del Rio. Opening Evangeline Feature Films 1929 DVD 90 reels silent, the rest has music from original discs -- preserved by UCLA. Yes. $29.95

Deep Waters, an adaptation of Ruth Moore's "Spoonhandle", was filmed on Vinalhaven Island off the coast of Maine in 1947. Featured actors were Dana Andrews, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero and Dean Stockwell. This documentary includes behind-the-scenes anecdotes, archival photographs and home Hollywood Comes to Vinalhaven: The movies, and reminiscences from island residents old enough to have experienced the production and Making of Deep Waters Feature Films 2007 DVD 75 young enough to remember. Yes. $17.95

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Off the coast of Maine, families have lived and worked the sea for generations. Everyone knows each other. Birthright is akin to law and men inherit their fishing territories. Eben Cole (Thomas Hildreth) continues his family's legacy of harvesting lobsters, but after causing a tragic accident at sea, Eben loses everything. After serving five years in prison he returns determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. Only now he is an outcast, his ex-wife Cheryl (Amy Jo Johnson) wants nothing to do with him and fishermen see him as a harbinger of bud luck. Only Popper (Philip Baker Hall), an old Islander Feature Films 2006 DVD 101 weathered and gruff fisherman gives Eben a chance to become an islander again. Yes. $19.95 Kris Kristofferson: The Vermont Concert Live! Feature Films 2007 DVD 41 The benefit concert he performed to support the Vermont film, Disappearances, in which he starred. No

Comedy starring Veronica Lake, Joan Caulfield, Barry Fitzgerald, George Reeves, William Demarest, Beulah Bondi and Chill Wills. Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with loot from their latest scam, hide out in a small Maine town, near the Canadian border. However - the residents of this small town aren't quite as unsophisticated as the girls think they are.

Sainted Sisters, The Feature Films 1948 DVD 89 No Romantic comedy places a group of New Yorkers in a coastal Maine village and has them work out their Seventh Day, The Feature Films 1922 DVD 65 cultural differences. Filmed in New Harbor and Pemaquid, Maine. No

Yes/Special Order/Not Kate Douglas Wiggin's story of two orphans in the Maine countryside. Scenes of horse-drawn wagons, retail-ready Timothy's Quest Feature Films 1922 DVD 90 shoeing oxen, and other rural activities. packaging. $25

Includes DVD versions of all three of John O'Brien's Vermont comedies -- "Vermont is for Lovers" (Two New Yorkers decide to celebrate their upcoming nuptials in the lovely New England countryside -- but the peace and quiet leaves them more stressed-out than ever.) "Man with a Plan" (Fred Tuttle, a retired Vermont dairy farmer, runs for Congress) & "Nosey Parker"(A couple from suburbia move to 1992, 1996 rural Vermont). All three films include additional bonus footage and commentaries and yes, Man with a Tunbridge Trilogy Feature Films & 2003 DVD 88-103 Plan now includes the real-life story of Fred Tuttle's rise to political greatness. No

Shot on location in Vermont and New Hampshire, directed by Jay Craven. (Rip Torn) and his Where the Rivers Flow North Feature Films 1994 DVD 111 American Indian companion (Tantoo Cardinal) in a story about timberland and water power. Yes. $19.95

New York marketing ace Stephanie Burns loses her job. Eager for a change she discovers a website for "agricultural tourism" in Vermont and impulsively stuffs her two daughters into a borrowed car, setting out for unexpected adventure in the Green Mountains. Once in Vermont, she meets rugged, love starved, hard-scrabble Vermont farmer Lucien LaFlamme, and sparks start to fly. A 7 episode Vermont Windy Acres Feature Films 2004 DVD 240 Comedy series starring Rusty De Wees and directed by Jay Craven. No Bonsoir Mes Amis Franco-American Life 1990 DVD 46 Portrait of two of Maine's finest traditional Franco-American musicians. Yes. $19.95 Franco-Americans: We Remember Franco-American Life 1999 DVD 60 Documentary on the history and cultural traditions of Franco-American life. PERF No A Story of New England Contra Music and Dance--Celtic and French Canadian music traditions combined Together in Time Franco-American Life 2001 DVD 27 in New England contra dance music. No Documentary film that explores the struggle for cultural survival among the Franco-American communities of New England. The film traces French heritage beginning with immigration from Canadian provinces of Quebec and Acadia through the persecution by Ku Klux Klan and language loss, to Waking up French (Reveil) Franco-American Life 2006 DVD 81 cultural renaissance and heritage preservation. Yes. $29.95

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Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready John F. Kennedy Speech Lecture/Speech 1963 DVD 30 Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1963 at University of Maine homecoming. PERF packaging. $25

Yes/Special Order/Not Summer Symposium 2009, Ways of The 2009 Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium focused on an investigation of how, where and retail-ready Watching Lecture/Speech 2009 DVD why we watch amateur and noncommercial films in both the past and the present. packaging. $25

Yes/Special Order/Not Based on the work of pioneering filmmakers, such as Margaret Cram, this movie queen features the retail-ready Movie Queen 2000, Bucksport Movie Queen 2000 DVD 28 townspeople and businesses of present day Bucksport, Maine. PERF packaging. $25

Yes/Special Order/Not A pretend movie queen visits her hometown in Lincoln, Maine. Parade, followed by visit to garage, lake, retail-ready Movie Queen, Lincoln Movie Queen 1936 DVD 37 playtime, electric store, bus arrives at hotel. Kidnap drama. PERF packaging. $25 Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Movie Queen, Lubec Movie Queen 1936 DVD 28 A pretend movie queen visits her hometown in downeast Maine. PERF packaging A pretend movie queen visits her hometown in Middlebury, Vermont. The "Movie Queen plot was a theme intended to show off local sites, shops, and townspeople and was duplicated in other towns Movie Queen, Middlebury Movie Queen 1939 DVD 32 throughout New England. No

Yes/Special Order/Not A pretend movie queen visits her hometown in Newport, Maine. The parade. Visits to shop, Oxbow retail-ready Movie Queen, Newport Movie Queen 1936 DVD 35 Cabins. The kidnap, and rescue by hero on bicycle. packaging. $25

Detailed account of this northern Maine town in the 1930s. The people engaged in business and leisure. Yes/Special The circus comes to town, Main Street, the swimming hole and a baseball game. May have been part of Order/Not a Margaret Cram "Movie Queen" production that featured some live production as well as filmed retail-ready Movie Queen, Van Buren Movie Queen circa 1930 DVD 33 scenes. PERF packaging. $25 A brand new look at one of America’s favorite national parks. Jack Perkins, former NBC correspondent and host of A&E’s Biography Series, lends his powerful narrative to this beautiful tribute to the people who created Acadia National Park and those who keep and preserve it. The photography of Jeff Dobs and Bing Miller, who call Acadia home, and the music of John Cooper will lift your spirits and keep Acadia Always New England Places 2010 DVD 60 Acadia alive in your heart always. Yes. $19.95

Yes/Special Order/Not Loring Air Force Base in northern Maine closed in 1994. This is a look at its heyday: Mom at home, the retail-ready Assignment in Aroostook New England Places 1956 DVD 27 sergeant at work, the family at play. PERF packaging. $25 Castine New England Places 2004 DVD 58 The coastal town of Castine, Maine. Yes. $17.95

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Lake Champlain and its surrounding valley hold great significance to our nation's history and independence. From the Green Mountain Boys' capture of Fort Ticonderoga to the Battle of Plattsburg in the War of 1812. Long the home to Native Americans, the fertile valley beckoned European settlers. The 1800s the growth of commerce on the lake as steamboats plied its waters and railroads transported goods to far-off markets. Visit Fort Montgomery and learn how Fort Blunder got its name. Sail aboard Benedict Arnold's gunboat Philadelphia and view the Colchester Reef Lighthouse. Enjoy the Discovering Lake Champlain New England Places 2003 DVD 45 region's natural beauty as you discover Lake Champlain, America's most historic lake. Closed Captioned Yes. $14.95 Eastport New England Places 1999 DVD 55 Eastport, Maine, the easternmost city in the United States. Yes. $17.95 Eight Ways to Fish New England Places 2003 DVD 60 A video about the community of Deer Isle in Maine's Penobscot Bay. Yes. $19.95 Experience Portland Past New England Places 2003 DVD 70 400 years in the history of Portland, Maine. Narrated by Charles Osgood No

The history of granite quarrying on Vinalhaven Island located 15 miles off the Maine coast. Many tons of Granite by the Sea New England Places 2002 DVD 29 granite were quarried from the island's bedrock, shaped and shipped by schooners, sloops, and lighters. Yes. $17.95

Cruise Lake Winnipesaukee with Fritz Wetherbee, visiting towns like Wolfeboro and Meredith, and sampling a few of its 274 islands, including Bear Island where a bruin met a fearsome fate, and Jolly Island, the one-time rendezvous of a colony of Methodist ministers. Film footage from bygone days and Just Up the Road by Boat New England Places 1997 DVD 45 splendid views underscore why the Native Americans dubbed the lake “Smile of the Great Spirit.” No Knox County on Parade New England Places 1940 DVD 43 The people of a mid-coast Maine community, their workplaces and recreation. PERF Yes. $9.95 Video projects from students at the Liberty School in Blue Hill, Maine. As presented at the Alamo Liberty School: The Show New England Places 2006 DVD 71 Theatre in Bucksport. No

Also, Voices of the Grange & A Morning in Winter, 1895. Maine Experience is an original production of Yes/Special Maine Experience Program 1 - Sen. MPBN featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might be a person, a place, a Order/Not Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of historical event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State such a unique place, retail-ready Conscience New England Places 2006 DVD one that captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, The Way Childhood Should Be: Maine Summer Camps & A Boat Called Katahdin. Maine Yes/Special Experience is an original production of MPBN featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine Order/Not Maine Experience Program 10 - For the life – it might be a person, a place, a historical event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the retail-ready Long Haul: Lincoln, Maine New England Places 2006 DVD Pine Tree State such a unique place, one that captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, Carpe Diem Old Fort Western. Maine Experience is an original production of MPBN featuring Yes/Special historical segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might be a person, a place, a historical event or Order/Not Maine Experience Program 11 - Wyman's even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State such a unique place, one that captures retail-ready Vision New England Places 2006 DVD the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, Maine's First Ship: The Virginia & Louis Sockalexis: Baseball's First Indian. Maine Experience is Yes/Special an original production of MPBN featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might Order/Not Maine Experience Program 12 - The Many be a person, a place, a historical event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State retail-ready Lives of Loring New England Places 2006 DVD such a unique place, one that captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, Last Log Drive & Moxie. Maine Experience is an original production of MPBN featuring historical Yes/Special segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might be a person, a place, a historical event or even a Order/Not Maine Experience Program 13 - Rockland cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State such a unique place, one that captures the retail-ready in the Limelight New England Places 2006 DVD hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

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Also, Norlands Living History Center & Sequin Island Light Station. Maine Experience is an original Yes/Special production of MPBN featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might be a Order/Not Maine Experience Program 2 - Neal Dow: person, a place, a historical event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State such retail-ready Prophet of Prohibition New England Places 2006 DVD a unique place, one that captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, Maine Village Mills & White Gold. (Maine's ice industry) Maine Experience is an original Yes/Special production of MPBN featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might be a Order/Not Maine Experience Program 3 - Facing the person, a place, a historical event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State such retail-ready Past: Malaga Island New England Places 2006 DVD a unique place, one that captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, Maine Statue Stories & Bowdoin Pines. Maine Experience is an original production of MPBN Yes/Special featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might be a person, a place, a historical Order/Not Maine Experience Program 4 - Mellie event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State such a unique place, one that retail-ready Dunham: Fiddling to Fame New England Places 2006 DVD captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, Winslow Homer on Prouts Neck & Ears to You. (Chester Greenwood's ear muffs) Maine Yes/Special Experience is an original production of MPBN featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine Order/Not Maine Experience Program 5 - The Doctors life – it might be a person, a place, a historical event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the retail-ready of Osteopathy New England Places 2006 DVD Pine Tree State such a unique place, one that captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, A Basilica in Maine & The Lindbergh Crate Museum. Maine Experience is an original production Yes/Special of MPBN featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might be a person, a place, a Order/Not Maine Experience Program 6 - The historical event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State such a unique place, retail-ready Washburns of Livermore, Maine New England Places 2006 DVD one that captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, Trolleys & Fort Knox: The Silent Sentry. Maine Experience is an original production of MPBN Yes/Special featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might be a person, a place, a historical Order/Not Maine Experience Program 7 - Machines in event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State such a unique place, one that retail-ready the Garden New England Places 2006 DVD captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, Maine's Covered Bridges & Colonial Pemaquid. Maine Experience is an original production of Yes/Special MPBN featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might be a person, a place, a Order/Not Maine Experience Program 8 - Writing the historical event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State such a unique place, retail-ready Changes: May Sarton New England Places DVD one that captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25

Also, Peary's Necklace & The Cribstone Bridge. Maine Experience is an original production of MPBN Yes/Special featuring historical segments on various aspects of Maine life – it might be a person, a place, a historical Order/Not Maine Experience Program 9 - Bangor, event or even a cultural phenomenon – that makes the Pine Tree State such a unique place, one that retail-ready Maine: Lumber Capital of the World New England Places DVD captures the hearts of residents and visitors alike. packaging. $25 Jack Perkins hosts TWO full documentaries. Katahdin: The Mountain of the People, highlights the dedication of Percival Baxter to the mountain and the region. High on Maine offers a bird's eye view of Maine's Highlands New England Places 1997 DVD 105 the entire state. Yes. $19.95 Maine in the early part of the 20th century; tourism, paper industry, hydroelectric power, immigration, Modern Times in Maine and America New England Places 1995 DVD 30 agriculture, and reform. PERF Yes. $24.95

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The Connecticut River was New England's first highway, the graceful path along which European settlers came north to build Vermont's early farms, villages and industries. Hosted by storyteller and writer Willem Lange, this fascinating video tours all 410 miles of the river and brings to life its epic story. Visit Fort No. 4, a Colonial fort town where Abenaki came to trade; tour Vermont's Old Constitution House; and see many other sites along the river, including historic covered bridges. A Vermont Public Television New England's Great River New England Places 2003 DVD 60 production. Yes. $14.95

Host Fritz Wetherbee takes you for a walk down Memory Lane to visit many of New Hampshire's New Hampshire Remembered New England Places 1994 DVD 180 treasures that aren't there anymore. THE ENTIRE SERIES OF THREE ON ONE DVD! No Two young mothers-turned activists who launched a grass roots organization to fight outsiders like Wal- Our Town New England Places 2007 DVD 57 Mart from changing their beloved Damariscotta, Maine. No

Yes/Special A look at the way people have crossed the Penobscot River between Bucksport, Verona and Prospect, Order/Not Maine by boat, ferry, the Waldo Hancock Bridge and The Penobscot Narrows Bridge. A compilation of retail-ready Penobscot River Crossings New England Places 2007 DVD 35 still and motion pictures with intertitles. packaging. $25 Seasons of Vermont New England Places 2005 DVD 30 Celebrating a sense of place and time through beautiful images. No A photographic montage of mornings in Maine. A quiet meditative piece where land and sea, people Seven Mornings in Maine New England Places 2008 DVD 55 and nature connect. For anyone who loves morning or who loves Maine. No Summer Colony New England Places 2014 DVD 103 A History of Northeast Harbor, Maine Yes. $19.95 It was the greatest disaster ever recorded along the Connecticut River, making 430,000 people homeless and leaving over $500 million worth of damage in its path. (In today's dollars, the cost would have been Great Flood of 1936: The Connecticut River over 6.5 billion!) Filmmaker Ed Klekowski returns to chronicle the flood that devastated 12 states, Story, The New England Places 2003 DVD 58 including most of New England in 1936. Yes. $19.95

Yes/Special Order/Not Land of Norumbega: Maine in the Age of retail-ready Exploration and Settlement, The New England Places 1989 DVD 16 Early Maine history, based on maps transferred from a slide tape. PERF packaging. $25 The fire started at the corner of Maple and lower Commercial Street and spread across the city and up Munjoy Hill destroying everything in its path before burning itself out at the edge of Eastern Cemetery. Losses were estimated at 15 million dollars. People from all over the country reached out to the people Night Portland Burned, The New England Places 1976 DVD 27 of Portland. PERF Yes. $9.95 Trees Still Grow, The New England Places 1994 DVD 30 Berlin, New Hampshire, history of a mill town. PERF Yes. $19.95

Beneath the billions of gallons of water that flow into homes across eastern Massachusetts is a story of buried history scientific discovery, and individual hopes and dreams destroyed in the name of progress. Profession Ed Klekowski and the Massachusetts State Police Underwater Recovery Team go in search of the remains of four towns permanently erased from the map to make way for the reservoir 60 years ago. Archival photographs of the towns in their heyday and the recollections of former residents Under Quabbin: The Search for Lost Towns New England Places 2001 DVD 58 complement the haunting underwater footage. Yes. $19.95 US 1 Aroostook New England Places 2001 DVD 55 Video tour of life along the northernmost beginnings of Route One. Yes. $17.95 Vermont Memories I New England Places 1994 DVD 57 Includes 1930s promotional film Seeing Vermont with Dot and Glen. Yes. $14.95 Vermont Memories II: Into the '50s New England Places 1995 DVD 57 Post World War II. Television comes to Vermont and other things. Yes. $14.95

Vermont Memories III: Vanished Images New England Places 1996 DVD 60 A variety of curious and amusing stories from Vermont's history. Yes. $14.95

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In 1927, Vermont faced the worst natural disaster ever to befall the rural state. A huge flood swept away houses, roads, farm animals and livelihoods. Over 600 farms and hundreds of businesses were destroyed. The loss of track and trains made it the worst disaster in railroad history. From tiny villages to the state capital in Montpelier, few communities went unscathed. Archival footage and interviews with Vermont's Great Flood New England Places 2003 DVD 21 survivors bring this historic event to life. Yes. $14.95 Vinalhaven New England Places 1996 DVD 44 A portrait of the lobstering community of Vinalhaven, Maine. Yes. $29.95 Wohelo, 1919 New England Places 1919 DVD 10 A promotional film of girls' camp activities on Sebago Lake, Maine. No

Yes/Special Order/Not Woodcock Woodlands: Moosehorn retail-ready National Wildlife Reserve New England Places 1987 DVD 29 A look at the decline of woodcock due to environmental factors and loss of young forest habitat. packaging. $25 Three episodes on one videotape of the storyteller's original series, first broadcast on Maine Educational Downeast Smile-In with Marshall Dodge, A Oral History/Biography 1970 DVD 90 Television in 1970. PERF Yes. $19.95 Oral Historian's Work with Dr. Edward Ives, An Oral History/Biography 1987 DVD 30 A "how to" illustrating an oral history project by the founder of the Maine Folklife Center. PERF Yes. $29.95

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Hap Collins of South Blue Hill, Maine Oral History/Biography 1989 DVD 56 Jeff Titon's oral history interview with field footage of a lobsterman, painter and poet. packaging. $25 Working conditions for women in the later part of the 19th century in Maine. Using interviews, historical photos, and video from present day factories Hard Work details the rise of the female workforce in the state's mills and factories and explores the conditions that women had to endure both on and off the Hard Work Oral History/Biography 2004 DVD 59 job. No Contrasting the stark beauty of the Downeast Maine seacoast with the stark reality of earning a living there, Life by Lobster, a new hour-long documentary by independent filmmaker Iain McCray Martin takes you inside the lives of five young lobster fishermen determined to pursue this proud traditional Life by Lobster Oral History/Biography 2009 DVD 55 vocation against steadily mounting obstacles. No

Narrated by Jack Perkins, the story of the life and career of one of Maine’s most prestigious and beloved politicians. This documentary includes interviews with Dr. Janann Sherman, author of “No Place for A Woman”; Senator Olympia Snowe, Senator Susan Collins, Mr. Merton Henry, former Secretary of Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith, The Oral History/Biography 2011 DVD 84 Defense William Cohen and former Maine Governor Angus King. Yes. $19.95

L.L. Bean Biography Oral History/Biography 2001 DVD 50 The story of Leon Leonwood Bean, founder of the famous outdoor outfitter. No

Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Master Smart Women Oral History/Biography 1984 DVD 28 Maine novelist Sarah Orne Jewett (1850-1909) by Jane Morrison. PERF packaging. $25

My Father's Camera Oral History/Biography 2000 DVD 60 Documentary using family film by Canadian Karen Shopsowitz. No Electra Havemeyer Webb: Out of the Ordinary Oral History/Biography 2002 DVD 60 Biographical documentary of the founder of The Shelburne Museum, in Vermont. Yes. $14.95

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The stories of four women and their working lives their mothers and grandmothers. [poor sound] Woman cooking and telling stories of her family, great-grandfather was a sea captain, great- grandmother ran a farm and raised ten children, grandmother did nursing and midwifery, mother taught school and farmed. Women who made wine and medicines. Doing laundry [before "conveniences"] by heating water, etc. Teaching school, eight grades. Woman playing piano [no sound]. Woman who moved back to Belfast in 1913 and worked as babysitter and in tea room, sardine factory, Working Women of Waldo County: Her went to work full time at age fourteen, married at age sixteen married for 58 years. Shots of her Story Oral History/Biography 1983 DVD 29 embroidery and plate collection. No Basketmaking from colonial times, spinning and weaving, use of herbs animal tending, teaching school, readings from women's diaries in 18th and 19th centuries. Some scenes are same as in Her Story. Preparing fish, telling about ancestors, tending farm while raising 15 children after husband dies of Working Women of Waldo County: Our tuberculosis, quilting, working at a young age, low wages, women dying young in colonial times, making Heritage Oral History/Biography 1983 DVD 29 fishing net. No

Working Women of Waldo County: Today Oral History/Biography 1983 DVD 29 No Born in the year when “19 had two ciphers after it,” (1900) Bill Godfrey lived the life of a Vermont Renaissance man- with a diversity of careers that filled his time “off the dole”- and auctioneer, undertakes, dairyman, woodsman, vegetable farmer, maker of maple candy, builder, and finally a Renaissance Man of Vermont: Bill Godfrey, basket weaver. Bill’s story illustrates his desire to remain engaged with life, always living to the fullest, The Oral History/Biography 2009 DVD 36 resulting in “never a boring day.” Yes. $19.95 Giant Horses Sports 1993 DVD 30 The debate about the sport of horse pulling. PERF Yes. $9.95

The story of women in racing is more the story of racing itself. Women have arrived in American horse racing from coast to coast, bringing a new energy and fresh perspective to the industry. They've won their spurs with talent and hard work. And something more- heart, compassion, a real love for the horse. It hasn't always been an easy trip, but the women have come a long way, back from obscurity to American Women in Horse Racing Sports DVD 35 the winner's circle, from the back barns to the Hall of Fame. Yes. $14.95

Hobey Baker, golden athlete, hockey and football Hall of Famer, and gentleman of the pre-World War I Golden: The Hobey Baker Story Sports 2004 DVD "Gilded Age." Talented and charismatic, he was the embodiment of sportsmanship, fair play, and honor. Yes. $24.95 Legends of American Skiing Sports 1982 DVD 80 Footage of early skiing, including Dartmouth Outing Club, Tuckerman's Ravine, Toni Matt. Yes. $24.95

In 1965, the University of Maine football team competed in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida against East Carolina. This docudrama produced and directed by George Wildey, follows the team as they practice for the game and make the trip South. To prepare, they run drills outside in the snow and work out inside with the thermostat set at 80 degrees. We see the team head to the airport and follow them through their busy week in Florida. Practices, pre-game events and halftime shows are highlighted. George Hale does the play-by-play as parts of the game are shown. The boys return to Maine to a hero's welcome. This Black Bear team remains the only one from Maine to ever compete in a Maine Goes to the Tangerine Bowl Sports 1965 DVD 22 bowl contest. 22 minutes PLUS bonus footage! PERF Yes. $9.95 Alpine Skiing began to be a popular sport in America during the 1930s. With thousands on the slopes accidents began to mount. In 1938, Charles Minot Dole gathered together and inspired a group of like- Ski Sentinels Sports 2008 DVD 45 minded volunteers to evacuate and care for the injured. Yes. $19.95

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The history, heritage & culture of short track auto racing in Maine: seen through current footage and rare archived films; heard through first-hand accounts from the pits, interviews with legends, retired drivers, current drivers, track owners, flaggers and fans, all detailing the lifestyle, dedication, and thrill of Speedway Maine Sports 2017 DVD 105 one the most addictive sports in the world. Yes. $19.95

The Percheron Horse Association is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the Percheron breed and sponsors a World Percheron Congress every four years. With 850 head of horses on the Iowa State Fairgrounds, no horse show has ever been larger than the most recent Congress. This DVD relives the incredible versatility of the breed, the grandeur of the The World Percheron Congress Sports 2011 DVD 85 Congress and the sheer excitement of the competition and exhibition. Yes. $24.95 Baseball pitcher, 1958 rookie of the year, interviewed in a high school project. Unedited interview from Carlton Willey Sports 1990 DVD 39 VHS master. PERF No

Mission: Alpha Centauri Student Work 1967 DVD 13 Super 8 science fiction film made by 8th graders at the Blue Hill [Maine] Consolidated School. PERF No Starting Over: Understanding and Supporting Refugee and Immigrant The stories of four University of Southern Maine students reveal challenges, resilience, and Experiences Student Work 2006 DVD 17 determination. No Bryant Pond: the Last Ringdown Technology DVD PERF Yes. $9.95 Goodall Mills was a family-owned textile mill in Sanford, Maine. The film shows the industrial process Goodall Mills: the Story of Chase Velmo Technology 1926, 1932 DVD 115 including men and women at work. PERF No

A fascinating look at the development of North American fire detection, communication and fire suppression technology from the inception of the lookout tower to the weather satellite. Remarkable historical footage and photographs show the devastation of fires such as Idaho's 1910 Big Blowup and Oregon's 1933 Tillamook Burn. The impact of these catastrophic fires on the search and development of fire fighting technology is illustrated with scenes of hand use, fire plows, aerial tankers, and smoke jumping. The multi-agency Operation Firestop in 1954 is highlighted as an example of the cooperative Up in Flames Technology 1984 DVD 29 nature of the research and development effort. Edited and produced by Vester Dick. No Maine's Television Time Machine Television 1989 DVD 34 The 1950s and early 60s in news, sports and local commercials. PERF No

Yes/Special Order/Not Cold War/Transportation/TV Commercials, retail-ready The Television 1988 DVD 50 Compilation tape from the Bangor Historical Society/WABI TV collection. PERF packaging. $25

Yes/Special The Penobscot Narrows Bridge & Observatory, Fort Knox State Park, the supernatural around town. Order/Not WCVB-TV Chronicle: Main Streets & Back Northeast Historic Film, Businesses, opportunities and incentives. Flying Moose Lodge, Craig Brook retail-ready Roads of Bucksport, Maine Television 2007 DVD 20 National Fish Hatchery, The Big Chicken Barn and a Blue Hill Mountain Minister. PERF packaging. $25 Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Transportation DVD PERF Yes. $19.95 Edaville Collection - Massachusetts's The history of the Maine two-footers and observe regular-service trains on the Sandy River and Bridgton Maine Attraction & Edaville revisited Transportation 1991 DVD 120 & Harrison railroads. Yes. $39.95 Two railroad maintenance films Big Muscle (1962) and Giants of the Roadhouse (1968) produced by the Maintenance of Steel and Motor Power Transportation 2000 DVD 36 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. PERF Yes. $19.95

Memories of Steam in New England: New Haven, Central Vermont, Maine Central Transportation 1993 DVD 30 This video showcases team locomotives in action in silent archival footage with an added soundtrack. No

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In a parade unlike any seen before, fifty antique trucks form a convoy to haul the Edaville Railroad Moving History: Two-Foot Rail Returns to Collection 150 miles from Massachusetts to its new home in Portland, Maine. Leading the parade are Maine Transportation 1993 DVD 48 the original trucks that took the unique train out of Maine a half century ago. No Northern Railroads: Vermont and Her Neighbors Transportation 1995 DVD 60 Steam era footage, stories by railroaders and historians. Yes. $14.95

Northrunner Transportation 2006 DVD 50 This history of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway from its creation in 1966 to its 40th anniversary. No Footage of railway trains and promotion of passenger rail systems in Maine and New Hampshire. Rails and Trails: Visions for Maine's Future Transportation 1992 DVD 18 Includes NHF archival footage from Philip Thompson Collection. No For more than fifty years, Franklin County, Maine enjoyed the best two-foot gauge railroad in the country. Started in the late 1870s, the Sandy River Line eventually comprised 113 miles of track until its Ride the Sandy River Railroad Transportation 1930 DVD 30 sudden death in 1935. Yes. $14.95

Historical documentary focuses on World War I through the eyes of Marion McCune Rice of Brattleboro, American Nurse at War, An War 1997 DVD 36 Vermont, who spent four years in France helping wounded soldiers and civilians. No

Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine War 1994 DVD 55 Maine Civil War hero: Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Appomattox. PERF Yes. $19.95 General George Gordon Meade reluctantly took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the Battle of Gettysburg. Filled with personal accounts and period music this video takes an intimate look at the controversial and often misunderstood man who handed Confederate General Meade of Gettysburg War 1993 DVD 40 Robert E. Lee his first defeat. PERF Yes. $9.95

American Ambulances on the Western Front If you're interested in battlefield archaeology, Model T's to War is a must-see. The First World War began in August 1914, but America didn't have a functional army in Europe until the fall of 1917. Between 1914 and 1917, more than 3,000 Americans, paying their own passage, sailed to France to help in the war effort; the majority of which drove Ford Model T Model T's To War War 2009 DVD 57 ambulances, later to be known as the American Field Service. Yes. $19.95 The Wilderness and Cedar Creek, Vermont regiments were called upon to fight the Civil War. Mills hummed with the manufacture of woolen blankets and uniforms and large farms shipped apples, Noble Hearts: Civil War Vermont War 2005 DVD 60 potatoes and hay to support the war effort. Yes. $14.95

The Battle of the Penobscot (1779) has been described as the worst defeat (save Pearl Harbor) our navy Yes/Special has ever suffered. This program about the Penobscot Expedition is an account of the expedition and the Order/Not Penobscot: The Battle No One Ever Heard historical events surrounding it, and a report on the reenactment of the battle which was staged as a retail-ready Of War 1980 DVD 30 Bicentennial celebration. packaging. $25 Vermonters at War: World War II: From Home Front to Front Lines War 2001 DVD 120 Personal memories of Vermonters who lived through the Second World War. Yes. $14.95

The Yankee Division of the National Guard was composed of companies from the six New England states. Still photographs and silent movie footage tells of their bravery and skill on the Western Front in 1917-1918, and how they played a key role in the second battle of the Marne, the reduction of the St. Yanks Fight the Kaiser War 2010 DVD 57 Mihiel Salient, and the Meuse-Argonne battle, the last American battle of the war. Yes. $19.95

Filmmakers Bob Swerer Sr. and Bob Swerer Jr. venture into the remote wilderness of Alaska to experience and film abundant wildlife encountering bull moose, caribou, dahl sheep, and grizzly bear. Alaska Silence & Solitude Woods & Mills 2004 DVD 58 They also meet Dick Proenneke who has lived in this "one man wilderness" for over 30 years. Yes. $24.95

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Length Title Category Year Format (min.) Description PERF Purchase Richard Proenneke lives a self-sufficient life in his log cabin. This film is a simple account of his day-to- day explorations and activities he carries out alone in the wilderness and the constant of nature's Alone in the Wilderness Woods & Mills 2003 DVD 60 events that keep him company. Yes. $24.95 Dick Proenneke continues documenting his life in the remote Alaska wilderness in this sequel to the original Alone in the Wilderness video. Watch as he builds his cache, enjoys the scenery and visits with Alone in the Wilderness Part II Woods & Mills 2011 DVD 60 his brother Ray. Yes. $24.95 Two silent logging films produced before 1920 by the Ford Motor Company. Both contain descriptive Cut and Dried Woods & Mills 1919 DVD 26 intertitles. Yes. $14.95 Cut and Dried depicts the lumber camp, felling trees with and crosscut , and using horses and a to move the logs. A sawmill at Astoria, Oregon shows a large drying yard. Boards are Cut and Run Woods & Mills 1980 DVD 40 loaded onto railroad cars and steamers. PERF Yes. $14.95

Lumber Industry shows logging through the seasons in using a highline and as well as horses. River drivers ride logs down river and use dynamite to blast a jam. Logs are hauled to a Dead River Rough Cut: Director's Cut Woods & Mills 2002 DVD 75 log pond at a sawmill where they are made into boards and shipped to the Northwest. Yes. $24.95 Dynamite, Whiskey and Wood: Connecticut Log Drives Woods & Mills 2005 DVD 57 Film from: Footage Farm, Ltd. London, England Yes. $19.95

The Great Fire of 1947 was actually a series of more than 200 forest fires in Maine that destroyed thousands of acres and entire towns. This disaster is an important part of the local history of York, Oxford and Hancock counties. Whether you refer to it as “The Bar Harbor Fire,” “The Brownfield Fire,” “The Kennebunkport Fire” or something else, it was a devastating disaster that forever changed many Fire of '47: The Year Maine Burned, The Woods & Mills 2011 DVD 70 communities and the very landscape of the State. PERF Yes. $19.95 From Pulpwood to Newsprint Woods & Mills 1940 DVD 25 A comprehensive look at the papermaking process. PERF Yes. $9.95 Complete look at the long-log industry from forest to on board a schooner bound for New York. A From Stump to Ship: A 1930 Logging Film Woods & Mills 1930 DVD 28 National Film Registry title. PERF Yes. $19.95

For more than 30 years a man by the name of Dick Proenneke lived alone in the Alaskan Bush. His only neighbors were the wolves and the grizzly bears. His only transportation was his canoe and a good set of legs. Through the years, Dick kept written journals of daily life at Twin Lakes but would also document much of his adventure on film with his 16mm Bolex camera. The Frozen North is Dick's own filmed Frozen North, The Woods & Mills 2006 DVD 60 account of his life alone in this "One Man's Wilderness". Yes. $24.95

In the Blood Woods & Mills 2011 DVD 70 Uncovering the life, skills & character of the turn of the century Maine lumbermen and river drivers. Yes. $19.95

The Keyes Fibre Company was founded in Shawmut Maine, in 1903. This video shows the operations of Keyes Fibre Company: Groundwood Mill its groundwood mill in the early 1950s which produced pulp destined for paper plates and trays. Original Operations Woods & Mills DVD 30 video shot by Keyes Fibre employee LeRoy Goodine in 1952 with his narration added in 2005. PERF Yes. $9.95 King Spruce Woods & Mills 1940 DVD 23 Harvesting pulpwood, includes horses and mechanical log haulers. PERF Yes. $14.95 Last Log Drive Down the Kennebec Woods & Mills 1976 DVD 30 Produced by Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN), Joan Young sets the stage for the last log drive downPERF the KennebecYes. $14.95 River in Maine. Scott Paper Company’s 1976 drive from Moosehead Lake to their Winslow mill is featured and represents the final drive in the United States. This video addresses the impact the termination of the log drives will have on the region. Concern for jobs, the environment, the tourist industry and highway safety are discussed. Interviews with mill officials, woods workers, river drivers and politicians, among others, give voice to these important issues of the time. BONUS! Added to this original 30 minute program is a more recent update done by Maine PBS with interviews with some of the former river drivers as well as a short promotional piece representing the thousands of feet of film that exists in Northeast Historic Film’s Nuna Cass Collection that captured this drive in its entirety. True life experiences of during the 1930s and 1940s as filmed by Rev. Frank Reed, who Sky Pilot Woods & Mills 2001 DVD 60 visited lumber camps in the North Country. Yes. $19.95 A compilation of three short films that highlight the machines that worked in the woods from 1932 to 1932 & 1950 and the importance of forest products. Western Logging. Then and Now, The Tree in a Test Tube Northern Logging: Machines in the Woods Woods & Mills 1952 DVD 48 with Laurel & Hardy and Northern Logging. PERF Yes. $14.95 A compilation of six short films about logging, , papermaking, plywood manufacturing, fire prevention and the importance of maintaining our natural resources. Some are silent and black and Paper, Pine & Turpentine Woods & Mills 1920-1949 DVD 60 white while others are color and sound. PERF Yes. $14.95

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Length Title Category Year Format (min.) Description PERF Purchase 1951 & Two perspectives on the spring drive on Maine's Machias River. The danger and excitement of the work River Run & Log Jam Woods & Mills 1952 DVD 21 and diversity of the river drivers of 1951 and 1952 are profiled. PERF Yes. $14.95

In 1976, Maine Public Broadcasting created this multimedia look at the myths and realities of the Maine woodsmen and river driver. Tall tales of the life, songs, and film of wood’s operations in 1937 are Shanty Boys Woods & Mills 1976 DVD 30 enhanced by actor’s portrayals of Henry David Thoreau, the logger and the camp cook. PERF Yes. $14.95 The Woodstock Lumber Mill of New Hampshire was built along the Pemigewasset River in 1907 and operated until fire destroyed it in 1913. In 2011 Bollinger Edgerly Scale Trains was commissioned to build a museum quality HO scale (1:87) replica of the Mill. See this fascinating process and learn what it Yes. Shrinking Reality: Building the Woodstock 44 plus 79 was like to log the White Mountains during the turn of the century in this part documentary and part $29.95/DVD or Lumber Mill Woods & Mills 2012 DVD bonus model building program. $34.95/ bluray

A collection of pulpwood industry training films of the mid 1940s. Over an hour of helpful hints and practical suggestions for the aspiring woodsman in five short films: "It Pays to be Trained", "Helpful So You Want to Be a Woodsman Woods & Mills 1996 DVD 58 Hints in Preparing Pulpwood", "Use and Care of a ", "Twitching", and "Your Cord of Wood." PERF Yes. $14.95 The many uses of wood and the vast array of products derived from it. Several species of trees are harvested and graded for use. Detailed narration and images show woods, sawmills, and manufacturing. See boards, furniture, apple boxes, salt-fish tubs, plywood, and shoe heels made. Produced for the Story of Wood in the Northeast, The Woods & Mills 2006 DVD 30 Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association. PERF Yes. $14.95

In 1977, News reporter Don Carrigan hosted this special look at the history of lumbering in Maine. From the days of the King’s broad arrow marked for the Royal Navy’s masts on the stately white pines to the four foot spruce logs jamming the Kennebec River for the last time. You will hear about the ingenuity that brought us the Peavey and the Lombard steam log hauler. You will hear tell of choppers, swampers, barkers, teamsters and camp cooks. He will illustrate the past with artifacts and scale Tall Tales, Tall Timber Woods & Mills 1977 DVD 30 models from the Patten Lumberman’s Museum as well as archival stills and moving images. PERF Yes. $14.95

Timber is a Crop Woods & Mills 1940 DVD 66 Pulpwood harvesting in the 1940s-1950s, from the Brown Company Collection, Berlin, New Hampshire. PERF Yes. $14.95 Crisp archival footage, photographs and modern reenactments document the development of log moving technology and its impact on the land. You are taken back to the river drives in colonial New Hampshire and then to the introduction of helicopter and balloon yarding in the Pacific northwest. You see how geography played a role in the tools of the trade and the transportation of logs to the mills. See timber harvesting, river drives, big wheels, the steam donkey engine, logging railroads, steam loaders, the Lombard log hauler, and early crawler and fairlead arches. Edited and produced by Vester Timber on the Move Woods & Mills 1981 DVD 34 Dick. Yes. $19.95 Maine's "Great Mountain" as seen by people from all walks of life. Governor Baxter's descendants share Wilderness and Spirit: A Mountain Called home movies and cherished memories. Many people have found solace and strength in this special Katahdin Woods & Mills 2002 DVD 100 place. Yes. $24.95

Unforgettable individuals who worked for the Machias Lumber Company in Maine before 1930 share their recollections of a vanished world of winter life in rough-hewn lumber camps, a spring of raging Woodsmen and River Drivers, Another waters, frozen boots and life-threatening log jams, and summer in the deafening mill as bare hands hold Day, Another Era Woods & Mills 1989 DVD 30 wood to unguarded saw blades. Gold Medal, International Film and TV Festival. PERF Yes. $19.95

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