Browse Items (71 total)

  • Collection: Video Library

Legends of American skiing [videorecording] : a film / by Richard Moulton

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Film footage of the first days of skiing in America as told by the people who lived it

Collection: Video Library

Northern railroads [videorecording] : Vermont and her neighbors / Vermont ETV

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Discusses the history of railroads in Vermont from the age of steam through the transition to diesel. Includes stories told by railroaders, townspeople and historians

Collection: Video Library

The Rufus Porter school of wall mural painting [videorecording] : 10 New Hampshire houses : early period 1824-1830 / photographed, written and narrated by Polly Forcier

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This teaching documentary of 10 New Hampshire houses depicts 14 rooms of wall murals in the Rufus Porter school of mural painting, c.1824-1830. The walls are filled with huge trees, harbor scenes and mountains. Entire villages, houses, lighthouses,…

Collection: Video Library

L.L. Bean [videorecording] : Maine biographies / with Jack Perkins

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The story of Leon Leonwood Bean, his humble beginnings and the creation of a retail empire

Collection: Video Library

Gilead, Maine bicentennial [videorecording] : 1804 - 2004

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Collection: Video Library

Road diaries. Northern Maine [videorecording] / Maine Public Television ; produced by Chris Sweet

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Aroostook County, Sept. 21-24, 2001. Six dedicated Road Diaries explorers trek across the state to find the "real" Maine. This area, more than any other, was unknown to them. Maine's northernmost county is the largest county east of the Mississippi.…

Collection: Video Library

Road diaries. Eastern Maine [videorecording] / Maine Public Television ; produced by Chris Sweet

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August 17-20, 2001, Down East Maine. The Road Diaries bus travels in search of the two Maines. A visit to the sparsley settled north coast shows that residents of Washington and Hancock counties have a distinct perception that they are from the other…

Collection: Video Library

Road diaries. Southern Maine [videorecording] / Maine Public Television ; produced by Chris Sweet

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August 17-20, 2001, Southern Maine. The Road Diaries bus visits the most populated area of Maine. From urban sprawl to island life in Casco Bay, the challenges of population density and traffic are investigated by the Road Diaries explorers. How is…

Collection: Video Library

Road diaries. Western Maine [videorecording] / Maine Public Television ; produced by Chris Sweet

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The six Road Diaries explorers begin their journey by trekking across the five counties of Western Maine in four days.

Collection: Video Library

Falcon [videorecording]

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Promotional video for Falcon Lodge, a wilderness resort located on Spencer Lake in township 3, range 5, Somerset County, Maine.

Collection: Video Library

Bates College Museum of Art [videorecording] / Maine Public Broadcasting Network presents ; producer, Mark Ireland

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Features the Bates College Museum of Art, located in Lewiston, Maine, which serves as a major learning resource for the surrounding Lewiston-Auburn community. The museum holds a distinguished body of work by Lewiston native Marsden Hartley, among…

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The Flute player [videorecording]

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Documentary about the life and work of Cambodian genocide survivor, Arn Chorn-Pond. Shows his attempts to bring Cambodia's once outlawed traditional music back to the Cambodian people. Also features members of the Cambodian Master Performers Program.

Collection: Video Library

In the blood [videorecording] : an illustration of the Maine lumbermen and river drivers / Don't Hit Your Sister Recordings presents

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Lumbermen began living in logging camps in the Maine woods in the early 1800s and were the pioneers who created successful community and on who's backs the state's economy and history were largely established. This film offers accurate, detailed, and…

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Protecting the nature of Maine [videorecording] : 50 years of the Natural Resources Council of Maine with update from NRCM Executive Director Lisa Pohlmann : a film / by Richard Kane

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"Chronicles 50 years of the history of the Natural Resources Council of Maine... includes an update featuring NRCM's current executive director, Lisa Pohlmann, recapping NRCM's recent work"--Container

Collection: Video Library

Fourteen women [videorecording] / Vertical Films ; produced by Sharon Oreck ; producers, Nicole Boxer, Mary Lambert ; directed by Mary Lambert

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A look at the fourteen women of the 109th United States Congress, their struggle to reach that unprecedented number, and how they dealt with trying to balance family life and their jobs.

Contents: U.S. Senators: Hillary Rodham Clinton (New York) --…

Collection: Video Library

Why quilts matter [videorecording] : history, art & politics / executive producer, Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc., Shelly Zegart ; producer, Doug Jefferson ; writer, Ann E. Berman

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"The series takes a fresh look at quilts and spreads the word about their unique position at the center of a startlingly broad grid of topics, ranging from women's studies to the contemporary art market." -- Publisher's website

Collection: Video Library

Reaching out for liberty & light [videorecording] : the life of Frances Payne Bolton / a Telos production in association with History Enterprises.

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Elected to her deceased husband’s seat in Congress, Mrs. Bolton served for 28 years and was the first woman to be named a congressional delegate to the United Nations. She participated in the shaping of some U.S. foreign policies, and in the…

Collection: Video Library

East by North East [videorecording]

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Publisher description: "The world can be a small place but when you put a flyrod in your hand, the globe becomes a generous playground. This adventure takes us to far away places like Anegada BVI in search for the elusive Pitbull of the Sea. Get…

Collection: Video Library

Brush and pen, artists and writers of the White Mountains [videorecording] : a documentary featuring the 19th century artists and writers of New Hampshire's White Mountains

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"This program brings together paintings and literature created by some of America's finest artists and writers of the 1800s. Brush and Pen bridges a gap in the art and literature worlds by combining significant White Mountain art and prose in one…

Collection: Video Library

Bethel, Maine, and all over [videorecording] : The home movies of Ralph Hall and others

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Description from DVD case: This DVD contains home movies shot with a 16 mm camera by longtime Bethel resident Ralph Hall. It also contains footage of some of Bethel's earliest "Living Nativity" events taken by unidentified persons. The films on this…

Collection: Video Library

Working in rural New England [videorecording] / produced by Hampshire Films, Hampshire College and Old Sturbridge Village ; produced and directed by Ken Burns.

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This film examines the work roles of men and women in a typical New England farming community during the post-Revolutionary years, from 1790-1840. It was filmed at Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts.

Collection: Video Library