9 Items in This Collection
1) [David L. Knowlton--home movies] Reel 1
(notes are divided into 9 parts due to length, donor's notes inserted in brackets): B&W footage: CU of macrame or knitted bag. MCU of woman's face in window. Uniformed cadets and ba... 
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more2) [David L. Knowlton--home movies] Reel 2
NHF cataloguer's notes (donor's notes inserted in brackets): [Location possibly Greenville, Maine, or Knowlton, Quebec, Canada] MS of man standing in doorway of home. MS of two ladies w... more
more3) [David L. Knowlton--home movies] Reel 3
UNEDITED NHF cataloguer's notes, 8/97 (notes are divided into 9 parts due to length, donor's notes inserted in brackets): Pan of mountain side, expanse of evergreen trees. Shot moves to... more
more4) [David L. Knowlton--home movies] Reel 4
NHF cataloguer's notes, 8/97 (notes are divided into 9 parts due to length, donor's notes inserted in brackets): [Location possibly Greenville, Maine or Knowlton, Quebec, Canada.] MS of... more
more5) [David L. Knowlton--home movies] Reel 5
NHF cataloguer's notes, 8/97 (notes are divided into 9 parts due to length, donor's notes are inserted in brackets): [Location possibly Greenville, Maine or Knowlton, Quebec, Canada.] C... more
more6) [David L. Knowlton--home movies] Reel 6
NHF cataloguer's notes, 8/97 (notes are divided into 9 parts due to length, donor's notes inserted in brackets): [Location: Columbia College] MS of football team playing on field. (Colo... more
more7) [David L. Knowlton--home movies] Reel 7
NHF cataloguer's notes, 8/97 (notes are divided into 9 parts due to length, donor's notes inserted in brackets): [Location possibly Greenville, Maine or Knowlton, Quebec, Canada] Series... more
more8) [David L. Knowlton--home movies] Additional Notes
NHF cataloguer's notes, 8/97 (notes are divided into 9 parts due to length, donor's notes inserted in brackets): Shot of park-like area in city. MS of little boy urinating at edge of gr... more
more9) State of Maine, The
Travelogue on Maine. more
moreKnowlton, John D. Collection
Primary Format and Extent
film (2,100 ft.) : si., b&w and col. ; 8 mm.
Collection Date Range
1934 – 1969
Summary
Collection contains scenes of family life and work at the family bakery in Greenville, Maine. Footage shows outdoor winter activities, children in Halloween costumes, high school and college sports, gardens, Guilford flood, and 1936 Greenville Centennial celebration. Also includes scenes of Buckingham Palace and of Evreux Air Force Base, France, with the 557th Quartermaster Corps, Aerial Supply Company. Collection also contains fiction: a short 1937 silent western with intertitles produced by CineArt titled "The Outlaws Escape."
Biographical/Historical Notes
John David Knowlton, the youngest of three children, was born in 1934 in Greenville, Maine, where his family owned and operated Knowlton's Bakery. His father and mother, David Lindsay Knowlton (1904-1948) and Lucy Laura Blethen (1907-1982), ran the bakery; Lucy also worked as a housewife. John D. attended Columbia College and served in the U.S. Army, stationed in France in the mid-1950s.
Subject(s)
Armed forces, Business Enterprises, Children, Community Life, Cookery, Families, Food, Manners and customs, Natural disasters, Sports, Travel, Universities and colleges, Working environment Place(s)
Repository
Northeast Historic Film
Availability
The Collection is open for research.
Condition Governing Reproduction and Use
Authorization to reuse and/or reproduce must be obtained from Northeast Historic Film. See http://www.oldfilm.org/research for more information.
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