
3 Items in This Collection
1) Maine Centennial, 1920
Film shot during the 1920 Maine Centennial Week celebrations in Portland. Footage includes scenes at clambake on Peaks Island and naval officers from the USS Utah in uniform walking out...
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2) Maine Centennial, 1920
Film shot during the 1920 Maine Centennial Week celebrations in Portland. Footage includes scenes at clambake on Peaks Island and naval officers from the USS Utah in uniform walking out...
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3) [Film Preservation--John E. Allen Inc.]
Program segment on John E. Allen. ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY.
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John E. Allen Collection


Primary Format and Extent
film (400 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. print.

Secondary Format and Extent
video (4 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 3/4 in.

Collection Date Range
1920 – 1990

Summary
Collection contains a factual work, "Maine Centennial" (1920), with celebration scenes for the centennial of Maine's statehood. Participants include Governor Carl Milliken, and Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribe members. Officers at clambake and sailors aboard the ship USS Utah are shown. Collection also contains a short documentary: a 1990 CNBC Cable news program segment concerning John E. Allen.

Biographical/Historical Notes
John E. Allen, Inc. is a film restoration facility and archives located in Park Ridge, NJ. Original footage is 35 mm. film.
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