[Trout, Salmon & Brownfield Fire]

Datecirca 1947

AbstractTrout and salmon hatchery and forest fire footage shot in Brownfield.

Viewing NotesTitle: ‘A HOBBY PICTURE IN COLOR. BY JIM UTLEY’. ‘MAINE STATE DEPT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME.’ ‘STATE TROUT HATCHERY. DRY MILLS, ME’. Fish tanks. A tank of juvenile trout. Trout in a pool of water. Fish feeding. Stream rapids. A man fishing from a rowboat. He holds up the fish he has caught. Intertitle: ‘PHEASANT FARM GAME SANCTUARY’. Poultry barn. Racks of eggs. Chicks. Pheasants in pens. A man in wearing flannel. Ducks and Canada geese in a pond. A red fox in an enclosure. Two fawns in an enclosure. A woman feeding the fawn. A man holds struggling fawn. An adult doe. A woman feeding the deer. Raccoons in an enclosure. White tailed deer. Intertitle: ‘SALMON HATCHERY. RAYMOND, ME.’ Building with the sign: ‘MAINE STATE FISH HATCHERY.’ Buildings and holding pond. Intertitle: ‘SALMON SPAWNING SEASON’. Men with nets in the holding pond, gathering up fish. One man holds up a fish. Harvesting eggs from salmon. Close up of the eggs in a basin. Putting fish in tanks. Holding up fish from the pond. Sign: ‘The ANGLER’S PRAYER LORD GIVE ME GRACE TO CATCH A FISH….. SO BIG THAT EVEN I, WHEN TELLING OF IT AFTERWARD, MAY NEVER NEED TO LIE.’ Clouds of smoke over the trees. Shot of the sun. A forest fire. Men fighting the fire. A man making a phone call from the cab of a truck. Clouds of smoke. Trucks. Men working on generators. Shots of the forest fire. A tractor. Men with a fire hose. Burning buildings. Rubble after the fire. A lawn covered in pumpkins. Autumn foliage. Houses along a street. An American flag. Intertitle: ‘THE END’. [End of Reel]

Can DescriptionsBrownfield Fire + Maine Fish & Game Film