269 16-mm and 8-mm films. The films include campaign spots, speeches and other public appearances by Muskie and other political figures, television interviews, congressional and federal executive agency hearings on federal pollution control legislation, educational films, and Muskie family home movies.
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Film No. 58: "Road to the Wall," History of Communism
CBS
Contents: Introduction by ESM, narrated by James Cagney. Historical footage.
Date: 1963.
Length: 48 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
Client: CBS Films: Directorate of Armed Forces Information and Education.
Damaged.
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Film No. 25A: US-Soviet Agriculture
Edmund Muskie
Contents: ESM speaking on: Sale of wheat to the Soviet Union; surplus, storage cost, balance of payments, sales by other countries; payment terms; benefits for American agriculture.
Date: 1963.
Length: 2 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 25B: Valachi hearings on organized crime
Edmund Muskie
Contents: ESM speaking. : Explanation of Valachi hearings on organized crime; need for new laws, wiretapping and immunity.
Date: 1963.
Length: 2 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 25D: Nuclear test ban treaty
Edmund Muskie
Discussion of nuclear test ban treaty. Contents: ESM talking with Ambassador Averill Harriman.
Date: 1963.
Length: 15 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 25E: St. John-Passamaquoddy tidal power project
Edmund Muskie
St. John-Passamaquoddy tidal power project's effect on Maine (economic development, cost of living); peaking power, size of market, and necessity; talks with Canada, congressional approval. Contents: ESM and interviewer at desk. Kennedy has just given go-ahead.
Date: 1963.
Length: 10 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 30A: Maine Heart Association
Edmund Muskie
Contents: ESM speaking.
Date: [1963]
Length: 1 minute.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 30B: Area Redevelopment Association sugar beet loan
Edmund Muskie
Area Redevelopment Association (ARA) approved loan for sugar beet refinery; cooperation of federal, state and local governments. Contents: ESM speaking.
Date: [1963].
Length: 3 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 30C: Department of Agriculture hearing on sugar beet allotment
Edmund Muskie
Contents: ESM speaking.
Date: [1963].
Length: 3 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 30D: Civil Defense
Edmund Muskie
Revival of interest in civil defense; public fallout shelters for defensive strength. Contents: ESM talking with Stewart Pittman, assistant secretary of defense for civil defense.
Date: [1963].
Length: 5 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 30E: ARA technical assistance grant to Sugar Beet Growers Association
Edmund Muskie
Area Redevelopment Association (ARA) approved technical assistance grant to Sugar Beet Growers Association; hearing in December on allotments. Contents: ESM speaking.
Date: [1963].
Length: 2 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 30F: Sale of Maine poultry and potatoes to Russia
Edmund Muskie
Letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges suggesting sale of Maine poultry and potatoes to USSR; Gov. John Reed's objections. Contents: ESM speaking.
Date: [1963].
Length: 3 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 30G: Water Quality Improvement Act
Edmund Muskie
Contents: ESM speaking.
Date: [1963].
Length: 4 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 30H: Russian fishing fleet in North Atlantic, and more
Edmund Muskie
Russian fishing fleet in North Atlantic; territorial waters; possible spying; air service to New England. Contents: ESM interviewed by Anne Correg (?)
Date: [1963].
Length: 5 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 57: Peace Corps, 1961 News Conference
Edmund Muskie
Contents: Introduction by ESM, narrated by Dave Garroway. Pres. Kennedy speaks. Produced by the Peace Corps Office of Public Affairs.
Date: 1963.
Length: 30 minutes.
Color: Color (very pink).
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Film No. 24A: Taxes (income and excise)
Edmund Muskie
Taxes: tax history; enforcement and inspectors; automatic data processing. Contents: Margaret Chase Smith and ESM interview Mortimer Caplin, Commissioner of International Revenue.
Date: 1962.
Length: 12 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 24B: Billie Sol Estes case; cotton acreage hearings
Edmund Muskie
Contents: ESM speaking at desk.
Date: 1962.
Length: 2 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 64: "The Eagle's Talon" intro and close
Edmund Muskie
Contents: ESM speaking for the introduction and close of "The Eagle's Talon," Department of Defense film.
Date: 1962.
Length: 3 minutes.
Color: Color.
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Film No. 60: "What's the Story" interviews Muskie and others
KING-TV
Contents: "What's the Story," hosted by Charles Herring for KING-TV, Washington. Contents: Rep. Sam Rayburn, Berlin wall, Latin America, nuclear testing, fallout shelters, civil defense. Also, TV news conference with senators at University of Washington Centennial Convocation and banquet. Muskie, Gale McGee (Wyoming), E.L. (Bob) Bartlett (Alaska), Henry Jackson (Washington), and Steven Young (Ohio).
Date: 1961.
Length: 25 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
Client: Charles Herring, producer.
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Film No. 19: Opening for Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Travelogue
Edmund Muskie
Contents: Benefits of U.S. Information Agency (USIA) as a vital arm of U.S. foreign policy. ESM speaks on Jacqueline Kennedy's visit to India/Pakistan as guest of Premier Jawaharlal Nehru and President Mohammed Ali Khan. Adds that the U.S. needs effective media to deliver U.S. messages and pinpoint the successes of democracy.
Date: 1961.
Length: 1 minute and 45 seconds.
Color: Color.
Client: USIA for the Foreign Audience.
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Film No. 56: "Continental Classroom #31: The Structure and Functions of American Government."
NBC-TV
NBC-TV program. Democratic and Republican parties, development of alliances. Discussion with ESM and Professor Peter Odegard (conductor).
Date: 1961.
Length: 25 minutes.
Color: Color (greenish).
Client: Sponsored by Olin, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, and RCA.
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Film No. 13: Social Security
Citizens for Kennedy
Contents: Sen. John F. Kennedy introduces Mr. and Mrs. MacNamara, who is retired and cannot live on Social Security with his wife's medical bills. Kennedy proposes new program to increase Social Security.
Date: 1960.
Length: 1 minute.
Color: Black and white.
Client: Citizens for Kennedy.
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Film No. 14: Federal aid to education bill
Citizens for Kennedy
Contents: Shows news headline: "Nixon Vote Defeats Senate Bid to Increase Aid to Education"; campaign rally, question and answer session with Kennedy on education policy.
Date: 1960.
Length: 1 minute.
Color: Black and white.
Client: Citizens for Kennedy.
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Film No. 15: Urban problems
Citizens for Kennedy
Contents: Sen. John F. Kennedy on issues of housing, schools, teachers, streets, population, etc.; explains why a department of urban affairs is needed for success.
Date: 1960.
Length: 1 minute.
Color: Black and white.
Client: Citizens for Kennedy.
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Film No. 16: Elder care (JFK campaign ad)
Citizens for Kennedy
Contents: Sen. Kennedy, as Democratic nominee for the presidency, speaks on problem of medical care for older citizens. He supports a bill for independent retirement plans to help with medical expenses.
Date: 1960.
Length: 1 minute.
Color: Black and white.
Client: Citizens for Kennedy.