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. 195: Foreign Service Recruitment Spots
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 195: Muskie Foreign Service recruitment spots.
Contents: Secretary of State Muskie in three recruitment spots for the Foreign Service.
Date: [1980]
Length: 3 min., 49 sec.
Color: Color (very pink).
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Film No. 176: Spot for 1976 reelection campaign.
Muskie for Maine Committee
Content: Federal budget, fight against waste in government, environmental projection and new jobs, tax reform. Features Muskie in Washington and Maine.
Date: 1976.
Length: 2 minutes.
Color: Color.
Client: Maine for Muskie Committee.
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Film No. 178: Ed Muskie: A Portrait
Muskie for Maine Committee
Film No. 178: Ed Muskie: A Portrait.
Contents: Advantages of federal programs; concerns and hopes of Maine people; tax reform; fight against waste in government. Features Muskie in Washington, D.C., and scenes in Maine.
Date: 1976.
Length: 5 minutes.
Color: Color.
Client: Maine for Muskie Committee.
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Film No. 173: Campobello: Beloved Island. Story of Roosevelt family on the island.
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission and Sid Aronson
Film No. 173: Campobello: Beloved Island. Story of Roosevelt family on the island
Contents: Roosevelt story.
Date: 1969 and 1972.
Length: 20 minutes. Color: Color.
Client: Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission; Sid Aronson, producer.
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Film No. 54: Ed Muskie of Maine. Biographical film for campaign.
Sid Aronson and Fucci-Stone Productions, Ltd.
Film No. 54: Ed Muskie of Maine. Biographical Film for Campaign.
Contents: ESM, Lucy Muskie, Josephine Muskie, Lucille Abbott, Jane Muskie.
Produced by Sidney R. Aronson, assistant producer; Jack Freeman; Fucci-Stone Productions, ed.
Length: 30 minutes.
Color: Color (pinkish).
Client: Paid for by Citizens for a Better Maine.
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Film No. 53: "Muskie Election Eve" speech
Committee for National Unity
Contents: ESM replies to Nixon's statements.
Length: 15 minutes.
Color: Color.
Client: Sponsored by Committee for National Unity.
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Film No. 183: Your Job - Your Future, 1970
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 183: "Your Job - Your Future."
Inflation and unemployment, minimum wage. 1970 reelection campaign; future presidential candidacy. Muskie and Gov. Kenneth Curtis discuss.
Date: 1970.
Length: 8 minutes.
Color: Color.
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Film No. 192: Campaign Commercial
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 192: Campaign commercial
Contents: Muskie speaking about the crisis of confidence in the U.S. system and the significance of the 1970 election; need to bring peace to Indochina (Vietnam).
Date: Spring 1970.
Length: 4 min., 18 sec.
Color: Color.
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Film No. 193a: Earth Week speech
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 193: Earth Week speech
Contents: Muskie speaking at an Earth Week rally in Philadelphia's Fairmont Park. Includes some crowd shots. No sound.
Date: April 22, 1970.
Length: 10 min., 16 sec.
Color: Color.
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Film No. 193b: Earth Week speech
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 193: Earth Week speech
Contents: Muskie speaking at an Earth Week rally in Philadelphia's Fairmont Park. Includes some crowd shots. No sound.
Date: April 22, 1970.
Length: 10 min., 16 sec.
Color: Color.
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Film No. 191: Muskie Spot for GM Managers
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 191: Muskie spot for GM managers
Contents: Muskie speaks about the problems of today, particularly in cities, and how to strengthen confidence in U.S. institutions through cooperation between government and industry.
Date: [1969]
Length: 4 min., 8 sec.
Color: Black and white.
From Canister: "Negative of spot for GM Managers"
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Film No. 188: Muskie and Lassie
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 188: Muskie and Lassie
Contents: Senators Muskie and George Murphy commend "The Lassie Program," pose with Lassie.
Date: Circa 1968
Length: 2 min., 30 sec.
Color: Color.
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Film No. 142: ESM's nomination and acceptance as vice presidential candidate with Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Film No. 142: ESM's nomination and acceptance as vice presidential candidate with Hubert H. Humphrey.
Contents: Introduction by Walter Cronkite, taped news conferences by ESM and Humphrey. Sen. Fred Harris (Oklahoma) nomination speech; ESM acceptance speech.
Date: 1968.
Length: 35 minutes.
Color: Color
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Film No. 189a: NBC News Program on Steve Muskie
NBC-TV
Film No. 189: NBC News program on Steve Muskie
Contents: Steve Muskie talks about his experience traveling with and photographing his father's 1968 campaign for the White House.
Date: 1968
Length: 4 min., 4 sec.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 189b: NBC News Program on Steve Muskie
NBC-TV
Film No. 189: NBC News Program on Steve Muskie
Contents: Steve Muskie talks about his experience traveling with and photographing his father's 1968 campaign for the White House.
Date: 1968
Length: 4 min., 4 sec.
Color: Black and White
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Film No. 132 & 133 - Meet the New Senators, Class of 1958 Freshman U.S. Senators
CBS
Film No. 132 & 133: Meet the New Senators, Class of 1958 freshman U.S. senators.
Date: 1959
Reel 1 Contents: Sen. Bartlett, Byrd, Howard Cannon, Thomas Dodd, Ernest Gruening, Vance Hartke, Kenneth Keating, Gale McGee. Introduction by Walter Cronkite.
Length: 30 minutes. Color: Black and white. Client: CBS.
Reel 2 Contents: Sen. Gale McGee, Moss, ESM, Winston Prouty, Jennings Randolph, Scott, and Stephen Young.
Length: 20 minutes. Color: Black and white. Client: CBS.
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Film No. 10: National welfare and impact on Maine
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 10: National welfare and impact on Maine.
Date: 1958.
Length: 45 seconds.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 187: Senate Campaign Commercial
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 187: Senate campaign commercial
Contents: Muskie speaks about using government to help people and private enterprise, and his plans for improving life in Maine.
Date: 1958
Length: 5 min., 6 sec.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 1: Impacts of economic development/improvements on Maine; new industries and jobs; agriculture, new schools and teachers, and highway system to Bangor.
Edmund Muskie
Contents: Narrator presents Edmund S. Muskie [ESM] as a "state of Maine" family with scenes from his Rumford home and camp on China Lake. Also promotes his election to U.S. Senate with clips of ESM at Maine Papers Co.
Length: 20 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 3: Same issues as no. 1, with more emphasis on agriculture (beef, dairy, and poultry)
Edmund Muskie
Contents: Clips of events in no. 1 in addition to ESM engaged in informal talks with dairy, beef, and poultry farmers.
Length: 5 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 4: Same issues as nos. 1-3.
Edmund Muskie
Contents: Similar clips as films 1 and 3; ESM explains candidacy for U.S. Senate because of interest in Maine and the people.
Length: 5 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 5: Maine highways, welfare, institutions and programs for conservation
Edmund Muskie
Contents: ESM speaks on economic problems from his office.
Length: 5 minutes.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 8: Maine/economic hardships
Edmund Muskie
Contents: Personal message from ESM explaining his candidacy for U.S. Senate.
Length: 45 seconds.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 185: Sunday River Ski Development
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 185: Sunday River Ski Development
Contents: Governor Muskie becomes the first stockholder in the Sunday River Ski Development in Bethel, Maine.
Date: [1956]
Length: 1 min., 7 sec.
Color: Black and white.
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Film No. 186: Waterville Industrial Park
Edmund Muskie
Film No. 186: Waterville Industrial Park
Contents: Governor Muskie becomes the first stockholder in the Sunday River Ski Development in Bethel, Maine. Muskie speaks briefly about the importance on such projects to Maine.
Date: [1956]
Length: 1 min., 7 sec.
Color: Black and white.