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Description
Film excerpt of children being taught baton twirling while marching in unison on the Eastern Prom in Portland, and young people practicing baton twirling and coordinated movement with colored banners on the Portland High School Athletic Field (now Fitzgerald Stadium).
The film was taken about 1940 by the Portland Engraving Company for the city of Portland.
About This Item
- Title: Film of baton twirling in Portland, ca. 1940
- Creator: City of Portland Public Works
- Creation Date: circa 1940
- Subject Date: circa 1940
- Location: Eastern Prom, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: filmstrip, 16mm
- Local Code: Coll. 4006, Video 38 excerpt
- Collection: City of Portland, Maine film collection
- Object Type: Moving Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Athletic fields--Maine--Portland
- Baton twirling--Maine--Portland
- Children--Maine--Portland
- Drill teams--Maine--Portland
- Flags
- Marching--Maine--Portland
- Portland High School (Portland, Me.)
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