There is a color photo here.

was also hard hit by the fires. There are very few buildings remaining in the burned-over areas of York County ME that were built before October 1947. My family started vacationing at Fortunes Rocks around 1952 and I remember staring out the car window at the blackened stumps that lined the road for mile after mile as we approached the coast.

was playing across the street

I remember this store since we made frequent trips to visit relatives in N.Y. Two of my father's favorite things were fresh, hot roasted peanuts in the shell and ethnic bakery bread and we always had to bring back home to our small town big bags of both. Planter's had continuously roasting, fresh peanuts cooking constantly in large ovens and fryers and the enticing scent just lured people in non-stop. I also remember they were not very expensive with the shell on, but did cost more without the shells, which I preferred (being a bit lazy). They sold themselves, just by whetting peoples' appetites with their aroma. They also usually had a real live Mr. Peanut strolling around in front. Good times.

So did the movie stars actually blast Reds or simply fight them? And where's that two-named fire they're announcing?
P.S. - this would be great colorized.

This would have been in late October, as much of Bar Harbor was destroyed by a fast-moving forest fire on October 23:

http://maineanencyclopedia.com/mount-desert-fire/