MD53154 1965 NEW ENGLAND TRAVELOGUE MOVIE NEW ENGLAND HERITAGE TRAIL MD
This 1965 color film about the New England Heritage Trail is presented by New England Mutual Life Insurance Company and produced by Bay State Film Productions. A girl runs to a Colonial two-story house. She looks in the window. Her grandfather fills crystal glasses and hits them to play a song. She plays them. The red goblet has an animated face that narrates the film (:10-4:25). The Seth Warner statue is a memorial to the Green Mountain Boys (5:00-5:10). A person walks across the wooden North Bridge in Concord (5:40). A boy and dog climb over rocks in front of a waterfall (5:53). Plymouth Rock is shown in its enclosure, followed by people in historic 1600s clothing sawing wood and cooking in a kettle at Plymouth Plantation. Mannequins depict scenes of the Pilgrims. A Mayflower reproduction is in the harbor (6:15-7:42). An early settlement includes a clapboard-sided church, two-story barn, cabinet maker, and mill. The millwheel spins up-close (8:00-8:48). A couple explores mysterious stone structures (8:52-9:35). Shown are a marble quarry, a granite quarry, and a stone street (9:36-10:40). The New England Life Building has dioramas depicting early Boston with Indians building fishing weirs; Reverend Blackstone and his house on Beacon Hill; filling in Back Bay; the Boston Society of Natural History, followed by the actual building); and MIT, followed by actual video. The marble building is built on the site of the weirs (10:42-14:05). Paul Revere’s home, gravestone, North Church, statue, and the Minuteman Statue are shown (14:18-15:06). The Old Synagogue of the Congregation Jeshuat Israel is America’s oldest (15:21). Capital Buildings are shown in Providence, Augusta, Concord, Hartford, Montpelier, and Boston (15:36-16:01). Mystic Seaport, the largest maritime museum, includes the whaleship Charles W. Morgan (16:42-17:25). Bird’s-eye views follow the coastline (17:26-17:50). Fishermen unload large buckets of fish from the hold that are swung up to another man. A chef carries a pan of stacked lobsters. An outdoor buffet line shows plates loaded with seafood (17:51-18:39). In Provincetown, an artist creates a pressed tin drawing of a child wearing a sailor’s cap (18:40-18:52). Boston includes touring the USS Constitution (18:56-19:58). The Fisherman’s Memorial is in Gloucester (20:00-20:12). A painter finishes a lobster shack painting in Rockport (20:13-20:37). The birthplace of Daniel Webster is shown (20:38-21:09). The Kennebunkport lighthouse, playhouse are shown (21:11-21:42). The many islands in Casco Bay are shown. Longfellow’s house and multiple lighthouses are shown (21:44-22:25). A lake sparkles behind fall leaves. Multiple shots are shown of fall colors near and far (22:46-23:30). A fire burns in a fireplace. A turkey dinner is shown up-close with colorful food. A couple toast each other with wine glasses in front of the fire (23:34-24:04). A sailboat is shown up-close skipping through the water (24:10). A barn is surrounded by snow (24:28). A close-up of a boot being laced into a vintage ski is followed by a ski lift and skiers up-close (24:35-25:50). Skydivers exit a plane, hold hands, and deploy shoots (25:52-27:00). Sailboats are shown from many angles (27:02-27:45). <p><p>We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com