New England: Yesterday and Today (1938)
1938 · Ephemeral film · 19 min
Synopsis
GS Plymouth Rock and memorial building at Plymouth, Mass. Plymouth Rock with 1620 engraved on it Superimposed images over Rock: Pilgrims arriving by boat Pan over Plymouth cemetery on Burial Hill at sunset Boston: Beacon Hill street sign at intersection of Louisburg Square and Pinckney Street Montage of Revolutionary War scenes: statues, battlefield scenes, Lexington and Concord, Minutemen, Bunker Hill monument, troops ascending hill Pan down Bunker Hill Monument, later superimposed with battlefield scenes Continue pan down Bunker Hill Monument U.S.S. Constitution “Old Ironsides” Constitution old sailing ships (clippers) in harbor and sailing at sea mariner’s compass in cockpit Gloucester harbor: GS boats coming in and out fishing boats in Gloucester harbor; workers winding, inspecting, drying fishing nets Windmill wipe to windmill rotating (good shot of rotating blades of old windmill) Windmill at Eastham, Cape Cod, Mass. shaft of windmill grinding Cliffs of Martha’s Vineyard Indian potters at Oak Bluffs, Mass. glass artisan admiring work MCU, Old sailor talking to young boy on dock (VS) hand writing on pad Writer Joseph C. Lincoln sitting in armchair looking over water Shavings and wooden toys in Cape Cod steam whistle Ship pulling into Nantucket lifering:”Wharf Rat Club” Wharf Rat Club in Nantucket street scenes on Nantucket, cobblestoned streets, buildings with sign “1772” Vignetted scene of woman walking back and forth on “widow’s walk”, looking for sailor lighthouse in…
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★★★★ · We're Friendly · Dodsworth the Cat · 2024-01-18
Double exposed stock footage combines with MOS shots of the sites of then-current New England in this peaceful travelogue. The score and narration are relaxed. Ah! Just after the ten-minute mark, the point of this film is revealed. We see New England lobsters being caught, prepared and served--on a train! Cut to a shot of a steam locomotive. They're clean, we're told. They even travel next to the white sandy beaches. The name of the film's sponsor, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, is omitted. A well-written (though I'm not sure how flames conjure up an image of a windmill) and…
★★★★ · Book a ticket! · Spuzz · 2016-04-01
Highly romantic travelgasm dedidcated to New England. Mostly steeped in history, this reel was lovely to look at as we learn many historical facts (and some current ones) about the northeast. It was fun to get swept away in this.