Synopsis
Trip down the Hudson River from Albany to New York City.
Uploader's description on archive.org
Details
- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- Boats1938
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Transportation: Water
- New York City: History
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Takes Me Back........ · wilso127 · 2008-04-07
I vividly remember these ERPI Classroom Films from grammar school in Newburgh NY in the early 1940's. Even more so, I remember taking the Hudson River Dayliners from Newburgh to Poughkeepsie and back, and with my dad or grandmother, and travelled on the sleek ALEXANDER HAMILTON, the HENDRICK HUDSON (the oldest and largest one in my day), the triple-stacker walking-beamer ROBERT FULTON, the more compact PETER STUYVESANT, and the relatively small CHAUNCEY DEPEW. This film brings back so many memories!!!
★★★★ · Dick and Jane Go on a Boat Ride · Christine Hennig · 2003-11-14
This ERPI film should have been titled Dick and Jane Go on a Boat Ride. Nancy and Roger go on a boat ride down the Hudson River and the narrator tells us all about it in a bright, simplistic fashion. For an ERPI film, though, this is pretty darned exciting. The soundtrack is full of boat whistles and water sounds and theres even a part where characters talk to each other in synchronized sound!! This is when Nancy and Roger visit the captain of the boat, who tells them that when he turns the wheel this way, it makes the boat go to the right, and when he turns it this way, it goes to the…
★★★★ · Great shot of Normandie · sfgray · 2006-05-01
At the end of the film are two scenes with Normandie, one of it being tugged out of its berth and the other with it apparently at sea. Makes the film worth having for ocean liner buffs.
★★ · No landmarks? · ERD · 2005-09-04
The film fails to mention most landmarks on the Hudson. Isn't that a high point of the ride? (Ex:West Point, Bear Mountain, etc.) The film concentrates a bit too much on the mechanical aspects. The narrator over emphasizes many words which I feel was unnecessary. I realize this children's educational film was made in 1938, but it seems a bit sluggish for even that time period.
★ · Dull as toast · ThinkingAmerican · 2007-05-20
I have to agree with ERD on this. The film is so incredibly dull. The narrator speaks as if his listeners are idiots. I realize this short was intended for children, but not idiots! Also, I was hoping for some landmarks along the Hudson River, but there's zilch. The film is mostly an extremely simplistic explanations of how a boat works and what you might see on the river. High Points - The boy sure wears some spiffy period clothes. Low Points - Did I mention it was dull, dull, dull?
