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Boston, Massachusetts / Lumbering (1917)

1917 · Newsreel · 9 min

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Boston, Massachusetts / Lumbering Produced: 1917 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Man and woman looking at monument in park. “Modern Boston is guardian of national traditions and associations.” Panorama of city overlooking harbor - business district from above - looking down into crowded street, automobile, pedestrian traffic - (unrelated footage: man guiding logs from boom onto conveyor leading up into sawmill; close-ups of engine running; steam tractor operating another machine; sacks being filled from thresher) - (‘Revolutionary monument to memory of the first fallen in defense of liberty’ written on film) - tourists looking at monument. “The Boston Common was the training field for soldiers in early days.” People sitting on benches by pond in Common. “Beacon Hill.” From the water. “Granary Burying Ground. Samuel Adams and many other patriots have memorials here.” “Samuel Adams monument.” Tourists. “Graves of British Soldiers.” Woman with dog. “Monument Square. On this site was the Liberty Pole which the British cut; and here was the powder magazine which did not contain the ammunition they hoped to find.” “Captain Parker commanded the little band of farmers that memorable morning. This is his monument.” Statue. “Concord River and Old North Bridge. Minuteman in the distance.” “Washington Elm in Cambridge.” Tourists - close-up of marker. b. “Forest areas of the United States.” Map. “The visitor at a winter…

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