Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota Part IX (1938)
1938 · Film · 16 min
Synopsis
Daily life in Britton, South Dakota, during the Great Depression, filmed by the local theatre owner Ivan Besse in 1938–39; part nine.
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★★★★ · Part 9 of Ivan Besse's late 1930's film of Britton,South Dakota · ERD. · 2010-01-02
Watching this film makes me almost feel I am getting to know the people of Britton during the late 1930's. It is interesting watching them doing their routines on the main street, and seeing the various events they went to. It looks like they enjoyed their life. This silent film certainly captures a bygone American way of life. I wish there could have been some sound narration, but at that time it would have been very expensive to make.
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