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1920’s “ REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF NEW ENGLAND ” TRAVELOGUE / EDUCATIONAL FILM MASSACHUSETTS MAINE XD45414 (1920)

1920 · Silent film · 13 min

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This silent, black and white travelogue is the second of a two part series (we don't have part one) on the Regional Geography of New England. Covering Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire, the film shows overviews of industry, towns and cities, historic sites, and a tour of some of the august institutions of higher learning in the region. Though not dated, we believe this film was shot in the late 1910’s to early 1920’s because at 08:52 we’re shown the Washington Elm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which died in 1923. (Trivia: at 09:11 the statue “The Lexington Minuteman” by Henry Hudson Kitson is misidentified as “The Minute Man” by Daniel Chester French.) Produced by the Society for Visual Education. 00:08 TITLE CARD Men pull fishing net into flat bottomed boat; full nets teeming with fish 00:33 Men scoop fish from nets into boat 00:48 Gloucester, Massachusetts: Fishing boats in harbor 01:12 Boston, MA: Fishermen unload catch 01:31 Provincetown, MA: Caught fish unloaded; crate of fish carried via tram to cold storage facility, men sorting fish 02:15 Lobster trap hauled aboard boat, man shows lobster to camera 02:53 Providence, Rhode Island: State House, Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. factory 03:16 Worcester, MA: Streetcar passes factory 03:45 Hartford, Connecticut: Travelers Tower, skyline from Bulkeley Bridge over Connecticut River 04:07 Connecticut State House, Bushnell Park, Corning Fountain 04:27 Middletown, CT: Connecticut River at low…

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Running time
13 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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