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Kentucky Pioneers

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:11:11 +0000

This film shows representative aspects of the early pioneering movement into the Kentucky territory. This is the life of our country in the 1780′s picturing travel along the wilderness road, the role of the frontier forts, and the settler’s establishment of new homes. Weaving, soap-making, cooking, candle molding, carpentry, cabin construction, schooling, and square dancing are among the activities of the time.

Jamestown (1923)

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:07:03 +0000

Reconstructs the Jamestown settlement in 1612 and pictures the daily life of the colonists confronted with the menace of the Indians whose hostility was aggravated in part by Spanish intrigue.

Battle Of Yorktown, The (1958)

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Describes events leading up to this battle of the American revolution and shows the battle itself. Stresses Washington’s leadership and France’s contribution to victory.

1920s Fox Hunt

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:47:45 +0000

1920s Men on horses dressed for fox hunt.

Age Of Discovery: Spanish And Portuguese Exploration (1950)

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:15:06 +0000

An age of exploration and discovery had begun in western Europe in the 1400′s and Spanish and Portuguese explorers led the search for new trade routes. Illustrates voyages of Prince Henry the navigator, Diaz, Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Magellan Ponce de Leon, Balboa, Cortez and Pizarro. ” Color 1950 Educational film about the Age of Exploration, detailing the discoveries of Spanish and Portuguese explorers Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, and others. Consists largely of still pictures and maps but there are some good shots of historic sites.00:00:26:00 Color 1950 ws Lisbon, Portugal: Boy and elderly man sit on wall watching fishing boats in harborWS Lisbon harborsailboatfamous building, the Tower of Lisbon.00:02:00:00 Color 1950 ws Cape St Vincent, Portugal: ruins of Prince Henry’s observatory and schoolharbor, more sailboats.00:02:47:00 Color 1950 cu Navigation instruments of the Renaissance: astrolabe mariner’s compass.00:03:38:00 Color 1950 ws Spain, ancient buildings: fortified bridgecastleconvent of Zarabida (?) in southern Spain, where Columbus awaited his interview with King and QueenColumbus’ roomroyal court in GranadaBridge of Good Tidings near Granada where a messenger gave Columbus news from the Queen advising him she would finance his trip.00:07:12:00 Color 1950 ws Seaport town of Sines, Portugal, home of Vasco da Gama.00:08:02:00 Color 1950 ws Seville, Spain: cityscapethe Exchange Buildingthe Tower of Goldbrief gold coinsharbor of Seville.00:08:56:00 Color 1950 ws Statue of Francisco Pizarro, conquistador”",,02/15/09 02:30 PM,”1950s

Alexander Hamilton (1950)

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:14:36 +0000

Reviews the life of Alexander Hamilton. Describes his role in the American Revolution and formulation of the Constitution. Follows his career as the first secretary of the treasury and re-enacts events which led to his death at the hands of Aaron Burr. ” B W 1951
Educational film about the early American statesman Alexander Hamilton, cast as a drama. Consists mostly of dialogue between various eighteenth-century aristocratic types. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are characters in the drama, but they don’t read as such.

00:51:18:00 B W 1951
ws Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Columbia University).

01:06:05:00 B W 1951
ms Duel sequence: men in top hats turn, fire pistols
one is
hit and collapses. (Recreation of famous duel between Alexander
Hamilton and Aaron Burr.)

01:06:52:00 B W 1951
ms He made the what good”",,02/15/09 02:30 PM,”1950s

American Revolution (1952)

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:14:19 +0000

Explains the strategy, movement of forces and important battles of the Revolutionary War. “Subjects: AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNITED STATES HISTORY MILITARY STRATEGY GEOGRAPHY COLONIES BATTLES REVOLUTIONS ARMIES WASHINGTON, GEORGEDescription: American Revolution, TheExplains strategy, movement of forces and important battles of the revolutionary war. Geographical, social and political factors which brought victory.”",,02/15/09 02:30 PM,”1950s

Behind The Screen (1915)

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Silent feature w/ Chaplin. Three movies are being shot simultaneously and Charlie is an overworked scene shifter. The foreman is waited on hand and foot until all the shifters but Charlie go on strike. A girl looking for work pretends to be a man and helps Charlie. Charlie discovers her gender and falls in love with her. The foreman thinks they are homosexual and in the ensuing fight they become involved in a long pie throwing scene from one of the movies in production. The frustrated workers dynamite the studio. B W 1916
Written & Directed By Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin, Edna Purviance,
Eric Campbell, Albert Austin.

00:01:52:00 B W 1916
ws Chaplin kicks camera tripod on movie set…helps cameraman
set it back up then kicks it deliberately on his way back

00:02:14:00 B W 1916
ms Eric spits on the floor and Chaplin brings him an enormous
urn to use as a spitoon

00:02:28:00 B W 1916
ws Chaplin avoids hitting camera tripod with his hand truck
but kicks it with his foot as he passes

00:02:47:00 B W 1916
ws Chaplin moves large pillar prop in medieval scene and loses
control causing it to fall on a supervisor knocking him down…it
falls on Chaplin who steps on the supervisor’s stomach in
straightening it up…he carries it on his back to its spot but
when he sets it down it falls on cameraman and director on the next
stage…he lifts it up but it topples over onto supervisor
again…he steps on the man’s stomach getting it up again but it
falls hitting Chaplin and the supervisor

00:04:28:00 B W 1916
ms Chaplin carries 11 chairs and upright piano for a scene

00:05:34:00 B W 1916
ms Chaplin combs and grooms a bear skin rug

00:07:19:00 B W 1916
ms Chaplin sits next to man eating large bunch of leeks for
lunch – BAD BREATH – Chaplin gets teary eyed and suffers from the odor…he uses a bellows
to clear the air around his face…he tries putting on a helmet
from a suit of armor opening the face plate only to eat his
bread…man next to him starts eating meat from a large bone
Chaplin bites meat for his sandwich from the end closest to
him…man catches him…man gives him two cleaned off bones and
Chaplin gets down on his knees and starts to use them as drum
sticks on the tin plates of Eric’s lunch

00:09:43:00 B W 1916
ws Chaplin puts board down so he can use a saw on it and steps
on the nearest end to hold it down but the other unsecured end
comes up and hits him in the head

00:09:52:00 B W 1916
ms Supervisor wakes up work crew asleep after lunch – they
protest and go out on strike…Chaplin and Eric refuse to join them

00:11:07:00 B W 1916
ms Chaplin and Eric shake hands when Eric doesn’t let go
Chaplin hits his hand with a hammer

00:11:17:00 B W 1916
ms Edna dressed in men’s work clothes asks Eric for a job as a
stagehand and gets it

00:11:44:00 B W 1916
ms Chaplin pulls lever and drops Eric thru the trap door.
Chaplin hits him with a bottle when he looks away. Chaplin falls
thru the trap door

00:14:40:00 B W 1916
ms Chaplin notices Edna (in men’s clothes) powdering her face
he does a swishy gay
take and the title card says “Oh! Mercy!!” – Supervisor asks Edna to sew his pants not
knowing she’s a girl – the seam in the rear has opened…she faints…Chaplin takes
her cap off to fan her and sees her long hair…she puts the cap back on and they kiss
…Eric sees them and thinks they are homosexuals gay …he pats Chaplin on the cheek
and minces back and forth…Chaplin kicks him as he leaves

00:16:46:00 B W 1916
ms ws Eric is asked to get involved in pie throwing scene

00:17:17:00 B W 1916
ms Edna over hears the strikers plotting to blow up the studio

00:17:23:00 B W 1916
ms As supervisor bends over Chaplin tears a piece of cloth and
makes him think his pants have ripped again

00:17:32:00 B W 1916
ms Chaplin is drawn into pie throwing scene with Eric…the
pie throwing gets hot and heavy every body including actors on the
next set (a medieval scene) get hit by pies – only Chaplin is not
hit

00:19:23:00 B W 1916
ms Edna hits one of the dynamiters on the head with a hammer

00:19:46:00 B W 1916
ms The other dynamiter drops his explosives thru the trap
doors…Edna tries to hit him with the hammer but he sees her and
they fight

00:19:58:00 B W 1916
ws Eric chases Chaplin around the pie set then thru the
medieval scene set…he grabs him on the trap doors punches him
knocking him against the trap door lever and so dropping Eric thru
the doors…Chaplin punches the second dynamiter and he falls thru
the trap door opening…the dynamite goes off catching Eric and the
second dynamiter…Chaplin and Edna kiss

Blood And Sand (1922)

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Features Rudolph Valentino in Ibanez’s classic romantic tragedy about the rise and fall of a matador. This is a digest version, part of the “Silents Please” tv series.

Champion, The (1915)

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

silent w/ Chaplin. The Champion was a comedy film released in 1915 by Essanay Studios, starring Charlie Chaplin alongside Edna Purviance and Leo White. Essanay co-owner and star, Broncho Billy Anderson can be seen as an enthusiastic audience member in the boxing match scen

Civil War, The (1954)

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Traces the history of the US Civil War

Colonial Expansion (1942)

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:59:47 +0000

Provides a graphic description of the trend of expansion in North America from 1492 to the Revolutionary War. Traces the economic development in the colonies and analyzes the political effect of each major phase of expansion.

Imperialist powers and their colonial expansions. North America,1492- 1763. French, English, Dutch and Spanish conflicts in early

Eastern seaboard of North America. Diagram (map) showing locationof French-Indian War, description of battlesites.

MS River with a waterfall.

MS A lake with a single tree in silhouette.

MS A field with haystacks.

CU Tobacco leaves.

MS A plantation house.

MS Slaves working in field.

MS Rocky seashore.

MS Small colonial village.

MS Description of Battle of Quebec