BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICA

Duration: 9min

Year Published: 1941

Creator: 16mm

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: This film shows a series of English towns which were the birthplaces of men or movements connected with the early history of the United States, now indicated by historic tablets or old houses. Among these are: monument on Beacon Hill commemorating the voyage of John Cabot; the Mayflower monument with the harbor of Plymouth and the house in which the Pilgrims spent the last night before sailing; Scrooby and William Brewster's schoolhouse; the home of William Bradford; Boston, Lincolnshire, with its church tower, windmill, cattle market, harbor view and an old Guild house; New York and Boston road sign, also Bunker Hill sign; William Penn's family home; Sulgrave Manor, the home of the Washington family; and other scenes in London and near Windsor Castle where the two series have their early memories. The film closes with a scene of the two flags waving together. "This film, essentially a silent film, is accompanied by a good narrator. It can be used to advantage in Junior High School History classes studying the early history of this country to show the close connection between this country and England, and through these scenes shows that it was inevitable that the United States should become a foremost world power." Committee on classroom films

Complete Record: Dewey number: 973 Audience level: el-jh Format/cost: 16-sd-$12.50; rent $1.50 Distributors / rental: Bell & Howell Company $30; rent $1.50; Institutional Cinema Service, Inc $1; Ideal Pictures Corporation $1.50; University of Illinois $1.50

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946