Connecticut

Creator: Dudley Pictures Corporation

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: 1940s 1950s footage of Connecticut.; 23:12:15:28 VS from Merritt Parkway in Connecticut.; 23:12:57:26 VS statue of Nathan Hale. Cute little girl holding hand of her baby sister in matching white sun dress walk beneath statue.; 23:13:15:09 VS at birthplace of abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859).; 23:12:34:27 Home of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”; 23:14:02:23 Tilted camera angle shot mixers on assembly line.; 23:14:05:05 VS women working on assembly lines.; 23:14:15:17 Men working on cabinet assembly line.; 23:14:21:03 Cotton loom and two men working in background.; 23:14:21:21 CU cotton loom spinning cotton yarn.; 23:14:30:26 Man inspects row of large spools of spun cotton.; 23:14:32:24 VS downtown Hartford, Connecticut, largest city in Connecticut.; 23:14:52:18 VS Connecticut state capitol building.; 23:15:14:03 VS New Haven, second largest city in Connecticut.; 23:15:40:24 VS Yale University in New Haven.; 23:16:07:25 VS New London, Connecticut along the Thames River.; 23:16:18:28 Shot through fence of Groton naval submarine building base.; 23:16:55:16 Low angle farmer in and hat and white overalls walking onto bridge toward camera followed by large dairy cows.; 23:17:02:22 VS shade grown tobacco farm, tobacco growing under tents.; 23:18:02:13 Pan Ocean Beach on Connecticut shore crowded on hot summer day.; 23:18:13:24 MS behind teenage girl giggling and smiling looking out over the Long Island Sound from sail boat, two other boats sail along in frame.; 23:18:22:28 Three sailboats in the Long Island Sound.; 23:19:27:16 VS The University of Connecticut at Storrs.; 23:19:39:29 Great shot of man behind automatic loom.

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcBqYIVjlJA

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