TRAVEL IN AMERICA IN THE 1840'S

Duration: 13½min

Year Published: 1957

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Pictures early methods of travel in America and changes in transportation beginning in the 1840's, by following a young man as he travels from New York State to Illinois, showing him as he journeys by stagecoach, works as a mule driver on the Erie Canal, travels by lake steamer, and rides the new steam train.

Complete Record: Source: Coronet Interest level: el-jh Guide: Guide Price: b&w $75, color $137.50 Format: sd b&w and color Catalog numbers: LC card Fi A 57-1025

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)