- Title: F-6640
- Summary: THE SEED OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE U.S.: REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA RE-ENACTMENT. HISTORICAL RECREATION THE ALBANY CONGRESS, 1754. FIRST LINK IN THE LONG CHAIN THAT PRODUCED THE CONSTITUTION 33 YEARS LATER. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PLAN FOR A UNION OF 13 COLONIES. BEN FRANKLIN
- Description:00:50:23 - MEN SITTING IN TAVERN TALKING & DRINKING & SINGING. 00:50:51 - MAN WITH COONSKIN CAP SITS AT TABLE, LOOKS WORRIED. FUR TRADER. TALKS TO MAN SMOKING LONG PIPE. 00:51:23 - FUR TRADER TRADING WITH INDIANS AROUND A CAMPFIRE 00:51:53 - FUR TRADER RELATES STORY ABOUT INDIANS TO FRIENDS IN TAVERN, MAN TOUCHES HIS HEAD WHEN TOLD OF INDIANS TRADING SCALPS 00:52:39 - WELL-TO-DO ELEGANT LADIES SERVED TEA, LADIES TAKING TEA ON THE PORCH. HUSBANDS, MEN TALK. LADIES LISTEN 00:53:11 - A SIMPLE FAMILY IN THE PARLOR. DRESSED LIKE PURITANS. 00:53:39 - CU PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, EARLY NEWSPAPER. CU JOIN OR DIE SYMBOL PRINTED IN THE PAPER. STATES IN SHAPE OF A SNAKE CUT UP INTO PARTS 00:53:53 - MEN TALKING IN COURT-LIKE ATMOSPHERE. MAN LOOKING LIKE BRITISH ARISTOCRACY. 00:55:14 - CU MAP OF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. CIRCA REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA. 00:55:37 - MEN CONVERSE IN A TAVERN. TALKING ABOUT EARLY BEGINNINGS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 00:56:22 - INDIANS IN COURTROOM. WHITE MAN SPEAKS. AMERICAN INDIAN SPEAKS. INDIAN GIVE PEACE TOKENS 00:58:11 - MEN SITTING AROUND CONFERENCE TABLE LISTENING TO MAN READING. 00:58:25 - TWO MEN SITTING BY FIREPLACE. DISCUSS POLITICS WOMAN BRINGS IN NEWSPAPER. CU A MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR TO THE ASSEMBLY. BEN FRANKLIN.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-6640