- Title: V-1318
- Summary: UNITED STATES EXPANSION: THE NEW TERRITORY: THE FIRST LARGE SCALE SETTLEMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. DEMOCRATIC COLONIALISM. WESTWARD EXPANSION. RE-CREATION. REENACTMENT.
- Description:01:51:45 - RE-ENACTMENT OF PIONEER SURVEYORS. SURVEYING LAND IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. BENJAMIN TUPPER'S SURVEY OF THE SEVEN RANGES IN 1785. EARLY LAND SURVEY MAPS. TOWNSHIP. HISTORICAL REENACTMENT OF COLONIAL EXPLORERS. MAKING MAP. DAVY CROCKETT COONSKIN CAP. 01:54:15 - SURVEYORS SPOT RACCOON IN TREE. CU RACCOON 01:54:30 - LOOK UP, SEE BIRDS FLYING IN FORMATION IN THE SKY. 01:54:44 - COLONIAL SURVEYORS WALK THROUGH WOODS. TO RIVER. COONSKIN CAP, DAVY CROCKET CAP 01:55:21 - COLONIAL SETTLERS IN THE EAST. NEW ENGLAND FARMER TALKS TO TUPPER. HAYSTACK. RELUCTANT FARMER SHAKES HEAD. 01:55:48 - COLONIAL GENERAL ENTERS HOME, WOMAN CARRIES CANDLE CANDELABRA. TUPPER AND RUFUS PUTNAM PLANNING EXPANSION. CU MAP OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY 01:56:44 - RECREATION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON DRAWING PLANS, 1784 CU MAP WITH EARLY NAMES. OF STATES. NEW LANDS. NAMES LIKE POLYPOTAMIA. PELISIPIA. ILLINOIA. ASSENISIPIA. 01:57:29 - MEN WORKING LATE INTO THE NIGHT YAWN, TIRED. 01:57:39 - REVEREND MANNASSEH CUTLER AT HOME BY THE FIRE, READS PAPER ARTICLE ABOUT THE OHIO COMPANY 01:58:00 - COLONIAL MEETING IN TAVERN. PUTNAM AND TUPPER. DESCRIBE TERRITORY TO GROUP OF MEN INCLUDING REVEREND CUTLER. FARMERS. NORTHWEST TERRITORY MAP ON WALL. CU FINGER POINTING SEVEN RANGES. 01:59:24 - NORTHWEST ORDINANCE, 1787. IMAGES SUPERIMPOSED OVER. SETTLERS. FAMILY AT HOME. SCHOOLROOM. 01:59:50 - COLONIAL ERA MEETING. MEN SHAKING HANDS 02:00:13 - MAP SHOWING EXPEDITION ROUTE FROM NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MOUNTAIN VALLEY, TO OHIO COUNTRY. 02 00 02 00 25 SETTLERS CHECK OUT LAND 02:00:38 - SETTLER CUTTING DOWN TREE, CLEARING LAND 02:00:47 - LAND SURVEYOR, 1700'S 02:00:54 - MAN ENTERS LAND OFFICE, INSIDE, SURVEYORS PLAN TOWN OF MARIETTA 02:01:10 - NEWLY ARRIVED COLONIAL FAMILY ENTERS LAND OFFICE TO CLAIM THEIR LAND. 02:02:12 - MAP SHOWING SETTLEMENTS, LATER STATE OF OHIO WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, INDIANA, ILLINOIS. 02:02:37 - COVERED WAGONS. CONESTOGAS CARRYING SETTLERS. 02:02:46 - ARMED SETTLERS WALK ON PATH THROUGH WOODS 02:02:53 - REENACTMENTS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1784 DRAWING UP PLANS, NORTHWEST TERRITORY. TUPPER & PUTNAM, REVEREND CUTLER, OHIO COMPANY MEETING 02:03:13 - SETTLER CLEARING HIS LAND, CHOPPING DOWN TREES. 02:03:18 - GIRLS BY RIVERSIDE. MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS. WOMAN SCRUBBING CLOTHING, WASHING LAUNDRY. 02:03:24 - MAN THROWING DOWN SEEDS 02:03:30 - SETTLER FAMILY LOOKS OUT AT THEIR PROPERTY. FATHER PICKS UP LITTLE GIRL 02:03:34 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-1318