" NEW ENGLAND CALLING " 1949 MAINE, VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT FILM 87964
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This color travel film by Esso is about what New England has to offer the tourist. Copyright is 1949.
Opening: Esso Marketers present NEW ENGLAND CALLING (:06-:33). Map of the United States. New England, 6 states in the Northeast Corner of the country. Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Rushing rivers, busy harbors, great universities, and a vacation land
(:34-1:39). Cars on a highway. Plymouth, MA. Plymouth Rock. Tourists look at the rock. Burial Hill. The road to Cape Cod. Provincetown in Cape Cod. Ships in port. Fishermen at work. Little boats at sea (1:40-3:38). Nantucket. Martha's Vineyard. You can get to the island by steamer or small plane.Martha's Vineyard, cliffs of Gay head. Nantucket. People walk and drive. People visit antique shoppes. Quaint cottages with flowers. White picket fences, people take a stroll. An artists paints (3:39-5:08). A windmill. Newport, Rhode Island, the old Colonial House. Millionaires' Row in Newport. Cliffs by the sea. Easton's Beach in RI. Women walk near the beach in bathing suits. Women ride bikes. Women and children play in the sand. A dog digs in the sand (5:09-6:55). A man takes a picture of a woman. Mystic, CT, old marine ship in the Mystic Seaport. The Charles W. Morgan ship. A man climbs the ship, another helps fix the rope. Antique shops in New England, many signs for the various shoppes. A woman climbs the steps and looks at early Americana (6:56-8:50). Seashore near Boston, MA. Beach near Boston. Custom House Tower in Boston. Beacon Street buildings. Public gardens. Men, women, and children take a small boat ride. Squirrels eat from the hands of people. Bunker Hill Monument (8:51-10:14). Statue of Paul Revere. Minuteman Statue. Concord battleground statue. Marblehead, Boston's famed north shore. People watch boats. Gloucester, fisherman in the harbor (10:15-12:08). New Hampshire's shoreline. Portsmouth, NH. Maine. Coast of Maine. Children walk nearby near the shore. Quaint fishing villages near rocky coves. Desert of Maine, a strange natural phenomena. Women walk around the area (12:09-13:59). Grassy fields. Summer wild flowers. Portland, ME. Car drives in Portland. Fishing boats in port. Vacation sailors. Boat on the water. High sails of the boat. Lobster restaurants. Servers serve the lobster (14:00-15:58). Lobster dipped in hot butter. Lobsters are eaten near the water at a table. The shell is broken open by hand. Men and women eat lobster. An old time lobster fisherman brings up his lobster trap. A fishermen brings up his lobster cages (15:59-17:50). Bar Harbor, Maine rugged coast. Cadillac Mountain. White Mountains. Covered bridges. Trails to walk. A waterfall (17:51-19:18). View of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. Summit of Mt. Washington. Car parks at the top. People go and look over the side, people hike (19:19-20:59). Cog Railway on the side of the mountain. Old Man of the Mountain. A woodland path to Flume Gorge. The Flume is a natural gorge extending 800 feet at the base of Mount Liberty. Quarries of Vermont. Blocks of granite are lifted with cranes. Marble produced in Vermont. Rutland, VT. Church made of marble, bridge made of marble. Vermont Green Mountains. Smuggler's Notch. Streams, falls, and lakes (21:00-23:21). A man catches a bass. Children jump into a lake. Beaches and rivers. People sunbathe. An excursion boat. A small plane takes off. Luxurious hotels. Men play golf (23:22-24:50). Driving POV style along a shady highway. Rich farmlands. Flowers in a meadow. Fruit on an orchard tree. Cows in a field. Beautiful fall colors. Fall foliage (24:51-26:08). Highways through the fall trees, so many different shades of colors. Reds and orange leaves. Men ride horses in autumn. Beautiful foliage. Cars drive by. Snow falls in New England. Children run through the snow in the winter. Snow plows clear the roads of snow. Cars drive and see the snow covered trees and grass. People carry skis. Skiing in New England (26:09-27:57). People ski slowly. A woman falls in a beginners class. People come down an easy slope. A child falls in the snow. An expert teaches skiing. People ski side to side. Smiling on the slopes (27:58-29:17).
Ski lift brings people up high to the steep slopes. A lodge at the top. People grab their skis and get ready to go down the hill. A man skis downward. Skiing in New England. Going up the side of a mountain on a ski tow. Over the tops of snow covered trees (29:18-31:43). End credits (31:44-31:54).
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As a Vemont native, I laughed at the narrator talking about the "smooth" roads".
LOL
Lmao seriously.
Me too… frost heaves, potholes, crumbling asphalt, etc.
You mean they forgot about frost heaves, pot holes, and mud season? LOL
This is from a tune when everything about what people and society did had pure organic quality. Next to no artificial or cheaper trash substances.
i was seven years old in 1949. Life was fun! Still is! I've been to nearly every one of the places on this shaky film - and I remember those 8 mm cameras well too. I live in Vermont today - way up in the northeast and I ski at Jay peak - great skiing. Thank you New England for helping make my retirement years so incredibly fine!!
Hello Neighbor
You're probably much closer to Montreal than to Boston.
@@altfactor yeah I know - but I've never been to Montreal because I worry about driving with all the signs in French...
We have properties in Alpine Haven!
@@susanhunt9799. yeah - it's really nice up there!
I have lived in Mass my entire life, the winters are so hard and depressing but the Spring, Summers and Falls in New England can’t be beat. I can drive to big major city by the ocean to a quiet mountain in no time. New England does have the best of all worlds.
Me too! And I don’t mind the winters, it makes spring that much greater. Also I could never really enjoy Christmas in a warm climate. Autumn is is my favorite season. It is beautiful.
I grew up and lived in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire all my life. It's now to expensive to live there. I miss being able to drive to the ocean, the mountains, and the forests in a single day. Boston is still my favorie city.
Sure is! Why I brought myself to the warm and happy place of New Mexico.
Boston: Calls itself a city; You can't get a sit-down meal after 9:30PM. It's a joke.
I know people that only pay about $100 for a large one bedroom apartment w/ living room and dining room. Many Massachusetts residents pay very little for apartments.
@@stephendacey8761 Bro, that's a lie 😂
@@jon420welfare recepients
Born in Boston, grew up in Weymouth, mass. My parents took us to Plymouth on weekends to walk the harbor and see Plymouth rock many times, then school trips to see the rock, it's kinda funny because as a kid I was thinking, ok, it's a rock.lol. but new england is beautiful, cape cod, swimming, NH, VT, ME, snow skiing was great area to grow up, I'm 61 and still living here, I figure I was born here and I'll die here. I've been many places around the world, but I'd recommend visiting or living here, 4 seasons and a great place to live. I wish all good luck🙏
Lived here and traveled around all my 58yrs. Love New England.
When I was about 8, in 1952, my parents and
I would stay at Rangely Lake, in Maine. Later,
in the 1960's, we would go to Maine, New
Hampshire, and Vermont. From 1969 to 1973, I was stationed at Pease, Air Force
Base, in Portsmouth, NH. Now 50 years
later, my wife and I live in Nashua, NH.
It just shows you how quickly life passes,
now 70 years later.
I vacation in Rangley as well, but in the 2000s haha. My grandfather actually was stationed at Pease as well! I don't know exactly when, maybe he was out before then, but I believe he mightve been near the beginning of your being there. My father&his family grew up there.
@@halvorson566 Very Good. We used to stay
at a motel by the lake, that's all I remember.
I was at Pease from October 1969 until
October 1973.
Thank you for these films. Make me proud to be an American!
I retired and moved to northern Vermont in 2019. I just had to see what New England looked like way before I was born. Where I live is still lovely and unspoiled.
Shhhhh, don't tell anyone.
Not a chemtrail in site. Plentiful blue skies. Oh how I wish I was alive to enjoy God's pristine handiwork.
The Berkshire Hills are still just as beautiful!
A trip to the Berkshires should include a visit to the Norman Rockwell museum in Sturbridge. Plan to make it to Tanglewood at some point.
Absolutely fascinating video! Incredible to see how the area was advertised back then, and what they considered their main attractions! Thank you for sharing!
Clearly the filmmakers never experienced frost heaves or mud season. Also went from the coast of Maine to the White Mountains without ever once mentioning they were now in New Hampshire. Obviously they're "from away". Native New Englander, born in 1949, the year this was filmed. The roads are still just as rough 70+ years later, But even though I've been to all 50 states, some many times, New Hampshire will always be my favorite... and home.
Always a negative. Can't you just enjoy the positive of this film.? It's what the purpose was of this documentary in post War 1949. 🙄🇺🇲💙✌️
The tower in Newport, Rhode Island, is the remains of a windmill from the 1600’s. The Norse were not involved.
an overly fancy grain silo is what many think it is, built by a bored rich farmer 😃
This must be before Private Beach or Residents Only signs . Where the welcoming voices of get off my beach can't you read await you .
Well your in my back yard . Growing up here it was funny to see so many places I've been to or worked and played at as a younger man..
Thank you the two of you .
Angus
A real privilege to watch the video. I've travelled to many of those featured towns. In fact my house e here in Cheshire England is name 'Marblehead' after that beautiful coastal town.
Happy Motoring. When getting there was half the fun, people used actual cameras, and not everything cost a g.d. fortune.
This is a pretty snapshot of the safe postwar world, as exemplified by the 6 New England states.
America had the bomb, and was rebuilding Europe with the Marshall Plan. MacArthur was building a postwar Japan.
My dad was growing up on the Connecticut shore, in Branford Connecticut. Polio was still a scourge in America, and touched his high school class.
I hope that this will be a good year for all of you, and that you enjoy your visit
1964 @ Hartford hospital.
"The old town maintains it's dignity and charm, seldom found in these hectic modern days."
A lot of nostalgia for me, having been born and raised in New Hampshire these past 68 years. This film is rather dated, but it's to be expected if it was shot in 1949! A lot of places I've been to, several I've yet to see. Watching the skiing segment cracked me up- folks waxing the ski bottoms...then I realized I did the same thing when I was 12, when I had a pair of J.C. Higgins wooden skis. You couldn't MOVE unless you waxed 'em! If this film REALLY wanted a commercial plug, all they had to do was film the Esso sign hanging in front of Worcester's Garage in the center of Dublin N.H. on Route 101!
PTown has more things being anchored than ships😏
Hommasessuality running rapid there! Men kissing on other men. I've seen it with my own eyes. Nothing but P-I-G, PIGS!
Spider Gates in Leicester Massachusetts. Is actually an old Quaker cemetery, whose families still live and thrive in the area.
geez, could they make it any darker in that last part? Looked like day for night. Also, RIP the old man of the mountains. We miss ya, buddy.
Tip: If you ever are going off shore more than a mile ALWAYS bring a coat, heavy sweatshirt, a hat and knickers. It gets cold out there. Even in July and August. The only two months of summer in Maine.
I got strep throat in July 1972 while living on the shore in Maine. Coldest I've ever been.
@@Bob.W. Maine is a backward state. And the further north you drive the dumber they get. Ever see some of the Maine licence plates? One is a shadowy figure of a man walking off into the woods with a little girl. Creepy. I know all about Maine because I grew up in Maine. NH where I live now is not much better. Both ice cold.
YOu can always tell the non-New Englanders on a Maine or New Hampshire beach. They're the ones who won't go in the water, even in August, because it's "too cold".
Yes, so true, I know that the summer ☀️ season just goes from July 4th to Labor
Day, and thereafter the vacationers are
mostly gone.
@@jimgriffin9924 You go in the ocean a man and come out a woman. Poor little pee-pee. It's tiny to begin with!
It's saddens me to see the once thriving fishing fleet of Provincetown,and the average American family's enjoying all New England had to offer. A time when you could take the train all the way to Provincetown.
We have lost so much of our historical character especially on Cape Cod due to gentrification, and regulation.
Thank God there are other places in New England that still reflect some of these same Images,and haven't fallen to the same fate.
New England is very diverse, beautiful and it's also very expensive as of now.
GO HOME FLATLANDERS!
You neeeeeed our tourist money.
@@pcar5 True,, we did all the factory's out of state.
After you spend your money, and ask stupid questions at the Hampton tolls.
Iif it weren't for tourists, New Hampshire would be one big welfare state
Shame, Old Man of the Mountains collapsed
on my Birthday, May 3.
Yes, the face fell off on May 3rd in 2003, from the continual natural expansion and contraction of the rock fissure, during freezing and thawing. The state's engineers had tried to hold it together for years, knowing it was ustable, but so beloved. It was a shocking loss. People actually came and left flowers there, to mourn him.
Lived in the area 2006-2021. So little has changed, sure more people a few new buildings however you can still recognize where they are!
I love this! I want more like it!!!
VERMONT USED TO BE THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE NO MORE LIBERAL SEWER NOW
New England❤
Smuggler's Notch actually supported forbidden trade in both directions during the nation's adolescence. I imagine it wouldn't have been politic, at the time of this production, to point that out.
Mount Washington Hiked to the summit from Pinkham Notch camp many times
Good times at AMC huts when we camped at Tuckerman Ravine in the late 60s !
If they could only see america now so sad they had it the best!
“Beautiful… uhhhhhh scenery”
sorry to say, new england sucks now. former shell of itself. $30.00 for 3 pieces of lobster in a market basket hotdog roll, those ever changing colorful trees? more than half are gone to make way for new 5 br homes which people need to buy because they deserve them. enchanted?!?! if you like rainbow flags everywhere. oh, local charming general store in the middle of nowhere is owned and run by apus descendants. $20.00 for a small vt magnet?! dont get me going on the cost of skiing or the hotel prices. btw, i live in nh and grew up in mass. truly sad but its changed for the rich people to enjoy, not blue collar people that made it possible. excellent video, loved it! compared to today, it was a much more simpler time which i miss.
Been to all these places as a child, I guess you have to be an adult to see the thrills of being dragged around hundreds of miles and studying history. As a kid it sucked! Now I'm turning into my parents and have thought of doing this to my own kids as punishment! LMFAO! It cool I guess but definitely not very exciting to visit. Just wanted to go to the damn beach! Screw summer history lessons on summer vacation! Ugh!
New Bedford ain’t NOWHERE on here😂😭
I was thinking the same, we have a statue of the whaler, a Whaling museum that is great , a early fort with a military museum and plenty of beaches and ocean front.
"Allegedly" Plymouth rock.
Excellent film. More! But can anything be done aout the sound?
@Fred Wills I pumped up the sound on my machine. Barely anything. Other vids work fine.
@Fred Wills Disparate systems, then, I guess. But many of the films from here are like this. Something in our software/s don't seem to get along.
Thanks, anyway, and keep up the good work!
WE'RE COMING FOR THE MITTENS ....FEEL THE BURN ...LOVE FROM THE GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY......
My birth year ! Hopefully we will have another year unless that Russian mad man brings it all to an end .
Relax
Boy, we sure have gone downhill since then, lol
The title didn't mention RHODE ISLAND! Mention Rhode Island in your title of New England states
Aaaah yes, come visit these places so everyone in your group can stare into their smartphone, glance occasionally at the history, and go back to their own little virtual world. Now you too can own one of these little screened marvels...quickly watch as true conversation diminishes, your love of books becomes a distant memory, and that expensive bike you bought the kids collects yet more dust. You'll be amazed at just how dumb your children become; why, they won't even learn basics like NSEW...and won't be able to find their way out of a paper bag without Google's help. Then they'll be TOTALLY lost when the systems fail. Being one of the last rotary phone generationals, I love my Sunday drives around these states. I loved the tourguide job I once held in Boston. Although now that they're taxing us out of our socks, we can't afford the ASTRONOMICAL prices at the tourist attractions!! Then the ASTRONOMICAL dinner price afterwards. May as well stay home and watch this on CZcams.
the map is so wrong
Fascinating Time Travel! No Blacks, no Indigenous people, no "leading" women (so far), and oh the cars and the clothes!
Not true, Maine had just sent America's first elected female Senator to Washington DC when this was filmed! Margaret Chase Smith won in Nov. 1948 with 71% of the vote, the highest EVER for the state up to that time if I remember correctly. Several other women were elected to the House across America that same year, and the military was in the process of being racially integrated. Times were changing even in 1949.
I thought the rocks of Gay Head were in provincetown?
When gay meant gay.
Buzzard's Bay is full of pirates.
Not the first Americans
Where is Rhode Island?!
they mention it right off, and show it.
In New England !!
Newport got a 10 second mention and that's it. RI isn't touristy enough.
@@robertthompson9643 Good point because I live in RI and aside from the coastline and up Narragansett Bay there is really not to much more to see. Great seafood and walks along the coastline however.
If you slammed on the brakes right before crossing into Rhode Island you'd leave skid marks in 3 states.
Guess Esso flopped as a movie company so they went into gasoline instead. 😉
Now it’s all gay
An Oil Company wants you to Travel by Car?
I *can't believe* they didn't split the cost of advertising with Tobacco Companies. Cigarettes and Gasoline go together like Cigarettes and Lungs.
Back then they also produced all the highway maps for travelers. Thought it was funny how they kept talking about the smooth highways all the time. That's why over half the video was the coastline area. No smooth roads inland during mud/frost season.
Boy that Plymouth Rock sure is exciting to go "gaze" at. I'm really happy that my parents did not take me to look at that as well as that stupid Old Man of the Mountain in New Hampshire. Nothing but a pile of rubble. We did go see Thunder Hole. That was so exciting I shit myself.
How'd you see thunder hole, with all the people from New Jersey standing in the way.
Yeah, I want out of VT and New England but there’s no better place. Meh
What? No mention of Hampton Beach? The only beach in the world where you go in the water a man and come out a woman. The water is always nut freezing cold. Just awful. There's always a lot of drunks and trouble down at the "board-walk" area. And rats galore have infested the so called restaurants that always manage to burn down in mid to late September every year.
Hey, Hampton beach is a fun dive vacation destination.
@@tanyalarose8907 For sure Tanya. "Dive" is a very accurate description. And it can be fun. The worst pizza on planet earth used to be sold at the Tasty Tower Pizza. It was like a Ritz Cracker with tomato soup and graded cheese on it. The Casino is a fire trap. Don't go there. The cops patrol the beach trying to bust people just there having a few cold cans of beer. The town of Hampton wants the parking meter money, but they can't have it. The state owns the beach. The Sea Food Fest is left over frozen food they could not sell at the rat invested restaurants. How come the drunks on their Harleys can drink at Wally's all afternoon and drive away without being stopped? The Town of Rye still pumps raw shit into the ocean. Lovely.
@@bocabec6744 Geez, your description of that area sounds lovely. I think we'll plan to go there this summer ! Wink
@@mattywho8485 July and August are the best time. But it will rain. And always keep bug spray nearby. If you go in the woods there are deer fly's. They bite and know the back of your neck is a good spot. In the spring there are black fly's and all summer there are mosquitos. Check the population drop in Aroostook County. If it was such a wonderful place why does the population go down year after year?
Now New England isn't a good place to be.
High cost of living.
@@dodge-ut6ti DRUGS from NY and MaSS
70 years can change a lot, unfortunately.
The riff-raff moved in.
I agree, living in Rhode Island (67 yrs) which is considered to be a very corrupt State among the political ranks here. Add cost of living etc it is almost unaffordable to live here but still a nice vacation spot, if you can afford it.
"Gay Head?" I don't think that is PC anymore. I think the town is trying to rename it: "Hommasessual Cliff's"
No it was very PC. Gay was a word hijacked from innocent meaning to describe nature’s mistakes. We can’t criticize this for being made when it meant something innocent. Who the fck do people living today think they are
Now called Aquinnah
@@susanhunt9799 I certainly hope so! OMG! Can you imagine Gov. DeSantis ever going there to visit? Oh, the shame of it. "Hey there, big fella."
I didn't see one Black person. Apparently when this film was produced they had not yet been driving automobiles. I don't think they would like the food there anyway. Lobster's and fat bellied steamed clams are something only chuck dudes would put in their mouths. i could be mistaken. I know there is a KFC in Portland.
Shoulda gone to Curtis' BBQ in southern Vermont.
@@B.H.56 Curtis's wife is a white woman. If Curtis is not there he might be in town, "Bellows Balls" buying pig.
"A gay holiday crowd?" Hey, I'm starting to wonder who's behind this video? get it? "Behind."😂
Gay meant happy back then.
cowboy gay sex!! its a joke son, doncha get it lol?
P-Town has the gayest crowds
One thing I notice when folks come here to New England to visit is they notice how many old cemeteries there are up here. As always, I remind them that New England is where it all started for this country, dating back to 1620.
Good way to totally disregard Native Americans.
@@dramatyst5661 You are absolutely correct since the Native Americans were here first. My sincere apologies.
Yin yang
@@donl1846 don't apologize to me, apologize to the people you disregarded this information too. Such a bad history teacher huh?
@@dramatyst5661 I would only ask that if you read my original comment I was referring to the questions about the old cemeteries from the first landing in 1620 to say early 1900's, not who was the absolute first inhabitants of this country. Like I had said, many tourist are amazed by how many old cemeteries there are up here in New England hence why I refer to the 1620 landing etc. We all know from history that when the "Land Act" of the 1800's came into being we all know what happen to the Native Americans which the Army was sent in to take their land(s) under Generals like Custer etc. and is one of many "disturbing" facts of our own American history. Reference the interment camps after Pearl Harbor in-which all Japanese Americans were sent to camps just because they were Japanese. I have always said the three groups of people that got really screwed in this country are the Native Americans, African Americans and the Japanese Americans for the reasons stated, and who knows all the other smaller groups..