EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LIFE IN COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 1966 KODAK TRAVELOGUE FILM 88724
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This 1966 film takes a look at a day in the life in Colonial Williamsburg in the 18th century presented by Eastman Kodak Company and Colonial Williamsburg Inc. (:11). A note appears which informs viewers that the homes, shops, streets and public buildings of colonial Williamsburg had been restored due to the generosity of John D. Rockefeller Jr. (:19). It begins with a master wood maker; Christopher Kendall, at his shop (1:08) as well as his son Tom and other journeymen and apprentices. Tom is shown around the shop on his first day of apprenticeship which may lead into him becoming a master of the craft and establishing his own business (1:33). The master is in charge of management, casting accounts and designing the furniture produced in his shop (2:00). Journeymen are workers who have completed their apprenticeship and are free to seek employment (2:14). ‘The Gentlemen and Cabinet Makers Director’ by Thomas Chippendale is shown (2:39) as colonial wood workers were often influenced by the English. In the Middle Ages in England, craftsmen were a part of guilds for mutual protection consisting of masters and apprentices (2:46). By the 18th century the power of the guild had declined (3:04). The legal relation between apprentice and masters however, continued and Tom is assigned to a journeyman to learn his craft (3:24). He is shown the common tools of the trade including the bench clamp and saw (3:29). Wood makers played a major role in the development of the modern world as many products such as the cart wheel and the water wheel were initially made from wood (4:25). The governor’s secretary sharpens his quill with a pen knife in order to take diction in the office of the Royal Governor (5:55). The Royal Governor was the King’s representative in the Virginia Colony playing a major role in shaping the laws (6:05). The Governor’s wife; the head of women’s fashion in the area, combs her hair with a Spanish comb carved from a tortoise shell (6:21). The pair mirror a miniature court of the King and Queen in England (6:40). Weapons were hung about the house as decoration and also for use in the event of emergency (7:14). The gilded crown in pointed to (7:32) sitting atop the cupola of the Governor’s residence. The front gate was designed to be easily defended (8:05). Coaches were built high from the ground and included pull out stairs as the roads were unpaved and often muddy (8:18). The coachmen remained seated while the footmen opened and closed the doors and set the stairs out and replaced them after passengers were inside (8:37). The pair heads to Christopher Kendall’s shop to pick up a desk while the workers head outside for the event (8:52). A piece of the desk had been made removable to allow access to a hidden compartment containing drawers for valuables (9:56). There were no safety deposit boxes at the time and many pieces of furniture were built in such a way to hide valuables (10:11). A cart with oxen hauls the desk to the Governor’s residence (11:05). The blacksmith shop (12:51) which served as important service stations. Horses were shod here by farriers (13:00). Skill was passed down through apprenticeships (13:28). An apprentice operates the giant leather bellows that kept fires going (13:34). Blacksmiths created much of the tools needed for other crafts (14:01). A horseshoe is pulled from the fire (14:12) and is forged between hammer and anvil (14:17). The hot shoe is set on the hoof, smoothing out irregularities prior to taking it back inside the shop to be cooled (15:08). The tavern is the informal center of community life and was named after Sir Walter Raleigh (15:52). The post rider arrived at various times and created excitement as he was the only connection to the outside world (17:13). The public jail follows (17:45) with prisoners in the stocks and the pillory (17:55). Imprisoned debtors were often trapped as they were without means to make money to repay their debts (18:21). Jailers were provided with a fixed sum to feed prisoners though many took advantage of the system allowing prisoners to starve (18:47). A harpsichord inside Christopher Kendall’s home (19:21). Christopher reads a copy of the weekly gazette (20:12). The mother sits before a spinning wheel (20:38) and the children are sent to bed (20:55). Christopher lights a tobacco pipe (21:24). Tobacco was also used as a form of currency. The grandmother works on a loom (21:43) as Christopher heads out to have a chat with the lamplighter (22:14).
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I remember Watching these Films in School in the Sixties! Glad someone saved them, since I have been to Colonial Williamsburg.
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