America's First Thanksgiving

Duration: 12 min

Creator: Virginia Dept. of Education

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Direction, Editing, Sound: Richard B. Raynor; Script: Fred Frechette; Photography: J. Sol Wrenn, Jr.; Narrator: Fred Hazeltine.

Description: Uses historical reenactments to trace the development of the "giving-of-thanks" tradition in early Virginia which culminated in the first Thanksgiving service in America on the banks of the James River Settlement (now Berkeley Plantation) on December 4, 1619.

Complete Record: Traces the development of the 'GIVING-OF-THANKS' tradition in early Virginia. Shows a re-enactment of the first Thanksgiving service, December 4, 1619, on the banks of James River.

Metadata Source:Representative University Produced Films 1964-1967 (Journal of the University Film Producers Association, Vol.19 No.3/4, 1967)

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