Drums along the Mohawk

Duration: 0:32:00

Year Published: 1939

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Teaching Film Custodians: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1939 Twentieth Century-Fox feature film, “Drums Along the Mohawk”. Portrays the hardships of early pioneer life in the Mohawk Valley of New York State during the Revolutionary War period. Shows scenes of pioneers clearing and cultivating land, planting and building. When the Indians attack the settlement of German Flats under Tory leadership, the settlers struggle to defend themselves and repulse the Indian raid., Abridged from the feature film. Portrays the hardships of early pioneer life in the Mohawk Valley of New York. Shows scenes of pioneers clearing and cultivating land, planting, and building. When the Indians attack under Tory leadership, the settlers struggle to defend themselves and win their final victory.

Complete Record: , Abridged from the feature film. Portrays the hardships of early pioneer life in the Mohawk Valley of New York. Shows scenes of pioneers clearing and cultivating land, planting, and building. When the Indians attack under Tory leadership, the settlers struggle to defend themselves and win their final victory.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.


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