Drums along the Mohawk

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.

In 1776, Lana Borst marries Gilbert Martin on a farm in the Mohawk Valley of central New York. Gil joins up in the militia in anticipation of an imminent war. The Martins take refuge in nearby Fort Schuyler. Lana miscarries during the frantic ride to the fort. Gil makes a heroic dash through enemy lines to secure help from nearby Fort Dayton.