Life in a midwestern small town in the 1910's

Duration: 0:17:50

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1976

Creator: AIMS Instructional Media Services: Distributor | Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Dramatizes the life of a family in a small Midwestern town in the 1910s as a woman reminisces about her childhood. Illustrates the daily events--cooking, washing, school, working at a general store--which provided the needs of everyday life. Points out the important changes taking place as electrical appliances, the automobile, packaged goods, readymade clothes, and other items began to become part of American life., A turn-of-the-century town experienced many evidences of change--the invention of the bicycle, automobile and electric lights, and the modernization of clothes and customs. This film, made in Greenfield Village, Michigan, documents a way of life very different from today.

Complete Record: , A turn-of-the-century town experienced many evidences of change--the invention of the bicycle, automobile and electric lights, and the modernization of clothes and customs. This film, made in Greenfield Village, Michigan, documents a way of life very different from today., A turn-of-the-century town experienced many evidences of change--the invention of the bicycle, automobile and electric lights, and the modernization of clothes and customs. This film, made in Greenfield Village, Michigan, documents a way of life very different from today.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.