Plymouth Colony: The first year

Duration: 16

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Coronet Film and Video

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Portrays the important events that took place during the Plymouth Colony's first year. Shows the deprivations of hardship and disease, the first Thanksgiving, and the beginnings of freedom and democracy in the New World., Presents scenes filmed at reconstructed Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts, and on board the Mayflower II in the reenactment of important events during the first year of Plymouth Colony. Describes the Pilgrims' struggle with hardship and disease, and their lasting accomplishment in establishing principlees of freedom and democracy in the New World.

Complete Record: Portrays the important events that took place during the Plymouth Colony's first year. Shows the deprivations of hardship and disease, the first Thanksgiving, and the beginnings of freedom and democracy in the New World., Dramatizes the first year of the Plimoth Plantation settlement as well as the religious trouble of the separatists. Depicts the Separatists religion, the life of Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, the signing of the Mayflower Compact, the choice of the site, and the hardships of the winter. As the colony survived the winter, Indian trade was established. The Indians helped their new friends to learn the planting of corn and how to catch fish. Upon firm establishment of the colony, the Mayflower returned to England., , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.