1958

Bash starts at the earliest meetings of groups of people, the church festival, and traces the development of gatherings on through the country fairs. The camp meetings of the Methodists give rise to the well-known rollicking song, “Methodist Pie.” The custom of bringing goods that were grown on the individual farm, and taking the family to the fair, to see new things, to buy things, and to meet with friends develops in to the country fair, with its gay decorations, its amusements, and its fund of knowledge. Contests are described, such as the athletic events of running and jumping and shooting, which the young men practiced, and the Patterson dance group dances to the song, “Camptown Races,” as they show how the sulkies sped around the track behind the trotting horses. 

KQED, San Francisco; Bash Kennett; Kathleen Rawlings; Richard Moore; Lillian Patterson

National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center

Educational; Historical; Music; Children's

United States--History ; Festivals.

National Educational Television

IUL Moving Image Archive

English

1 Film (0:15:00); 16mm

IULMIA Film Database: 40000003265842; Other: GR00401825; MDPI Barcode: 40000003265842