Early Houses

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Date
1958
Summary
The program describes the kinds of housing the early settlers built, from the earliest lean-to type, hastily thrown together to protest the people as soon as they landed on these shores, on through the way they learned to make thatched roofs, then later cut logs for building. The use of handmade bricks, and the change of ways in making fireplaces from the original stick-covered-with-mud ones to brick ones follows in the story. The various ways of building sturdy walls by notching of logs in various patterns and cuts is shown. Songs include “The Tailor and the Mouse,” “Little Mohee,” and “Cockels and Mussels.”
Contributors
KQED, San Francisco; Bash Kennett; Kathleen K. Rawlings; Richard Moore
Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Genres
Educational; Children's; Historical; Music
Subjects
Pioneers; United States--History
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Physical Description
1 film reel (15 min.) sound,black and white/monochrome; 16 mm
Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: 7835166; Other: GR00466409; MDPI Barcode: 40000003113745

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