Bennington College Archival Film Footage, 1931-1942
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2007-10
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Eileen Scully's fall 2007 Bennington Past and Present class spent five weeks researching the silent footage using documents from the College Archive. The student wrote and narrated the script and selected and played the music, including a score originally composed for the first graduating class (Played during part 4. First Commencement, Nor Sing, Nor Sigh - Song
Lyric by Louisa Richardson '36, Set to music by Hannah Coffin '36) 1. Farm to College 2. Groundbreaking 3. Open House 4. First Commencement 5. Farm Day. Narrators: Kathleen Mahoney, Marika Shyduroff, Emily Woods Hogue, Kimberly Keller, Emma Peterson, and Travis Kline. Musician: Guitar: Sam Clement and Justin Stames, Fiddle: Kate Ritter, Piano: Jacob Bielecki, Harmonica: Amanda Vorce. The narration and music was performed live to the silent footage at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the College on October 6 & 7, 2007.
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Bennington Archival Film Footage 1931-1942
00:00 Farm to College
00:12 Horse, cart, man in hay pile
00:25 Hay piles in the field, main entrance
01:00 The Barn
01:43 Cows
01:48 Construction – the houses
02:00 The Barn
02:15 Construction – Commons
02:30 Construction
03:30 Tractor
04:00 Fields and mountains
04:50 Tractor
05:13 Construction – overall views
05:40 Groundbreaking
05:47 Horse and buggy, automobiles
06:00 Vincent Ravi Booth
06:07 Crowd
07:36 President Robert Leigh (L) unidentified man (R)
07:54 Hall Park McCullough
07:58 President Leigh
08:01 Crowd
09:11 Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes
09:16 Vincent Ravi Booth
09:20 Anson Phelps Stokes (L) Hall Park McCullough (R)
09:27 Crowd
09:31 Musicians
09:37 Crowd
10:52 Groundbreaking speakers
11:00 Crowd
11:19 Musicians
11:45 Unidentified man with shovel
12:11 William A. Neilson
12:20 William Rappard
12:36 Dorothy Canfield Fisher
13:48 President Leigh
13:59 Vincent Ravi Booth
14:00 Crowd – standing ovation
14:36 Vincent Ravi Booth walking with shovel
14:40 Vincent Ravi Booth digging
15:40 Pres. Leigh, Anson Phelps Stokes
16:00 Crowd
16:30 Housewarming
16:38 Campus – view from airplane
17:23 Panning across fields, houses, Commons, Barn
18:50 Houses, automobiles
21:24 Automobiles
21:37 Cricket Hill
22:32 Automobiles
22:52 Vincent Ravi Booth
23:44 Commons
24:36 Houses
25:27 Automobiles
26:40 Commons, people
28:00 Houses
26:55 Fields, Houses, bell
27:50 First Commencement
28:00 Houses
29:00 Tea party on lawn
31:00 Calendar, clock
32:00 Graduates walking from Barn
32:48 Graduates seated
32:56 President Leigh
33:27 Graduates walking
34:20 Graduates standing in a row
34:58 Diploma
35:01 Crowd
35:16 Four graduates displaying gowns
35:31 President Leigh speaking
36:00 Graduates seated
36:42 Faculty seated
37:18 Hall Park McCullough
37:30 Crowd
37:50 Faculty recommending candidates
for the award of degrees.
38:27 Farm Day
38:31 Rakes
38:33 Students gardening
38:48 Martha Hill and students
39:00 Farm equipment
39:21 Burning clippings
39:35 Lunch line
39:56 Students eating
40:13 Lunch line
40:17 Olive difficulties
41:08 Students eating
42:16 Burning clippings
42:28 People, buildings, farm equipment
42:52 Digging with hoes
43:15 Robert Woodworth carrying plants
44:15 Students gardening
44:33 The blister
44:44 Hoeing
44:57 Robert Woodworth
45:12 Students gardening
00:00 Farm to College
00:12 Horse, cart, man in hay pile
00:25 Hay piles in the field, main entrance
01:00 The Barn
01:43 Cows
01:48 Construction – the houses
02:00 The Barn
02:15 Construction – Commons
02:30 Construction
03:30 Tractor
04:00 Fields and mountains
04:50 Tractor
05:13 Construction – overall views
05:40 Groundbreaking
05:47 Horse and buggy, automobiles
06:00 Vincent Ravi Booth
06:07 Crowd
07:36 President Robert Leigh (L) unidentified man (R)
07:54 Hall Park McCullough
07:58 President Leigh
08:01 Crowd
09:11 Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes
09:16 Vincent Ravi Booth
09:20 Anson Phelps Stokes (L) Hall Park McCullough (R)
09:27 Crowd
09:31 Musicians
09:37 Crowd
10:52 Groundbreaking speakers
11:00 Crowd
11:19 Musicians
11:45 Unidentified man with shovel
12:11 William A. Neilson
12:20 William Rappard
12:36 Dorothy Canfield Fisher
13:48 President Leigh
13:59 Vincent Ravi Booth
14:00 Crowd – standing ovation
14:36 Vincent Ravi Booth walking with shovel
14:40 Vincent Ravi Booth digging
15:40 Pres. Leigh, Anson Phelps Stokes
16:00 Crowd
16:30 Housewarming
16:38 Campus – view from airplane
17:23 Panning across fields, houses, Commons, Barn
18:50 Houses, automobiles
21:24 Automobiles
21:37 Cricket Hill
22:32 Automobiles
22:52 Vincent Ravi Booth
23:44 Commons
24:36 Houses
25:27 Automobiles
26:40 Commons, people
28:00 Houses
26:55 Fields, Houses, bell
27:50 First Commencement
28:00 Houses
29:00 Tea party on lawn
31:00 Calendar, clock
32:00 Graduates walking from Barn
32:48 Graduates seated
32:56 President Leigh
33:27 Graduates walking
34:20 Graduates standing in a row
34:58 Diploma
35:01 Crowd
35:16 Four graduates displaying gowns
35:31 President Leigh speaking
36:00 Graduates seated
36:42 Faculty seated
37:18 Hall Park McCullough
37:30 Crowd
37:50 Faculty recommending candidates for the award of degrees.
38:27 Farm Day
38:31 Rakes
38:33 Students gardening
38:48 Martha Hill and students
39:00 Farm equipment
39:21 Burning clippings
39:35 Lunch line
39:56 Students eating
40:13 Lunch line
40:17 Olive difficulties
41:08 Students eating
42:16 Burning clippings
42:28 People, buildings, farm equipment
42:52 Digging with hoes
43:15 Robert Woodworth carrying plants
44:15 Students gardening
44:33 The blister
44:44 Hoeing
44:57 Robert Woodworth
45:12 Students gardening
45:52 Students picking up rakes
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