Posted on 08/01/2021 6:21:39 PM PDT by 11th_VA
(Youthful Jack Lord, later of television’s “Hawaii Five-O” fame, starred in “Story of a Patriot,” that opened in 1957. )
“Story of a Patriot,” Colonial Williamsburg’s landmark orientation film is no longer being shown at the Visitor Center, where daily viewing was available for 63 years. “Screening of ‘Story of a Patriot’ at the Colonial Williamsburg Regional Visitor Center paused starting March 16 when Colonial Williamsburg’s public sites closed to limit health risks associated with COVID-19,” explained Joseph Straw, senior public relations manager at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
“Since Colonial Williamsburg’s reopening in June much of our programming has moved outdoors and screenings of ‘Story of a Patriot’ are yet to resume.”
When the movie showings paused, the film was the longest-running motion picture in history. According to records, 30 million people had seen the film by 2002. Straw said, “we unfortunately do not have more recent data on viewership...
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https://youtu.be/D4u_RZh9tc4
Download now before YT erases more history.
Thanks for the link.
I bought this on DVD the last time I was at Colonial Williamsburg.
Last time I was at Colonial Williamsburg, 2017, you could still buy it in the shops.
It was on Super 8, the last time I was there … just sayin …
I’ve seen iit. I’m worried Williamsburg is going woke. Glad I took all my kids there already prior to covid and wokeness. They used to offer a really fun scavenger hunt spy game there—and re-enactments that were terrific.
Thank you for the link! I snagged it! ;-)
I’m pretty sure I remember seeing this as a kid when my folks took us there for the bicentennial in 1976.
They began going woke years ago. In 1979, I visited Jamestown., and there was a ceremony that featured all the flags that flew over Jamestown beginning with the English flag. But they left out the Confederate flag.
Hate to point this out, but is this still valid?
The article dates from December.
Thanks for the link!
As I said....download it, NOW.
The comment section of the YouTube video seems to suggest the video has not and probably will not return. The slaves in the video are well dressed and portray a happy attitude
Well I guess that beats The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s been showing in most big cities, sort of continuously, for the last 46 years.
Haha - 40 years ago, had guy on our ship that used to go to the theater and watch that movie every weekend. I didn’t connect the dots til years later.
We watched it the summer before the pandemic. Prior to that, I saw the film on a 4th grade class trip to Colonial Williamsburg in 1962. Very memorable experience at the time, probably banned now as a threat to the group think.
Funny because basically house slaves would be well dressed.
Oh excuse us….”enslaved laborers”.
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