This, the sixth entry in Warner's 'See America First' series, covers the South. We get to see all the survivals of Southern gentility: a man who was supposed to be the oldest ex-slave alive at the time -- reported age of 114 in the year of this movie's release, and the statue of a 'good servant' erected by the people who, presumably owned him, to go with the statues of a fast horse later on.
Narrator John B. Kennedy always narrated these shorts in a just-the-facts-ma'am voice, but he does manage to sound disapproving in those sections, before going on to less inflammatory sights, such as John Marshall's home, then back to the point at hand: Harriett Beecher Stowe, other abolitionists and, of course, Lincoln.
The print that showed up on TCM is dark with low contrast, as if a storm is about to break. Or perhaps the Civil War will be refought in the theater.
Narrator John B. Kennedy always narrated these shorts in a just-the-facts-ma'am voice, but he does manage to sound disapproving in those sections, before going on to less inflammatory sights, such as John Marshall's home, then back to the point at hand: Harriett Beecher Stowe, other abolitionists and, of course, Lincoln.
The print that showed up on TCM is dark with low contrast, as if a storm is about to break. Or perhaps the Civil War will be refought in the theater.
