THE NEW WORLD, A PICTORIAL RECORD OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN AMERICA Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Documentary: On the growth of the church, presented against an historical background of the United States. Reel 1: Re-enactment of Columbus' landing in America and of John and Sebastian Cabot's round-trip cruise from Bristol, England. Shows streams and mountains in New York, California and the Virginia-Carolina coast; the 16th century baptisms of Indian Chief Manteo and Virginia Dare; settlers burn Indian villages. Maps and scenes depict growth of churches in Virginia, Boston, New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia in the 17th and 18th centuries. Reel 2: Shows Christ Church, Cambridge, Mass; William and Mary College, Virginia. Rev. Thomas Bray, founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Ports (1701); maps illustrate church growth in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Illustrates survival of the church through the American Revolutionary War. Portraits show George Washington's church activity and oath of office as U.S. President. Depicts election of Rev. Samuel Seabury, first American bishop. Reel 3: First General Convention of the Episcopal Church in America, Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1785. Illustrates elections and appointments of bishops in 18th and 19th century America; animated map shows further church growth in the South; scenes of southern life; Civil War scenes; 1865 General Convention, Philadelphia, reunites southern and northern churches divided by Civil War. Reel 4: Illustrates Episcopalianism reaching the Indians of North America, mountain people and Negroes, including college education provided by the church; religious processions. Maps show church expansion into Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Panama and the Philippine Islands. Reel 5: Church work in Puerto Rico, Alaska, Philippine Islands, Panama, China, Japan, Africa and Brazil. Reel 6: Shows ministries in Mexico, Cuba, New York, Delaware and New Jersey; Girls' Friendly Society and boys'camp activities; Seamen'sChurch Institute of America helps seamen in strange ports; government tuberculosis sanitorium at Fort Stanton, Texas, administered by church workers. Reel 7: Illustrates work with boys at the Wiltwyck School, New York; sick and elderly in hospitals and convalescent homes; Bonnie Brae Farm for problem boys; Church Mission of Help for problem girls; church workers visit prisoners; church kindergarten; Boy and Girl Scouts; vacation bible schools. Boys build a model of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California; members teach children about interracial understanding. Reel 8: St. Paul's Church, Fairfield, Conn., provides college education for unemployed youth; photographs show development of Grace Cathedral from its inception in 1850, its destruction in the 1906 earthquake, and rebuilding. Shows growth of New York and its churches since 1626, including the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and of Washington, D.C., and the Washington National Cathedral.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups