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10,000 (?) Gather To Observe Tercentenary As State Honors Founders

Reel Number: 221540-26

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1930

Country: USA

Location: Boston,Massachusetts

TC Begins: 01:36:12

TC Ends: 01:38:30

Duration: 00:02:18

10,000 (?) Gather To Observe Tercentenary As State Honors Founders 01:36:21 Pan over large crowd in park. Military & veterans march w/ American & other flags across lawn; past crowd watching. 01:36:53 Title: “The 5th U.S. Infantry” 01:36:58 Marching past crowd. 01:37:06 Title: “British sailors and marines from H.M.S. Durban” 01:37:12 American sailors & marines march up sidewalk; band past leading British units. 01:37:45 Title: “The Canadian “Black Watch”. 01:37:48 Scottish Piper band marching & playing; troops follow in kilts w/ long rifles. 01:38:06 Title: “Governor Allen presides.” 01:38:10 Speakers platform, Allen behind microphones reading speech. Pan over large crowd. Ceremony; History; 1930; Boston, Massachusetts; NOTE: Republican Gov. Frank G. Allen (1929-1931) established Massachusetts Transit Authority, Mass. Port Authority & state’s Industrial Commission.

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