Flatboatmen Of The Frontier (Ohio Valley Farmers: 1790-1820)

Title. 04:00:29 View along Ohio River w/ forests; scenics w/ men cutting trees in deciduous forest w/ axes. MCU. 04:01:33 Montage: MCU ripe barley in wind; MS & CU water wheel / waterwheel turning at grist mill. Hemp field, tobacco, pigs eating corn, cattle. Men chopping. 04:02:09 Building flatboat, men hammering; boys hand sawing timbers, planks carried to river to be nailed into flatboat. Handmade nails pounded. 04:03:14 Ext. & interior of log cabin. CUs woman grinding up pork, ham hung, girl churning butter. Boy out of cabin. 04:03:54 LS & CUs Caulking seams of boat. Girl sweeping, mother mending shirts in front of fireplace. 04:04:35 Loading boat w/ kegs, boxes & sacks, barrels. Boat pushing off, long oars or sweeps guiding. SOF Waving goodbye. Boat into main river, men call from riverbank. Shore from stream. 04:08:36 Men camp at night along shore, fire & fiddler playing music. Chewing tobacco. 04:09:21 Floating downstream, sleeping on deck, into Mississippi River & playing fiddle. End credit. Dialogue; Myth; Stereotypes; Western Family; Pioneers; Settlers; Westward Migration; Trade; Commerce; Capitalism; Economics; Agriculture; VERY GOOD QUALITY NOTE: Glitch at 04:00:57:08 on VHS only.