Doorway to the past [videorecording] / Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ; written and directed by Ivor Noël Hume ; produced by Arthur L. Smith for Colonial Williamsburg.

Title: 
Doorway to the past [videorecording] / Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ; written and directed by Ivor Noël Hume ; produced by Arthur L. Smith for Colonial Williamsburg.

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Publisher: 
Williamsburg, Va. : Colonial Williamsburg, inc., c1969.
Description: 
1 film reel (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.
1 videodisc (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Authors: 
Noël Hume, Ivor.
Smith, Arthur L.
Franklin, Hugh.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Colonial Williamsburg, inc.
Format of Material: 
Video
Subjects: 
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Excavations (Archaeology) Virginia Williamsburg.
Williamsburg (Va.) Antiquities.
Bib ID: 
62166
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Location: 
Audio/Video Collection
Call Number: 
Doorway to the past
Holdings Note: 
DVD Digitized Preservation Copy
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Notes: 
Title from title frame.
Filmed and edited by Gene Bjerke ; music, Sol Kaplan.
Narrated by Hugh Franklin.
This video discusses the contribution of Thomas Jefferson to archeological reasoning, and shows different archeological locations and processes necessary to protect and analyze artifacts found on a typical colonial site. Recreates a tavern scene to demonstrate how recovered artifacts might have been used, broken, and discarded in the 18th century.
Film reel.
DVD.
Accompanying booklet cataloged as F234.W7 .D69.
ISBN: 
0879351381