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This Happened in Geneva

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Ice cream cone, the bottom and top filling the frame.

No lights if possible.

No lights if possible.

We have come to set aside a person in that city as a final resting place for those men who gave their lives here that that nation might live.

We did all together bring it in order that we should do this.

But in the larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot have all this ground.

The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our full power to add or subtract.

How long is appropriate? Good luck.

Good luck.

That was okay, brother.

Thank you.

We are not ready.

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Take the arm Record chirru long.

Okay.

Maybe you can fit Joe there, too, When you fit a little bit of the house across the street, I don't care.

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Share? I don't know.

I mean, that's a way to try it.

This guy's crazy.

All the way down.

Oh, yes! They're gonna make it.

Oh, my gosh.

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The 68 a general shipment the Grand Army of the Republic the organization of union veterans suggested to General John A.

Wilkins commander -in -chief that array a rank must be made for the organization to decorate the grave of the union soldiers a union For the purpose of screwing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country During the late rebellion and those whose bodies now lie in almost every city village and hamlet church art in the land This observance no form of ceremony is prescribed Opposing comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit Who made their breath a barricade between our country and its foals There's a their soldier lies For the Rebellion of freedom and a race and change in their death the tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms We shall guard their grave with sacred diligence all the secreted wealth and taste in the nation can answer their adornment and Security, but a fitting tribute to the memory of their slain offenders I read in all parts of the country and time for a simultaneous compliance therewith Infantry engages the Union on the control You You You You You You I want to take it I You You You You You

This Happened in Geneva
Identifier
F.2005-08-0300
Date Of Production
1978
Abstract
A finished film by Bill Stamets which depicts several events held in Geneva, New York.

Footage includes the Roanoke Maroons’ victory over the Hobart Statesmen in the NCAA Division II lacrosse championship played at Boswell Field on May 20, 1978; a visit to the local Mello-Rich ice cream stand; the Geneva High School band plays “Taps”; the Geneva Theater’s marquee advertises for the 10-day Geneva Festival ‘78; members of Sons of Veterans Reserve and Troops of the Confederate Forces convene in Seneca Lake State Park; Sidman, PA resident Andrew Brunnet dresses like Abraham Lincoln; an air show takes place; the Sweaty Tools band performs; marching bands move along Seneca Street; a Memorial Day ceremony takes place in Pulteney Park on May 29, 1978.
Format
Super 8
Extent
300 feet
Color
color and B&W
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Genre
Experimental
Documentary
Form
Short
Subject
Air shows
College Students
Concerts
Festivals
Historical reenactments
Holidays
Lacrosse
Marching bands
Musicians
Parades and processions
Patriotism
Presidents
Sports
Preservation Sponsor

Related Collections
Subseries I: Completed Works

Related Places
North America ➜ United States ➜ New York ➜ Geneva

Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)

 
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