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Electronic Field Trips

In the General's Secret Service In the General's Secret Service
an Electronic Field Trip
In the General's Secret Service In the General's Secret Service
an Electronic Field Trip
Campaign for Colonial Williamsburg Video
from the Campaign for Colonial Williamsburg
Hostages of Two Worlds Hostages of Two Worlds
an Electronic Field Trip
Tea, Taxes, and Tyranny Taxes, Tea, and Tyranny
an Electronic Field Trip
Made In America Made In America
an Electronic Field Trip
Alderson's Farm Mr. Alderson's Farm
an Electronic Field Trip

Trades

The Cabinetmaker The Cabinetmaker
Carving a Ball-and-Claw foot
from the video "The Art and Mystery of the Cabinetmaker Crafting a Card Table" and the Summer 03 Journal
The Cabinetmaker The Cabinetmaker
Working on a detail for a card table
from the video "The Art and Mystery of the Cabinetmaker Crafting a Card Table" and the Summer 03 Journal
The Cabinetmaker The Cabinetmaker
Cutting a hinge for a card table ,
from the video "The Art and Mystery of the Cabinetmaker Crafting a Card Table" and the Summer 03 Journal
The Cooper Trade The Cooper Trade
A good barrel begins with a fine tree , from the video "The Cooper’s Craft: The Art of Colonial Barrel Making" and the Autumn 03 Journal
The Cooper Trade The Cooper Trade
The cooper shapes the timbers into barrel staves , from the video "The Cooper’s Craft: The Art of Colonial Barrel Making" and the Autumn 03 Journal
The Cooper Trade The Cooper Trade
Coopering is a craft as old as civilization , from the video "The Cooper’s Craft: The Art of Colonial Barrel Making" and the Autumn 03 Journal
The Cooper Trade The Cooper Trade
A cooper's tools are handed down through generations , from the video "The Cooper’s Craft: The Art of Colonial Barrel Making" and the Autumn 03 Journal
The Cooper Trade The Cooper Trade
The master cooper guarantees the casks made in his shop , from the video "The Cooper’s Craft: The Art of Colonial Barrel Making" and the Autumn 03 Journal

Christmas

Christmas in Williamsburg A traditional religious Christmas
Christmas in Williamsburg Interpreters portray Christmas
Christmas in Williamsburg Preparations for holiday decorating
Christmas in Williamsburg Music and decorations fill the town
Christmas in Williamsburg 18th-century food preparation
Christmas in Williamsburg Grand Illumination

Other

Queen's Visit Queen Elizabeth II takes a carriage ride down Duke of Gloucester Street.
May 3, 2007
Queen's Visit Queen Elizabeth II visits Jamestown Settlement.
May 4, 2007
Queen's Visit Remarks from luncheon with the Queen.
May 4, 2007
The Patriot "I Am Home"
from the movie "The Patriot"
Juba Juba
African-American singing game
from the Winter 02-03 Journal
Under the Redcoat Under the Redcoat
Cornwallis occupies Williamsburg
Rockefellers at Tea The Rockefellers at Tea
at Bassett Hall

Video Silent video of the Queen’s 1957 Colonial Williamsburg visit
(requires Quicktime)
from the Spring 07 Journal

Southern Furniture Germanic influence in the Back Country
from the exhibit Southern Furniture
Southern Furniture English influence in the Chesapeake
from the exhibit Southern Furniture
Southern Furniture Decorative European
influence in the Low Country
from the exhibit Southern Furniture
The Story of a Patriot: Remastering a Masterwork "Remastering a Masterwork"
Listen to sound clips from the newly restored
movie, "The Patriot", from the Summer 04 Journal