This travelogue from 1979 showcases the southern state of Alabama. We’re shown man-made landmarks and natural wonders, along with actors in period costume doing their best to reenact historic people and events. You’ll see paddle wheel river boats, marching bands, hot air balloons, stately plantation homes, a battleship, a NASCAR track, “space soldiers,” and a wave pool. Written, produced, directed and edited by Howard Berkowitz, narrated by Marvin Miller, copyright 1979 by Cornucopia Productions, Ltd., and distributed by the State of Alabama’s tourism promotion board.

00:08 Marshland, ocean with seagulls 00:42 Man carries lantern onto boat dock 00:46 Middle aged couple on houseboat 00:58 State Park Pier, Gulf Shores 01:11 Two men in bass boat catch fish 01:27 Deer and fawn 01:36 Sailboat, golf course 01:50 USS Alabama (BB-60) 02:07 Noccalula Falls, Gadsden 02:18 Vulcan Park, Birmingham 02:30 TITLE CARD 03:01 Man dressed as Native American carries torch through cave 03:57 Mound State Park, Moundville 04:12 Fort Charlotte, Mobile; cannons fire, women and sentries in period costume 04:53 Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens, Birmingham 05:18 Oakleigh House Museum, Mobile 05:24 Bellingrath Gardens and Home, Theodore; actors in period costume set table, play croquet, toast the Confederacy 07:19 River boat General Richard Montgomery 07:36 Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park, Birmingham; actors portraying slaves carry barrel, woman runs and collapses, raiders on horseback attack, plant dynamite 09:25 Alabama Capitol Building, Montgomery 09:39 Jefferson Davis statue 09:51 First White House of the Confederacy 10:05 Governor’s Mansion 10:13 W.C. Handy Museum, Florence; actors in period costume 11:40 Helen Keller Birthplace, Tuscumbia; woman portraying Anne Sullivan 12:57 Trade Day in Scottsboro; flea market, men play musical instruments 13:41 U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville; lunar rover, men in jumpsuits, little girl run past rockets, board ride 15:01 Little girl, astronaut plant flag on “moon” 15:20 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln; man climbs into Winston 500 pace car, drives around track 16:17 Outdoor leisure activities; horseback riding, trap shooting, golfing, fishing, waterskiing 17:02 Wave pool at Point Mallard Park, Decatur 17:27 Couple on tandem bicycle, dining, launching Sunfish sailing dinghy, running on beach 18:08 Man plays banjo for crowd aboard river boat General Richard Montgomery 19:03 Greyhounds race at Mobile Greyhound Park, Theodore 19:17 Priest walks through Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman 20:35 Children fly in Point Mallard hot air balloon 21:50 Bell 206, UH-1 helicopters in flight 22:00 Troy State University marching band plays “Dixie” 23:49 Southern belles in front of plantation wave to camera 23:54 CREDITS 24:52 List of attractions in Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered by Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico. Alabama’s capital is Montgomery, the largest city by population is Birmingham, and the oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana. The state’s geography is diverse, with the north dominated by the mountainous Tennessee Valley and the south by Mobile Bay, a historically significant port. Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century, and later French and British until the American Revolutionary War. During the antebellum period, Alabama was a major cotton producer and widely used African-American slaves on its plantations. In 1861, the state seceded from the United States to become part of the Confederate States of America, with Montgomery acting as its first capital. Alabama rejoined the Union in 1868. From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabamian legislators employed Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise and otherwise discriminate against African Americans. High-profile events such as the Selma to Montgomery march made the state a major focal point of the civil rights movement in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

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