Video clips of the water and wildlife along the Mill River (ca. May 1991)

Item Information

Title:
Video clips of the water and wildlife along the Mill River (ca. May 1991)
Description:
Video clip of the water and wildlife along Mill River in May 1991. There are close-up videos of the water, trees, and animals and insects. The video depicts someone rowing the boat in the water for many minutes and shows the length of the river. About half way through the video, two children are fishing along the edge of the lake. The video show the bridge at Roosevelt St. and the camera crew goes under the bridge. Some spray painted words are visible on the underside of the bridge. When the recorders head back towards their beginning spot, a bird flies into the boat and one of the recorders picks it up and shows it to the camera. The video is about 10 minutes long. This tape seems to be a continuation of the tape "Lake Massasoit #12." On the case for tape the date of 5/91 is listed. The tape is listed as "Lake Massasoit #13" and comes from a series of 28 Betacam video tapes that is believed to be raw video that may have been used in the documentary "The Lost River: The story of the Mill River". There are tapes 14 and 15 but there is no video or audio on the tapes, therefore the next tape after #13 is going to be #16. In 1809, Lake Massasoit was formed by the army by damming the Mill River. The purpose of the dam was to ensure a constant flow of water downstream for the Springfield Armory “Watershops.” The Springfield Armory was America’s first and last National Armory, formed in 1777 and continuing production up until 1968. The formerly named Watershops Pond has 7 miles of shoreline and covers 186 acres. From 1892-1900, the buildings of Springfield College began to come about, and the name was changed to Lake Massasoit by Springfield College officials. The name came from a local hotel, the Massasoit House, owned by Marvin Chapin, a generous benefactor of the college. In 1920, the college purchased a large area of land on the upper end of the pond, and called it the “Freshman Camp.” Since the college was formed, students, faculty and visitors have used the Pond for sailing, swimming, ice skating and fishing. However, the lake was officially closed for swimming in 1984 when the lake was said to be unhealthy.
Date:
[May 1991?]
Format:
Film/Video
Genre:
Betacam
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Campus
Lake Massasoit
Springfield (Mass.)
Lakes & ponds
Pollution
Audiovisual materials
Rivers
Fishing
Fishhooks
Bridges
Children
Birds
Vandalism
Rowing
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
00:11:05
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/23295
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Identifier:
rg149-03-01-24-019