Doorway to the Past

A documentary on the inhabitants of South Williamsburg, New York, whose lives are explored through the testimony of five inhabitants of the Brooklyn...

While explaining the trade of printing, this docudrama relates the importance of the printer as a communicator of news, information, and learning...

This is a dramatization of the color and style of clothing distinctive to eighteenth-century America. It was an age of knee breeches, full gowns,...

Marvel as skilled craftspeople transform white oak logs into finished baskets.

Colonial Williamsburg's curators, conservators, archaeologists, and historic tradespeople pool their expertise to reveal the merits of early southern...

This is story of a typical morning of a colonial household. Filmed in restored Williamsburg, the reenactment follows a family’s household...

With the help of Howard Goodwin, Dr. Goodwin's son, we present an authoritative documentary sketch with family album photographs, rare motion picture...

Experience the pride and precision that went into every eighteenth-century instrument made in colonial America. Each part is handmade and carefully...

In the eighteenth century, tradesmen passed along their skills and knowledge, the art and mystery of their trades to their apprentices. With...

Describes the fashions of Eighteenth-Century America.

Provides a tour overview of Colonial Williamsburg.

You'll see the progression of wares manufactured at England's celebrated Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory between 1745 and 1769 from simple tea services...