>> HI, I'M FRAN STODDARD.

IN JUST A FEW MINUTES YOU'LL SEE A CLASSIC VERMONT PBS PROGRAM LAND OF PROMISE, PRODUCED IN 1974 BY GARY SIMPSON.

LAND OF PROMISE TELLING THE STORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, VERMONT, THE LAND, THE HISTORY, THE INDUSTRY, THE PEOPLE, AND THE WAY OF LIFE IN THE NORTHWEST COUNTY OF VERMONT.

IT WAS SHOT ON FILM AND IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF PROGRAMMING THAT VERMONT PBS MADE SEVERAL DECADES AGO.

IN HONOR OF OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY HERE AT VERMONT PBS WE'RE LAUNCHING SOMETHING NEW.

IT'S CALLED FROM THE ARCHIVES.

OVER THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE BEEN FINDING, RESEARCHING AND TRANSFERRING PROGRAMS FROM OUR PAST.

THESE PROGRAMS CONTAIN A TREASURE TROVE OF OUR SHARED HISTORY AND CULTURE.

AND WE'RE EXCITED TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONCE AGAIN.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESSES OF BRINGING THESE PROGRAMS BACK FOR VIEWING, I HAVE INVITED VERMONT PBS ARCHIVIST MARY ALBEE HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET ALL THESE PROGRAMS READY FOR BROADCAST.

TODAY.THANKS FOR BEING HERE- >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WHAT ARE YOU FINDING IN THE ARCHIVES?

WHAT KIND OF THINGS?

>> MOST OF WHAT I FOUND IN THE ARCHIVES INVOLVE MEDIA ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FORMATS FROM THE PAST 50 YEARS.

>> SUCH AS?

>> SO IN ADDITION TO THE 16 MILLIMETER FILM, WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF MAGNETIC MEDIA.

SO THAT'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF VIDEOTAPE.

WE HAVE TWO INCH TAPE, ONE INCH TAPE, THREE-QUARTER INCH, D-2, THE LIST GOES ON.

>> I REMEMBER THEM ALL.

[LAUGHTER] >> IT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A SNAPSHOT OF BROADCASTING HISTORY.

ALSO HAVE PAPER DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS THAT HELP TELL THE STORY OF THE EARLY DAYS OF VERMONT EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AND JUST EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN GENERAL.

>> SOMETIMES IT'S PUTTING THE TWO THINGS TOGETHER I WOULD IMAGINE.

>> YES.

>> DO YOU START WITH THE VIDEO AND SEARCH FOR MORE INFORMATION OR -- >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SOME OF THESE FORMATS LIKE THE FILM, IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET IT TO THE STEP WHERE YOU CAN EASILY VIEW IT.

>> RIGHT, SO WHAT DO YOU DO?

>> SO WITH THE FILMS IN PARTICULAR IT'S BEEN A MULTI-STEP PROCESS TO REALLY LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM.

SO HOW WE STARTED WAS REALLY JUST TAKING AN INVENTORY OF WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

WE REALIZE WE HAVE OVER 200 FILM REELS IN OUR VAULT, AND WE HAD TO CLENGT INFORMATION THAT WAS WRITTEN DOWN ON THEM AND LABEL THEM AND ACTUALLY SEND THEM TO A VENDOR WHO COULD USE A FILM SCANNER TO TRANSFER THEM INTO FILES FOR US.

ONCE WE HAD THOSE FILES, AND WE WERE ABLE TO WATCH THEM MORE EASILY AND REWATCH THEM, THAT IS KEY TO DOING RESEARCH.

SO I WAS ABLE TO LOOK FOR FACES THAT WERE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN VERMONT HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF OUR STATION, THEN I COULD START TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER OF FINDING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THESE FILMS WERE AND THE FINISHED PROGRAMS THAT THEY BELONG TO.

>> THAT'S PRETTY TRICKY.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE FACE RECOGNITION.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

[LAUGHTER] SO ONE THING WITH THIS PROJECT I HAVE REALLY RELIED ON CURRENT STAFF MEMBERS HERE THAT HAVE THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT I HAVE WILLING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SOME FORMER STAFF MEMBERS SUCH AS ANN ANN CURREN, WHO IS JUST A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS STATION.

THEY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHO WAS INVOLVED IN MAKING THESE PROGRAMS.

>> ONCE YOU LOOK AT THE FILM AGAIN, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU BEFORE THE CHICKEN BEFORE THE EGG KIND OF THING, YOU'RE WATCHING THE FILMS AND TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEM OR MAYBE YOU READ SOMETHING THEN TRY TO FIND, IS IT ON TAPE?

IS IT ON FILM?

>> YES SOME OF THE ONE GREAT RESOURCE FOR ME AS A RESEARCHER HAS BEEN OUR BOUND PROGRAM GUIDES.

>> RIGHT.

>> THOSE BASICALLY CONTAIN ALL OF THE INFORMATION OF OUR BROADCAST SCHEDULES, AND THEY ALSO HAVE DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE LOCAL PROGRAMMING THAT WE DID, SO I WOULD USUALLY START THERE.

BUT THEN I HAVE ALSO USED RESOURCES AT LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES THROUGHOUT THE STATE SUCH AS THE VMM, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AND RESEARCHING THE PROGRAMS IN A BROADER WAY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND NOT JUST WHY THEY WERE IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY OF OUR STATION BUT TO THE STATE AS A WHOLE.

>> WHAT'S BEEN THE MOST CHALLENGING IN THIS PROCESS?

>> SO THE MOST CHALLENGING PART FOR ME HAS BEEN JUST WORKING WITH A VARIETY OF MEDIA FORMATS.

I THOUGHT I HAD A GOOD BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE OF THESE THINGS BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY MORE THAN ONE OCCASION WHERE I ENCOUNTERED A NEW TAPE AND THOUGHT I HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH ABOUT THAT ONE.

ONE WAY I HAVE OVERCOME THAT CHALLENGE IS BY UTILIZING THE SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE BY PEOPLE HERE IN PRODUCTION AND ENGINEERING WHO CAN ASSIST ME WITH THINGS LIKE PLAY BACK FOR TAPES AND UNDERSTANDING MORE ABOUT THE FORMAT.

>> DO YOU HAVE A PLAYBACK FOR TWO-INCH TAPE?

THOSE THINGS ARE BIGGER THAN A REFRIGERATOR!

>> NO, WE DON'T, BUT WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEND THOSE OUT TO A VENDOR WHO HAS BEEN SENDING US TRANSFERS OF THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL.

IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE SOME OF THE EARLIEST PROGRAMS COME BACK AND REALLY EXCITING FOR ME.

>> TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT EXCITE YOU.

WHAT ELSE HAS BEEN EXCITING TO DISCOVER?

>> I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT JUST GOING THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF THESE FILMS, ONE OF THE FIRST 16 MILLIMETER FILMS THAT I RECOGNIZED AS I WAS DOING MY INITIAL INVENTORY WAS THIS ONE THAT I HAVE HERE.

THIS IS ONE THAT YOU WATCHED A CLIP OF EARLIER, BUT IT'S PRESIDENT NIXON'S VISIT TO BURLINGTON IN 1970.

>> WOW.

>> SO I'LL JUST -- >> WHICH IS LABELED.

>> YES.

>> THIS LOOKS LIKE AN INTERESTING ONE.

>> IT'S LABELED.

YES.

AS SOON AS I SAW IT I DEFINITELY RECOGNIZED JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS JUST AS A CULTURAL HERITAGE ARTIFACT.

I DID SOME RESEARCH RIGHT AWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO FIND A TRANSCRIPT OF NIXON'S SPEECH HERE AND THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY DID A GREAT WRITE-UP OF IT BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW THIS WAS THE ONLY FILM THAT WAS CAPTURED OF HIS VISIT.

>> IT'S FASCINATING.

>> YES.

IT WAS GREAT TO FINDS THIS FILM AND THEN TO ACTUALLY WATCH IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THAT'S BEEN -- WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF THE FILMS IT'S LIKE SEEING THE LABEL ON IT THEN FINALLY GETTING TO VIEW IT AND REALLY JUST UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE CONTEXT.

>> WOW.

YOU HAD TWO FILMS IN THERE.

THEY AREN'T ALL AS BIG AS THIS EITHER SOMETIMES WOULD YOU OPEN UP ONE OF THESE CASES AND THERE WOULD BE TWO OR THREE FILMS IN THEM?

>> YES.

THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF SURPRISES FOR ME.

IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN AN EDUCATION IN WORKING WITH FILM AND UNDERSTANDING HOW PROGRAMS WERE PUT TOGETHER USING 16 MILLIMETER FILM.

OFTEN THEY WILL HAVEN'T AN A-ROLL AND A B-ROLL AND EDITORS WOULD PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR THE COMPLETED PROGRAM BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY AVAILABLE FOR US TO -- VALUABLE FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT RAW FOOTAGE AND THE REELS THAT WERE UNEDITED.

THERE'S LOTS OF GEMS THAT NEVER MADE IT TO THE FINAL PROGRAM.

>> A-ROLL BEING SOMEBODY TALKING.

THE KIND OF THE NARRATION OR INTERVIEW STUFF.

B-ROLL ALL THE STUFF THAT ILLUSTRATES WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

>> EXACTLY.

SO IN TERMS OF JUST CAPTURING LIFE IN VERMONT IN THE '60s AND '70s, AT THE TIME YOU MIGHT THINK IT'S JUST FILLING IN THE GAPS OF A PROGRAM, THE B-ROLL, BUT FOR US TO LOOK AT FOOTAGE OF CHURCH STREET IN BURLINGTON?

1971, NOW IT'S REALLY A CULTURAL ARTIFACT.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RESTORE THAT.

>> IT WAS FUN TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE NO LONGER THERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WE SHOULD MOVE ON.

WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SHOW, LAND OF PROMISE, WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE VIEW IT?

>> SO LAND OF PROMISE BEGAN PREPRODUCTION IN 1972, AND IT'S A FILM THAT SHOWCASES LIFE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, VERMONT.

IT WAS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY GARY SIMPSON, WHO WAS THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING HERE.

THE CINEMAING TO HAS FER WAS LOU PHILLIPS WHO SHOT A LOT OF THESE ORIGINAL PROGRAMS ON FILM.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY A FRENCH AUDIO VERSION MADE FOR THE FILM BECAUSE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY'S PROXIMITY TO CANADA AND THEY TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT IN THE FILM.

ONE OF THE TRANSLATORS OF THAT AUDIO TRACK BROUGHT THE FILM TO FRANCE AND SCREENED IT FOR 2,000 PEOPLE THERE.

>> OH, MY WORD.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

>> I FOUND THAT OUT JUST IN OUR PAPER ARCHIVE.

JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE TYPES OF THINGS I HAVE BEEN FINDING.

>> PROBABLY SHOWING IT UP IN CANADA AS WELL.

CANADIANS CAN SEE THIS STATION BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE SPECIAL SHOWINGS AS WELL.

>> YES, THEY DID SHOWING THERE AND THROUGHOUT FRANKLIN COUNTY, VERMONT.

>> SO WHAT'S NEXT?

WHAT ELSE CAN WE THINK ABOUT?

WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO SEE LAND OF PROMISE.

WHAT CAN WE LOOK FORWARD TO?

>> RIGHT.

SO THE FIRST FILMS THAT WE HAVE DIGITIZED HAVE BEEN SOME OF OUR OLDEST AND ALSO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHT OUR STATION'S HISTORY FOR OUR BIRTHDAY.

BUT NOW WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE OTHER FILMS SO WE WERE SHOOTING ON 16 MILLIMETER FILM UP UNTIL 1981 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO RESTORING MORE OF THOSE AND THE TWO-INCH TAPES WHICH I MENTIONED AS WELL.

WE'LL SEE SOME GREAT MUSIC PROGRAMS FROM THE 1980s, SOME CHRISTMAS SHOWS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR INSIGHT AND AMAZING WORK WITH THESE ARCHIVES.

SO YOU'LL BE SEEING A LOT MORE PROGRAMS FROM THE ARCHIVES IN THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY SEEING THEM AS MUCH AS WE HAVE ENJOYED REDISCOVERING THEM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARCHIVES INCLUDING A SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF VERMONT FILMS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT VERMONTPBS.ORG/FROM THE ARCHIVES.

>> THIS IS THE LAND FROM LAKE CHAMPLAIN ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE REST OF THE GREEN -- THE CREST OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS.

THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF VERMONT.

FRANKLY COUNTY.

SAMUEL D. CHAMPLAIN, THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO DISCOVER THIS LAND, AS FAR BACK AS 1609 CALLED IT A LAND OF PROMISE.

THE LAND OF CHALLENGE, FULL OF PROMISE, DREW EARLY SETTLERS, FORGED OF RUGGED STOCK.

FROM ACROSS THE SEAS THEY CAME FROM MASSACHUSETTS, FROM CANADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND CONNECTICUT.

THE ADVENTUROUS, THE IMPOVERISHED, THE OPPRESSED, THE RESOLUTE.

TO THE LAND OF PIONEERS FULL OF PROMISE.

HERE TO THE RICH SLOPES OF THE VALLEY THEY CAME.

IT TOOK GOOD PEOPLE TO CLEAR THE TREES, PULL THE STUMPS AND SYTHE THE GRAIN, BUT OUR ANCESTOR WERE SOLID 200 YEARS AGO, SO IT WAS A WEDDING, RUGGED LAND, HARDY PEOPLE.

THE LAND RESPONDED.

PRODUCING A HARVEST OF FOOD AND ANIMALS.

BUT THE IMPORTANT CROP WAS PEOPLE, A SPECIAL BREED, A STOUT PEOPLE.

>> WE ARE THE FRENCH.

>> THE DUTCH.

>> THE SCOTTISH.

>> THE GERMANS.

>> THE IRISH.

>> THE POLES.

>> THE ENGLISH.

>> WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.

>> 200 YEARS AGO WE PLANTED FARMS.

>> WE GUILTY SQUARE HOMES AND STURDY BARNS.

>> AND OUT OF THE WILDERNESS WE BUILT SCHOOLS.

>> STORES AND CHURCHES.

>> WE CREATED TOWNS IN WHICH TO LIVE.

WE PUT DOWN ROOTS TO STAY.

IN TOWNS NAMED FAIRFIELD, FIRST SETTLED IN 1787 BY JOSEPH WHEELER ON THE SITE OF AN OLD INDIAN HUNTING GROUND.

AND RICH FORD, THE MOST WIDELY USED ENTRY PORT BY CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS, WHO USED THE PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF TIMBER TO MAKE WOODWORKING THE TOWN'S MAIN INDUSTRY.

A SHIPPING CENTER THAT IN 1800 WAS THE MOST FLOURISHING TOWN IN NORTHERN VERMONT.

ENISBURG FALLS, FAMOUS AS THE MANUFACTURING TOWN OF WIDELY USED HORSE LINAMENT.

SWANMAN, THE FIRST WHITE SETTLEMENT BY EUROPEANS IN VERMONT.

THE FRANKS SETTLED HERE IN 1840.

HIGH GAIT CENTER, FIRST SETTLED AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BY HESSIAN SOLDIERS WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE IN CANADA.

EAST BERKSHIRE ON A HIGH PLATEAU OVERLOOKING THE NISISQUA RIVER VALLEY.

THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT FARMING COMMUNITY.

FLETCHER.

FIRST SETTLED BY JOHN FULLER TON, WHO MADE A CLEARING IN THE WOODS, PLANTED A CROP OF WHEAT THEN RETURNED TO NEW HAMPSHIRE TO GET HIS WIFE.

FAIRFAX.

LOCATED AT THE GREAT FALLS ON THE LE PLOY RIVER, THIS WAS FORMERLY A MANUFACTURING TOWN OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.

FRANKLIN, THE SCENE OF A MAJOR BATTLE WHEN THE FINNAN MOVEMENT ATTEMPTED TO CONQUER CANADA AND SET UP AN IRISH REPUBLIC.

SAINT ALBINS CITY, WHICH AS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY GREW INTO THE STATE'S LARGEST RAILROAD CENTER AND THE SEAT OF CULTURE FOR NORTHWESTERN VERMONT.

MONTGOMERY.

SITUATED LIKE MT.

ZION OF OLD AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE MOUNTAINS IT EARLY BECAME A LOGGING AND TRADING CENTER.

BAKERSFIELD, NAMED AFTER SETTLER JOSEPH BAKER, BECAME AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER OVER 100 YEARS AGO WITH THREE ACADEMIES OF HIGHER LEARNING.

SHELDON, BUILT AT THE SITE OF IRON ORE DEPOSITS WHICH WERE USED TO MANUFACTURE KETTLES AND METAL PARTS FOR SLEIGHS AND WAGONS.

AND ST.

ALBANS TOWN BUILT ON THE BAY DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SHIPPING PERIOD ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.

OUR LINKS WITH THE PAST ARE VISIBLE STILL.

CHANGE WAS THE ORDER OF SURVIVAL, OF PROGRESS.

>> WE LEARNED THAT TIMES OF CHANGE BRING OPPORTUNITY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

WHEN THE SEIVE IS SHAKEN THE LARGE PEBBLES RISE TO THE TOP.

>> NOTHING IS IMMUTABLE.

OUR ECONOMY IS IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND THE SIGNS OF CHANGE ARE ALL AROUND US.

IN ATTICS.

IN BARNS.

IN BACKYARDS.

AND IN OLD PHOTO ALBUMS.

OXEN TRANSPORTED OUR PRODUCE.

HORSE AND BUGGY MOVED US AROUND.

SNOW ROLLERS PACKED THE ROADS WITH SNOW FOR SLEIGH TRAVEL.

SHEEP WERE RAISED FOR MUTTON AND WOOL.

TIMBER WAS CUT FOR POT ASH AND PULP WOOD, FOR FIREWOOD AND LUMBER.

PEOPLE WERE ISOLATED AND OF NECESSITY SELF-SUFFICIENT.

A MAN HAD TO BE A MAN OR HE COULDN'T SURVIVED IN -- SURVIVE IN THE OLD DAYS.

>> WITH THE PASSING YEARS CAME AN INCREASING NEED FOR PRODUCTS, SO MANUFACTURING PLANTS CAME INTO BEING.

THEY WERE WEDDED TO RIVERS FOR THE WATER POWER.

THEY GROUND THE GRAIN, MOLDED PLOW SHARES AND MADE AXE ES, BUTTER TUBS, WAGON WHEELS, THEN THE RAILROADS BROUGHT GREAT CHANGE AND OPENED UP FRANKLIN COUNTY FOR COMMERCE WITH EASY TRANSPORTATION.

ST.

ALBANS BECAME AN ACTIVE RAILROAD CENTER AND EMPLOYED OVER 2,000 WORKERS.

ALSO DURING THIS TIME, DAIRY PRODUCTION INCREASED.

ST.

ALBANS SHIPPED OUT BUTTER IN SUCH QUANTITIES THAT IT WAS QAWLD THE BUTTER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

MORE WORKMEN WERE NEED SOD CRAFTSMEN CAME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

PEOPLE TRAVELED.

STEAMBOATS PLIED LAKE CHAMPLAIN.

STREETCARS TRAVERSED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ST.

ALBANS CITY AND ST.

ALBANS BAY.

INNS AND HOTELS PROSPERED.

GUESTS CAME TO SHELDON TO DRINK THE MEDICINAL MINERAL WATERS.

YOUNG PEOPLE STUDIED.

THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL OF 1901, BUT TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED.

AND WITH MODERN MACHINES MANY LABORIOUS JOBS WERE ELIMINATED.

FIRST BY HAND, THEN BY MACHINE, AND FINALLY, NOT NEEDED AT ALL WITH MODERN ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION.

MANY PRODUCTS WERE NO LONGER NEEDED.

HOOP SKIRT CORSETS AND HIGH BUTTON SHOES.

THE LACK OF DEMAND FOR HORSE MEDICINE HAS LONG SINCE FORCED CLOSING OF THIS FACTORY.

THROUGH THE YEARS SCORES OF OTHER ENTERPRISES HAVE CEASED TO OPERATE.

CHANGE REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF THE MARKETPLACE.

SO TODAY, HERE IN THIS RICH LAND, OUR RESIDENTS CARRY WORRY AND ARE TROUBLED.

32,000 PEOPLE TO FEED.

EVEN THOUGH WE FEEL PRIDE FOR OUR ANCESTORS WHO ARE PLANTED ON THE HILLS OF OUR VILLAGE GRAVEYARDS, PROBLEMS HAVE DEVELOPED.

WHEN JOBS FAIL, HOPE FAILS.

THE FARMERS MEET TO TALK IT OVER.

SMALL MARGINAL FARMS ARE DEAD.

THE LARGER FARMS ARE MECHANIZED, LESS NEED FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS.

UNEMPLOYMENT.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LEAVING.

THEY DON'T STAY IF THEY CAN'T FIND JOBS.

PEOPLE IN BUSINESS MEET TO TALK IT OVER.

DECREASED JOBS AND LESS INCOME MEAN LESS PROFITS.

HOW DO WE FIGHT IT?

THE LABOR FORCE MEETS TO TALK IT OVER.

RAILROADS HAVE DIED, FEED MILLS GONE, SAW MILL OUT OF LOGS, TANNERY GONE.

WOOLEN MILLS MOVED.

HOW DO WE DEAL WITH IT?

>> WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

DO WE QUIT?

DO WE ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE?

OR DO WE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY?

>> WHOEVER SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE EASY -- >> OR IS THIS A TIME FOR CHANGE?

MAYBE THE TIME FOR GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.

>> IT'S NOT EASY TODAY BUT WE HAVE HAD HARD TIMES BEFORE.

>> WE HAVE MET CONFLICTS IN THE PAST.

THREE FLAGS HAVE FOUGHT OVER THIS LAND, BUT WE HAVE SURVIVED.

>> IN 1816 AND FROZE TO DEATH, IT SNOWED ALL SUMMER LONG.

IT WASN'T EASY.

>> WE WERE MEN OF PEACE BUT WASHINGTON D.C.

WAS ENDANGERED AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN SENT OUT THE CALL.

WHAT MAY WE EXPECT OF VERMONT?

SO WE BECAME SOLDIERS, ALL THE BOYS OF THE TOWN.

>> AND WHILE WE WERE STRUGGLING ON THE BLOODY SLOPES OF GETTYSBURG AND IN THE JUNGLE OF THE WILDERNESS THE CONFEDERATES BROUGHT THE FIGHTING INTO OUR BACKYARDS IN VERMONT.

THEY STAGED THE ST.

ALBANS RAID, TRIED TO ROB THE BANKS IN SHELDON AND ESCAPED OVER THE LINE INTO CANADA.

>> WE STUCK IT OUT.

WE FOUGHT DOWN TO THE LAST CHARGE AT APPEAR MAT DOCKS UNTIL THE SOUTH SURRENDERED.

>> IT WAS A WAR OF BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER AND TOO MANY OF OUR YOUNG MEN WERE KILLED.

>> WE HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE DISASTER OF FIRE.

IN THE 1895 ST.

ALBANS FIRE WE SAW MUCH THAT WE HAD BUILT DISAPPEAR IN SMOKE.

>> WE SUFFERED AND OFTEN DIED WITH SCARLET FEVER, CHOLERA, TUBERCULOSIS AND SMALL POX.

>> WE TRIED TO FIGHT THE WATERS OF THE 1827 FLOOD, BUT WE HAD TO STAND BY AND SEE THE ROADS AND BRIDGES WASHED AWAY ALONG WITH THE RAILROADS.

HOUSES AND BARNS WERE CARRIED DOWNSTREAM AND TELEPHONE AND ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE RIPPED DOWN.

BUT WE WEATHERED IT.

>> AND WHO CAN FORGET THE TIMES WITHOUT FOOD?

DURING THE 1929 FINANCIAL CRASH AND THE DEPRESSION OF THE '30s.

ALMOST ONE HALF OF OUR POPULATION LEFT FRANKLIN COUNTY.

>> WE HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS IN THE PAST.

WE HAVE HAD FIRES, FLOODS, WE HAD THE DEPRESSION.

AND ALL THOSE PROBLEMS WAS OVERCOME.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AGRICULTURAL COUNTY AND WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AND WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET THAT.

>> WE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, RECOGNIZING WE HAVE SOME PROBLEMS AND OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME, FACE THE FUTURE WITH A LOT OF OPTIMISM, HIGH SPIRITS, RECOGNIZING THAT WITH OUR CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, FREE OF AIR POLLUTION, STREAMS ARE CLEAN, THAT WITH THE GRACE AND HELP OF GOD THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IN THE FUTURE AND PROVE OUR COMMUNITY LIFE.

>> LOOK TO THE LAND AND DISCOVER IT ANEW.

WHAT A LAND OUR PIONEERS SELECTED.

WHAT A LAND TODAY WE INHERIT.

ALWAYS THE EARTH TO GIVE STRENGTH AND SUSTENANCE TO HER PEOPLE.

LOOK TO THE LAND!

>> WE HAVE MORE FARMS AND MORE DAIRY COWS THAN IN ANY OTHER COUNTY IN VERMONT.

OUR MILKING COWS COMPRISE ALMOST ONE FIFTH OF THE STATE'S TOTAL AND THEY ARE PRODUCTIVE!

DOUBLING THEIR OUTPUT IN JUST THE LAST 30 YEARS, PRODUCING NOW OVER 370 MILLION POUNDS OF MILK A YEAR.

THIS ROTATING MILKING PARLOR IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEWEST EQUIPMENT AND THE BEST TECHNIQUES THAT ARE NOW EMPLOYED TO PRODUCE THE LARGEST QUANTITY OF MILK WITH THE GREATEST EFFICIENCY.

GILBERT BOWSHER'S CARROUSEL MILKING PARLOR IN HIGH GATE CENTER ALLOWS 60 COWS TO BE MILKED BY ONE MAN IN JUST ONE HOUR.

>> WE HERE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY ARE JUST PROUD OF OUR DAIRY INDUSTRY AND OUR AGRICULTURE.

WE'RE LOCATED HERE WITH SOME OF THE FINEST LAND IN THE STATE OF VERMONT.

WE HAVE MORE COWS AND MORE FARMS THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY.

WE DO MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOTAL ECONOMY BY PRODUCING SOME $26 MILLION OF ANNUAL INCOME.

>> DAIRY FARMING BRINGS IN MORE THAN ONE HALF OF FRANKLIN COUNTY'S GROSS INCOME.

MOST OF OUR FLUID MILK IS TRANSPORTED TO THE BOSTON MARKET.

THE 40% THAT REMAINS IN THE COUNTY IS CONSUMED AS FLUID MILK OR IS MADE INTO NUTRITIOUS MILK PRODUCTS.

COTTAGE CHEESE IS MADE IN THIS HOOD PLANT IN ST.

ALBANS BY TURNING SKIM MILK INTO KURDS AND MIXING IN A CREAM DRESSING FOR FLAVOR TO CREATE A NATURAL LOW FAT HIGH PROTEIN FOOD.

>> THIS PLANT PROCESSES AND PACKAGES MORE COTTAGE CHEESE THAN ANY OTHER PLANT IN THE STATE.

15 MILLION POUNDS YEARLY.

>> AND THE DAYY MEN CREAMERY PRODUCES MORE POWDERED DRY MILK THAN ANY OTHER PLANT IN VERMONT.

EXCESS MILK, PRODUCED IN THE COUNTY DURING PEAK SEASONS, IS DEHYDRATED INTO WHOLESOME POWDERED MILK AND THEN EASILY SHIPPED WITHOUT FRIDGE RATION ALL OVER THE WORLD.

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE OVER ALL ECONOMIC VALUE OF OUR DAIRY INDUSTRY.

MANY OTHER INDUSTRIES ARE SUPPORTED BY AGRICULTURE.

THE SWANTON LIME WORKS SUPPLIES AGRICULTURAL LIME FOR THE LAND.

EQUIPMENT SALES AND MANUFACTURERS ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE FARMER AS ARE TRUCKING LINES, CREAMERIES, FERTILIZER PLANTS AND FEED MILLS.

>> GOOD THING THAT FARMERS AND FARMS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE COUNTY AND THE GENERAL ECONOMY OF THE AREA.

>> FOREVER LOOK TO THE LAND.

LAND OF SWEET VIGOR.

DEEP AND MELLOW, WELL WATERED.

FERTILIZED WITH LIVING ORGANISMS MAPLE SUGARING IN THE SPRING.

AN ECOLOGICAL PARABLE, A LITTLE CARE, A LITTLE STEWARDSHIP, INSTEAD OF DESTRUCTIVENESS, AND MAN LIVES IN HARMONY AGAIN WITH THE SKIES AND THE LAND.

THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE WITH OLD, SURE FOOTED FRIENDS IS THE RELIABLE WAY TO COLLECT THE SAP OVER DIFFICULT TERRAIN.

HORSES ARE THE BRIDESMAIDS IN OUR PARABLE.

THE WEDDING OF MAN AND TREES, UNITED, THE TREES GIVE US OXYGEN AND FOOD AND MAN SUPPLIES CARE AND PROTECTION.

JOINED IN WEDDED TRUST.

OVER ONE FOURTH OF ALL THE MAPLE SUGAR PRODUCTION IN VERMONT COMES FROM ONE COUNTY.

FRANKLIN.

OUR MAPLE PRODUCERS ARE THE LEADERS IN THE STATE USING MANY METHODS.

PLACE TOBACCO TUBING IS USED TO COLLECT THE SWEET NECTAR OF THE MAPLES, GRAVITY AIDED WITH PUMPS PRODUCES A BOUNDOUS, CLEAN SUPPLY OF SAP.

WE FIRE SOME WITH WOOD AND SOME WITH OIL.

WE DO IT ALL WAYS, BUT THE END PRODUCT IS THE SAME.

EITHER WAY 4 MILLION GALLONS OF SAP BOILED DOWN EACH SPRING.

FANCY, GRADE A, GRADE B, THE HONEY OF THE EARTH.

THE LIFE BLOOD OF NATURE.

THE AMBROSEYA OF THE GODS.

ONE OF THE PLEASURES OF LIVING IN THE LAND OF PROMISE, CLOSE TO NATURE.

AND WE MAKE OUR PROMISE TO THE LAND TO PROTECT IT, TO HELP KEEP IT GREEN AND PRODUCTIVE, TO KEEP THE RIVERS AND LAKES CLEAN, TO DISCOVER HOW TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE LAND.

IT IS LAND WORTH HAVING.

WE PROMISE TO SAVE THE LIMITED MEADOW LANDS FOR RICH AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR OUR SONS AND THOSE WHO COME AFTER.

ALWAYS THE VALUE OF THE LAND INCREASES.

LIVE WITH IT.

HUSBAND THE SOIL.

CARE FOR IT.

LOOK TO THE LAND.

>> OUR FORESTS STILL SUPPLY MUCH NEEDED TIMBER FOR OUR EXPANDING ECONOMY.

SELECTED HARVESTING SUCH AS PRACTICED IN THIS PINE FOREST ASSURES CONTINUED CUTTING FOR THE COMING YEARS.

TODAY OUR RICH TIMBER RESOURCES ARE BEING REDISCOVERED.

CAREFUL SUPERVISED LOGGING OPERATIONS, GUARANTEES INCREASED WOOD PRODUCTION IN THE FUTURE.

THIS ENISBURG SAW MILL AND MANY OTHERS KURT SOFT AND HARDWOODS FOR LOCAL USE.

OUR FRANKLIN COUNTY FORESTS SUPPLY LUMBER FOR LOCAL WOODWORKING INDUSTRIES.

THE VERMONT PALLET AND LUMBER MILL IN GEORGIA USES BEECH, MAPLE AND BIRCH TO MANUFACTURE HARDWOOD PALLETS FOR SHIPPING PLATFORMS.

MAPLE FURNITURE ITS CREATED BY THE SWEAT COMBINGS COMPANY IN RICH FORD.

HARD ROCK MAPLE BOARDS ARE CUT, GLUED, SANDED, MORE IS ITED, DOWELED, TURNED, FITTED, SPRAYS, RUBBEDDED AND ASSEMBLED TO PRODUCE TRADITIONAL VERMONT MAPLE FURNITURE.

ICE HOCKEY STICKS ARE ALSO MADE IN RICH FORD.

THE LARSON INDUSTRIES FASHION STRONG GRAINED ASH AND ELM INTO STURDY ICE HOCKEY STICKS.

THIS EXPANDING BUSINESS IS THE LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF HOCKEY STICKS IN THE UNITED STATES, FABRICATING THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION ITEMS FROM SUPERIOR OTOCUSTOM QUALITY.

PULP WOOD IS SHIPPED TO SHELDON SPRINGS TO BE CONVERTED INTO PULP AND PAPER PRODUCTS.

HEMLOCK AND SPRUCE ARE STOCKPILED UNTIL READY FOR PROCESSING.

THIS IS THE OLDEST INDUSTRY STILL OPERATING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

TODAY FRANKLIN COUNTY'S LARGE AGRICULTURAL INCOME IS VITAL TO VERMONT'S ECONOMY.

THE PRODUCTS FROM THE LAND MAKE FRANKLIN A MOST IMPORTANT COUNTY TO THE STATE.

BUT THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO OUR CONTRIBUTION TO VERMONT'S ECONOMY WHICH CONSISTS OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES THAT EMPLOY TWO-THIRDS OF OUR LABOR FORCE.

THE PROGRESSIVE UNION CARBIDE PLANT IN ST.

ALBANS EMPLOYS OVER 600 PEOPLE.

90% OF ALL THE FLASHLIGHT CASES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE MANUFACTURED HERE.

OTHER MODERN MANUFACTURING CENTERS ARE SITUATED IN ACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THIS ST.

ALBANS CONTAINER PLANT MAKES PAPER PLATES AND FOOD CONTAINERS USING THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNIQUES.

INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST TO MEET CONSUMER NEEDS.

AND WE CAN EXPECT INDUSTRY TO CHANGE AND ADAPT IN THE FUTURE.

>> TRANSPORTATION IS IMPORTANT TO INDUSTRIAL SUCCESS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY IS PLEASED WITH THREE RAILROADS FOR HEAVY FREIGHT HAULING.

AND CONVENIENT AMTRAK PASSENGER SERVICE HAS BEEN REESTABLISHED BETWEEN MONTREAL AND NEW YORK CITY.

A COUNTY AIRPORT IN HIGH GATE SERVES THE REGION ASSURING SPEED AN CONVENIENCE TO AIR TRAVELERS.

WELL MAINTAINED PAVED ROADS CRISSCROSS THE COUNTY AND THE LATEST FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY CONNECTS IT TO CANADA AND TO BOSTON WITH FLEETS OF TRUCKS.

WE'RE THE GATEWAY FOR THE FLOW OF PRODUCTS TO AND FROM MONTREAL AND NEW ENGLAND.

ELECTRICAL POWER IS ALSO NECESSARY FOR OUR EXPANDING INDUSTRY.

WE ARE CLOSE TO HYDROELECTRIC AL SOURCES AS WELL AS ATOMIC ENERGY GENERATORS.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE SUPPLIED THROUGH HUGE PIPELINES WITH BULK GAS FUEL DIRECT FROM THE CANADIAN GAS FIELDS.

BUT PEOPLE ARE THE KEYNOTE TO INDUSTRIAL SUCCESS.

THE VARIED INDUSTRIES OF OUR COUNTY HAVE PROSPERED BECAUSE OF GOOD PEOPLE.

IT TAKES GOOD, RELIABLE WORKERS TO CREATE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES AND SINCE FRANKLIN COUNTY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOSTERED ON THE QUALITIES OF ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY, WE DELIVER THESE CHARACTERISTICS NO MATTER WHAT THE PRODUCT, FRANKLIN COUNTY EMPLOYEES KEEP THE INDUSTRIAL WHEELS TURNING.

MANY MANUFACTURERS HAVE RECOGNIZED THE ADVANTAGES OF LOCATING IN THE UNCONGESTED NORTHWEST AREA OF VERMONT AND THE NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESSES HAS STEADILY INCREASED. '

NEW INDUSTRIAL PARKS ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO AID NEW INDUSTRIES.

FORWARD LOOKING BUSINESSES ARE MAKING NEW COMPUTER AGE PRODUCTS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, SUCH AS THE JOHNER BEGAN PLANT IN SWANTON, THE PRINCE DATA PROCESSING FORMS AND LABELS.

WE STILL HAVE UNIQUE INDUSTRIES TURNING OUT TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS THAT REQUIRE FIND AND INDIVIDUAL WORKMANSHIP.

THE LEADER EVAPORATOR CENTER FABRICATES TANKS AND BOILING PANS FOR THE FARMERS.

FOR THE FUTURE NEW PROCESSES ARE NEEDED.

TECHNOLOGY AND GROWTH WILL CREATE NEW PRODUCTS THAT WILL REQUIRE COMPLEX MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES.

IT'S A NATURAL EVOLUTION.

OUR MODERN INDUSTRY HAS PROSPERED AND FRANKLIN COUNTY PRODUCES AN ABUNDANCE OF PRODUCTS THAT ARE SHIPPE TO MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD.

BUT POPULATION GROWTH HAS CAUSED THE NEED FOR MORE JOBS, AND WE NEED TO CREATE BUSINESSES THAT WILL EMPLOY 250 NEW YOUNG WORKERS WHO ARE JOINING OUR LABOR FORCE EACH YEAR IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

LOOK TO THE YOUTH.

>> WE'RE BLESSED IN THIS AREA WITH A LOT OF OPEN SPACE.

THE GREATEST DHALG WE HAVE BEFORE US IS TO TRY TO PROVIDE THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND STILL MAINTAIN THE AREA AS A FINE PLACE TO LIVE.

>> COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND ARE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING TO PROMOTE AND TO HELP ESTABLISH NEW INDUSTRY THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.

DIRTY INDUSTRY THAT WILL POLLUTE THE AREAS WHERE WE LIVE IS NOT WANTED.

CLEAN INDUSTRY THAT WILL KEEP OUR PROMISE TO THE LAND IS ENCOURAGED.

WE ARE SELECTIVE.

INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT SHOULD SERVE THE PEOPLE.

OUR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCTS ARE OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS.

OUR RICHEST ASSET AND GREATEST GIFT TO THE NATION IS OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO CARRY WITH THEM A HERITAGE OF WHICH THEY CAN BE PROUD.

OUTSTANDING MEN HAVE COME FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CHESTER A. ARTHUR WAS BORN IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

ON THIS SITE NEAR THE TOWN OF FAIRFIELD, THE WIFE OF A BAPTIST MINISTER GAVE BIRTH TO OUR 21st PRESIDENT IN 1829.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR CARRIED THE VERMONT CHARACTER WITH HIM AS HE ROSE FROM A SCHOOL MASTER TO LAWYER, CIVIL WAR SOLDIER, POLITICIAN, AND FINALLY FROM 1881 TO 1885 THE NATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

JOHN SACKS, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR WRITERS OF HIS DAY, CAME FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY.

THIS STONE MARKS HIS BIRTHPLACE AT HIGH GATE IN 1816.

HE BRIGHTENED OUR VERMONT HERITAGE AS A CELEBRATED HUMORIST AND POET DURING THE 1850s AND '60s.

JOHN GREGORY SMITH WAS GOVERNOR OF VERMONT FROM 1883 TO 1865 AS WELL AS BEING PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND VERMONT CENTRAL RAILROADS.

HIS SON EDWARD C. SMITH ALSO SERVED AS GOVERNOR DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.

GOVERNOR EDWARD SMITH'S HOME NOW USE AND AN INN MAY STILL BE SEEN IN ST.

ALBANS.

SENATOR WARREN R. AUSTIN OF HIGH GATE CENTER SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR 15 YEARS, AND THEN BECAME OUR FIRST U.S.

AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

SENATOR AND STATES ATTORNEY CON SWE LO BAILEY OF FAIRFIELD HAD THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST AND ONLY WOMAN IN THE UNITED STATES TO BE ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT WE COME FROM GOOD STOCK.

THE SALT OF THE EARTH.

OUR STRENGTH LIES IN PEOPLE.

COMMUNITY SPIRIT, COOPERATION ARE INSEPARABLE PARTS OF OUR HERITAGE AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE HIGH GATE CENTER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

[SIRENS] >> WE MAY SEEM RESERVED.

THIS IS OUR INDEPENDENT SPIRIT.

BUT WHEN TROUBLE COMES, EVERYONE IS THERE TO HELP.

>> IT TOOK THE QUIET PEOPLE WHO LIVED THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES HERE AS WELL AS THOSE WHO BECAME FAMOUS TO MAKE THIS AREA SUCH A PLEASANT PLACE AS FRANKLIN COUNTY IS TO LIVE.

>> THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT PERSONS OR TYPES OF PERSONS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

VERY GENUINE, WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS, IT'S TOO BAD THE LORD DIDN'T MAKE MORE OF US.

>> THIS TOWN MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.

BEFORE I READ THE WARNING -- >> OVER AND ABOVE OUR LEGACY OF THE LAND, WE ENJOY THE HERITAGE OF FREEDOM THAT OUR FOREFATHERS STRUGGLED TO ESTABLISH.

TOWN MEETING DAY.

A TRUE EXAMPLE OF PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.

BY OUR VOTE WE APPROVE TAX RATES AND THE BUDGETS FOR SCHOOLS AND HIGHWAYS.

BY OUR VOTE, WE ELECT TOWN OFFICIALS.

>> WE STILL LIVE IN HARMONY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IN SPITE OF DIFFERENCES.

EACH PERSON IS ENTITLED TO SPEAK, EACH IS IMPORTANT, AND EACH IS EQUAL.

>> IF IT WAS BROUGHT UP IT BEGINS -- IT'S A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HAVE YOUR NAME PUBLISHED IN THE TOWN REPORT.

>> IN OUR UNCROWDED WAY OF LIFE, WE CAN IDENTIFY VERITIES AND THROUGH SELF-DETERMINATION WE CAN MAKE THE VALUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT A PART OF OUR LIVES.

USING OUR TOWN MEETINGS AND OUR REPRESENTATIVE STATE GOVERNMENT, WE CAN ACT IN THE FUTURE TO PLAN PROPERLY FOR GROWTH AND WE CAN ASSIST STATE AND REGIONAL COMMISSIONS TO HELP LOCATE INDUSTRY IN OUR AREA SO THAT NEW JOBS MAY BE CREATED FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

IT IS OUR RIGHT TO DO THIS, OUR OBLIGATION.

WE HAVE WORKED TO MAKE OUR TOWNS BETTER COMMUNITIES IN WHICH TO LIVE.

COOPERATION WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL.

BEING PROUD OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WE HAVE TRIED TO PROVIDE SUPERIOR SCHOOLS FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

SERVING THE TOWNS OF SWANTON, HIGH GATE AND FRANKLIN, THE UNION HIGH SCHOOL SUPPLIES THE IDEAL MODERN FACILITY FOR THE INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF EACH STUDENT.

PRIDE IS REFLECTED BY THE STUDENTS AS THEY PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THE YEARS AHEAD.

THEY GIVE THE BEST THEY HAVE GOT.

>> WE ARE PREPARED.

A FAMILIAR SIGHT TO ALL TRAVELERS ON ROUTE 89 IS THE LARGE RADAR DOMES ON ST.

ALBANS HILL.

THIS IS THE U.S.

ST.

ALBANS AIR FORCE BASE.

WE ARE COOPERATING IN THE NATIONAL INTERESTS TO PROTECT OUR NORTHERN BORDER FROM SURPRISE AIRCRAFT ATTACK.

128 MILITARY MEN OPERATE THIS COMPUTER ASSISTED DEFENSE OUTPOST TO PROVIDE INSTANT AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED, OUR OWN INTERCEPTOR AIRPLANES ARE IN THE AIR IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO ENSURE THE PEACE THAT WE NOW ENJOY.

>> WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH.

WE HAVE ALWAYS FOSTER FRIENDSHIP WITH CANADIANS AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN A FORTRESS ON THE BORDER BETWEEN US.

PERHAPS WE ARE AN EXAMPLE.

IF WE AND OUR BROTHER CANADIANS CAN LIVE TOGETHER PEACEFULLY, SO CAN THE OTHER PEOPLES OF THE WORLD.

>> WE ENJOY THE ADVANTAGES OF LIVING THE GOOD LIFE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

OUR UNCROWDED LIFE-STYLE IS APPRECIATED BY MANY OUT OF STATERS WHO WANT TO MOVE HERE TO SHARE OUR ADVENTURE IN LIVING.

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY A VACATION LAND WITH UNLIMITED RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

A WINTER AND SUMMER PLAYGROUND, A YEAR ROUND NEVER ENDING DELIGHT, ALL IN EASY REACH.

AND WE MAKE THE MOST OF IT.

WE HAVE SCENIC VIEWS UNEQUALED IN ALL THE WORLD.

BLESSED BY NATURE'S UNSPOILED RESOURCES WE REALIZE AS DO OUTSIDERS THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE.

YOU CAN STILL THRILL TO THE CLOSE CONTACT WITH NATURE IN THIS OUTDOOR STATE WITH ITS WOODED HILLS, ROLLING FARMLANDS AND UNSPOILED WATERS.

>> FRANKLIN COUNTY IS A NICE PLACE TO LIVE.

WE HAVE ALL TYPES OF SPORTS, WINTER AND SUMMER.

HAS A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY.

>> I LOVE THE MOUNTAINS AND THE STREAMS AND THE CHANGE OF SEASONS.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.

IN FACT IT'S THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO LIVE.

>> IN THE SPRING, IT'S MAPLE SUGAR TIME.

AND ST.

ALBANS IS HOST TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY MAPLE SUGAR FESTIVAL.

THE AIR SMELLS CLEAN AND SWEET WITH BURNING WOOD AND MAPLE SYRUP.

A PARADE DOWN THE MAIN STREET LEADS THE CROWDS TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS OF SUGARING HELD ON THE TOWN GREEN IN THE SWEETEST CITY IN THE WORLD.

GAMES AND CONTESTS SUCH AS THROWING THE SAP BUCKETS PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT AND THE TRADITIONAL SUGAR ON SNOW PARTY IS ENJOYED WITH FRESHLY BOILED MAPLE SYRUP.

[BAND PLAYING] >> JUNE IN ENISBURG, THE DAIRY CENTER OF THE WORLD.

A NEW DAIRY QUEEN FOR THE STATE IS CROWNED EACH YEAR TO REIGN OVER THE FESTIVITIES.

IT'S FITTING THAT VERMONT'S DAIRY FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE IN THE VERY COUNTY WHERE THE MOST DAIRY FARMS AND MOST MILKING COWS ARE.

FRANKLIN COUNTY.

JULY BRINGS THE EXCITEMENT OF THE ANNUAL SWANTON FESTIVAL, WHEN A GOOD TIME IS HAD BY ALL IN THE TRADITIONAL VERMONT CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE.

THE MOST FAMOUS RESIDENTS OF SWANTON ARE THE QUEEN SWANS WHO LIVE ON THE VILLAGE GREEN.

THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE TOWN AS A GESTURE OF FRIENDSHIP BY QUEEN ELIZABETH OF ENGLAND.

>> I CAME HERE 22 YEARS AGO AND I HAVE LIVED IN ALL FOUR SECTIONS OF THIS COUNTRY AND I WOULDN'T SPENDS ANOTHER DAY IN ANY OTHER PLACE BUT FRANKLIN COUNTY.

I HAVE RAISED MY FAMILY HERE AND FIND IT TO BE A VERY, VERY HAPPY COMBINATION OF RURAL AND URBAN LIVING.

>> THE FIRST WINTER IN TEXAS WAS LIKE HEAVEN BUT THE SECOND WINTER WAS LIKE HELL.

I WAS SURE GLAD TO GET BACK TO VERMONT.

>> IF A NEW YORKER WANTS TO COME LIVE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, WHICH THEY DO, WE MUST HAVE SOMETHING GOOD HERE.

>> PERFORM NONCOMBAT AND SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> LET US REMEMBER THAT WE ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF A WAY OF LIFE FULL OF FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY THAT APPEALS TO PEOPLE OF OTHER COUNTRIES.

MANY PEOPLE EACH YEAR CHOOSE TO BECOME CITIZENS OF THIS NATION AND CHOOSE TO SHARE OUR WAY OF LIFE WITH US.

>> I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION SO HELP ME GOD.

[MUSIC PLAYING] >> LOOK FROM WHERE YOU CAME.

LOOK AT WHAT WAS ENDURED.

LOOK AT WHERE YOU CAN GO.

THE STORY OF THE FUTURE LIES BEFORE US.

IT IS OURS TO MAKE AND WE ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE.

WE ARE AWARE THAT WE BELONG TO THIS COMMUNITY IN A PROUD WAY.

WE LOVE THIS LAND.

AND WE LOOK AHEAD WITH ASSURANCE, CARRYING WITH US A RICH HERITAGE, FIRM CONFIDENCE, AND YANKEE PERSEVERANCE AS WE GO.

WE HAVE THE PEOPLE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

LOOK TO THE PEOPLE.

LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.