American journey

Title

American journey

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

24 Dec 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:55:25

Description

Documentary covering (Andrew?) Jones’s month-long journey across America. It looks at San Francisco, including a fish restaurant and China Town, the California vineyards, an earthquake, Silicon Valley, an antiques shop and an Episcopalian church. Then the journey continues to Bardstown, Kentucky where Jones meets a local historian, who explains the history of the town, and on to Louisville, where he meets a civil war group. He also meets a basketball team, a local radio station and a restauranteur. From here, he heads to Boston, where he meets a UFO observer, and a long-lost cousin who shows him around different areas including a cemetery with famous people in it. He also meets the Guardian Angels, and some gospel singers.

Contributors

Andrew Jones

Keywords

Unidentified flying objects; California; USA; Earthquakes; Famous people; Tourism; Vineyards; Antiques shops; Church (religious affairs); Episcopalians; American Civil War (1861-1865); Basketball; Sportsmen; Travel abroad; Kentucky; San Francisco; Bardstown; Boston; Louisville; Gospel music; Cemetieries

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