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In order to control the molasses trade with the English colonies, the Parliament of Great Britain decided to place high taxes on any molasses that was shipped from a foreign power to the colonies in North America. The Molasses Act 1733 imposed a fee of six pence per gallon on foreign molasses. [5]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. 1919 accident in Massachusetts, United States Great Molasses Flood The wreckage of the collapsed tank is visible in background, center, next to the light-colored warehouse Date January 15, 1919 ; 106 years ago (1919-01-15) Time Approximately 12:30 pm Location Boston, Massachusetts, U.S ...
America: A Personal History of the United States is a British 13-part documentary television series about the United States and its history, commissioned by the BBC and made in partnership with Time-Life Films.
Banished (film) Before Stonewall; Benjamin Franklin (film) Birth of a Community: Jews and the Gold Rush; The Bomb (film) Broken Rainbow (film) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (film) The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man; Burying the Past; Butte, America
Saving Brinton is a 2017 American documentary film about the efforts of Iowa resident Mike Zahs to preserve a large quantity of reels of film from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that he found in the basement of a farm house. [1] It premiered at AFI Docs on June 17, 2017 and internationally at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Love and Molasses, [1] [2] also known as His First Job and in French as Amour et mélasse, [3] is a 1908 French short silent film credited to Georges Méliès.It was sold in the United States by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1246–1249 in its catalogues; no release is documented in Méliès's native France at the time.
The film was shown at the Seattle International Film Festival (May 24–June 17, 2001) and participated in the documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (January 18–28, 2001). LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton was released theatrically in New York City on June 22, 2001. The film was released on DVD in 2010.
The documentary chronicles the history of the American exploitation film from the days of Thomas Edison to contemporary films of the 21st century. [3] The film features interviews with John Landis, Joe Dante, Jack Hill, Don Edmonds, Fred Williamson, Allison Anders, James Gordon White, Larry Cohen, William Lustig, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Judy Brown, Jeremy Kasten, Jonathan Kaplan, Bob Minor ...