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It Happened In Leominster
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â When the old Plymouth movie theater off Mechanic Street was torn down in the 1970s, a 1938 film providing a glimpse into the city's post-depression economy was also lost. Or so it seemed.The 40-minute-film, âIt Happened in Leominster,â spent the next 73 years on Martha's Vineyard, stashed in the home of the man who bought most of the contents of the Plymouth theater before it was demolished. Now through the combined and sometimes frustrating efforts of several city organizations, the film has been returned and restored. Viewers will get a firsthand look at how Leominster looked when its many mills and plastic factories were buzzing night and day. But getting the film back to Leominster took years of research â along with many letters and telephone calls â culminating in September with a plane trip from the Fitchburg airport to the Vineyard to fetch the film from Benjamin âBuzzâ Hall, a Vineyard theater owner and film buff who bought the rolls from the Plymouth theater nearly 40 years ago. The four rolls of old 35- millimeter film are coated with flammable nitrate, they were too dangerous to send through the mail. However, they are in good condition, he said, and were taken in Oct…
Directors & creators
Leominster Access Television
Subjects
Edwin Cooper; Ava Thomas; Leominster; Plastic;
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