Mill Times
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This animated program centers on a small New England community similar to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where Samuel Slater established America’s first textile mill. Live action hosted by David Macaulay, takes viewers from Manchester, England, to Lowell, Massachusetts, explaining technological changes that transformed the making of textiles, a key component of the Industrial Revolution sweeping across Europe and America in the late 18th century.
Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces
Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color
Run time : 1 hour
Release date : April 11, 2006
Studio : PBS
ASIN : B000EOTEKE
Number of discs : 1
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Andrew Dangel –
An excellant resourse
I have always enjoyed David Macaulay’s work. As a child I was captivated by “Castle” and later grew to appreciate “Pyrimid” and “Cathedral”. I currently teach 8th grade US history and “Mill Life” has become a central part of my lessons on the industrial revolution. The film, with Macaulay’s unique blend of animation and on-the-spot dicussion, helps show the technological, and social issues involved with 18th and 19th century textile mills. This is a must for teachers who focus on this time period and highly recommmended for anyone who wants to be entertained and learn something at the same time.
Blue and Red –
Great for teaching about weaving
Although some people do not like part of the movie being a carton, I think if breaks up the movie and makes it more entertaining for elementary students. I think the movie is well worth it for my classroom when teaching weaving.
Di –
Very educational and enjoyable
We thoroughly gained from this Dvd.
Jonhayashi1 –
MILL TIMES makes it’s points well even though it is inconsistent in it’s combination of 2D and 3D animation!
Mill Times is probably the last PBS special that combines hand drawn animation with live acton and David MaCaulay’s narration. While the special gains points in it’s educational aspects it also has a visual clashing in it’s 3Danimation backround techniques and it’s 2D hand drawn animation! Computer graphics are used in a 3D way to depict the mill machinery and the 2D hand drawnanimated characters is combined with it! In ROMAN CITY in 1994 a hand drawn ship is colored in in 2D with the ocean and they combine well with the hand drawn computer coloured characters that are also coloured in 2D. By 2001 in MILL TIMES the 3D ship with computer generated water is less pleasing to the eye and has a jarring effect.Still the hand drawn animated characters work well, even though the over all effect is jarring and less consistent then the previous specials. MILL TIMES is the most “high tech” in treatment of all of Macaulay’s specials. The earlier specials were more consistent in their use of hand drawn 2d animation! This has become a problem in combining 3D graphics with 2D characaters! But if you are looking at the educational aspects of the film then it delivers and the 3D graphics do illustrate the mill machinery well. That is why I gave it 4 out of 5 stars!
Caraculiambro –
something of a letdown
Five minutes into “Mill Times” I was blown away, and ready to buy the entire set of David Macaulay’s productions sight unseen. (As of my writing there is also “Pyramid,” Castle,” “Cathedral,” and “Roman City.”)Then I finished it.It’s not that it’s poorly done, no. It is informative, and information is what I was looking for. I bought it chiefly because I was looking for a video about the origins of Industrial Revolution and, more specifically, what the heck was a mill and what did they do there?Well, I certainly got that answered. The first five or ten minutes about the process of turning wool into cloth was extremely useful, and helped answer several questions that had been lingering in my mind, chiefly owing to reading so much 17th- and 18th-century literature.But I was surprised to see that large chunks of this film — even most of it — were animated. I don’t mean illustrative computer animation of buildings and machines, but an old-fashioned animated story complete with characters and a plot. I wasn’t expecting this.The animation was, I admit, well done, not boring, and managed to breathe life into the abandoned mills you see about New England, but it was also jarring and not entirely relevant.I was expecting more of a straightforward, live-action documentary about the history of mills and the details of their operation. There was some of that, sure; but the bulk of this production turned out to be almost an animated soap opera focusing on the romantic and financial problems of fictional personages.
Meg Magrath –
Informative, great for US History classes
I have used this documentary in teaching a US History 1 class for 5 years. It is accessible and visually appealing. I think this is a great resource for teaching the industrial revolution.
M36Daisy –
Perfect for Homeschool
Great video. My children are learning about the Industrial Revolution. They really enjoyed this.
Stephanie A Renie –
Great
The students liked this video and paid attention and it created a great discussion on many aspects of the industrial revolution.