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COLONIAL House was filmed over a 5 month period on an isolated stretch of the Maine coast. Our adventurers arrived in their New World on a period tall ship and struggled to create a functioning and profitable colony using only the tools and technology of the era. COLONIAL House brings history to life and provides a glimpse into the daily life and experiences that helped shape our national character. Includes DVD and CD.

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Welcome to daily life in 1628! "Colonial House" was filmed over a five month period on an isolated stretch of Maine coast. Our adventurers arrived in their New World on a period tall ship and struggled to create a functioning and profitable colony using only the tools and technology of the era. "Colonial House" brings history to life and provides a glimpse into the daily life and experiences that helped shape our national character.

36:T764,Long to return to the good ol' days? Waxing nostalgic during the election season? Well, look no further. Harken back to the days where you actually had to kill what you put on the dinner table. Where a woman's identity is entirely dependent on her husband. Where life becomes more real as the modern convieniences that allow us to hide ourselves are taken away, and we are forced to deal with things head on. PBS maginificent "Colonial House" offers a quick taste of those days, in their horrible reality.Last year, a band of brave people were selected to live in a small colony in Maine during the summer of 2003 to see what life was like in the 1620's. Picked from a wide variety of people, they are forced to deal with the rules and restrictions such people had to endure. Spicing up this mix is a twenty first century mentality that often rubs against their own attempt at life, producing a