“Carry Me Back,” an episode in Jack Douglas’ 1960s weekly America! series, highlights popular places to visit in Virginia. The episode opens with Jack Douglas introducing the episode’s destination, Virginia, which is then followed by quick highlights of the episode. The first stop is at the Jamestown Festival Park, with the replicas of Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery (01:24). At the park, visitors see statues of John Smith and Pocahontas, the reconstructed Fort James (03:30), a man applying a paste mixture to an old stick home, and a member of the Rappahannock tribe weaving a basket (04:27). The episode shows some foundations of later buildings of Jamestown, as well as the ruins of the old church tower. A Queens Guard unit from William and Mary College march in procession and fire arms as a salute. The next stop is Williamsburg (06:44), with its old colonial homes. The episode features William and Mary College, the restored Governor’s Palace (07:41), and a wig shop where a man in costume preps an old colonial wig. Other highlights of the old restored Williamsburg include an apothecary shop, the post masters office, a blacksmith building a wrought iron candelabra (09:56), the cabinet maker’s shop with a foot-propelled lathe, the famous Raleigh Tavern, and the public jail (10:43) with its stocks (pillory). Next, viewers are taken to the Shenandoah Valley (11:59) with views of the mighty Shenandoah River. Three boys and their dogs walk into the Mt. Jackson covered bridge over the river. Near Dayton, horse-drawn buggies take Mennonites to church. The episode then shows a good view of the city skyline of Richmond (13:35), along with the city’s Capitol Building. The excursion boat George Washington brings visitors to Mount Vernon (14:31), with its lush gardens and rolling green hills. The painting of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart hangs in the main house. The episode also features the office of George Washington, a harpsicord, Washington’s bedroom, and the Lafayette room. From Mount Vernon, the episode goes to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation (16:42) in Charlottesville. The Blue Ridge Mountains stand sentry in the distance. Viewers see the final resting place and tomb stone of Thomas Jefferson (17:13), as well as inside Jefferson’s home. The next stop is the ancestral home of the Lee family at Stratford (18:58). Inside Stratford Hall, viewers see the dining room, main hall with musical instruments, and the main bedroom where Robert E. Lee was born. The episode then goes to the Mariner’s Museum at Newport News (20:22), with various mariner exhibits, including figureheads that adorned the bows of 19th century vessels. This is followed by footage of someone jumping a horse at an equestrian park (21:50) and several shots of modern Virginia in addition to the highlights featured in the episode that conclude “Carry Me Back.”
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