plea for posterity

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We have been blessed with several films from the NRHS 1957 convention which
covered a good deal of the N&W.  Furthermore, these videos conveniently
have continuous time markers allowing for ready scene identification.
While some locations have not changed substantially (yet) and are readily
identifiable, others are mere shadows or exist only in the memories of
those fortunate enough to have seen them.

I ask that each of you consider studying one or more of these films and
identifying the locations of the scenes.  Pick a location that you are
familiar with or that you have been fortunate enough to have visited and go
through a portion of one of the videos jotting down the time stamp and
anything you can think of about the location and/or things depicted.

I realize this will take some effort, but even if you do this for only a
small segment, if we all combine our efforts, we should be able to document
these fan trips in some fairly good detail.
In order to reduce duplication of effort from having several people
document scenes from Roanoke or Bluefield, I will volunteer to coordinate
this undertaking.
So send me a list of the video and time sections you are familiar with and
willing to document, and I will do my best to prevent duplication by
letting you know if anyone else has volunteered to explicate parts of what
you are interested in.  Who knows, if you work with someone else on the
same footage, a more complete and detailed image may evolve.

PLEASE consider doing even a small section of at least one of the videos,
so that future generations can know the N&W as we have known it.
Feel free to respond to this message or contact me through my Email:

jimdcochran at gmail.com
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