Cold War Portsmouth: A Snapshot of Life in the 1950s Video
2020 / City of Portsmouth and Preservation Company
Collection: Cold War Portsmouth
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This 16-minute video provides an overview of what life was like in Portsmouth, New Hampshire during the 1950s. The video was produced by Preservation Company for the City of Portsmouth in collaboration with the New Hampshire Division of Historic Resources and funded with Portsmouth Community Development Block Grant funds.
Sources for the video include the Portsmouth Athenaeum, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth Public Library, and interviews with Sherm Pridham, Ted Connors, Valerie Cunningham, Sarah Bodge, Kevin MacLeod, S. Lorraine Boston, and Harold Whitehouse, Jr.
This video is also available on the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44THcW2Lh2s
~ City of Portsmouth and Preservation Company, “Cold War Portsmouth: A Snapshot of Life in the 1950s Video,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed October 30, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/2590.
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Title
Cold War Portsmouth: A Snapshot of Life in the 1950s Video
Subject
Cold War
Portsmouth (N.H.)
1950s
Pease Air Force Base
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Description
This 16-minute video provides an overview of what life was like in Portsmouth, New Hampshire during the 1950s. The video was produced by Preservation Company for the City of Portsmouth in collaboration with the New Hampshire Division of Historic Resources and funded with Portsmouth Community Development Block Grant funds.
Sources for the video include the Portsmouth Athenaeum, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth Public Library, and interviews with Sherm Pridham, Ted Connors, Valerie Cunningham, Sarah Bodge, Kevin MacLeod, S. Lorraine Boston, and Harold Whitehouse, Jr.
This video is also available on the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44THcW2Lh2s
Sources for the video include the Portsmouth Athenaeum, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth Public Library, and interviews with Sherm Pridham, Ted Connors, Valerie Cunningham, Sarah Bodge, Kevin MacLeod, S. Lorraine Boston, and Harold Whitehouse, Jr.
This video is also available on the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44THcW2Lh2s
Creator
City of Portsmouth and Preservation Company
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
2020
Contributor
Community Development, City of Portsmouth
Rights
© 2020, Materials prepared by Preservation Company for the City of Portsmouth, All rights reserved by the City of Portsmouth
Format
MP4
Language
eng
Type
MovingImage
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Duration
15 m 35 s