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Visit with Henry Gore Part 4 Shannon County Film Digitization Project
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Camera roll 165 is the fourth in a series of five rolls (162, 163, 164, 165, 166) recording a visit with Henry Gore on Nov. 10, 1978. Interviewer was Lynn Morrow. Henry was the last man left on Blair's Creek, a remote region of Shannon County, Mo. that had once been a thriving community and childhood home to many of the county's senior citizens. Henry had lived on Blair's Creek all of his life, far from any roads and miles from his nearest neighbor in a house that had no electricity or running water. Len Bolin, who took us to meet Henry and who appears in the film, referred to Henry as the keeper of Blair's Creek, the last one left. Of special note is the way in which Henry speaks. Intelligent and articulate, Henry often uses archaic terms and phraseology that border on the poetic. Also of note is the level of detail he uses in his descriptions. In camera roll 165, Henry takes us inside his house (primarily audio, picture extremely dark); shows us his broadaxe and demonstrates its use; talks about working hard in the timber; expresses his feelings about having his picture taken and tells a revealing story about when it happened once before; tells us where he'll be buried and his thoughts on death; and shows how to make a pine torch. Footage shot on November 10, 1978, in Blair's Creek, Shannon County, Missouri. • Part of the raw footage recorded 1978-1979 for the 1981 documentary motion pictures Shannon County: Home and Shannon County: Hearts of the Children. Located in Special Collections, Meyer Library, Missouri State University. • For more information on the Shannon County Film Digitization Project: http://purl.missouristate.edu/library...
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