The premiere showing of the documentary video, What Was and What Is: The Communities of Burnt Hills and Ballston Lake and their School District, 1938-1940 and 2025.
The film is based partly on newly-discovered 16 mm film from the years 1938-40.
The original footage, edited and annotated, is followed by some of the same scenes in the year 2025.
The video documentary was produced and directed by Ballston Town Historian and former BHBL teacher Rick Reynolds with videographer and editor (and regular New York Almanack contributor) Dave Waite from Galway.
The film will be shown on October 21, 2025, at 6:30 pm in the Large Group Instruction Room of Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, 88 Lakehill Road, in Burnt Hills, NY.
Illustration: Burnt Hills scene from the 16 mm film.
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