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Documents the transfer of Colt Museum to the State of Connecticut in 1957 by the Penn-Texas Co. Includes also segments on Samuel Colt, the inside at the factory, and the transfer ceremony in Memorial Hall, Connecticut State Library Building on March 7, 1957.

Includes great images of Connecticut industry in World War II.

Segments shot by WHNB-TV in New Britain of the convention itself and activities leading up to the convention. Script sequence and sequence on film are not synchronized.

Supplemental material includes the original certificate of honors for the film from the Connecticut Educational Film Library Association (EFLA) in 1968; the original black and white proof sheets for the film; copy of certificate of participation awarded to Fiorelli Films, Inc. for the film Micralign 140 by the Connecticut Film Festival on November 18, 1978; and Joseph A. Fiorelli's dossier listing credentials and awards with a photograph of the film maker.