# The Augustas > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Augustas > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Augustas.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Augustas > Source revision: 1339751004 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the home movie. For other uses, see [Augusta](/source/Augusta_(disambiguation)). ***The Augustas*** (filmed in the 1930s and the 1940s) is a [home movie](/source/Amateur_film) made by Scott Nixon, a traveling insurance agent from [Augusta, Georgia](/source/Augusta,_Georgia) and an avid member of the Amateur Cinema League who enjoyed recording his life and travels on film.[1] It lasts approximately 16 minutes. ## Description The [silent film](/source/Silent_film) documents approximately 38 cities, towns, and locations named "Augusta" across the [Eastern](/source/Eastern_United_States), [Midwestern](/source/Midwestern_United_States), [Central](/source/Central_United_States), and [Southern](/source/Southern_United_States) [United States](/source/United_States). Arranged in no specific order, the film strings together brief scenes and shots of these communities, indicated through [intertitles](/source/Intertitle), [postcards](/source/Postcard), or the point of a pencil on a train timetable or road map.[2] The scenes vary, ranging from street scenes and landscapes to shots focusing on local businesses, [post offices](/source/Post_office), [train stations](/source/Train_station), business signs, street signs (typically [town signs](/source/Town_sign) or [fingerposts](/source/Fingerpost)), and prominent buildings in each town, most of which usually have "Augusta" featured. Nixon recorded *The Augustas* using both [8 mm](/source/8_mm_film) and [16 mm](/source/16_mm_film) movie cameras loaded with both black-and-white and color [film stock](/source/Film_stock). Throughout his life, Nixon recorded over 76,000 feet of film. His work, including *The Augustas*, currently resides in the collection of the [University of South Carolina](/source/University_of_South_Carolina).[3][4] Nixon later made a similar film, ***Augustas of the USA***, around the 1960s. Approximately 5 minutes in length, *Augustas of the USA* features significantly less "Augustas", with many appearing in name only, but includes new footage, including aerial views from a small plane and scenes in Augusta, Georgia.[5][6] ## "Augustas" featured - [Augusta, Kansas](/source/Augusta,_Kansas) - [Augusta, New Jersey](/source/Augusta,_New_Jersey) - [Augusta, Indianapolis, Indiana](/source/Augusta,_Indianapolis,_Indiana) - New Augusta, [Indianapolis, Indiana](/source/Indianapolis) - [Augusta, Missouri](/source/Augusta,_Missouri) - Augusta, Maryland, a spot on the former [Baltimore and Ohio Railroad](/source/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad) [Washington County](/source/Washington_County,_Maryland) branch line - [Augusta, Arkansas](/source/Augusta,_Arkansas) - [Augusta, Maine](/source/Augusta,_Maine) - [Augusta, Kentucky](/source/Augusta,_Kentucky) - [Augusta, Michigan](/source/Augusta,_Michigan) - [Augusta, Illinois](/source/Augusta,_Illinois) - [Staunton, Virginia](/source/Staunton,_Virginia) (located in [Augusta County, Virginia](/source/Augusta_County,_Virginia)) - [Augusta Springs, Virginia](/source/Augusta_Springs,_Virginia) - [West Augusta, Virginia](/source/West_Augusta,_Virginia) - [Augusta, Ohio](/source/Augusta,_Ohio) - [Augusta, West Virginia](/source/Augusta,_West_Virginia) - [Augusta, New Hampshire](/source/Augusta,_New_Hampshire) - [Augusta, Minnesota](/source/Augusta,_Minnesota) - [Augustaville, Pennsylvania](/source/Augustaville,_Pennsylvania) - [Fort Augusta](/source/Fort_Augusta), [Sunbury, Pennsylvania](/source/Sunbury,_Pennsylvania) - [Augusta, Iowa](/source/Augusta,_Iowa) - [Augusta, Oklahoma](/source/Augusta,_Oklahoma) - [Augusta, Texas](/source/Augusta,_Texas) - Augusta Avenue, [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah,_Georgia) - Augusta Road and Augusta Street, [Greenville, South Carolina](/source/Greenville,_South_Carolina) - South Augusta, [Augusta, Georgia](/source/Augusta,_Georgia) - [Augusta, Georgia](/source/Augusta,_Georgia) - [New Augusta, Mississippi](/source/New_Augusta,_Mississippi) - Augusta, [Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana](/source/Avoyelles_Parish,_Louisiana) - Augusta, [Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana](/source/Plaquemines_Parish,_Louisiana) - Augusta, [Iberville Parish, Louisiana](/source/Iberville_Parish,_Louisiana) - [Augusta, Montana](/source/Augusta,_Montana) ## National Film Registry On December 19, 2012, *The Augustas* was selected for preservation in the United States [National Film Registry](/source/National_Film_Registry) by the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress) as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[7][8] ## References 1. Cooley, Heidi Rae (2014). [*Finding Augusta: Habits of Mobility and Governance in the Digital Era*](http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/ddlp.3556). Dartmouth College Press. [doi:10.1349/ddlp.3556](https://doi.org/10.1349/ddlp.3556). ISBN 978-1-61168-523-7. 1. ["2012 National Film Registry Picks in A League of Their Own"](https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-12-226/cinematic-firsts-enshrined-in-2012-film-registry/2012-12-19/). *Library of Congress*. Retrieved 2020-12-18. 1. ["Collection: Scott Nixon home movies | ArchivesSpace Public Interface"](https://archives.library.sc.edu/repositories/10/resources/251). *archives.library.sc.edu*. Retrieved 2020-12-18. 1. ["The Augustas--Nixon--home movies, 1930 | ArchivesSpace Public Interface"](https://archives.library.sc.edu/repositories/10/archival_objects/385906). *archives.library.sc.edu*. Retrieved 2020-12-18. 1. ["Augustas of the USA--Nixon--home movies, no date | ArchivesSpace Public Interface"](https://archives.library.sc.edu/repositories/10/archival_objects/349074). *archives.library.sc.edu*. Retrieved 2020-12-18. 1. ["Augustas of the USA--Nixon--home movies"](https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/p17173coll6/id/674/). *digital.tcl.sc.edu*. Retrieved 2020-12-18. 1. [Press Release](https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-226.html): Cinematic Firsts Enshrined in 2012 Film Registry 1. ["Complete National Film Registry Listing"](https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/). *Library of Congress*. Retrieved 2020-09-16. ## External links - [The Augustas](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2601508/) at IMDb - [The Agustas](https://www.youtube.com/mxmvrKeR5sA) on YouTube - [The Augustas--Nixon--home movies, 1930 | ArchivesSpace Public Interface](https://archives.library.sc.edu/repositories/10/archival_objects/385906) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Augustas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Augustas) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Augustas?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.