Here you can find our library of PHS video productions

PHS On the Road

A series of historical “shorts”

Older Videos

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Recent Videos

2021 Annual Meeting

Oakland Farm – A Gentlemen’s Farm of South Portsmouth

Glen Farm – A Gentlemen’s Farm in South Portsmouth – by Jim Garman

Battle of RI – Christian McBurney Aug 25, 2021

Navy in RI During WWI – June 17, 2021

Dorr Rebellion Lecture May 19, 2021

Herb Hall Tree Dedication April 24, 2021

Women’s Suffrage – a Hundred Years Later

Portsmouth in 1920 – Sept 24, 2020

PHS Annual Meeting Sept 14, 2020

Let’s Restore the Fort

A Short Video About the Society

“The Conspiracy to Destroy the Gaspee”

Last Call: The Beginning of Prohibition

Steamboats – Jim Garman Dec 11, 2019

History Comes Alive Oct 10, 2019

Historical Society 2019 Annual Meeting and “If Walls Could Talk” by Gloria Schmidt

Aquidneck Island Trolleys

Portsmouth Then and Now

by Jim Garman Nov 29, 2018

Anne Hutchinson – Founding Mother of Religious Freedom in America by Fred Zilian – July 17, 2018

June 2018 Annual Meeting

Island Park – An Illustrated Lecture – 1-24-18

Aquidneck Island Ferries and Bridges – 10-18-17

Life on Aquidneck Island During the Revolution 8-8-17

(C) Fred Zilian – All Rights Reserved

The Question and Answer portion of the Zilian video can be viewed at the following.

(C) Fred Zilian – All Rights Reserved

Annual Members; Meeting – June 19, 2017

Historical Cemetery Tour with Jacob Begin

Founders’ Day 2017

Prudence Island –  A Fine Summer Resort

History Comes Alive

Christian McBurney’s Lecture on Revolutionary War Abductions

Founding of Portsmouth – Jim Garman – Anne Hutchinson 425th Birth Celebration 7/22/16

Anne Hutchinson 425th Celebration (Part 1 of 3 videos), The Founders’ Brook Ceremony

Anne Hutchinson 425th Celebration (Part 2 of 3)  Founders’ Brook Garden Tour

Anne Hutchinson 425th Celebration (Part 3 of 3)  Library Art Exhibit

Portsmouth’s Celebration of the Declaration of Independence and lecture by historian John Parrillo.

Founders’ Day Ceremony March 7, 2016

The Founding of Portsmouth – Jim Garman – March 9, 2016

20 June 2016 Annual Meeting

Nancy Carlysle June 20, 2016 Lecture “Victorian Furniture Design, Run Amok or Inspired Creativity”