My Home Town: Bennettsville 1946

MIRC has a 16mm Black & White silent copy of the My Home Town: Bennettsville 1946 film and has added a narrative taken from a similar film from the town of Mooresville, NC, as these films were made with an universal narration that was applied to many different Home Town films for efficiency of production.
In the 1940s the ‘My Home Town’ series of films for Park Motion visited towns on the East Coast of America, from New Jersey down to Florida. We know 13 of these films still exist. There are many more that are now considered lost. At MIRC we are looking for the ones that feature towns in South Carolina that we believe were filmed as a part of this series and that have not been found, yet. These were filmed in Walterboro, Spartanburg and Columbia in 1946 and 1947.
My Home Town: Bennettsville 1946
Park Motion Picture Productions
Directors: Don G Parisher, George S. Gullett.
Camera: Sam Marino
Narrator: Vincent Connolly
This film of Bennettsville shows aerial views of Bennettsville, shots of downtown and City Hall, the town square with Civil War monument, the buildings and streets including featured stores such as Usher Hardware Company; Funderburk's Furniture Store; Rogers Mercantile Company; Spencer's Photographic Shop; B. J. Sander, Jr. ESSO Service Station; Pontiac automobile dealership; R. W. Walker Auto Service, Mr. Raleigh Walker the owner; Fred T. Hollis feed store; The Kitchen Drive In; Dixie Home Stores; Bair's Drug Store; Kurtz Five and Dime Store; McCall Weatherly Company; Marlboro County Herald; Belk's Department Store; Matthews Drug Store, Dr. Matthews behind the counter; Sanitary Restaurant; King's Furniture Store; H. H. Griffin's Jewelry Store, Mr. E.B. Walters, the owner; Auto Fountain, Bob Lee (Robert L. Lee) the owner; J. C. Penney Company store, Mr. Chadwell the manager; Jimmie Gibbes Jewelry Store and the owners Mr. and Mrs. Gibbes; Breeden Brothers Auto Company (Dodge / Plymouth dealership), Mr. Eugene Breeden; Turner Laundry and Dry Cleaners; Rainwater Furniture Company, the owner Mr. Dock Rainwater and his daughter Jackie; Goodale Jewelry; J.L. Powers Enterprises and shots of buildings owned by Mr. J. Luther Powers and his family, including a hotel (now burned down) and other buildings still standing, the Powers family home is seen at the end of the clips; Pat's Cabins (motel); Beauty School; Bennett's Photographic Studio; Pee Dee Advocate, shots of newspaper editor and shots of presses. The Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs luncheons. Shots of the Firestone Plant, office workers, and owner Mr. J.B. Bond; the textile factory / mill / plant operations; Bennettsville Mattress factory; H. J. Munnerlyn Lumber yard, the owner Mr. Munnerlyn; Marlboro Electric Refrigeration Co-op; the local stockyards and horse sale/animal auction, Bob Follette (Mr. C.R. Follette), the owner, is seen leading the auction. Scenes of the Murchison school with students playing basketball. Crowd, "Roll of Honor" board. Various shots of the town and the Carolina movie theatre.