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Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
This 1979 made-for-television feature is one of the rare attempts to dramatize a chapter of America's formation. Set in 1620, the story concerns the religious persecution of the Puritans in England and their decision to emigrate to Plymouth Colony in America. Most of the action is set aboard the Mayflower and focuses on relations between the Puritans and the ship's crew, whose Captain Jones is played by Anthony Hopkins. This is a fairly sturdy and enjoyable piece of historical drama, with the most important details about who, what, where, and why informatively answered. Richard Crenna is fine as the Reverend William Brewster, one of the Pilgrim Fathers and a veteran of relocating religious minorities to more hospitable places. David Dukes is effective as Miles Standish, giving us some insight into how this military man came to be an essential part of the Plymouth community. Jenny Agutter, Trish Van Devere, and Michael Beck are also in the cast. Veteran television director George Schaefer (The Last of Mrs. Lincoln) helmed the production. —Tom Keogh

The Plymouth Adventure
Stars Spencer Tracey and Gene Tierney.
Directed by Clarence Brown.
Won an Oscar in 1952 for special effects.

This is America, Charlie Brown
The Mayflower Voyages
A new land, a new life. With help from that round-headed kid and others, the Pilgrims settle into their new homeland and celebrate the first Thanksgiving feast.

Mouse on the Mayflower
Golden Books animated story of a mouse that come to America on the Mayflower.

The Mayflower Pilgrims
Towards the end of the 16th Century, in a quiet corner of England, well away from the mainstream of Elizabethan life, an apparently insignificant religious movement emerged. It was composed of a small band of largely anonymous people who believed in a simple form of worship, away from the ritualized trappings of the established Church of the day. These people were known as Separatists. No one then could possibly have guessed what a huge impact these faithful Christians would have on world history. But when, in 1620, after years of sacrifice and hardship, they arrived on the shores of the New World in a tiny ship, they carried in their hearts a set of beliefs which would form the bedrock values for the world's most powerful democracy... America, a nation engendered by the idea of freedom, and expression, of religious belief.

History has given these remarkable people a name...The Mayflower Pilgrims. This is their story.