# Captain John Smith: Founder of Virginia

Dramatizes the struggles of the men who founded Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America. Explains how Captain John Smith held the colony together during times of starvation and disease, Indian attacks and internal dissension. Tells how Smith is saved from death by the Indian princess, Pocahontas.

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1955
- By: Barr Films
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/0852_Captain_John_Smith_Founder_of_Virginia)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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