In 1820, 14 year-old Joseph Smith is confused about what church is true.In 1820, 14 year-old Joseph Smith is confused about what church is true.In 1820, 14 year-old Joseph Smith is confused about what church is true.
Lethe Tatge
- Woman at camp meeting
- (uncredited)
Francis L. Urry
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe scene where Joseph hears disembodied footsteps in the grove and leaps to his feet was taken from Joseph Smith's 1835 account of the First Vision as recorded by Warren Cowdery.
- GoofsWhen Joseph walks toward the grove, some scenes show untouched grass ahead of him, while others clearly show a path in the tall grass, the result of an earlier take.
- ConnectionsReferenced in It's Latter-Day Night! Live Comedy (2003)
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Sight of the eternal?
Young Stewart Petersen who had a brief career as a star of G-rated family films in the late Seventies stars as young Joseph Smith who if you believe as so many Mormons do today got a first vision of God when he was a mere 15 years old.
Palmyra, New York was in the heart of what was called the 'burned over' district on account of their were so many scorching religious revivals there. People in those days did not have much in the way of entertainment as we do know. Those traveling circuit riding preachers were entertainment of a sort. Many religions and other types of crusades sprung from there. At the same time Smith was growing his church the anti-Mason movement was also gathering fervor from the same area.
Questions of religion were in the minds of many and none more so than young Smith. Was he granted a glimpse of the eternal? A question that no single answer will satisfy.
Produced directly by the church itself, The First Vision is tastefully done for a kid's audience of young Sunday school LDS members.
Palmyra, New York was in the heart of what was called the 'burned over' district on account of their were so many scorching religious revivals there. People in those days did not have much in the way of entertainment as we do know. Those traveling circuit riding preachers were entertainment of a sort. Many religions and other types of crusades sprung from there. At the same time Smith was growing his church the anti-Mason movement was also gathering fervor from the same area.
Questions of religion were in the minds of many and none more so than young Smith. Was he granted a glimpse of the eternal? A question that no single answer will satisfy.
Produced directly by the church itself, The First Vision is tastefully done for a kid's audience of young Sunday school LDS members.
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- bkoganbing
- Dec 24, 2014
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- Runtime15 minutes
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