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Milestones

Milestones

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 9, 1920

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Drama, History

Original Title

Milestones

Production Companies

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Director

Paul Scardon

Description

1860 ushers in the era of iron ships, Richard Sibley, a builder of wooden ships, stubbornly resists the change, which leads him to forbid the marriage of his daughter Rose to John Rhead, a proponent of the new method. This injustice outrages John's sister Gertrude so much that she breaks off her engagement to Sibley's son Sam. Meanwhile, John and Rose elope.