The
silent film documents approximately 38 cities, towns, and locations named "Augusta" across the
Eastern,
Midwestern,
Central, and
Southern United States. Arranged in no specific order, the film strings together brief scenes and shots of these communities, indicated through
intertitles,
postcards, or the point of a pencil on a train timetable or road map. The scenes vary, ranging from street scenes and landscapes to shots focusing on local businesses,
post offices,
train stations, business signs, street signs (typically
town signs or
fingerposts), and prominent buildings in each town, most of which usually have "Augusta" featured. Nixon recorded
The Augustas using both
8 mm and
16 mm movie cameras loaded with both black-and-white and color
film stock. Throughout his life, Nixon recorded over 76,000 feet of film. His work, including
The Augustas, currently resides in the collection of the
University of South Carolina. Nixon later made a similar film,
Augustas of the USA, around the 1960s. Approximately 5 minutes in length,
Augustas of the USA features significantly less "Augustas", with many appearing in name only, but includes new footage, including aerial views from a small plane and scenes in Augusta, Georgia. =="Augustas" featured==