[1958 HOME MOVIE TRIP TO TUCSON, ARIZONA, RODEO PARADE AND HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS]

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1958

Description: This silent home movie from 1958 captures the journey of a tourist group visiting Tucson, Arizona, and Hot Springs, Arkansas, highlighting a vibrant mix of local attractions and activities. In Tucson, the film features scenes from the Desert Museum zoo, the Tucson Rodeo, and visits to Mission San Xavier del Bac and Old Tucson – a historic Western movie studio and theme park – and includes views of downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas and the Jack Tar. The group also explores the desert landscape and observes native wildlife. In Hot Springs, Arkansas, the travelogue showcases a scenic drive along West Mountain Drive and offers an overview of the city, including landmarks such as the former U.S. Army and Navy General Hospital and Stute's Diner. Additionally, the film presents footage believed to be from the 1958 Arlington Hotel Open, a PGA Tour event held at the Hot Springs Country Club, as well as a friendly golf game played by the tourists themselves. Three women (00:08). Footage of a greater roadrunner, a turkey vulture, and a common raven (00:09). A small squirrel or pika (00:56). A black bear (01:14). Cacti (01:27). Views of a water hole and the surrounding Sonoran Desert landscape (01:33). Three women stand at a scenic overlook platform in the desert (01:51). They wave at the camera and walk down (01:56). They continue walking through the Sonoran Desert landscape, surrounded by various cacti, joined by what is presumably their husbands (02:15). (2:54) Tanque Verde vista. One woman helps another woman pick cactus spines out of her pants (03:24). Scenes from the Tucson Rodeo parade featuring cowboys on horseback, visitors, and young baton twirlers in uniform (03:35). Views of the Mission San Xavier del Bac and the surrounding scenery (03:59). Extensive footage from the Old Tucson historic Western movie studio and theme park located just outside of Tucson, Arizona (04:44). Mojave fringe-toed lizards and an Eastern collared lizard (07:09). Scenes from the Sonoran Desert landscape featuring views of various cacti, including the Saguaro cactus and the cholla cactus (07:25). A pelican in water (07:44). Views of playground-style carousels at an amusement park, including an airplane ride, probably outside of Hot Springs, Arkansas (07:54). A Cadillac Series 61 car driving through downtown Hot Springs (08:47). At (9:12) downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas including the Hotel Goddard. Views of the Jack Tar, featuring the Rainbow Room restaurant and lounge and the attached coffee house (10:39). Sign for West Mountain Drive running through the western part of Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas (10:50). Scenes from West Mountain Drive (10:55). Scenic overview of Hot Springs, Arkansas, featuring the former Army and Navy Hospital, also known as the U.S. Army and Navy General Hospital, and Stute's Diner (10:59). Footage believed to be from the Arlington Hotel Open in 1958 (also known as the Hot Springs Open Invitational) – a PGA Tour event held at the Arlington Course of the Hot Springs Country Club in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Julius Boros won the tournament (12:30). Extensive footage of three men – believed to be the husbands of the three women mentioned previously – playing golf on different holes at the Hot Springs Country Club (13:30). They drink liquor from a flask (18:27). They continue playing golf (18:37). In the backdrop is a bench advertisement for The Geo. Seitz Shoe Company (19:18). Scenes of players finishing their final golf shots on the same hole, including one woman among them (19:50).

Complete Record: This silent home movie from 1958 captures the journey of a tourist group visiting Tucson, Arizona, and Hot Springs, Arkansas, highlighting a vibrant mix of local attractions and activities. In Tucson, the film features scenes from the Desert Museum zoo, the Tucson Rodeo, and visits to Mission San Xavier del Bac and Old Tucson – a historic Western movie studio and theme park – and includes views of downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas and the Jack Tar. The group also explores the desert landscape and observes native wildlife. In Hot Springs, Arkansas, the travelogue showcases a scenic drive along West Mountain Drive and offers an overview of the city, including landmarks such as the former U.S. Army and Navy General Hospital and Stute's Diner. Additionally, the film presents footage believed to be from the 1958 Arlington Hotel Open, a PGA Tour event held at the Hot Springs Country Club, as well as a friendly golf game played by the tourists themselves. Three women (00:08). Footage of a greater roadrunner, a turkey vulture, and a common raven (00:09). A small squirrel or pika (00:56). A black bear (01:14). Cacti (01:27). Views of a water hole and the surrounding Sonoran Desert landscape (01:33). Three women stand at a scenic overlook platform in the desert (01:51). They wave at the camera and walk down (01:56). They continue walking through the Sonoran Desert landscape, surrounded by various cacti, joined by what is presumably their husbands (02:15). (2:54) Tanque Verde vista. One woman helps another woman pick cactus spines out of her pants (03:24). Scenes from the Tucson Rodeo parade featuring cowboys on horseback, visitors, and young baton twirlers in uniform (03:35). Views of the Mission San Xavier del Bac and the surrounding scenery (03:59). Extensive footage from the Old Tucson historic Western movie studio and theme park located just outside of Tucson, Arizona (04:44). Mojave fringe-toed lizards and an Eastern collared lizard (07:09). Scenes from the Sonoran Desert landscape featuring views of various cacti, including the Saguaro cactus and the cholla cactus (07:25). A pelican in water (07:44). Views of playground-style carousels at an amusement park, including an airplane ride, probably outside of Hot Springs, Arkansas (07:54). A Cadillac Series 61 car driving through downtown Hot Springs (08:47). At (9:12) downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas including the Hotel Goddard. Views of the Jack Tar, featuring the Rainbow Room restaurant and lounge and the attached coffee house (10:39). Sign for West Mountain Drive running through the western part of Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas (10:50). Scenes from West Mountain Drive (10:55). Scenic overview of Hot Springs, Arkansas, featuring the former Army and Navy Hospital, also known as the U.S. Army and Navy General Hospital, and Stute's Diner (10:59). Footage believed to be from the Arlington Hotel Open in 1958 (also known as the Hot Springs Open Invitational) – a PGA Tour event held at the Arlington Course of the Hot Springs Country Club in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Julius Boros won the tournament (12:30). Extensive footage of three men – believed to be the husbands of the three women mentioned previously – playing golf on different holes at the Hot Springs Country Club (13:30). They drink liquor from a flask (18:27). They continue playing golf (18:37). In the backdrop is a bench advertisement for The Geo. Seitz Shoe Company (19:18). Scenes of players finishing their final golf shots on the same hole, including one woman among them (19:50).