California Picture Book

Duration:

Year Published: 1941

Creator: Castle Films

Complete Record: B&W footage of mountain range covered in snow with two boys fishing in a lake below, Redwood forest in California with cars driving down the road underneath towering trees, women in fancy clothes out picking wild flowers with mountains in background, Sierra Nevada’s with pine trees, lake and mountains in background, snow blower moves through huge piles of snow, Yosemite National Park with shot of El Capitan, Monterey coast with shots of beach and ocean, woman in 40's dress golfing with young boy caddy (ocean in background), yachts in harbor with hundreds of seagulls flying overhead, three beautiful women in 40's bathing suits stand on diving board, Carmel Mission, Salinas Rodeo, awesome shot of kids in audience spellbound as they watch the bull riders (kids wear cowboy hats and scarves around their necks), bull riders, Santa Barbara coast with aerial shots of the city taken in 1940's, train depot in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Mission, monks walk in front of Mission, pretty woman seated in front of Mission with flowers in her hair, Mariachi band performs, Folklorico dancers perform, El Camino Real to Los Angeles, 40's cars driving down El Camino with palm trees overhead, Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, sign that reads "the Avila Adobe: oldest and most historic building in Los Angeles, built in 1818 by Don Francisco Avila", Mexican man plays harp, women in traditional Mexican costumes sell goods from storefronts, aerial shots of Hollywood and Beverly Hills, aerial shots of motion picture companies, inside a studio in Hollywood while movie is being filmed, water-skiing on Lake Arrowhead, orange groves with young blond woman standing underneath tree loaded with fruits, Palm Springs and Mojave Desert, cowboys on horses riding through the desert, Santa Catalina Island, aerial of shots of Catalina Island in the 40's, beautiful shots of ocean seen through barren trees