FROZEN FRONTIER

This travelogue film takes viewers on a tour through Glacier National Park. This is a 1,583-mile area of wilderness in Montana’s Rocky Mountains consisting of glacier carved peaks and valleys which run through to the Canadian border. The film will point to various points of interest in the area. It is presented by Universal International (:09), produced by Dudley Pictures Corporation (:23) and narrated by Don McNamara. A deer and a brown bear (1:06) open the film as the area includes many species of North American wildlife (1:06). About a million visitors travel to the area annually (1:32). The Great Northern train pulls up at the East Glacier station (1:34) which is one of the two rail gateways to the park. Close to the station, is the Glacier Park hotel (2:00) and a couple dines at the hotel restaurant peering out one of the wide windows which offers picturesque views of the area (2:07). On the hotel grounds, the original inhabitants of the area; the Blackfeet Indians, conduct ceremonial dances (2:16). The red transport busses (2:47) take vacationers from the hotel and scenic shots of the mountains follow (2:58) as well as Swiftcurrent Lake (3:08). The famed Many Glacier Hotel (3:10) is one of the largest hotels ever built by Great Northern Railway. Around the hotel are some of the many hiking and riding trails (3:18). Horse back riding is considered one of the better ways to travel the rugged terrain (3:24). A woman is seen rock climbing as the national park offers a variety of recreational activities (3:38) including fishing (3:54). A fisherman’s catch is shown spread out in the grass next to his spinning rod (4:12). As vacationers continue to head northwards, they will cross into the Canadian section called Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (4:18) which was established between the US and Canada in 1932 (4:27). The Prince of Wales hotel rests on the Canadian side of Waterton Lake (4:44). Greeting visitors on a bridge are the men of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (4:58) whose duties include policing the park as well as providing information to visitors (5:14). A car on Going to the Sun Highway, heading south back into the United States, passes St. Mary’s Lake (5:30). Logan Pass (5:50) along the continental divide, follows. The park’s largest lake best traversed by lake cruiser, is Lake McDonald (6:08). Of course, the highlight of any vacationer’s trip is a visit to a glacier (6:33). The over land Johnson Bernal glacier is about 35 city blocks wide and 400 feet deep in some parts (7:16). This glacier is actually slowly crawling through the land though the movement cannot be witnessed by the human eye (7:30). Tourists walk carefully across with ropes guided by an experienced mountaineer (7:45). The film begins to wrap up after the visitors creep to the edge of a crevice and peer into it’s vast depths (7:52). It concludes at (8:33).

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la Scapes by the Supreme artist of the universe Grandeur of concept color tones of dazzling Beauty dramatic overtones in light and shade painted by the hand of nature art created out of the materials of the Earth the sunlight the rains and the Snows of Eternity this is Glacier National Park home to many species of North American wildlife safe from The Guns of the Hunter and free to roam the trails of the park the mountains and high plateaus where man is seldom seen and the broad valleys and Meadowlands on both slopes of the Continental Divide of Northwestern Montana every vacation season almost almost a million visitors come to this vacation Paradise arrival by train is at the East Glacier station one of two rail gateways to the park you are welcomed by blackbeat Indians original inhabitants of the region city Folk holiday bound not sure quite what to expect but eager to find out near the station is the Glacier Park hotel where you may stay for part of your visit you'll enjoy the finest Hotel Service Plus Scenic Beauty unmatched by any other dining room in America outside on the hotel grounds you watch a ceremonial Dance of the blackbeat Indians once the proud rulers of all this Inland Kingdom they were a feared Warrior Nation one of the strongest tribes in the West today they are a peaceful people glad to put on tribal dances for the entertainment of Summer vacationers if this is your second or third visit to Glacier you know what to expect as you pull away from the hotel on the big red transport bus if it's your first trip there's a thrill waiting for you in every turn of the road as you move through this Scenic Wonderland you're now approaching Swift Current Lake and the famous many glacious Hotel largest of the fine hotels built by the Great Northern Railway which helped to establish Glacier National Park from this site many hiking and riding trails spread into the surrounding forests and Mountains trail riding offers the best enjoyment in this rugged territory and you don't need to be an expert pick a horse to suit your needs novice or crack Rider this region has every variety of [Music] Pastime no matter what your out ofdo pleasure may be from scaling a mountain wall to fishing in lake or stream it's here for the taking in a season that opens in early summer and and closes in early [Music] fall here's one lucky man's catch caught with spinning rod and artificial lure you've made your way northward and you crossed the international border into the Canadian equivalent of Glacier Park in 1932 the United States and Canada established Waterton glacier International Peace park at the Canadian end of Waterton Lake stands the Prince of Wales Hotel a chalet type building that from a distance looks like a Hansel and grle cottage anywhere in the park this is a familiar site the camera fan in action and nowhere on the entire continent is there more beautiful subject material to be photographed think of Canada's Great Outdoors and you think of the red-coated Royal Canadian Mounted Police famed in song and legend for their get their man exploits here at Waterton their duties are usually less hazardous policing the park and supplying information to visitors on a holiday southbound now back into the United States moving along the shore of St Mary's Lake sparkling blue Gem and a spectacular mounting of lofty [Music] Peaks on Route over a road with the most picturesque name in the world going to the sun Highway bringing you to a sign that marks this as the continental divide the crest of the rocky mountain range separating East and West huge Peaks and Crags in the shape of matter horns pyramids Mayan temples those Peaks that look so close are Miles Away rolling again Westward over going to the sun highway to Lake McDonald like a well of blue ink in a green forest this is the Park's largest lake and your best means of exploring It Is by Lake Cruiser a relaxing Voyage in a setting that could be in the Swiss Alpine region the high point and climax to every holiday in National Park your visit to a real [Music] Glacier the Overland Jun to grenell Glacier is made on foot or if you prefer on Horseback on the way you get a quick look at more dwellers of the [Music] heights you're not far from the top high above looms the Garden Wall 9 ,000 ft in the sky Glacier parks's Jagged [Music] spine the glacier itself is a huge Lake of ice about 35 city blocks in size and 400 ft deep in some places slowly imperceptible to the human eye it grinds its way forward W gouging out holes and crevices in the terrain today with the guidance of an experienced Mountaineer you walk across the face of the glacier nervously you approach the edge of the huge crevice or a scary look into its depths below shaken by the Earth's uphe and torn by slow-moving glaciers this territory has always been too rugged for human settlement today Glacier National Park is one of the nation's finest vacation lands a paradise for lovers of The Great Outdoors the Last Frontier in the heart of the American Rockies oh [Applause]

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