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Black & white home movie of a trailer trip vacation through South Dakota and Wyoming with footage of historic sites in national parks. There is footage of the Badlands of South Dakota, Mount Rushmore, and Yellowstone National Park sites like Yellowstone River, Mammoth Hot Springs, Inspiration Point, Apollinaris Springs, erupting Old Faithful and bears interacting with tourists. Opening title cards read “Fritz’s Photologue of a ten month’s trailer trip-through the U.S. and Mexico.”
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: National parks and reserves; Historic sites; Vacations; Road trips; Travel
Places: North America > United States > South Dakota; North America > United States > Wyoming
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - hand-drawn credits, PAN canyons, TS hood of car on canyon road; 00:44 - “The Badlands of South Dakota,” handheld PANs of canyons and rock formations, cars driving by, VS people climbing rocks, admiring view, TS canyon; 02:33 - Black Hills, Rushmore Memorial, VS Mount Rushmore under construction, onlookers, LS road, mountain landscape; 03:28 - TILT UP arch entrance, CU sign “Yellowstone National Park”, MLS black bear in tree, MLS tourists taking picks, VS bear running away, digging in trash can, VS mountain landscapes; 04:42 - Mammoth Hot Springs, VS sand and water moving over rocks, HA Yellowstone River in canyon, CU chipmunk, LS waterfall; 05:57 - Inspiration Point, HA people walking down stairs into canyon, HA following river up to horizon, MS taking pictures of LS waterfall, Apollinaris Springs, MS couple filling cups and drinking spring water; 07:00 - VS bubbling, steaming geysers, tourists watching, HA cars, trailers on road w/ rapids in background; 08:19-09:36 - MLS grizzly bears digging in trash cans, climbing on tourists, MLS PAN groups of tourists watching Old Faithful, LS geyser erupting
Cfa elements: Print, 350 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2746
Subjects: National parks and reserves; Historic sites; Vacations; Road trips; Travel
Places: North America > United States > South Dakota; North America > United States > Wyoming
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - hand-drawn credits, PAN canyons, TS hood of car on canyon road; 00:44 - “The Badlands of South Dakota,” handheld PANs of canyons and rock formations, cars driving by, VS people climbing rocks, admiring view, TS canyon; 02:33 - Black Hills, Rushmore Memorial, VS Mount Rushmore under construction, onlookers, LS road, mountain landscape; 03:28 - TILT UP arch entrance, CU sign “Yellowstone National Park”, MLS black bear in tree, MLS tourists taking picks, VS bear running away, digging in trash can, VS mountain landscapes; 04:42 - Mammoth Hot Springs, VS sand and water moving over rocks, HA Yellowstone River in canyon, CU chipmunk, LS waterfall; 05:57 - Inspiration Point, HA people walking down stairs into canyon, HA following river up to horizon, MS taking pictures of LS waterfall, Apollinaris Springs, MS couple filling cups and drinking spring water; 07:00 - VS bubbling, steaming geysers, tourists watching, HA cars, trailers on road w/ rapids in background; 08:19-09:36 - MLS grizzly bears digging in trash cans, climbing on tourists, MLS PAN groups of tourists watching Old Faithful, LS geyser erupting
Cfa elements: Print, 350 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2746
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:07