Home Movie: 010144 (silent)
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Description: A Japanese American family visits Yosemite National Park capturing many spectacular perspectives on the valley, its rock formations, and its flora and fauna. With towering Sequoia trees and the valley as seen from Tunnel View. In a more personal mode, the family visits vineyards and agriculturists of Japanese heritage, possibly family members, and a rice farm before a brief sequence at Blue Heron Lake in Golden Gate Park.
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Subjects: 1950s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Road trips, Tourism, Parks and monuments, Agriculture
Tags: road trips; Gold country; Sierra foothills; golden hills; oak savannah; wildfire; Yosemite National Park; orchards; California landscapes; picnics; chopsticks; Japanese American families; swimming holes; granite monoliths; tree rings; deer; station wagons; Sierra Nevada Mountains; Yosemite Valley; Tunnel View; mule deer in meadow; Half Dome; car driving down California highway; trucks; agricultural landscapes; tractors and trucks hauling hay bales; closeup of grapes on vine; vineyards; farmers; agriculturists of Japanese heritage; grain towers at dusk; feeding birds at Blue Heron Lake (formerly Stow Lake); Golden Gate Park;
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Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0105, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1950; 1951
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Geographical Location: USA; California; Yosemite National Park; San Francisco, California; Central Valley, California
Genre/Form: home movie
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Film Format: 16mm film
Element: reversal, original
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: triangle plus, circle plus
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 397
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1950s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Road trips, Tourism, Parks and monuments, Agriculture
Tags: road trips; Gold country; Sierra foothills; golden hills; oak savannah; wildfire; Yosemite National Park; orchards; California landscapes; picnics; chopsticks; Japanese American families; swimming holes; granite monoliths; tree rings; deer; station wagons; Sierra Nevada Mountains; Yosemite Valley; Tunnel View; mule deer in meadow; Half Dome; car driving down California highway; trucks; agricultural landscapes; tractors and trucks hauling hay bales; closeup of grapes on vine; vineyards; farmers; agriculturists of Japanese heritage; grain towers at dusk; feeding birds at Blue Heron Lake (formerly Stow Lake); Golden Gate Park;
Film Sponsor:
Creator:
Credits:
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0105, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1950; 1951
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; California; Yosemite National Park; San Francisco, California; Central Valley, California
Genre/Form: home movie
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: reversal, original
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: triangle plus, circle plus
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 397
Sources
- YouTube channel: Prelinger Archives Official · video ↗ — title, description, video
Record added 2026-07-15 12:35:42