Home Movie: 010267 (silent)
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Description: Content advisory: Between 1955 and 1971, Disneyland included a simulacrum of an indigenous village, staffed by members of native tribes, some of whom who appear here briefly.
Road trip taken through the Southwestern states with documentation of Coolidge Dam in Arizona, the border between Arizona and California, southwest desert plants and landforms, a visit to an oil well, suburban home life in southern California, the doves and swallows of San Juan Capistrano, and lastly a trip to Disneyland.
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1950s, Road trips, Infrastructure, Nature, Parks and monuments, Tourism, Human-animal relationships
Tags: motels; windy weather; cold weather; pregnancy coat; standing on dirt road; filmed through windshield; filmed from moving vehicle; driving POVs; driving perspectives; passenger trains; railroads; desert landscapes; mountains; desert highways; Town House Motor Inn; Coolidge Dam; "please do not write on dam" sign; image extends between perforations; reflections; reservoirs; hydroelectric power; bridges; billboards; electrical wire towers; California State Line sign; Inspection Station sign; underexposed; sandy landscape; front yards; suburbs; house; smelling the flowers; pansies; roses; waving to camera; poinsettias; side yards; flowers; Good Humor ice cream truck; driving off; oil derricks; drilling for oil; night filming; dusky light; Mission San Juan Capistrano; California missions; doves; pigeons; feeding the birds; birds landing on everyone; swallow nests; swallows return to San Juan Capistrano; The Stone Church; hummingbirds; fountains; bird taking a bath; Mission bells; flower farms; bright stripes of color; SDG&E plant; docks; harbors; seaplanes; dusk; horses; steamboats; riverboats; helicopters; Dumbo ride; Disneyland; Tomorrowland
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Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: circa 1956
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Geographical Location: USA; Arizona; California; Anaheim, California; Disneyland Park, California; San Juan Capistrano, California; Coolidge Dam, Arizona; Gila River, Arizona
Genre/Form: home movie
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Film Format: 16mm film
Element: positive, reversal, original
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: circle
Frame Rate: 12 fps
Length (feet): 408
Road trip taken through the Southwestern states with documentation of Coolidge Dam in Arizona, the border between Arizona and California, southwest desert plants and landforms, a visit to an oil well, suburban home life in southern California, the doves and swallows of San Juan Capistrano, and lastly a trip to Disneyland.
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1950s, Road trips, Infrastructure, Nature, Parks and monuments, Tourism, Human-animal relationships
Tags: motels; windy weather; cold weather; pregnancy coat; standing on dirt road; filmed through windshield; filmed from moving vehicle; driving POVs; driving perspectives; passenger trains; railroads; desert landscapes; mountains; desert highways; Town House Motor Inn; Coolidge Dam; "please do not write on dam" sign; image extends between perforations; reflections; reservoirs; hydroelectric power; bridges; billboards; electrical wire towers; California State Line sign; Inspection Station sign; underexposed; sandy landscape; front yards; suburbs; house; smelling the flowers; pansies; roses; waving to camera; poinsettias; side yards; flowers; Good Humor ice cream truck; driving off; oil derricks; drilling for oil; night filming; dusky light; Mission San Juan Capistrano; California missions; doves; pigeons; feeding the birds; birds landing on everyone; swallow nests; swallows return to San Juan Capistrano; The Stone Church; hummingbirds; fountains; bird taking a bath; Mission bells; flower farms; bright stripes of color; SDG&E plant; docks; harbors; seaplanes; dusk; horses; steamboats; riverboats; helicopters; Dumbo ride; Disneyland; Tomorrowland
Film Sponsor:
Creator:
Credits:
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: circa 1956
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; Arizona; California; Anaheim, California; Disneyland Park, California; San Juan Capistrano, California; Coolidge Dam, Arizona; Gila River, Arizona
Genre/Form: home movie
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: positive, reversal, original
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: circle
Frame Rate: 12 fps
Length (feet): 408
Sources
- YouTube channel: Prelinger Archives Official · video ↗ — title, description, video
Record added 2026-07-15 12:35:42