Home Movie: 098398 (silent)

Description: Crisp and expressive black and white photography contrasts with postwar Kodachrome that fades easily, both of which appear in this reel covering a road trip through the American and Canadian Rockies during the summer of 1948. With Black bears, moose, and spectacular photography of mountains, lakes, and glaciers.

Label on top of can states:
"No. 5 / Jul 18 1948 / Yellowstone to Lake Louise / Bozeman & Helena, Mont. / Many Glacler - Glacier Pk. / Waterton Lakes / Flowers - Calgary, Can. / Also Banff & Yoho Valley in Color"

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Subjects: 1940s, Parks and monuments, Tourism, Road trips, Nature, Human-animal relationships, Environmental issues

Tags: Beryl Spring sign; rivers; waterfalls; bears; Morning Glory Pool sign; geothermal pools; Grotto Geyser sign; Castle Geyser sign; tourists watching geyser; Old Faithful; driving POVs through Yellowstone; Oregon license plate 142-315; moose grazing in meadow; Welcome To The Treasure State Please Stop Port Of Entry sign (Montana); Welcome To Bozeman Home Of Montana State College sign; driving POVs through Helena; main streets; cities; city streets; 1940s cars; Montana State Capitol Building; Blackfeet Arts And Crafts sign; Indigenous crafts; Indigenous businesses; Native American businesses; roadside teepees; St. Mary, Logal Pass, Belton, Many Glacier, Canadian Parks, Starr School street sign; Yoho Valley; Montana sign; civic building; downtowns; Saint Mary Motel Cafe sign; Mt Merritt and Old Sun Glacier sign; Chief Mountain sign; Leaving Blackfeet Indian Reservation Indian Museum and Craft Shop sign; Native American reservations; Glacier National Park sign; Swiftcurrent Lake sign; Waterton Lakes National Park sign; Welcome to Canada; Prince of Wales Hotel sign; flower gardens; formal gardens; golf courses; waterfalls; Takakkaw Falls; bear on road; Old Faithful sign; mountains; hotel interiors; yards; Banff National Park entrance; stone cottages; waterfall; golf courses; mountain lodge; glacier photography; environment; climate change;

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0289, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1948-07-18

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Geographical Location: USA; Yellowstone National Park; Montana; Helena, Montana; Glacier National Park; Bozeman, Montana; Browning, Montana; Canada; Banff National Park; Banff, Alberta; Yoho National Park; Alberta; Waterton Lakes National Park; Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive

Color: color, b&w

Color Process: Ansco Color

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

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Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 406