Our Trip To California - Sept, 1940 (Animated letters)
B/W Low angle, well-dressed couple in late 60s walking toward camera. Railroad station platform, people standing next to Rock Island passenger train, conductor, porter & hostess in uniforms. Two twin (?) sisters pose.
01:01:46 Pan over Mexican band (dark). POV from ?? Southern Pacific engine 4355 leaving (?) station.
01:02:35 Older couple & son or grandson & daughter pose outside bungalow houses w/ palm trees, walk to camera. Others pose.
01:03:01 Color. Pan hotel (?) cafe, gardens, church grounds. Forest Lawn Cemetery.
01:04:15 Pan beach & large houses at Malibu or ?? Other California houses w/ couple to door.
01:05:00 Small fishing boat, rocky coast line from water (dark) w/ boats & houses. Not usable.
01:05:56 POV from train thru rocky soutdhwest desert hills.
01:06:20 Grand Canyon pan (dark).
01:06:41 Woman wearing fur on coat w/ binoculars. Indians dance.
01:07:06 Group pose on station platform. Residential street (dark)
01:07:49 Young woman hugs couple getting out fo shiny car w/ suitcases. Walk across yard, enter front door.
01:08:21 Pan flowering shrubs alongside concrete wall beside highway. Mexican gardeners working. Older people admiring & posing by waterfront, feeding ducks. Pelican.
01:09:50 2-stack liner w/ US flag & lettering: Manhattan United States Lines accompanied by tugs sitting high in water. GOOD.
01:10:27 Hanging fruit pods on trees. Women holding chimpanzee; other monkies in cage. Pan of empty horse race track (Hialeah) w/ groundsmen.
01:12:22 Pan Florida house.
01:12:36 Passenger train runby from grade crossing. GOOD.
01:12:53 Pan ocean front.
01:13:06 Runbys of passenger train. Hand held w/good home movie feel.
01:13:28 Woman picking flowers from shrub & pan of foliage
01:13:46 CU man reeling in fishing line on boat. Smiling tourists w/ fish hanging on wooden rack; man points to his fish. GOOD.
01:14:15 Man posing. THE END (animated letters)
Home Movies; California; Florida; Tourists; Vacations; Travels;
NOTE: SS Manhattan went aground off Florida 11Jan41, refloated 04Feb41.
Sign in with Google
Similar Sub-themes
Our Trip To California - Sept, 1940 (Animated letters) B/W Low angle, well-dressed couple in late 60s walking toward camera. Railroad station platform, people standing next to Rock Island passenger train, conductor, porter & hostess in uniforms. Two twin (?) sisters pose. 01:01:46 Pan over Mexican band (dark). POV from ?? Southern Pacific engine 4355 leaving (?) station. 01:02:35 Older couple & son or grandson & daughter pose outside bungalow houses w/ palm trees, walk to camera. Others pose. 01:03:01 Color. Pan hotel (?) cafe, gardens, church grounds. Forest Lawn Cemetery. 01:04:15 Pan beach & large houses at Malibu or ?? Other California houses w/ couple to door. 01:05:00 Small fishing boat, rocky coast line from water (dark) w/ boats & houses. Not usable. 01:05:56 POV from train thru rocky soutdhwest desert hills. 01:06:20 Grand Canyon pan (dark). 01:06:41 Woman wearing fur on coat w/ binoculars. Indians dance. 01:07:06 Group pose on station platform. Residential street (dark) 01:07:49 Young woman hugs couple getting out fo shiny car w/ suitcases. Walk across yard, enter front door. 01:08:21 Pan flowering shrubs alongside concrete wall beside highway. Mexican gardeners working. Older people admiring & posing by waterfront, feeding ducks. Pelican. 01:09:50 2-stack liner w/ US flag & lettering: Manhattan United States Lines accompanied by tugs sitting high in water. GOOD. 01:10:27 Hanging fruit pods on trees. Women holding chimpanzee; other monkies in cage. Pan of empty horse race track (Hialeah) w/ groundsmen. 01:12:22 Pan Florida house. 01:12:36 Passenger train runby from grade crossing. GOOD. 01:12:53 Pan ocean front. 01:13:06 Runbys of passenger train. Hand held w/good home movie feel. 01:13:28 Woman picking flowers from shrub & pan of foliage 01:13:46 CU man reeling in fishing line on boat. Smiling tourists w/ fish hanging on wooden rack; man points to his fish. GOOD. 01:14:15 Man posing. THE END (animated letters) Home Movies; California; Florida; Tourists; Vacations; Travels; NOTE: SS Manhattan went aground off Florida 11Jan41, refloated 04Feb41.