Home Movies: Wathen Collection: Nevada and California (1940)

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Reno, Virginia City, Cave Rock, Lake Tahoe, Oranges and horses, Cal-Neva Hotel, Biltmore Hotel, California coast, San Louis Obispo, Las Vegas, Boulder Dam. orange or grapefruit trees Horse and foal in paddock horse pulling sulky, going around dirt track (not real racetrack) Older man and woman at reins Man training (taming) horse on rope Man running with horse out car window along California Route 1 Going over Willow Creek bridge out front and side window along Route 1 Sign (backlighted) for restaurant Motorboats on a lake (Lake Mead?) shot from a boat Boulder Dam seen from Lake Pan over dam structures from upper lake Lake and power lines leading from dam upper structures of dam Sign: Hoover (Boulder) Dam open to the public, etc. along road out of front right window, approaching Boulder Dam, showing power station and wires Pan down into main wall of dam around dam lounging in gardens and around pool of Flamingo, also shot of Flamingo sign gardens and tables at Flamingo Sign: Golden Nugget Signs: various hotels and casinos, including Apache Hotel, Eldorado Club, Boulder Club, Club Savoy, Pioneer Club, casino with Boulder Dam on sign, Union Pacific RR Station, main street (Las Vegas, Nevada? Sign over main street: San Luis Obispo (neon and painted, like most California towns) out of front window along curvy road (in desert?) out of car – yellowish faded color, probably somewhere in California along what appears to be California coast VS, more shots, definitely California coast…

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16 minutes

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Prelinger Archives