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Castle Films Travelogue “ Glacier National Park ” Montana Rocky Mountains 45984 (1945)

1945 · Short film · 9 min

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This travelogue film, presented by Castle Films was one of a series sold for the home market called "The World Parade". They were commonly sold in department stores and camera shops. This film shows Glacier National Park, a 1,583 square mile wilderness area in Montana’s Rocky Mountains, as it appeared in the 1940s. It includes shots of the area’s landscape including some of the glaciers and valleys. The Rocky Mountains are viewed through trees (:25). The park sits near the Canadian border (:25). A steam train pulls up to deliver tourists (:41) and a building reading Glacier Park is viewed (:44). A shot follows from through the eastern entrance of the park (:48). A sightseeing bus -- one of the storied Red Bus fleet of White Motor Company / Bender Body Company Model 706 buses -- carts tourists through the mountainside (5:21). Mountain wild flower blossoms spring up from the ground (:59). Tourists stand near the river’s edge overlooking it’s rapid waters (1:39). A mother bear and her three cubs halt traffic (2:06). Tepees sit in a campground with a horse corral nearby (2:24). Cowboy’s lasso the horses in for tourists to ride in order to get a better view of the area (2:28). Horses and riders move up sloping ground (3:05). The tourists wade through water and trot over the land (3:50). Two Medicine Falls is seen near one of the many campsites (4:05). The vacationers settle around a campfire (4:09) and one of the men steps to the waters edge to fish for trout (4:21). Hoary…

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Running time
9 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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