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1950 · Ephemeral film · 18 min

Synopsis

Japanese American family goes on Western road trip, though they are not seen much Lake in Sierra Nevada, possibly Donner Lake, summertime but still snow in patches western roadscapes in Utah, etc. Japanese cemetery (?) pan up from Temple Square park to Mormon Temple Dam and sign: United States / Department of the Interior / Bureau of Reclamation / Minidoka Project / Jackson Lake Reservoir picknicking by waterfall waterfall earthmovers grading road right-of-way park lodge at Yellowstone Old Faithful family seen at beach, possibly Santa Cruz, California farming scenes Lake Merritt? feeding ducks from Berkeley Hills looking over Bay and to San Francisco family visits Stanford seeing off elderly relative at airport (San Francisco?), airplanes on tarmac picnic with men and women dressed semi-formally family members aboard ship pan over "President Cleveland" at dock farm scenes (soft focus)

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Running time
18 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
6065_HM_Reinders_Collection_Reel_2_01_07_33_19