Home Movies: Nevada, Oregon, Washington, California (1959)

Synopsis

Mission-style motel; daytime streetscapes of Reno, Nevada with Club Prima Donna, the Horseshoe Club, etc. (good); flowery landscapes; pan over mountaintops in Washington Cascades; Mt. Hood; brief shot o Columbia River; parade of vintage automobiles, Model T and Motel A cars on residential street of small town in Washington state (long sequence); fountain with "It's the Water", possibly Olympia Beer brewery; conservatory with fields of cultivated flowers; Washington or Oregon coast with lighthouse, family poses (good); building decorated with driftwood and flotsam (souvenir shop); Long Beach, Oregon; Yaquina Head lighthouse; Depoe Bay with substantial evidence of Tillamook Burn (large forest fire); nice views of harbor and boats; Lariat Motel; miscellaneous rocks; Chinook Motel; sign "Alberta..."; plastic roadside dinosaurs; ghost town / old West town with a few "not dead yet" storefronts; opera house; Wells Fargo; Cheap Cash Store; small houses, etc.; dry / deciduous trees in fall colors; "Robbers Roost"; "Massacre Point"; hillsides; old Western live town streetscape; "Austin Fire Department"; Capitol building (?); back home with cats; Mt. Rainier; nighttime neon Christmas decorations (brief); "Virginia City"; Volkswagen van on street' more cars; street scene sequences with cars with tailfins; Pyramid Lake; Donner Lake; Donner Pass; "Old Perpetual" geyser (OK shot); "Hornitos" ghost town; old Ghirardelli Chocolate store plaque; Pacific coast scene with Monterey-like rocky…

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Running time

29 minutes

Collection

Prelinger Archives