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1938 · Ephemeral film · 13 min

Synopsis

begins in Kodachrome (subdued color) flowers hillside Southern California landscape, shots not distinctive black swans, other birds in aviary Japanese tea garden and pond sign: Morning Glory Pool (Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park) Yellowstone Usual shots of bears standing up and begging at automobile windows into B&W (B&W is better quality than color): Chicago Large building (Merchandise Mart) by river; view of boat proceeding through opened drawbridge Two parts of bridge lowering, closing (nice quality) Niagara Falls from Canadian side, usual shots

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Running time
13 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
6359HMXCountry1938No302150200

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★★★ · Over the falls! · Spuzz · 2020-07-17

Not bad, certainly better than #2, here we have them going to places like Yosemite and Niagara Falls, interacting with nature and other people. But still, this is a bit scattered to hold any real interest.