1969AFRICAN AMERICAN HOME MOVIES
African American Family Home Movies - a trip to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Scenic shots of geysers, hot springs and wildlife. A fairly well organized home made film about a trip to the Western United States.
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Reel opens - African American Family Home Movies - 1960's
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Two well-dressed, middle class African American women and a gentleman in a park, looking in one direction, standing and pointing. People walking around perimeters of park in bkgd.
Black frayed edges around film. |
| 01:00:22 22.55 |
Var shots of the Salt Lake City Mormon Temple - gothic style cathedral, spires reach high in the cloudy sky.
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| 01:00:37 37.71 |
Sign for the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City, aka "the Grande Damn of Hotels".
Footage is dark. |
| 01:00:44 44.34 |
Cutaway - Slate for "World in Color Productions" presenting Yellowstone National Park - a family production
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| 01:00:54 54.71 |
Beautiful vintage 1950's cars driving past an active geyser spewing white smoke in the bkgd..
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| 01:01:01 61.88 |
Wooden sign for Lewis Lake in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming
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| 01:01:11 71.28 |
Huge Black Bear just sitting staring at the camera and looking all around - ominously!
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| 01:01:31 91.29 |
Great LS's of a huge active geyser spouting steam high into the deep blue sky - most likely "Old Faithful" in Yellowstone National Park
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| 01:01:43 103.28 |
Sign for Blue Star Spring in Yellowstone National Park
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| 01:01:44 104.56 |
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| 01:01:46 106.31 |
Ws of the Blue Star Spring an overflowing hot spring, steam blowing from it. Shots of the deep crystal clear pool of water.
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| 01:01:59 119.83 |
WS of a small geyser spouting water and steam
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| 01:02:05 125.53 |
Brown wooden directional signage at Yellowstone National Park for Mud Volcano and Dragon's Mouth
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| 01:02:10 130.34 |
White clouds of smoke emanating from hot springs either Dragon's Mouth or Mud volcano. Folk looking down at the action from overlook
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| 01:02:28 148.93 |
Large brown wooden sign for Yellowstone Lake
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| 01:02:32 152.27 |
Scenic ws shot of the vast Yellowstone Lake, the largest body of water in Yellowstone.
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| 01:02:40 160.37 |
A deer grazing along the shoreline of Yellowstone Lake. Var ws's of the Lake, steamy white smoke emanating from the hot springs along the shoreline
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| 01:03:04 184.66 |
More shots of geysers from vantage points along lookout, vintage car drives by, and folk are seen observing.
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| 01:03:26 206.43 |
Sign for Old Faithful.
Var shots of the amazing spewing geyser, billowy clouds of white smoke shooting into the air. Observers are seen watching. |
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Sign carved in wood for Artist Point.
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| 01:03:46 226.88 |
WS view of the dramatic waterfall as seen from Artist Point. Beauty shot.
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| 01:03:55 235.43 |
CU waterfall and scenic shots of the amazing views from Artist Point, the south rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park
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| 01:04:15 255.2 |
Cutaway pretty well-dressed African American woman walking through town, past Salt Lake Knit shop
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| 01:05:10 310.57 |
Faded grainy footage, some lines going through the film. A huge black bear standing at the drivers side door of car and poking his head into the open window. Man in bkgd., not far away, taking moving film.
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| 01:05:17 317.81 |
Cars backed up along two lane mountain road as a black bear crosses the road
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| 01:05:22 322.19 |
Var scenic shots, some film very light some dark - rivers, valleys, more shots of a geyser with white smoke billowing and many onlookers
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| 01:06:12 372.49 |
WS a large mountain lodge, vintage cars headed up the road to the resort
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| 01:06:37 397.56 |
Huge black bear sitting on the road, crossing the road slowly, sitting on side of road and looking both ways.
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| 01:06:51 411.7 |
Film has white tint. Scenic shots of snowy mountain landscapes
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| 01:07:56 476.67 |
Mama bear and babies crossing highway, cars stopped to let them by. Car pulled over on side of highway, curious bears sniffing things out as man, closeby, observes.
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| 01:08:08 488.5 |
Scenic wide flowing waterfall. Various other shots of rugged mountains - some film has red tint or overexposed.
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| 01:08:44 524.68 |
WS of an active spewing geyser.
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| 01:09:05 545.92 |
Sign for Fountain Pain Pot in Yellowstone National Park. Shadows of folk reading sign projected on sign.
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| 01:09:12 552.14 |
Var scenic shots around Yellowstone. Footage is dark.
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| 01:10:17 617.21 |
Large brown wooden sign for "Upper Falls" 109 ft Drop and Great Falls a 308 Ft. Drop
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| 01:10:21 621.26 |
WS's of white water falling rapidly from a high waterfall amidst the pines and spruces
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| 01:10:37 637.37 |
var shots of the rugged stone mountainsides with some snow cover. Shots of magnificent waterfalls at Yellowstone,
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| 01:11:32 692.24 |
WS rocky mountains with waterfall in bkgds. Our traveling African American friends on scenic overlook observing the beauty
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| 01:11:55 715.29 |
Sign for the Black Sand Pool with explanation about the high temperature of the water
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| 01:12:05 725.06 |
Footage is dark. Scenic shots of the Black Sand Pool in Yellowstone, white steam from the boiling water of the pool blowing up into the air. African American ladies seen at observation area.
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| 01:12:32 752.63 |
Partially obscured signage for the Spouter Geyser and explanation
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| 01:12:37 757.12 |
CU sign for Emerald Pool with arrow pointing the way. Sign with explanation of the pool gives temperature and nature of the pure water. Some footage - but dark
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| 01:12:54 774.22 |
WS sign for Rainbow Pool and CU on Sunset Lake sign
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| 01:13:00 780.48 |
Shots of steam blowing off the pools of crystal blue water
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Cutaway to a-frame lodge, vintage Chrysler or Buick, volkswagen and other vintage vehicles parked head in out front.
Pan parking lot full of vehicles |
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Var other scenic shots around Yellowstone National Park but footage is mostly dark - high waterfalls, tall evergeens. Directional sign for a Trail to Foot of Fall, folk, barely seen as footage has dark red tint, pose on the trail.
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| 01:14:09 849.54 |
Cutaway various footage - a large white estate or hotel, folk walking the path to front of building turn and pose.
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| 01:14:22 862.6 |
Beautiful lake and shoreline. Jumpy camera. POV from moving car along road with tall pines and lake. Car parked at an overlook area cut through huge mountain boulders. Woman seen crossing the roadway as cars are going by.
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Shots of a geyser and mountainous roadway - POV moving car. Car parked along side of road, African American male gets out of car, climbs some rocks in the lake.
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End Reel - African American Family Home Movies - trip to Yellowstone National Park
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