1930-1939TRAVEL
Promotional travel film from the late 1930's early '40's with narration for a ride on the Royal Gorge passenger train traveling from St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri to San Francisco with all the sights pointed out all along the way.
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| 01:00:01 1.07 |
LS St. Louis, Missouri ('Gateway to the West') skyline from across river circa 1930s - The Royal Gorge train is seen chugging along headed out West. St. Louis is one of the stops on the way out to the Rockies on the Royal Gorge
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| 01:00:11 11.17 |
St. Louis skyline seen through bridge over the river
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| 01:00:18 18.16 |
LS The Missouri Pacific building at the Municipal Plaza in downtown St. Louis.
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| 01:00:26 26.66 |
Pan var other downtown St. Louis buildings with narration (unseen) about the highlights of the city - you can stop and visit awhile when riding on the Royal Gorge on the way out to the Rockies.
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| 01:01:07 67.85 |
Fade to dark.
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| 01:01:10 70.44 |
WS the St. Louis Old Courthouse where Dred Scott was tried and where the Daniel Boone trail commenced. Shot of the front steps of the building with peds walking by.
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| 01:01:21 81.03 |
The over 100 year old Old Cathedral of Saint Louis of France, pan up to top of steeple
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| 01:01:33 93.37 |
WS the Missouri Botanical Gardens aka Shaw's Gardens - var shots from different angles, and some rare plants.
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| 01:01:55 115.23 |
Pan from lake to WS of Forest Park with fountain. Two young ladies sitting along the banks of the lake.
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| 01:02:05 125.02 |
Two young ladies walking in a field of flowers in Forest Park, the glass Jewel Box glass cathedral in bkgd. CU two young ladies looking at roses in the gardens.
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| 01:02:25 145.24 |
WS of the Jefferson Memorial at one of entrances to Forest Park, vintage cars drive by.
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| 01:02:38 159 |
WS of the audience sitting on the hillside at the Zoological Garden.
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| 01:02:52 172.68 |
WS of the stage at the Zoological Garden with live animal show. Two men are seen as pony and monkey perform tricks.
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| 01:03:05 185.14 |
Audience watches as several elephants perform tricks, they come out holding each others tails, dance while standing on small round stools, play the cymbals.
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| 01:04:14 254.86 |
Outdoor audience at Forest Park, circa late 1930's, for the municipal opera performance. Shots of the performers on stage.
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| 01:04:58 298.99 |
Montage of shots around down town St. Louis including the Union Station Train Terminal, vintage cars in traffic.
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| 01:05:12 312.9 |
Tilt down on the railroad yard. The Royal Gorge train headed toward camera. CU of train as it drives out of St. Louis.
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| 01:05:33 333.97 |
POV from the moving Royal Gorge train as it passes along the Missouri River headed West with sites along the river
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| 01:05:52 352.69 |
The Missouri State Capital building in Jefferson City. Sights (with unseen narration) in Jefferson City POV the Royal Gorge as it passes through town.
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| 01:06:26 386.23 |
Shots of interest in "modern" Kansas City - apartments, playgrounds, shopping area. WS the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Swope Park, the Pioneer Mother Monument, the Scout Memorial, War hero memorial, and Union Station...
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| 01:08:15 495.32 |
Sunrise over Pueble, Colorado
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| 01:08:22 502.46 |
A steam engine freight train passing through the Westus Terminus of the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Pueblo, Colorado.
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| 01:08:43 523.39 |
Rio Grande railroad train parked on the tracks in Pueblo. Worker is seen climbing down the ladder of the parked train. CU of the wheels of the locomotive as they start moving.
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| 01:08:56 536.88 |
WS train yard in Colorado circa late 1930's. The Royal Gorge train is seen moving slowly out of the yard.
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| 01:09:11 551.07 |
WS of the Royal Gorge train driving through the countryside through a field of tulips and low lying mountains in the bkgd.
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| 01:09:23 563.21 |
CU locomotive wheels spinning
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| 01:09:24 564.01 |
A montage of scenic shots POV Royal Gorge train as it travels along the banks of rivers, canyons and mountains in the west.
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| 01:09:51 591.77 |
Tilt up on the "world's highest bridge" which runs across a gorge above the Arkansas river. With narration unseen
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| 01:09:56 596.03 |
Montage of scenic shots of the narrow bridge, tilt down on the Royal Gorge train chugging along the tracks in the narrow gorge.
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| 01:10:13 613.76 |
POV moving train as it rides along the tracks through the narrowest spot in the Gorge, canyon walls only 30 feet apart.
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| 01:10:22 622.18 |
Locomotive engine and train headed toward the camera riding along the suspended tracks in the narrow gorge. Montage of shots as the train drives along the Arkansas River and through the gorge.
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| 01:10:42 642.36 |
A man is seen crossing the tracks as the train nears. Fade out to people boarding the train at a station within the gorge.
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| 01:10:47 647.36 |
Aerial shots - looking down at the narrow gorge and Arkansas river
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| 01:10:58 658.69 |
Group of tourists waiting to board the train, looking up taking photos.
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| 01:11:05 665.34 |
The suspension bridge ("the Royal Gorge"), and shots of the steel girders.
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| 01:11:22 682.27 |
CU of the round brass Royal Gorge sign hanging on the caboose of the train. Folk wave as the train pulls away.
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| 01:11:33 693.09 |
Great WS of the suspension bridge, can barely see a car driving across the huge valley, Arkansas River and mountains in bkgd.
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| 01:11:34 694.72 |
fade to dark
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| 01:11:36 696.51 |
POV from moving train through the gorge, beautiful scenery of the Upper Arkansas Valley, past the snow capped Sangra de Cristo mountain range ("the Blood of Christ" mountains)
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| 01:11:59 719.37 |
CU the locomotive wheels spinning
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| 01:12:00 720.27 |
Scenery along the Royal Gorge route, narrator points out the many specific mountain peaks by name as the train rolls through - Mount Princeton, Mount Yale and Harvard. At the continental divide , narrator unseen points out Mount Eldred and Mount Massive
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| 01:12:46 766.61 |
POV train moving through a tunnel in the Rockies through Tennessee Pass
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| 01:13:11 791.58 |
Bridge over the Eagle River against a sparkling blue sky, train tracks underneath - POV shots from the Royal Gorge train traveling through the scenic Eagle River canyon.
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| 01:13:35 815.89 |
Train headed toward camera along the mountainside, smoke billowing out from the engine.
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| 01:13:50 830.8 |
Train now moving along the Colorado River as it makes its way out west. Train travels along the meandering river, with spectacular mountain scenery.
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| 01:14:21 861.94 |
POV moving train as it pulls into a quaint train station in the resort town of Glenwood Springs. Tilt down on the steam engine train stopped at the station. People at the station as guests disembark
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| 01:14:35 875.24 |
Glenwood Springs sign
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| 01:14:36 876 |
Pan the "palatial" Colorado Hotel against mountainous bkgd. Unseen narrator talks about the Yampah Mineral Hot Springs near the hotel with its healing powers.
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| 01:14:47 887.97 |
Three lovely ladies in one piece '40's style swim suits walking together down a stone stairway toward camera.
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| 01:14:51 891.67 |
WS the Yampah Mineral Hot Springs swimming pool at the Colorado Hotel in Glenwood Springs. People swimming in the pool, kids playing, woman dives right into a large inner tube, people diving in off dive board. Pool is warm all year round.
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| 01:15:18 918.36 |
Scenic landscape shots of Rocky Mountains near Crystal River, snow capped mountains, Mount Sopris.
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| 01:15:29 929.11 |
Sign for Redstone.
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| 01:15:31 931.51 |
LS Redstone Inn nestled in the Rocky Mountains, people can be seen riding horses, vintage car parked out front.
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| 01:15:38 938.83 |
People horseback riding on a rustic trail and path alongside the river.
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| 01:15:54 954.24 |
Var shots of the rustic and beautiful Crystal River Lodge amidst a hilly landscape and green mountains in bkgd., peaceful landscapes of mountains and river
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| 01:16:13 973.94 |
Pan the mountains surrounding the town of Aspen, Colorado - the town can be seen nestled in the surrounding valley
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| 01:16:31 991.34 |
The Old Jerome Hotel, Aspen
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| 01:16:33 993.79 |
Var shots POV moving train the train tracks and train station of the Royal Gorge line through Glenwood Springs, Colorado - bridge over tracks with cars going by, mountains in bkgd. and the Glenwood Springs water tower.
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| 01:16:47 1007.79 |
POV moving train scenic shots through the Rocky Mountains, train trestle bridge, mountains, the Colorado River, peach orchards
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| 01:17:32 1052.03 |
CU train wheels spinning on the tracks
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| 01:17:33 1053.22 |
Royal Gorge train speeding along the tracks and through a tunnel carved into a mountain POV from inside train
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| 01:17:42 1062.97 |
Sunset over Rocky Mountains
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| 01:17:54 1074.32 |
WS Royal Gorge train now traveling along the tracks in Utah along a snowy embankment toward Soldier Summit pass. Var shots POV moving train through Castle Gate and the Wasatch plateau and Soldier Summit into the beautiful Salt Lake Valley.
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| 01:18:39 1119.34 |
WS a sailboat in Utah Lake with the snow capped Mt. Timpanogos as a backdrop
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| 01:18:45 1125.85 |
WS Jordan River, Utah
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| 01:18:46 1126 |
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| 01:18:46 1126.64 |
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| 01:18:49 1129.47 |
Royal Gorge train driving through the snow covered Wasatch Mountains in Utah
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| 01:19:01 1141.19 |
Train pulling into Salt Lake City station (circa late 1930's early '40's) , porters assist passengers disembark the train.
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| 01:19:13 1153.59 |
WS downtown Salt Lake City early 1940's -Mormon leader, Brigham Young's statue is seen prominently, vintage cars, Wasatch Mountings in bkgd.
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| 01:19:19 1159.3 |
CU steel sign "In Honor of Brigham Young and The Pioneers.
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| 01:19:26 1166.61 |
CU sign reads "Free Organ Recitals at 12 o'clock every day except Sunday...Courtesy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints..."
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| 01:19:34 1174.67 |
CU Alexander Schreiner, noted organist of the Salt Lake Tabernacle playing organ. CU shots of feet on pedals, organ keys and pipes.
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| 01:19:54 1194.62 |
Pan down on statue of Mormon leader, Joseph Smith to plaque with history of Smith and the early Mormon settlers.
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| 01:20:03 1203.74 |
WS the Mormon temple. CU of statue of the trumpeting angel on top of a spire.
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| 01:20:18 1218.74 |
CUs seagull statue memorial. The seagull saved Mormon crops from devastation from crickets in 1848.
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| 01:20:24 1224.61 |
Shots of the various notables in Salt Lake City, - Utah State Capitol building, Salt Lake Pavilion
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| 01:20:41 1241.23 |
Young folk riding on the 'novel putt putt' railway carrying them to the beach at the Great Salt Lake. Pretty young women in swimsuits ride the car and jump off at the beach. Young men swim in the lake, wave at the camera
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| 01:21:14 1274.31 |
WS pretty young women frolic running into the water at the Great Salt Lake beach, then float in the 'salty' waters. CU on smiling gal as she easily swims spinning all around. Her friends grouped together, smiling, and floating with no effort.
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| 01:21:37 1297.71 |
cu of the young women sitting in the sand, trying to rub the crust of salt off their bodies.
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| 01:21:53 1313.45 |
The Royal Gorge train, steam coming out of the engine, pulls away from the Salt Lake City train station.
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| 01:22:21 1341.84 |
Var shots and sites of the traveling Royal Gorge train, steam billowing from the engine moving along the south shore of the Great Salt Lake, across the Bonneville Salt flats, through a tunnel carved in a mountain, crosses California Sierra Nevada through Beckwith Pass, rivers and canyons
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| 01:23:12 1392.18 |
Var shots of the Feather River Inns - folk swimming in the outdoor pool, horseback riding on tree bordered trails, picking flowers.
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| 01:24:21 1460.99 |
Tilt down Royal Gorge train traveling through Williams Loop in the Feather River Canyon.
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| 01:24:49 1489.84 |
Two attractive women passengers on the train sit and chat and look out the window at the sites, another woman writing a letter, a couple looking at a map in the comfortable cars.
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| 01:25:06 1505.98 |
Train arrives in Sacramento. WS of the California State Capitol building.
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| 01:25:18 1518.22 |
Various highlights in Sacramento. Shots of Sutter's Fort (center of the Great Gold Rush of '49), Berkley University campus, skyline of Oakland from across Lake Merritt.
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| 01:26:01 1561.71 |
Var shots, The Golden Gate Bridge POV from the ferry.
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| 01:26:26 1586.06 |
Skyline San Francisco from ferry ride.
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| 01:26:37 1597.26 |
Several varied shots around San Francisco, aerial San Francisco Bay area, skyline, government buildings, shots of the Mission Dolores and grounds.
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| 01:27:26 1646.37 |
CU pretty '40's gal smelling the flowers
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| 01:27:30 1650.3 |
Pacific ocean beach with huge boulders and Cliff House (barely seen on right side of frame bkgd., seals sunning on the rocks in the ocean
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| 01:27:51 1671.09 |
Montage around San Francisco bay area - boats docked in the harbor at Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Pacific Ocean and Golden Gate Bridge. - Narrator unseen points out "the Royal Gorge, the train that goes through the Rockies, not around them".
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| 01:28:32 1712.05 |
End reel.
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