1938: Yellowstone National Park Tour; Fields Landing Whaling Station

Cfa collection: Richard J. Finnegan Collection
Notes: Most of this film consists of views of Yellowstone National Park, probably in the mid to late 1940s. Mrs. Finnegan and a girl of about 6 years old – possibly a grandchild – are in some of the scenes.; The film includes a geyser erupting (probably Old Faithful), waterfalls, a blurred sign possibly marking Potts Basin, the Roosevelt Arch (the north entrance to Yellowstone), wildlife including black bears and deer, Norris Geyser Basin, brief glimpses of historic yellow tour buses.; Mrs. Finnegan and the child visit the Fields Landing Whaling Station, near Eureka California, and look at a large black whale on the pavement. A billboard advertises this place as the only whaling station in the US (operations at this whaling station closed in 1951 due to a fire).; The final scene is an outdoor gathering at unknown location, but the young girl is present in this scene and a man who may be Mr. Finnegan places an apple on a seated man’s head and pretends to shoot it.
Subjects: Animals; Bodies of water; Mountains; Tourism; Travel; Trees; Vacations; Yellowstone National Park
Places: North America > United States > Montana; North America > United States > Wyoming; North America > United States > California
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 250 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/8473