[1950s HOME MOVIE TRIP TO VANCOUVER, CANADA OREGON COAST HIGHWAY KNOTT'S BERRY FARM]

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1950s

Description:

This 1950s home movie shows views and landmarks from a family trip along the Pacific Coast, including British Columbia. The film begins with a view of the Port of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, and passengers aboard the Malahat schooner (0:22). The Malahat was known as “the Queen of Rum Row” and was known for rum-running on the west coast of the United States. At 0:32, the film switches to color and shows a schooner off in the distance. Mountains in the distance (1:11). Passengers on the Malahat peer into the ocean; a grain elevator at 1:52. The Victoria Parliament building (2:13); a totem pole (2:30). The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (2:40); part of the Canadian Pacific Railway (2:49). Hudson’s Bay Company sign (3:07). Seagulls on the boat railing (3:14). The HMCS Crescent, a Royal Canadian Navy C-class destroyer (3:30). (HMCS Crescent, decommissioned 1970, was a C-class destroyer that was built for the Royal Navy but was transferred before completion and saw active service with the Royal Canadian Navy.) View of waves coming in on the shore (4:25); two women walk on the beach (4:41). A girl rings a bell at the Oregon Coast Highway 101 Information Service building (4:50). More views of waves crashing along the Pacific coast (5:34). At 5:43, a view of trees while driving along the Pacific coast (5:43), including redwoods starting at 6:17. The camera pans from the ground up the trunks to show the trees’ height (7:03). Two women and a man eat at a picnic table in the forest next tp a camper trailer (7:14).A man carries a roll of toilet paper when returning from the men’s restroom (7:46). A woman turns a water wheel in a stream (7:54). Closeups of a waterfall and rock formation (8:38). More waterfalls and a deer (9:26). A woman stands next to the base of a giant redwood tree (9:40). At 9:59, a man and woman walk across a beach. The woman removes her shoes to wade into the water (10:18). A sign for an Old Borax Mine Engine used by “Borax Smith” in Death Valley, on display at Knott's Berry Farm (10:48). Family members in front of the Judge Roy Bean's Hitchin' Post at Knott's Berry Farm, with signs for the Jersey Lilly Saloon (11:12). At 11:23, the film switches to a young child playing on the grass. An older woman puts down a red blanket and the child crawls towards a toy (11:40).

Complete Record: This 1950s home movie shows views and landmarks from a family trip along the Pacific Coast, including British Columbia. The film begins with a view of the Port of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, and passengers aboard the Malahat schooner (0:22). The Malahat was known as “the Queen of Rum Row” and was known for rum-running on the west coast of the United States. At 0:32, the film switches to color and shows a schooner off in the distance. Mountains in the distance (1:11). Passengers on the Malahat peer into the ocean; a grain elevator at 1:52. The Victoria Parliament building (2:13); a totem pole (2:30). The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (2:40); part of the Canadian Pacific Railway (2:49). Hudson’s Bay Company sign (3:07). Seagulls on the boat railing (3:14). The HMCS Crescent, a Royal Canadian Navy C-class destroyer (3:30). (HMCS Crescent, decommissioned 1970, was a C-class destroyer that was built for the Royal Navy but was transferred before completion and saw active service with the Royal Canadian Navy.) View of waves coming in on the shore (4:25); two women walk on the beach (4:41). A girl rings a bell at the Oregon Coast Highway 101 Information Service building (4:50). More views of waves crashing along the Pacific coast (5:34). At 5:43, a view of trees while driving along the Pacific coast (5:43), including redwoods starting at 6:17. The camera pans from the ground up the trunks to show the trees’ height (7:03). Two women and a man eat at a picnic table in the forest next tp a camper trailer (7:14).A man carries a roll of toilet paper when returning from the men’s restroom (7:46). A woman turns a water wheel in a stream (7:54). Closeups of a waterfall and rock formation (8:38). More waterfalls and a deer (9:26). A woman stands next to the base of a giant redwood tree (9:40). At 9:59, a man and woman walk across a beach. The woman removes her shoes to wade into the water (10:18). A sign for an Old Borax Mine Engine used by “Borax Smith” in Death Valley, on display at Knott's Berry Farm (10:48). Family members in front of the Judge Roy Bean's Hitchin' Post at Knott's Berry Farm, with signs for the Jersey Lilly Saloon (11:12). At 11:23, the film switches to a young child playing on the grass. An older woman puts down a red blanket and the child crawls towards a toy (11:40).