1953 June: Betty-Don-Anne-Bruce-Staten Island

Home movie footage including shots of landscapes in and around Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park, a bear, and a family gathering with a young man and woman and baby and dog. Includes Old Faithful geyser footage.

Credits

John O. Armstrong (filmmaker)

Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Armstrong Family Collection
Notes: The first sequence consists of mountain/forest/lake vistas, footage of a bear sighted on a two-lane mountain road, and the Old Faithful geyser. This footage was shot in Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park, respectively.; The final sequence consists in a family, including a young woman and young man, a baby, and a dachshund, sitting near a body of water on a sunny day. The baby, wearing a checkered cloth diaper, takes a few steps on a blanket spread out on the grass, with an adult holding them upright by both wrists. Later, they are seen sitting, smiling, laughing, and playing with the dog.
Subjects: Family recreation; Dogs; Children; Travel; Yellowstone National Park
Places: North America > United States > Wyoming > Yellowstone National Park; North America > United States > Montana > Glacier National Park
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 50 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/22052

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record