Home Movie: G.W. Foose Collection: 004233 (silent)

Year Published: 1953

Description:

Description: A family's travels through California, including a ride on the California Zephyr, and visits to Newport Beach, the Riverside County State Fair, and Pebble Beach. Also includes a road trip through the American Southwest.

Notes on can:
1) CALIF ZEPHYR
SILVER SCOUT 1958

2) OUR VACATION
TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
1953-1954
G.W. FOOSE
LEAVING 12/25/53
RETURN 1-12-54

3) SO. CAL 1952
Riverside, Newport

4) AMERICAN ROAD TRIP
includes Texas State Fair

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1950s, Leisure and recreation, Tourism, Vacations, Road trips, Fairs and festivals, Transportation, Parades and processions

Tags: Oakland railroad station; Sacramento railroad station; California Zephyr train; Silver Scout car; trains; POV shot in Vista-Dome observation car; filmed from moving vehicle; rivers; deserts; woman riding in railroad coach; homemade titles; California platter; tomato plants; CBS Studios in Los Angeles; Calico Saloon; Knott's Berry Farm; Tournament of Roses; Rose Parade spectators; Rose Parade; filmed from airplane window; families; children; penguins; Lone Cypress sign; California Coast; Cypress trees; Pacific Ocean; "S.S. Flavel Wrecked Here Dec. 14, 1923" sign; flower gardens; front yards; family picking oranges from tree in yard; "Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival Feb. 19-24 sign"; scenes at Date Festival; camels; hummingbirds; California highway with snow-covered mountains in background; amusement parks; orange groves; beaches; "Newport Variety / Beach Wear" sign; newborn babies; couple kissing; fall foliage; "Local Union 318 Office Upstairs" sign; "Painters Local Union 856" sign; "Free Information courtesy of Texas Highway Dept" sign; Texas Lone Star flag flying; chickens; dogs; pets; Dallas Fair Park scenes; Women's Building; Cotton Bowl Stadium; carousels; state fairs; beauty contest; Peep Show and exotic dancers on stage; Foods Building; driving POV on two-lane brick highway; "Roadside Park Texas Highway Department" sign; roadtrips; animals in captivity; bears in captivity; Arizona welcomes you sign; San Carlos Lake sign; Coolidge Dam; Oak Creek sign; glass-ceiling train; walking toward camera; tomatoes in the backyard; Rose Parade; jumping frog of Calaveras float; waving to camera; souvenir dishes; cleaning fish; person with camera taking a picture; camera tricks; filming upside down; rotating camera from upside down to rightside up; carnival performance; peep show; "Leaving Texas" sign; driving POV; cowgirls dancing; dance routine; dance performance; getting in the car; waving at camera; feature length; "Tripping to California '53-'54 A Foose Prod." title; car pulling out of snowy driveway in Illinois; family waving at camera, Southern California mountains in background; car crash aftermath; Rose Parade; parade spectators; marching bands; parade floats made of flowers; images between the perforations; kids hugging; walking toward camera; elder woman in bonnet playing instrument; stormy skies over the ocean; man biting rose stem; man eating rose petal; burlesque women; driving POV over two-lane steel bridge; driving POVs; assisting automobile driven off shoulder; Hollywood street scenes: NBC Hollywood Radio and TV Studios; young children and elder man in front of suburban house; flying to Santa Catalina Island; children pointing down into Grand Canyon; rim of Grand Canyon; early 1950s suburban family gets into car as father holds door for mother; "Surf and Sand of California R. Randall 1952" handwritten title; beaches; cutting up fish on outdoor fishing pier; riding in Jeep on beach; high-angle shot looking down on people in surf; sailors surrounding woman on beach; elder woman holding sheet stating "Xmas 1952"; presumed parents on doorstep with baby; CU man and woman kissing, then smiling at camera; fall foliage (probably in Midwest); D-X gasoline station; woodie station wagon;

Creator: G.W. Foose
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Foose Collection PC-0388, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1952; 1953; 1954; 1958
Geographical Location: USA; California; Los Angeles, California; Santa Catalina Island, California; Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California; Arizona; Grand Canyon National Park; Pebble Beach, California; Indio, California; Newport Beach, California; Texas; Dallas, Texas; Carlsbad Caverns National Park; New Mexico; Pasadena, California; Oakland, California; Hollywood, California; Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California; Illinois; Monterey Peninsula, California

Genre/Form: home movie
Film Format: 8mm film
Element: reversal
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: triangle, circle, square plus
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 958

Complete Record: Description: A family's travels through California, including a ride on the California Zephyr, and visits to Newport Beach, the Riverside County State Fair, and Pebble Beach. Also includes a road trip through the American Southwest. Notes on can: 1) CALIF ZEPHYR SILVER SCOUT 1958 2) OUR VACATION TRIP TO CALIFORNIA 1953-1954 G.W. FOOSE LEAVING 12/25/53 RETURN 1-12-54 3) SO. CAL 1952 Riverside, Newport 4) AMERICAN ROAD TRIP includes Texas State Fair Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1950s, Leisure and recreation, Tourism, Vacations, Road trips, Fairs and festivals, Transportation, Parades and processions Tags: Oakland railroad station; Sacramento railroad station; California Zephyr train; Silver Scout car; trains; POV shot in Vista-Dome observation car; filmed from moving vehicle; rivers; deserts; woman riding in railroad coach; homemade titles; California platter; tomato plants; CBS Studios in Los Angeles; Calico Saloon; Knott's Berry Farm; Tournament of Roses; Rose Parade spectators; Rose Parade; filmed from airplane window; families; children; penguins; Lone Cypress sign; California Coast; Cypress trees; Pacific Ocean; "S.S. Flavel Wrecked Here Dec. 14, 1923" sign; flower gardens; front yards; family picking oranges from tree in yard; "Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival Feb. 19-24 sign"; scenes at Date Festival; camels; hummingbirds; California highway with snow-covered mountains in background; amusement parks; orange groves; beaches; "Newport Variety / Beach Wear" sign; newborn babies; couple kissing; fall foliage; "Local Union 318 Office Upstairs" sign; "Painters Local Union 856" sign; "Free Information courtesy of Texas Highway Dept" sign; Texas Lone Star flag flying; chickens; dogs; pets; Dallas Fair Park scenes; Women's Building; Cotton Bowl Stadium; carousels; state fairs; beauty contest; Peep Show and exotic dancers on stage; Foods Building; driving POV on two-lane brick highway; "Roadside Park Texas Highway Department" sign; roadtrips; animals in captivity; bears in captivity; Arizona welcomes you sign; San Carlos Lake sign; Coolidge Dam; Oak Creek sign; glass-ceiling train; walking toward camera; tomatoes in the backyard; Rose Parade; jumping frog of Calaveras float; waving to camera; souvenir dishes; cleaning fish; person with camera taking a picture; camera tricks; filming upside down; rotating camera from upside down to rightside up; carnival performance; peep show; "Leaving Texas" sign; driving POV; cowgirls dancing; dance routine; dance performance; getting in the car; waving at camera; feature length; "Tripping to California '53-'54 A Foose Prod." title; car pulling out of snowy driveway in Illinois; family waving at camera, Southern California mountains in background; car crash aftermath; Rose Parade; parade spectators; marching bands; parade floats made of flowers; images between the perforations; kids hugging; walking toward camera; elder woman in bonnet playing instrument; stormy skies over the ocean; man biting rose stem; man eating rose petal; burlesque women; driving POV over two-lane steel bridge; driving POVs; assisting automobile driven off shoulder; Hollywood street scenes: NBC Hollywood Radio and TV Studios; young children and elder man in front of suburban house; flying to Santa Catalina Island; children pointing down into Grand Canyon; rim of Grand Canyon; early 1950s suburban family gets into car as father holds door for mother; "Surf and Sand of California R. Randall 1952" handwritten title; beaches; cutting up fish on outdoor fishing pier; riding in Jeep on beach; high-angle shot looking down on people in surf; sailors surrounding woman on beach; elder woman holding sheet stating "Xmas 1952"; presumed parents on doorstep with baby; CU man and woman kissing, then smiling at camera; fall foliage (probably in Midwest); D-X gasoline station; woodie station wagon; Creator: G.W. Foose Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Foose Collection PC-0388, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1952; 1953; 1954; 1958 Geographical Location: USA; California; Los Angeles, California; Santa Catalina Island, California; Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California; Arizona; Grand Canyon National Park; Pebble Beach, California; Indio, California; Newport Beach, California; Texas; Dallas, Texas; Carlsbad Caverns National Park; New Mexico; Pasadena, California; Oakland, California; Hollywood, California; Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California; Illinois; Monterey Peninsula, California Genre/Form: home movie Film Format: 8mm film Element: reversal Color: color Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: triangle, circle, square plus Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 958