Home Movie: Galante Collection: 003376 (silent)

Description:

Description: Footage filmed around Placer County, California, including images of hydraulic mining ruins in Dutch Flat, CA; the construction of a train tunnel near Towle, CA; maintenance of way crews repairing the railroad after a train wreck near Crystal Lake, CA; and more.

Can gives: "Dutch Flat, No. 3, 1929-1932"

Notes from can:
"Dutch Flat. Placer Co., Calif., No. 3. Verna, Fredemond [?], Henry looking around the very interesting ruins of the old mine at Dutch Flat in 1854. Verna visit me for her first time at Towle, Sept. 26 to Oct. 6 1929. New tunnel before + after at Towle Aug 1932. The train from the east was wrecked near Crystal Lake June 1932. The side of Nevada side through the tunnel. Aug 22. 1932"

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

Subjects: 1920s, 1930s, Transportation, Labor, Construction

Tags: exploring mining ruins; Sierra Foothills; train tunnel construction; railroad workers; railroads; cranes positioning steel beams; Southern Pacific Railroad; train wrecks; derailed trains; maintenance of way repair; railroad workers; brief Lake Tahoe (?) or Crystal Lake vista; driving POVs along mountain road; filmed from moving vehicle; remnants of hydraulic mining; gold mine; waving hat at camera; running down hill; people moving old hydraulic mine nozzle; visors; construction spectators; paper umbrellas

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Galante Family

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Jane Hohfield Galante Collection PC-0059, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1929; 1932

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; California; Towle, California; Dutch Flat, California; Placer County, California; Crystal Lake; Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

Genre/Form: home movie

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: original

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle circle circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 406

Complete Record: Description: Footage filmed around Placer County, California, including images of hydraulic mining ruins in Dutch Flat, CA; the construction of a train tunnel near Towle, CA; maintenance of way crews repairing the railroad after a train wreck near Crystal Lake, CA; and more. Can gives: "Dutch Flat, No. 3, 1929-1932" Notes from can: "Dutch Flat. Placer Co., Calif., No. 3. Verna, Fredemond [?], Henry looking around the very interesting ruins of the old mine at Dutch Flat in 1854. Verna visit me for her first time at Towle, Sept. 26 to Oct. 6 1929. New tunnel before + after at Towle Aug 1932. The train from the east was wrecked near Crystal Lake June 1932. The side of Nevada side through the tunnel. Aug 22. 1932" Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1920s, 1930s, Transportation, Labor, Construction Tags: exploring mining ruins; Sierra Foothills; train tunnel construction; railroad workers; railroads; cranes positioning steel beams; Southern Pacific Railroad; train wrecks; derailed trains; maintenance of way repair; railroad workers; brief Lake Tahoe (?) or Crystal Lake vista; driving POVs along mountain road; filmed from moving vehicle; remnants of hydraulic mining; gold mine; waving hat at camera; running down hill; people moving old hydraulic mine nozzle; visors; construction spectators; paper umbrellas Film Sponsor: Creator: Galante Family Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Jane Hohfield Galante Collection PC-0059, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1929; 1932 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; California; Towle, California; Dutch Flat, California; Placer County, California; Crystal Lake; Sierra Nevada Mountains, California Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: original Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: circle circle circle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 406