Portions of Twenty Three States in Two Parts (Part 1) (silent)

Description:

Description: Part one of a road trip travelogue beginning in New York City's Washington Square and closing in Portland, Oregon.
(see item 202730 for Part 2)

Film is silent despite reference to music and narration in the titles.

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Subjects: 1950s,Tourism,Transportation,Leisure and recreation,Nature,Road trips,People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent

Tags: road trips; United States maps; dollar coins; cast iron toy car; Washington Arch; Washington Square Park; Empire State Building; George Washington Bridge; 5th avenue; Times Square; neon at night; taxicabs; Hudson River; West Side Highway; farmland; wheat fields; filmed from moving vehicle; farmhouse; corn fields; highways; state roads; filmed through windshield; image extends between perforations; US-40; trains; railroads; animation; industrial riverfront; Welcome to Colorado sign; truck stops; downtown; Rocky Mountains; filmed from moving train; scenic railways; observation cars; 4x5 view cameras; Pike's Peak railway; Clark's Nutcracker; person with camera; electrical poles; suspension bridges; soft focus; snowy peaks; telescopes; chipmunks; California Zephyr; trains; buttes; billboards; herding sheep; cowboys; horses; riding horses; lambs; smokestacks; Mormon Tabernacle; Saltaire resort; Great Salt Lake; sunsets; Manti Temple; Bryce Canyon; pink rocks; high angle shots; rivers; Hoover Dam; Lake Mead; deserts; filmed from moving boat; sightseeing cruise; Joshua Trees; cactus; geranium; swimming pools; Pacific Ocean; oil derricks; gulls; beaches; cliffside; Route 1; PCH; Pacific Coast Highway; Twin Peaks; steep hills; Lost Landscapes; Coit Tower; Alcatraz; ferry; ferries; Alioto's; piers; docks; crabs; fishermen; crabbers; Dungeness crabs; cable cars; Chinatown; Asian American people; piers; Embarcadero; Golden Gate Bridge; Bay Bridge; cypress trees; grassy; St. Bernard dogs; Redwood trees; lumber trucks; lumber mills; kilns; trailers; Tillamook burn; Heceta Head Lighthouse; Mt. Hood; Timberline Lodge; chair lift; Willamette Valley; waterfalls; Crown point; gorges; Rooster rock; Columbia River; Astoria; Devil's Punchbowl; Haystack rock; Lewis & Clark Trail; planes; cloudy skies; main street; Chief Theater; signs; neon; Ute Theater; fog; street scenes; San Francisco Bay; California coast; animated maps; homemade intertitles

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Henry Charles Studios

Credits: "Henry Charles Presents
Portions of Twenty Three States in Two Parts
Music
In Part One Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
in Part Two Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 The Pastoral
Narrated and Produced by Henry Charles
Part One"

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection, Henry Charles Studios

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

Production Date: 1951-06 through 1951-08

Release Date:

Geographical Location: New York City, New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Colorado; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Rocky Mountain National Park; Pike's Peak; Salt Lake City, Utah; Bryce Canyon National Park; Zion National Park; Nevada; Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, California; California; Oregon; Government Camp, Oregon; Astoria, Oregon; Seaside, Oregon; Portland, Oregon; New York; Utah

Genre/Form: travelogue, amateur, home movie

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: original, reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle plus, circle plus

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 1954

Complete Record: Description: Part one of a road trip travelogue beginning in New York City's Washington Square and closing in Portland, Oregon. (more…),