Speed Graphic Film and Video | Old Home Movies, Vol. IV: California to Royal Gorge in the 1930's [Silent] @SpeedGraphicFilmVideo | Uploaded June 2019 | Updated October 2024, 17 hours ago.
These are excerpts from movies of an affluent couple's rail trip to the American west some time in the 1930's. Their identities and when it was filmed are unknown.
0:00 Taken from an open observation car, presumably on the way Los Angeles
0:00 This appears to be the arrival in the Los Angeles area. The couple is met by a group of other well-dressed people.
0:31 Leaving Pasadena for San Francisco on the Southern Pacific. SP F-5 2-10-2 No. 3748 in the lead.
1:00 A few views of and from the San Francisco cable cars.
1:18 On board the Denver & Rio Grande Western, on the way up to Tennessee Pass. Since it's silent film, railfans will just have to imagine the sound of a doubleheader echoing off the rock walls of the river valley.
2:16 Stop at the top of the pass.
2:33 Headed downstream now for Royal Gorge. Note the recent rockfall.
3:07 Stopping at the bottom of Royal Gorge. The then-new Royal Gorge Bridge gets a lot of the photographer's attention.
These are excerpts from movies of an affluent couple's rail trip to the American west some time in the 1930's. Their identities and when it was filmed are unknown.
0:00 Taken from an open observation car, presumably on the way Los Angeles
0:00 This appears to be the arrival in the Los Angeles area. The couple is met by a group of other well-dressed people.
0:31 Leaving Pasadena for San Francisco on the Southern Pacific. SP F-5 2-10-2 No. 3748 in the lead.
1:00 A few views of and from the San Francisco cable cars.
1:18 On board the Denver & Rio Grande Western, on the way up to Tennessee Pass. Since it's silent film, railfans will just have to imagine the sound of a doubleheader echoing off the rock walls of the river valley.
2:16 Stop at the top of the pass.
2:33 Headed downstream now for Royal Gorge. Note the recent rockfall.
3:07 Stopping at the bottom of Royal Gorge. The then-new Royal Gorge Bridge gets a lot of the photographer's attention.
![Old Home Movies, Vol. IV: California to Royal Gorge in the 1930s [Silent]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bbMtofB0UtY/hqdefault.jpg "Old Home Movies, Vol. IV: California to Royal Gorge in the 1930s [Silent]
These are excerpts from movies of an affluent couples rail trip to the American west some time in the 1930s. Their identities and when it was filmed are unknown.
0:00 Taken from an open observation car, presumably on the way Los Angeles
0:00 This appears to be the arrival in the Los Angeles area. The couple is met by a group of other well-dressed people.
0:31 Leaving Pasadena for San Francisco on the Southern Pacific. SP F-5 2-10-2 No. 3748 in the lead.
1:00 A few views of and from the San Francisco cable cars.
1:18 On board the Denver & Rio Grande Western, on the way up to Tennessee Pass. Since its silent film, railfans will just have to imagine the sound of a doubleheader echoing off the rock walls of the river valley.
2:16 Stop at the top of the pass.
2:33 Headed downstream now for Royal Gorge. Note the recent rockfall.
3:07 Stopping at the bottom of Royal Gorge. The then-new Royal Gorge Bridge gets a lot of the photographers attention.")
