- Title: VM-150
- Summary: NORTHWESTERN STATES: PRESENTS THE STATES OF MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, WYOMING, IDAHO, UTAH, COLORADO, NEBRASKA, & KANSAS. NORTHWEST UNITED STATES BEAUTY SHOTS. SHOWS THE TOPOGRAPHY, RAINFALL, DRAINAGE, FAUNA & FLORA, PEOPLE, METROPOLITAN CENTERS, CITIES, SCENIC & RECREATIONAL FEATURES, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND AGRICULTURAL SITUATIONS.
- Description:00:00:25 - ANIMATED MAP. ZOOMS INTO NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. 00:00:35 - PANS FIELDS & FARMLAND. 00:00:46 - WIDE OPEN BARREN LANDSCAPE. 00:00:54 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGE 00:01:02 - ANIMATED MAP, OUTLINES NORTHWEST REGION OF U.S. DRAWS IN STATES NAMES. OUTLINES RIVERS OF THE REGION 00:01:18 - PAN OF GRASS LANDS PLAINS. 00:01:36 - COTTON WOOD TREES. 00:01:38 - CU PRAIRIE DOG 00:01:43 - SAGE BRUSH ON PLATEAU. 00:01:47 - BLACK BEAR IN MOUNTAINS. 00:01:51 - PINE FOREST SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS. 00:01:59 - ANIMATED MAP ARROW GOES FROM EAST TO WEST, SHOWS NATIONALITIES THAT MIGRATED. CITIES WITH HEAVY POPULATION. 00:02:41 - TWO MEN CHAT BESIDE BARN 00:02:43 - "FRONTIERSMAN" ON HORSEBACK. 00:02:49 - CU OLD AMERICAN INDIAN IN HEADDRESS 00:02:52 - AMERICAN COWBOYS SIT ON FENCE COWBOY HAT, BOOTS. 00:02:56 - HUGE MORMON CHURCH 00:03:02 - ANIMATED MAP POINTS OUT WHERE GOLD, SILVER, LEAD MINED. METALS. COPPER, URANIUM, 00:03:29 - LHS, BUTTE, MONTANA 00:03:35 - MINED COPPER ORE ON RAILROAD CARS 00:03:39 - SMELTERY PLANT INDUSTRY 00:03:46 - HUGE OIL TANKS STORAGE. 00:03:55 - COAL & LIGMITE CARGO TRAINS AT END OF TRACK 00:04:05 - VIRGIN FOREST MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND 00:04:13 - LUMBER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 00:04:17 - HUGE CUT WHITE PINES ROLL OFF BACK OF TRUCK 00:04:22 - HUGE LOGS ON CONVEYOR BELT 00:04:34 - CATTLE INDUSTRY. COWS AT TROUGH TRACTOR SPITS OUT FOOD 00:04:46 - HIGH SHOT OF BEEF CATTLE IN BOX LIKE CORRALS 00:04:49 - CATTLE MOVE INTO BOX CAR OF TRAIN 00:04:53 - TRAIN CARRYING CATTLE CARS 00:05:04 - DRESSED BEEF HANGS IN STORAGE. ROWS OF BEEF 00:05:12 - SHEEP HERD 00:05:23 - MEN SHEARING SHEEP. HEAVY WOOL. 00:05:30 - LAMB WALK UP WOODEN RAMP 00:05:37 - MAN CUTS WHEAT MECHANICALLY 00:05:46 - SPRAWLING WHEAT FIELDS 00:05:53 - WHEAT FARM. TRACTOR CUTTING WHEAT 00:06:06 - TRUCK HAULS WHEAT TO GRAIN ELEVATOR MAN SHOVELS WHEAT. AGRICULTURE 00:06:15 - HUGE ROW OF SILOS-STORAGE TANKS FOR WHEAT 00:06:28 - CU LOAVES OF BREAD ON SHELF, WOMAN GRABS LOAF 00:06:34 - CORN FIELD. 00:06:42 - MEN SHOVEL OUT GREEN CORN FROM BACK OF TRUCK. 00:06:45 - CATTLE EAT CORN. 00:06:51 - TWIN SILOS ON FARM. 00:06:59 - MAN DRIVING MACHINE CUTS DOWN RYE. UMBRELLA OVER HIM. 00:07:08 - CU FIELD OF FLAX. 00:07:13 - MAN ON TRACTOR CUTS ALFALFA 00:07:21 - CULTIVATED LAND-FIELD 00:07:46 - IRRIGATION. IRRIGATED LAND. 00:08:02 - WATERING MACHINE IN MIDDLE OF FIELD. 00:08:11 - GREAT PLAINS OF NORTHWEST. 00:08:15 - "AMERICA'S" MAIN STREET. SMALL TOWN. 1950s CARS, FASHIONS. 00:08:24 - RAILROAD PASSES GRAIN ELEVATORS 00:08:30 - CU LIVESTOCK EATING FODDER FROM TROUGH 00:08:33 - BUSY SMALL TOWN STREETS, FARMERS & FAMILIES IN TOWN FOR THE DAY 00:08:39 - PUBLIC SCHOOL, SMALL TOWN KIDS PLAY IN YARD 00:08:46 - STUDENTS WALK ON CAMPUS, STATE UNIVERSITY. 00:08:48 - AT STATE AGRICULTURE COLLEGE, MALE STUDENTS GROOM COW. 00:08:53 - FLAT BED RAILROAD CARS CARRYING SMALL TRACTORS 00:08:59 - MEN LOOK OVER FARM MACHINERY 00:09:03 - OUTDOOR FRUIT & VEGETABLE STANDS . 00:09:08 - CU CATTLE IN FIELD 00:09:15 - SHEEP GRAZING IN FIELD 00:09:18 - WHEAT BEING CUT BY MACHINE 00:09:25 - GLACIER PARK 00:09:33 - OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER 00:09:45 - GRAND TETON MOUNTAINS 00:09:53 - SNOW FED MOUNTAIN STREAM 00:09:57 - DUDE RANCH. TRAIL RIDE. 00:10:10 - MONTAGE OF NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-150