- Title: VM-1442
- Summary: SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS...AMERICA'S PICTURELAND: TOURIST FILM - SIGHTSEEING IN SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. AMUSEMENT PARKS & FAMILY VACATION SIGHTS.
- Description:00:01:50 - YOUNG COUPLE STAND ON RUGGED CLIFFS OF STONE 00:02:00 - YOUNG DEER FORAGING IN HIGH GRASS 00:02:06 - BABY BEAR PLAYING IN FLOWERY FIELD. 00:02:09 - CU TWO SQUIRREL EATING LEAVES IN HIGH GRASS. 00:02:20 - YOUNG ROMANTIC COUPLE WALK HAND & HAND THROUGH WOODED AREA. 00:02:24 - CARS MAKE TURN ONTO ROAD, PASSING WATERFALL CASCADING OFF RIDGE IN BKGD. 00:02:31 - CAR AND RV PASSES UNDER TUNNEL CUT INTO HILL. 00:02:38 - VARIOUS VIEWS CARS WINDING AROUND ROADS ON BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY ENJOYING SPECTACULAR SCENERY 00:02:52 - TOURIST EXITING BUS. 00:02:58 - TRACKS OF INCLINE RAILWAY GOING STRAIGHT UP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN IN CHATANOOGA, TENNESSEE. 00:03:05 - TRAM RIDING DOWN, POV TRAM RIDING ON OPPOSITE TRACKS GOING UP. 00:03:14 - TOURISTS INSIDE CARS. 00:03:17 - VIEW OF TRACKS AS SEEN FROM MOVING TRAM. 00:03:21 - CU PULLEYS AND CABLES POWERING TRAMS. 00:03:26 - TRAM CLIMBING UP STEEP INCLINE TOWARDS STATION. 00:03:35 - MONTAGE OF VARIOUS SCENES, CANNONS ON ROCK OVERLOOK VALLEY BELOW AT SITE OF MOST CRUCIAL BATTLE OF CIVIL WAR. "BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN". 00:03:41 - PAN TOURISTS PEERING THROUGH TELESCOPES AT ROCK CITY ATOP MOUNTAIN GETTING PANORAMIC VIEW OF 7 STATES. 00:03:55 - ZOOM IN FACE CARVED BY NATURE ON SIDE OF MOUNTAIN. 00:04:05 - ZOOM AWAY TO TOURISTS WALKING DOWN ROCK TRAIL ALONG EDGE OF MOUNTAIN. 00:04:20 - CU TILT UP WATERFALL CASCADING OVER EDGE O MOUNTAIN. 00:04:32 - LITTLE GIRL TAKE PHOTO OF MOM POSING WITH CHILD ON LAP AS DAD WATCHES OUTSIDE BOOK STORE. 00:04:45 - BOY AND GIRL TRY TO SQUEEZE THROUGH NARROW CREVICE BETWEEN TWO CLIFFS, "FAT MAN SQUEEZE" 00:04:54 - LONG LINE OF TOURISTS WALK SINGLE FILE ACROSS NARROW "SWING ALONG" BRIDGE HIGH ABOVE GROUND. 00:05:12 - TILT DOWN RUSHING WATERFALLS OF ROCK CITY 00:05:18 - TOURIST ENTER ATTRACTIVE ENTRANCEWAY ON MOUNTAIN WITH SIGN: "RUBY FALLS" ABOVE ENTRANCE 00:05:30 - TOURISTS EXIT ELEVATOR AND DESCEND DOWN RAMP 260 FEET OF SOLID ROCK TO CAVE ONCE USED BY INDIANS. TOURISTS WALK DOWN RAILED RAMP THROUGH A CAVE 00:05:52 - "RUBY FALLS" RUSHING STREAM OF WATER PLUNGING MORE THAN THOUSAND FEET BELOW THE EARTH'S SURFACE. 00:06:03 - MOM & TWO CHILDREN POSE FOR DAD TAKING PICTURES OUTSIDE ENTRANCE TO RUBY FALLS. 00:06:17 - MAN-MADE TUNNEL ACCESS TO "LOST SEA" IN SWEETWATER TENNESSEE. 00:06:22 - TOURISTS ENTERING UNDERGROUND CAVERN TO LARGEST UNDERGROUND LAKE 00:06:30 - TOURISTS BOARD BOAT FOR RIDE ON LOST SEA. 00:06:38 - MONTAGE BOAT RIDES THROUGH HIGHEST, WIDEST, & LARGEST ROOMS OF ANY CAVERN IN THE EAST. TOURISTS IN BOAT CHECK OUT INTERESTING ROCK FORMATIONS IN CAVERN, GUIDE POINTS OUT ROCKS WITH FLASHLIGHT 00:07:10 - CU LARGE BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW TROUT IN WATER 00:07:18 - CHRISTUS GARDENS SET SERENELY AT FOOT OF CROCKET MOUNTAIN IN GATTLINGBURG, TENNESSEE 00:07:24 - SIGN: "CHRISTUS GARDENS". 00:07:27 - VARIOUS SCENES FAMILIES WATCH AUTHENTIC SETTINGS WITH LIFE-LIKE FIGURES DEPICTING BIBLICAL SCENES OF LIFE OF CHRIST INCLUDING MANGER SCENE, LAST SUPPER, CRUCIFIXION. CHRISTIAN THEME PARK 00:08:13 - MONTAGE YOUNG COUPLE RIDE SKI LIFT UP CROCKETT MOUNTAIN SAVORING PURE MOUNTAIN AIR AS WELL AS PLUSH SCENERY BELOW 00:08:16 - VIEW COUPLES RIDING BOTH WAYS ON LIFT. TILT DOWN TO SCENERY BELOW: RIVER, TRAFFIC. 00:09:12 - VARIOUS SCENES VARIETY OF ACCOMMODATIONS FOR TOURISTS INCLUDING PLUSH HOTEL & MODEST MOTELS. 00:09:25 - MOTOR HOMES WITH TOURISTS SEATED AT PICNIC TABLES. 00:09:30 - FAMILY OF FOUR SIT AT PICNIC TABLE ALONGSIDE STREAM. COOK ON BARBECUE, ENJOY OUTDOOR SPLENDOR OF APPALACHIANS 00:09:45 - DAD TAKES COLOR SHOT OF FAMILY WITH BULKY POLAROID CAMERA. ACTUALLY KODAK INSTANT PHOTO 00:10:05 - CU PHOTOGRAPH, YOUNG GIRL HANDS PHOTO TO MOTHER 00:10:15 - AMUSEMENT PARK TRAIN RIDING ALONE LAKE, MONTAGE OF RIDES AT FRONTIER LAND IN CHEROKEE, NORTH CAROLINA. AMUSEMENT PARK WITH TOUCH OF OLD WEST. CARNIVAL INCLUDING ROLLER COASTER AND FERRIS WHEEL. 00:10:41 - TOURISTS WATCH INDIANS PERFORMING DANCES WHILE DRESSED IN NATIVE COSTUMES. ETHNIC DANCE 00:10:52 - COWBOYS IN SHOOTOUT INSIDE FORT AS TOURIST WATCH RE-CREATION OF ESCAPE OF "APACHE KID". 00:10:54 - ABOVE VIEW FORT CHEROKEE. 00:10:56 - WILD WEST COWBOY SHOOT OUT SHOW, TOURIST SHUTTER AT GUN FIRE 00:11:03 - PIANO PLAYER IN COLORFUL COSTUME PLAYS IN "LAST CHANCE" SALOON. THREE FEMALE DANCERS IN COSTUME DO COORDINATED TAP DANCE ON STAGE OF SALOON. 00:11:14 - LITTLE GIRL TAKES PHOTO OF INDIAN "CHIEF" OUTSIDE TEEPEE. 00:11:20 - MUSEUM OF CHEROKEE INDIANS. MONTAGE DRAWINGS OF TRIBAL LEADERS. CHILDREN VIEW AUTHENTIC INDIAN ARTIFACTS & DRESS ON LIFE SIZE FIGURES. 00:12:00 - CHILD VIEWS VARIOUS ARTIFACTS HANGING ON WALL 00:12:07 - INDIAN CARVING WOOD MASK OUTSIDE 18TH CENTURY VILLAGE HOME. 00:12:22 - ELDERLY INDIAN WOMEN IN NATIVE COSTUME MAKE BEADED BELTS 00:12:47 - INDIAN WOMAN WEAVES BASKET. CU BASKET. 00:12:55 - INDIAN WOMEN MAKING POTTERY WITHOUT POTTERS WHEEL. USING ANCIENT METHOD. 00:13:08 - CHEROKEE EAGLE DANCE PERFORMED 00:14:00 - VARIOUS SCENES RECREATION INFAMOUS "TRAIL OF TEARS". 00:14:31 - INDIAN CARRIES TORCH, TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:14:38 - BILTMORE HOUSE IN ASHVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. 00:14:45 - VARIOUS VIEWS ELABORATE HOME OF GEOGRE W. VANDERBILT RICHLY FURNISHED INTERIOR, BANQUET HALL 00:15:08 - OAK PANEL BILLIARD ROOM 00:15:11 - CU BUST NAPOLEON LOOKING DOWN ON CHESS PIECES. 00:15:22 - VIEWS OF MANSION ESTATE HOUSE ROOMS. 00:15:34 - CHANDELIER ABOVE GRAND STAIRCASE 00:15:45 - FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PHOTOS OF FLOWERS IN ELABORATE GARDENS. 00:15:54 - CU ROSE 00:16:00 - MORE VIEWS OF GROUNDS SURROUNDING THE 12,000 ACRE ESTATE, MANSION BY LAKE 00:16:09 - MAN JUMPS OFF DIVING BOARD INTO POOL, TWO MEN PLAYING TENNIS AND GOLF 00:16:27 - APPALACHIAN CLOG DANCING DANCERS AT RESORT PUT ON GREAT DEMONSTRATION. BLUEGRASS BAND PLAYS FOR DANCERS 00:16:58 - RELUCTANT TOURIST IS MADE TO JOIN IN TO DANCE 00:17:09 - CU BANJO, GUITAR, PLAYERS, FEET DANCING 00:17:39 - MAN LAUGHS AT PHOTOGRAPH 00:17:54 - AERIAL BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. 00:18:00 - TILT UP HUGE TOWER OF GRANITE, CLIFF. MAJOR ATTRACTION OF CHIMNEY ROCK PARK 00:18:07 - FAMILY OF FOUR WALKS THROUGH DARK TUNNEL 00:18:10 - ENTRANCE TO ELEVATOR GOING TO TOP OF ROCK 00:18:17 - FAMILY OF FOUR CLIMBS STEEP WOODEN STAIRS TO TOP OF ROCK. 00:18:26 - PAN TOURIST AT TOP. SIGHTSEEING VAST AREA. 00:18:54 - TWO BOYS & MAN SIT ON ROCKY SHORE OF LAKE. FISHING WITH RODS 00:19:00 - RESORT DINING. FAMILY HAVING PICNIC AT BASE OF ROCK FORMATION. 00:19:06 - TOURISTS AT OPEN AIR RESTAURANT SEATED AT TABLES EATING 00:19:16 - TRAFFIC ON WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD IN MINTVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. ROAD SIGN IN FRGD: "5000 FEET". 00:19:30 - "GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN" WITH MILE HIGH TWIN PEAKS. 00:19:41 - HANG GLIDING ON GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN. HANG GLIDER FLOATS GRACEFULLY OVERHEAD. 00:20:01 - MAN ON HANG GLIDER JUMPS OFF PLATFORM ON EDGE OF MOUNTAIN, FLOATS SKYWARD. 00:20:13 - VIEW FROM GROUND OF TWO HANG GLIDERS. 00:20:22 - VIEW OF GLIDERS FLOATING DOWN LANDING ON HIS FEET 00:20:31 - BLACK BEAR STANDS ALONGSIDE SIGN: "MILDRED THE BEAR" "ENVIRONMENTAL HABITAT". BEAR WALKS IN FRONT OF SIGN. 00:20:39 - MOM & DAD WATCH AS LITTLE GIRL TAKES PHOTO. 00:20:43 - CU MILDRED STANDS ON HIND LEGS AS HER TWO CUBS DO SAME IN BKGD. 00:20:48 - BLOWING ROCK, NORTH CAROLINA: INDIAN SITS ON EDGE OF MOUNTAIN CLIFF HOLDING SCARF HIGH SHOWING PERPETUAL BLOWING WIND 00:21:22 - LAND OF OZ; YELLOW BRICK ROAD; DOROTHY; TIN MAN; COWARDLY LION; SCARECROW SKIP DOWN YELLOW BRICK ROAD. (USABLE AS ALTERNATIVE TO FILM). 00:21:29 - ABOVE VIEW SCARECROW CHASING DOROTHY. 00:21:34 - CROWD OF TOURISTS WALKING ON YELLOW BRICK ROAD 00:21:51 - DOROTHY KNOCKS ON TIN MAN'S HOUSE, TIN MAN COMES OUTSIDE 00:22:13 - TIN MAN, DOROTHY, LION, SCARECROW SKIPPING DOWN YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA & AWAY. 00:22:22 - DOROTHY FLOATING ON WAY HOME IN BALLOON, CHILD TAKE PICTURE WITH WIZARD OF OZ CHARACTERS 00:22:36 - CABLE CAR CLIMBS MOUNTAIN TO "GHOST TOWN IN THE SKY", MAGGY VALLEY, NORTH CAROLINA. "THE HIGHEST RIDES IN THE SMOKIES. 00:22:41 - CHILDREN ON SPINNING SWING RIDE 00:22:47 - WILD WEST SHOOTOUT. COWBOY EXITS BANK SHOOTING AFTER BANK ROBBERY. 00:22:51 - FEMALE DANCERS DO TYPICAL "CAN-CAN" DANCE ON STAGE OF "SILVER DOLLAR" SALOON. 00:23:19 - "TWEETSEE" RAILROAD AT GLOWING ROCK NORTH CAROLINA. VARIOUS VIEWS TOURISTS RIDING MINIATURE RAILROAD RIDE. 00:23:30 - RIDE ENTERING "CHEESE MINE" TUNNEL. POV RIDER. 00:23:37 - CU LOCOMOTIVE BELL RINGING. 00:23:39 - ENGINEER POURING COAL INTO TRAIN'S BOILER. 00:23:41 - SMOKING STACK ON TWEETSEE'S VINTAGE COAL FIRED LOCOMOTIVE 00:23:45 - TRAIN ENGINEER PULLING WHISTLE ON LOCOMOTIVE 00:23:47 - CU TRAIN WHEELS ROLL TOWARDS CAMERA AS TRAIN TAKES TOURISTS ON TRIP-FILLED WITH ADVENTURE, 00:24:06 - VINTAGE TRAIN PASSES BURNING VILLAGE. 00:24:12 - NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS ON HORSES ATTACK TRAIN 00:24:26 - INDIAN CLIMBS DOWN LADDER AND COMES CHARGING TOWARDS CAMERA WITH TOMAHAWK READY TO STRIKE. 00:24:36 - INDIANS SWING TOMAHAWKS AS THEY ATTACK TRAIN. 00:24:41 - INDIANS FALLING AS CAVALRY COMES TO RESCUE. 00:24:47 - INDIAN FALLS INTO WELL AFTER BEING SHOT. 00:24:51 - INDIAN RUNNING OUT OF FORT. JUMPS HIGH AS HE IS SHOT IN REAR END. 00:24:58 - SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA: TRAFFIC GOING BOTH WAYS ON BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. VARIOUS VIEWS PICTURESQUE MAYBERRY MILL, HISTORIC LANDMARK 00:25:25 - NATURAL BRIDGE. TOURISTS ARE DWARFED BY GIGANTIC LIMESTONE ARCH AS THEY PASS UNDER IT. 00:25:40 - MONTAGE VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS OF STONE FORMATION AT NATURAL BRIDGE, GEORGE WASHINGTON'S INITIALS CARVED INTO ROCK 00:25:56 - ZOOM AWAY FOR SPECTACULAR VIEW OF NATURAL BRIDGE. 00:26:08 - ABOVE VIEW WOMAN TAKING POLAROID SHOT OF STREAM. 00:26:27 - YOUNG COUPLE HIKE APPALACHIAN TRAIL IN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. 00:26:36 - CARS MAKE TURN TOWARDS CAMERA ON "SKYLINE DRIVE" 00:26:47 - CAVERNS OF LURAY, VIRGINIA. VARIOUS SCENES TOURISTS IN CAVERNS WITH GREAT ROCK FORMATIONS. TILT DOWN SPEAR-LIKE STALAGTITES & CYLINDRICAL STALAGMITES 00:27:30 - MAN PLAYS MOST REMARKABLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, GREAT STALACTITE ORGAN. SOUND IS CREATED BY HAMMERS ACTIVATED BY THE KEYBOARD WHICH STRIKE A SELECTED GROUP OF STALACTITE. CU HAMMER STRIKING STALACTITE 00:28:16 - HAND PLACING PHOTOGRAPHS DOWN FOR COLLAGE OF VACATION PHOTOS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1980
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1980s
- File Name: VM-1442