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22 CLASS 1— Travel and Transportation
COURTESY TITLE REEL NO.
Courtesy of RICHFIELD OIL COMPANY 119
MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA
To one who loves California, the Missions will always have a deep significance. This film enables one in fifteen minutes to get a clear idea of the history, location and present condition of every Mission. The picture opens with a view of Father Junipero Serra's statute, followed by scenes from the first Mssion founded by him, the Mission of San Diego, established in 1767. Not only are all the famous Missions, such as San Gabriel, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa Barbara, San Fernando and San Juan Capistrano shown, but the film also presents scenes and historical comments concerning many that are not so well known but none the less interesting. Every resident of California and every visitor to this State should see this picture without fail.
1 Reel
Courtesy of FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY 120
KILAUEA
One of the most famous volcanoes in the world is Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands. Tradition says that Kilauea was active w^hen Hawaiians came to the Islands in 190 A.D. This picture w^as started in 1918 and scenes added each year since that date. The pit is now over 3,500 feet across and 1200 feet deep. The lava glistens in the sunlight like satin. Waves of molten rock, dash their breakers of lava against the walls of the crater. Alany scenes are taken at such a close range that one imagines feeling the intense heat and cannot help but wonder how^ the cameraman dared to take such chances. There are spatter cones and lava cascades and ominous fountains of molten rock. The night scenes surpass the wildest fancies of Dante's inferno. This interesting, educational film is w^ell worth seeing. . -p. .
Courtesy of GLOBE GRAIN & MILLING COMPANY 121
THE VALLEY OF DEATH
CITIES OF THE GHOSTS
On the border land between California and Nevada there is a depression in the earth's surface 267 feet below' sea level. No place on earth is more sinister or more interesting than this hollow, which is known as "Death Valley." The film shows a number of unusual views of Death Valley, including the borax beds, an abandoned wagon of the famous "20-Mule Team Borax" plant, the Panamint Mountains and Furnace Creek Ranch.
CITIES OF GHOSTS takes the observer to Northwestern Nevada. Here, among the canyons of the Funeral Range of mountains, are a number of cities which, at one time, were heavily populated, thriving cities, but are now veritably ghost cities. One city, formerly housing 10.000 people, is now occupied by only one lone, half-witted prdspecter called "Loco Charlie." Among the other points of interest shown are Rhyolite, Bullfrog, Beatty, Bellarat and Leadfield. Loco Charlie shows a visitor his mine, which he claims is worth over $20,000,000. An interesting and
instructive film. , _. ,
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