[1940s DEATH VALLEY CALIFORNIA & NEVADA TRAVELOGUE MOVIE 50874 (Color Video 22:12)](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JcqyZ1is0Ls) A Periscope Film Description 1940s DEATH VALLEY CALIFORNIA & NEVADA TRAVELOGUE MOVIE 50874 This silent color 1940s travelogue film “Death Valley Ancient and Modern (Historic Death Valley)” is a Paul Hoefler Productions. (A shorter version also appears on Youtube -- film 41094). The film opens with the camera scanning the salt pans (:55-1:22). Maps show the location of Death Valley in California and Nevada (1:24-1:52). A man sweeps across plaster to expose a hoof print (2:13-2:53). A stream runs through salt flats and low shrubs. Minnows are shown up-close (2:55-3:20). Petroglyphs are seen on various rock formations (3:21-3:44). A re-enactment pioneer family scoops water into their mouths from a flowing stream. They ride Conestoga wagons pulled by oxen cross the desert sand (4:04-5:02). Two men walk up a bare trail (5:07). A broken wagon wheel, ox skulls, and an ox yoke decay in the rocky terrain (5:22-5:29). Ashford Mill ruins remain from a 1914 mining town (6:03-6:12). A 20-mule team wagon train pulls “Death Valley” wagons across the desert (6:13-7:04). A thunderegg crystal geode is shown (7:20-7:35). A man breaks open rocks and displays gold in a pan (7:36-8:09). A couple drive a late 1800s automobile (8:11-8:22). 1940s cars are parked and driven on a road through Death Valley, including a 1942 Pontiac Streamliner and a Mobile Sportsman camper (8:23-8:47). A Woodie station wagon is seen among cars, trucks, campers and tents (8:47). A family eats outside their tent; their car is a Woodie (8:53). The Furnace Creek Inn is shown from the air (9:16-9:30). Airplanes are at the Furnace Creek Airport (9:32-9:43). Tourists enjoy the pool and tropical setting at the Furnace Creek Inn (9:44-10:37). The Furnace Creek Camp sign welcomes visitors. People on horseback ride through the desert shrub (10:38-11:12). The fairways are green as people golf (11:13-11:32). Shown are a row of date trees and dates up-close (11:34-11:42). A woman arranges outdoor merchandise at an “Indian Craft” store (11:43). Cars drive up to Stovepipe Wells (12:16). Close-ups of daisies growing in the rocky dirt is shown (12:37-12:55). A drives up a serpentine road (12:57). Views of the different mineral streaks and folds in rock formations are shown (13:08-13:42). A train pulls an open trailer of tourists (13:45-14:11). Telescope Peak is seen in the distance, with up-close snow caps (14:26-14:50). A sign points to Golden Canyon, Artists Drive, Devils Golf Course, Bad Water, and Bennetts Well (14:55). A 1940s car drives around the curves on the sandy road (14:56-15:12), past Mushroom Rock (15:19) to the Badwater sign at 279.6 feet below sea level. A group of men and women dressed in 1940s clothes stand at it and the sea level sign is shown (15:54-16:18). Close-ups of salt and mineral covered rocks are shown at Badwater, with people picking up chunks in their hands (16:29-17:03). A group of people in pioneer outfits gather to watch square dancers perform and an outdoor orchestra plays (17:30-18:27). Views of Scotty’s Castle are shown (19:03-19:59). Close-ups of blooming cacti, wildflowers, and shrubbery are shown (20:00-20:57). The sand dunes are shown (21:03-21:20). A cross is highlighted against a setting sun sunset (21:33-48).