“ SCENICLAND, USA ” 1960s TV EPISODE GRAND CANYON, SALT LAKE, WHITE SANDS, DEVIL’S TOWER XD53164
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This color travel documentary is an episode of the TV show “America!“ and dates from the 1960s. It was hosted by Jack Douglas. This episode is titled “Armchair Vacation!’“ and takes the viewer on a tour of the 10 states that make up America’s Scenicland Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The film highlights the various national parks and scenic wonders of this aptly named area of the United States from The Grand Canyon to White Sands National Park to Salt Lake City Utah amongst others. This film was in fact an episode in a larger series titled America! and was hosted by Jack Douglas.
Opening credits (0:12). White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico (0:54). Solid mass of gypsum sandstone (1:45). Jack Douglas opening remarks (2:01). Map of the United States highlighting “Scenicland” the states of Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas (2:06). Montage of nature scenes from national parks in these states like The Grand Canyon and Arches National Park (2:20). Saguaro National Monument in Arizona (2:46). Saguaro National Monument Visitor Center (2:57). Saguaro cactus forest in the Sonora Desert (3:12-5:12). Visiting family from Dodge City, Kansas tour the park (5:17). Grand Canyon National Park (6:01). The Hopi Tribe of The Grand Canyon and the spiritual practices of The Kachina Cult (6:20). Visiting family from Chandler, Arizona (6:44). Grand Canyon scenic flights at the Williams Municipal Airport (7:12). Aerial view of The Grand Canyon (7:35). Motels, hotels, and lodges of the national park (8:06). Sunset Crater National Monument (8:15). Sign for The Bonito Lava Flow (8:31). Views of mountain peaks of The San Francisco Mountains (9:00). 1964 South Dakota License Plate featuring Mount Rushmore (9:09). Mount Rushmore National Memorial (9:15). Canadians from Saskatchewan visiting the monument (10:22). Badlands National Monument of South Dakota (10:34-12:00). Devil’s Tower in Northeast Wyoming - America’s first national monument established in 1906 (12:12). Winter snow in West Yellowstone in Montana - Snowmobiles of West Yellowstone (12:53). Old Faithful Geyser (13:32). Jackson Hole Wyoming and Jackson Lake in the Wyoming Valley (14:10). The Teton Range (14:15). Wildlife in the area (14:57). Alpine glow on the mountain tops (15:21). Aerial views of Utah (15:41). The Mormon Tabernacle and the Mormon emple of Salt Lake City, Utah (16:08). The “This Is The Place” monument honoring Brigham Young (16:30). Aerial views of The Great Salt Lake - second saltiest body of water after The Dead Sea (16:50). Aerial views of Sun Valley, Idaho (17:49). Vacationers and skiers (18:15). Dollar Mountain and Baldy Mountain ski slopes and the Sun Valley Ski School (18:59). Challenger Inn of Sun Valley and the heated pool (19:31). Dog sleds and sled dogs - dogs are Samoyed breeds from Iran not huskies (20:09). Helicopter sightseeing tours in Sun Valley through the Reader Flying Service of the Sawtooth Mountains (20:50). Deer and elk on the Sawtooth Mountains as seen from the helicopter (21:26). The Warming Hut on Dollar Mountain - The High Life Steel Band performs some calypso beats (21:51). Closing remarks (22:44).
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