“12,000 MILES WITH A HOUSE TRAILER” 1960s HOME MOVIE ROUTE 66 ROAD TRIP TO WESTERN USA XD80625

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website Shot by an unknown American filmmaker name L.C. Marble, this 1960s film shows a family’s road trip along Route 66, Highway 101, and California State Route 99 in the Western United States and Mexico, visiting sights in Arizona, Nevada, California, Baja California, Oregon, and Washington. The footage covers famous sights like the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, Sequoia National Park, Crater Lake, and Mount Hood and Rainier. There are also occasional shots of the family members and their trailer. 0:12 Title “12,000 Miles with a House Trailer”, 0:27 Photographed By L.C. Marble, 0:55 “Route 66”, 1:06 railroad tracks in a flat and green countryside, 1:42 a church in a desert village with sandstone houses, 2:15 a car driving along a mountainous desert road, 2:43 wooden electric poles in a desert landscape, 3:08 a family of Native Americans, 3:31 desert landscape from a mountain top, 4:19 a dirt road in the middle of the desert, 5:02 different rock formations that look like tree logs, 6:40 different shots of the Grand Canyon, 8:15 a woman sitting on a rock overlooking the Grand Canyon, 8:36 a sign saying “Lipan Point” followed the view from there, 9:29 a sign saying “Hopi Point” followed by footage of the view from there, 9:56 a Pueblo Native American settlement, 10:04 Pueblo Native Americans performing for a crowd of tourists, 11:04 more footage of the Grand Canyon, 11:36 a rodeo with men attempting to stay on horses but being thrown off and cattle catching, 15:13 views of Lake Mead, 15:30 two trucks being brought across the lake by cable car, 15:45 Hoover Dam, 16:16 view of the Colorado River from the top of the dam, 16:45 a girl standing next to a desert plant and taking a fruit off it, 17:05 shrubs and cacti in the desert, 17:38 a parade of cowboys in a town followed by floats with different themes, 18:19 a Native American brass band, 18:57 the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, 19:10 a bearded man smiling, 19:19 a truck driving down a highway in a forested area, 19:56 a shot of the family’s car and trailer, 20:07 a large cactus, 20:23 Title “Route 101 California”, 20:28 large storm clouds above the ocean, 20:49 sunset on a beach, 21:16 Information sign for the Mission San Juan Capistrano in LA, 21:25 the gardens of the mission, 22:25 a family walking in the courtyard of the mission, 23:02 sign “Limite de Ciudad Ensenada” in Baja California, 23:10 a pier on the ocean, 23:25 city shots from Ensenada including the main road, a man on a decorated horse, and shops, 24:03 a tree plantation next to fields, 24:35 Alcatraz Island filmed from the shore, 24:45 the Golden Gate Bridge, 25:04 Cityscape of San Francisco, 25:57 cars and street cars driving down the roads of San Francisco, 26:20 a road in Chinatown, 26:30 children eating ice cream, 26:46 a restaurant in Chinatown, 27:00 more shots of streetcars driving, 27:17 the family car driving through a hole in a Sequoia tree, 27:37 shots of Sequoias, 28:21 Sign for “The Avenue of the Giants” in the Sequoia National Park, 28:31 a road surrounded by giant Sequoias, 28:49 deer grazing in a field, 29:20 Title “Route 99 California and Oregon”, 29:25 a sign pointing to Crater Lake, 29:48 different views of Crater Lake, 30:58 snow on the shores of the lake, 32:31 Wizard Island in Crater Lake seen from the shore, 33:09 snow peaked mountains in the distance, 33:50 the road leading up to Crater Lake, 34:11 slowly zooming in on a pointed mountain in the distance, 34:45 sign for “Mammoth Sugar Pine”, 34:51 young girl leaning against the pine, 35:11 Sign “Multnomah Falls”, 35:23 Multnomah Falls, 36:02 Panoramic overview of the Columbia River, 36:33 a dam across the river, 37:22 fish trying to swim up the damn by sucking on to it, 37:34 Mt. Hood, 38:00 a woman petting a large dog, 38:10 the summit of Mt. Hood from closer, 39:49 Sign for Mt. Rainier National Park, 39:56 Mt. Rainier 42:29 cityscape of Seattle, 42:50 Lake Washington Bridge. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
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