1937 SANTA FE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN TRIP TO NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA & CALIFORNIA 65004

This early Kodachrome, silent 16mm home movie dates to 1937. It shows a trip West made by an American tourist by Santa Fe passenger train. These type of trips were widely promoted by the railroad and serviced by Fred Harvey hotels. At 1:00 the Castaneda Hotel in Las Vegas, where Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders once held a reunion, is shown. The Castaneda was one of the so-called Railroad Hotels. At 1:08 the train station and Western Union office are visible, followed by shots out the train window including the Glorieta station. At 1:53 a very distinctive building is shown, possibly another train station (perhaps you can ID it?), and at 2:11 the Lamy station is shown. At 2:47 kids pose by the train and at 2:54 a mission style church is shown. At 3:12 a pueblo, possibly at Acoma, is shown. At 3:42 a Santa Fe Railroad bus is shown by the tracks as a train approaches. At 4:30 a locomotive approaches the camera straight on. Hard to make out the number but it does end in 69, and it might be the 369 a 2-8-0 steam engine in service until the 1950s. At 4:41 the Grand Canyon is seen. At 6:00 there is a visit to the Hermit’s Rest viewing area and at 7:00 the Watchtower is shown. At 7:11 Native Americans, most likely from the Navajo Nation, perform for the tourists. At 7:30 the fllm shows Santa Monica, California and if you look at 7:30 you can see the present-day Annenberg Beach House, which at this time was part of William Randolph Hearst’s beach house. Marion Davie’s home is visible at 7:34 followed by sweeping shots of Santa Monica and the bluffs. Downtown L.A. is seen at 8:30. At 8:50 a newspaper boy sells papers with the headline “L.A. Bound Flyers Lost“, too bad we cannot read the precise date! At 8:54 a football game is shown at the Rose Bowl or possibly the Cal Football Stadium At 10:30 are views in the Bay Area, including shots of San Francisco and Coit Tower as well as the Bay Bridge. At 1:18 Fisherman’s Wharf is shown and at 11:50 a distant view of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge. At 12:17 a shipwreck is seen. Appears to be an oil tanker or freighter. At 12:25 a freighter is shown beached. It’s unclear the names of these ships but someone out there will certainly know (leave in the comments!) At 12:44 Golden Gate Park and its windmills and the Gjoa Expedition boat are seen as well as rare views of the buffalo herd. At 13:30 a botanical garden is shown probably in the Berkeley Hills. 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