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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This film “Yosemite“ was produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films Inc., which was the top producer and distributor of educational films between the 1940s and 1990s. This film is based on a film produced by Atwater Kent Foundation for the National Park Service, Department of the Interior with photography by Ted Phillips, , and covers the historical formation of Yosemite National Park from swampy lowland to high mountain peaks and deep river canyons. (Note: this print was formerly owned by the The United States of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry Pathological Division, and has that organization's logo at the head.) “Yosemite” title banner (00:15). The point-of-view of driving through a mountain tunnel (00:35), and towards a Yosemite National Park viewpoint (00:54). Scenic views of the mountains and valleys of the park (01:11). A man is photographing a waterfall (01:15). A map of the State of California with Yosemite National Park highlighted (01:22). Footage from the park’s landscapes (01:28). Wild deer grazing on grass (01:58). A man fishing (02:08). Two people cycling (02:15). A car drives through icy landscapes (02:40). Giant Sequoia trees (03:14). A car drives through the tunnel of the famous Giant Sequoia Tree named “Wawona Tree” (03:21). A cabin (03:38). A trunk-plate cut from a fallen sequoia tree (03:43). A park ranger explains the story of the tree-rings to two visitors (03:48). Scenes from springtime in the park (04:36). A snow plant growing from the forest bed (04:43). Blooming Dogwood trees along the banks of the Merced River (04:52). Floral meadows (05:08). A lodge for housing visitors (05:19). The “El Capitan Rock” look-out point (05:29). Views of the Sierra high rise snowy peaks (06:37). A man watches a waterfall in the Merced River (06:49). A park visitor reads a geology book about the Yosemite Valley (07:46). Views of the lowland covered with vegetation billions of years ago (08:05). The Merced River after the ancient Sierra Nevada was uplifted (08:14). A glacier (08:19). Scenes of the Merced River before the development of the cliff walls (08:25). El Capitan before it became a highpoint of Yosemite Park (09:01). Other forest-covered hills are pointed out as today’s highpoints (09:09). A model explains how earthquakes and lava-eruptions uplifted the Sierra Nevada (09:55). Views of the park following the several million years of upheavals resulting in the valley as of today (10:27). Forests of hardwood and sequoia trees (11:09). Tributary streams plunging into the Merced River (11:16). A model explaining how later earthquakes and upheavals uplifted the Nevada further (11:51). A deeper V-shaped gorge was carved, and the river had dug a canyon within the Yosemite Valley (12:40). The highpoints of the valley are pointed out (12:59). New high waterfalls of from the river, further digging out the canyon (13:16). Views of the increasing cold temperatures of the park resulting in the first ice age of the Sierra Nevada (13:36). Ice chunks breaking of a glacier (14:00). An illustration of how glaciers descended through the canyons of Yosemite (14:08). Ice chunks breaking of a glacier (14:51), resulting in a U-shaped gorge carved into the Merced canyon (14:59). An illustration explaining the glacier-invasions throughout time in the Yosemite Valley (15:13). The massive pile of rocks left from the glaciers formed a dam (15:35). Scenes of ice melting in the river after the end of the ice-age (15:42). Melted glacier-water trapped behind the dam (15:49), resulting in the formation of Ancient Lake Yosemite (15:58). The flat Valley Floor remaining after the Ancient Lake Yosemite (16:15). The geology book about the Yosemite Valley (16:20). The U-shaped valley of today’s Yosemite National Park (16:22). Waterfalls in the valley (16:26). The ‘El Capitan’ and ‘Half Dome’ rock highpoints (16:48). Waterfalls in the valley (17:00). Scenic views of the Merced River and other bodies of water in Yosemite National Park (17:37). “The End” written on screen (18:08). 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
