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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 Part 1: This travelogue from 1962 was created and presented by Norman E. Schley, a filmmaker based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This film is presented silently, but Schley often showed his films in front of live audiences, and provided simultaneous narration. Other versions appeared on TV with narration and music. This film shows a trip to the Pacific NW from Chicago, and covers tourist attractions, natural scenery, and everyday city shots from large and small cities along the way. This portion also features footage from the 1962 World’s Fair, which was held in Seattle and for which the Space Needle was built. 0:10 the Seattle World Fair, 0:38 a monorail next to the Space Needle, 1:07 a water ski performance, 1:35 various pavilions including the Danish, Canadian, Japanese, Taiwanese, Mexican, Egyptian, and Hong Kong ones, 2:24 elevators going up the Space Needle, 3:04 night time shots of an amusement park at the expo, 4:17 different shots of Mt. Rainier from a road, 4:40 a lodge at the base of Mt. Rainier, 4:53 different shots from the base of the mountain, 5:22 overview of Portland followed by various flowers, 5:51 a parade with various floats, 6:19 a flower garden with close ups of various flowers and flamingos, 7:31 the Bonneville Dam, 8:12 Weyerhaeuser Timber Mill by the ocean, 8:30 logs being transported into the lumber mill and processed, 9:21 a lumberjack cutting down trees and helps in lifting them onto a truck, 10:50 kids playing in the water in a forest park, 11:18 a man looking at a map, 11:30 boats in and out of the water, 12:08 view of the shore and other boats from a boat, 13:38 a fish farm, 14:38 a family next to their boat enjoying the beach, 15:17 the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Harbor, 16:12 crabs being cooked, 16:23 San Francisco Ferry Building, 16:47 Alcatraz as seen from land, 17:04 seals relaxing on a rock, 17:24 Japanese Tea Garden, 17:58 street shots including tram being turned around, 18:48 Chinatown and various signs in Chinese, 19:31 a woman offering a man different silk clothes, 19:45 different neon signs at night, 20:39 Muir Woods National Monument with people walking through the park, 21:17 grapevines at Petri Wineries, 21:34 trucks bringing in loads of grapes for wine production, 22:12 a car driving down a road at Yosemite National Park, 22:47 different peaks in the park, 23:11 a herd of deer, 23:25 different shots of mirror lake, 24:14 car driving down a road, 24:31 the fountain restaurant souvenir store, 24:38 different peaks, 24:47 the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls, 25:31 different shots of nature, 26:00 the grounds of the Hearst San Simeon Castle, 27:12 different marble statues at the castle, 27:43 street shots and city overview of LA, 28:06 The Brown Derby building, 28:16 Paramount Pictures Gate, 28:29 NBC Building, 28:33 TCL Chinese Theater, 28:40 walk of fame signatures, 28:59 fancy houses, 29:14 a street market, 30:09 an old overgrown church with a garden, 30:37 people feeding seals at a zoo, 31:06 the Ghost Town Gold Trail Hotel western style town with an old steam engine, gold washing, a horse drawn carriage, and a medicine show, 34:10 passengers board an old steam train, 34:41 a mock train robbery where the robber is shot and the “corpse” is wheelbarrowed away, 35:42 a man doing tricks with two trained cats who fight in a fake boxing match, 38:00 a map with all the places visited on the trip, 38:09 “The End” 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
