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[Home movie: 010112_001: 1950s Road Trip Las Vegas and Desert Southwest.] Silent. Courtesy of Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive.
“CALIFORNIA 1960’s California- Palm Springs and Indio, Found Footage Ep VIII.” Sound. Courtesy of Vintage on Vintage via YouTube.
“Seeing Southern California,” by Cloyd E. Louis, 1934-1935. Silent. Courtesy of Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room via Internet Archive.
“Pioneer Town (sic) and Caliente,” after 1946. Silent. Features images of Pioneertown, CA, including The Golden Stallion Restaurant, Red Dog Saloon, and the Post Office, as well as the surrounding landscape. Courtesy of Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room via Internet Archive.
“Desert Palms, Arrowhead Lake, Calico Ghost Town, Calico Mountains, 1955.” Silent. Courtesy of Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room via Internet Archive.
“Southern California footage, vol. 3,” 1955. Silent. Includes footage of a mobile home parks in Palm Springs (Rancho Trailer Park or Sahara Mobile Home Park which opened in 1955?), an unidentified resort in the area, and Mojave Desert. Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room via Internet Archive.
“Southern California footage, Vol. 6,” ca. 1950s. Silent. Includes footage of The Plaza shopping center and Palm Canyon Drive shops. Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room via Internet Archive.
[Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: Arrowhead, La Quinta, Feather River], by 1927-1928. Silent. Courtesy of Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive. Features very early images of La Quinta Resort.
New Horizons: “California,” circa 1970s, by Pan Am. Sound. Courtesy of Periscope Film via Internet Archive.
Southern California Holiday, 1940s, Santa Fe Railroad. Sound. Courtesy of Periscope Film via Internet Archive.
Happy – “Wedding Anniversary,” June 8, 1960. Sound. Produced for CBS. Courtesy of the Internet Archive.
“The Romance & Sex Life of the Date.” A short film based on the 1951 slideshow created by E. Floyd Shields. Visit Shields Date Garden!
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