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Summers collection New Orleans to San Francisco ca 1941

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New Orleans and return to San Francisco, 1941"Various street scenes of New Orleans are followed by shots of boats and a few shots of the aboveground cemeteries in New Orleans. Roll mostly consists of traveling shots of countryside shot from a moving train. Ends with several shots of a dog in the yard of a California house and a sunset over the Golden Gate Bridge.0.11.33 LS Downtown Memphis, Tennessee; Hotel Peabody.Mississippi (Vicksburg, etc.); Louisiana (Huey Long Bridge); great shot of African-American girls dancing beside country roadNew Orleans; tourists on Lake Pontchartrain Bridge; lots of "State Line" signs;New Orleans' Cafe du Monde Coffee House ("The Original Coffee Stand") etc.00:10New Orleans streets, people, traffic, "Ramos Gin fizz" sign.00:40Equestrian statue00:55New Orleans architecture01:47Aunt Jemima look-a-like-black woman in apron, red kerchief, and corn cob pipe dancing on street snapping her fingers.01:50New Orleans cemetery with many tombs, mausoleums, and statues02:10Bridge is raised over river to allow tugboat to pass pulling barge02:37Tomb built into grassy hill surmounted by equestrian statue (presumably of occupant) palm tree and white marble statue to the right. Statue to right in close-up turns out to be civil war confederate soldier. Inscription over tomb reads "Army of Tennessee Louisiana Division 1861-1865". CU of statue.03:00Facade of Palladio style southern mansion (white colonnade and porch)03:15Southern mansion shaded by trees03:40Harbor with boat traffic04:05Houses with wrought iron balconies04:40Train crossing Huey Long bridge. VS of bridge with rail and auto traffic05:40Locomotive pulling in05:45Black and white work crew survey of train accident. Train seems to have hit a truck.06:00Old locomotives on display. Outdoor railroad museum.07:00Shot of river canyon from very high bridge07:12Shot of desert prairie with mountains in distance. Telephone wires and palm trees along road. Show capped mountain range. rockies.08:10Car being unloaded (driven out of boxcar) from freight train09:00Dog excitedly greets women in front of small house05:00Terrier dog plays in yard05:30Golden Gate Bridge09:35Golden Gate Bridge at sunsetTHE END

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PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOHN H. SUMMERS.

 

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