Thanks for the memories 👍🏻. As my gift when I graduated from college, my Grandmother took me from Chicago to Los Angeles about the Super Chief ... in a compartment. If only Amtrak could be that good (it can’t) I’d gladly give up flying now that I’m retired and have the time.
A time when life was enjoyable, simple things like kissing your spouse in public without being assaulted and called a heterosexual homophobic sexist pig.
I absolutely love those Santa Fe travel videos! I have a question: Why does Periscope Films always have a clock at the bottom of all their videos? Just curious. ☺
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, so that they can identify the material they need to license, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.
1962. 12 years young. From the lily white Buffalo suburb of Hamburg, New York to a then still safe Palo Alto, California. Dad transferred for a 6-month assignmet. 6 of us. In a 1959 land yacht Buick. Carefull. Don't cut yourself on the fins putting luguage in the trunk. Eye-opening experience for an almost teenager. Pay attention to the train passengers. We followed a fair part of the Santa Fe route... on Route 66. Look how society was, now is. Some good, for some. A lot now worse, for many. Well, at least 10 years later (1970) I won the first Vietnam War Draft Lottery, a 'just' system if ever there were one, and served and saved the world for democracy.... at the point of a gun. The illusion of someone's 1950's America now history gone. The stark reality of the elite's American Empire perpetual war industry and reality serving who for what? Now, at 73 years young and wiser, seeing it all so much clearer here in retirement. RT sends, envía, Colonia Centro Histórico, Puebla, México... Geez! What people hear, see and believe!
This film was released in 1946, as the footage of the Tournament of Roses Parade {21:26) is from New Year's Day 1946. The theme of the parade that year was "Unity and Peace".
What a pity that rail travel in the 2000s+ is more or less done by commuters and day trippers, the airlines have the monopoly on holiday and experience travel. Even here in the United Kingdom, birthplace of the railways, trains are aimed at the commuter and short journey travelling, long gone are the overnight sleeper trains (although I have heard they are making a comeback) the boat trains (board in London get of in France etc) Pullman cars offering fine dining, no, it’s all rush rush rush, no room to sneeze let alone sit, overpriced pre-packaged sandwiches, coffee and tea that tastes awful and is as warm as gazpacho, soft and alcoholic drinks in cans and plastic glasses, and getting a meal is reserved for 1st class only, and ticket prices are absolutely extortion, you can fly for less, in half the time and be guaranteed a seat, thank goodness there are heritage railway lines that you can still enjoy the “golden age of rail travel”.
Pure propaganda , letting the public think how idyllic Indian life was. They were living in poverty and isolation and prone to alcoholism! But an exciting way to travel in the glory days of train lore!
8:09 oh dear, almighty God in heaven, for a moment I thought they were having gay pride parades back then!!! I mean, it is New Mexico. Yeah, the Grand Canyon, I really want to be sitting on a mule as he walks along the edge of a cliff and can toss me straight down five thousand feet anytime he wants.
@@samiam619 ... ssssshhhh! Let the mule do as the immature "B.M." thinks! His type are the reason this world is the way that it is. The less of them there are the better off we are!
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films were destroyed and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like this on online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. So, in the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content. We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to deal with these kind of issues.
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films like this one were destroyed and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like this on online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. So, in the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content. We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to deal with these kind of issues.
Thanks for the memories 👍🏻. As my gift when I graduated from college, my Grandmother took me from Chicago to Los Angeles about the Super Chief ... in a compartment. If only Amtrak could be that good (it can’t) I’d gladly give up flying now that I’m retired and have the time.
Awesome video of my favorite railroad!
- Balerio
This makes me want to go back for sure.
If I could just go back for a day, to experience the height of the Santa Fe passenger system.
David C Why, that wouldn’t even get you from Chicago to L.A. on the Super Chief!
Go back for a day wind up staying for a lifetime...and that's exactly what I would do if I could...life was better then 😊
I guess I'm kind of randomly asking but do anyone know of a good website to stream new movies online ?
@Zahir Dexter Try flixzone. You can find it on google :)
@Emory Kareem yup, I have been using FlixZone for years myself :D
I love these,, shows everyone what America can be if you let it,!
Before all the craziness...aweome video. Watching in March 2020 on stay-home time.
Great stuff!
I Love This.
Thank You.
the atchison topeka and santa fe song in the intro!!!
Judy Garland sang that too
America, you' ll always be beautiful.
the lunch-counter diner (Budd) featured: At least one ended up on the Algoma Central where I had the pleasure to have a meal at the counter.
Awesome video guys! :)
All this when people were people and trains were trains!!! oh, boy
@@djavidianmx1832 with God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly-Art Carlson -WKRP 😂😂
A time when life was enjoyable, simple things like kissing your spouse in public without being assaulted and called a heterosexual homophobic sexist pig.
@@alvinmorris5404 not a good time for African Americans
Great video! There is even a Pacific Electric Hollywood streetcar in the Los Angeles section.
I absolutely love those Santa Fe travel videos!
I have a question: Why does Periscope Films always have a clock at the bottom of all their videos? Just curious. ☺
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, so that they can identify the material they need to license, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do.
Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.
21:08-
"Ah, Bergen, it's amazing!"
"What is, Charlie?"
"We've traveled three miles in this old jalopy, and you haven't moved your lips ONCE."
"Fred Harvey's all the way!"
1962. 12 years young. From the lily white Buffalo suburb of Hamburg, New York to a then still safe Palo Alto, California. Dad transferred for a 6-month assignmet. 6 of us. In a 1959 land yacht Buick. Carefull. Don't cut yourself on the fins putting luguage in the trunk. Eye-opening experience for an almost teenager. Pay attention to the train passengers. We followed a fair part of the Santa Fe route... on Route 66. Look how society was, now is. Some good, for some. A lot now worse, for many. Well, at least 10 years later (1970) I won the first Vietnam War Draft Lottery, a 'just' system if ever there were one, and served and saved the world for democracy.... at the point of a gun. The illusion of someone's 1950's America now history gone. The stark reality of the elite's American Empire perpetual war industry and reality serving who for what? Now, at 73 years young and wiser, seeing it all so much clearer here in retirement. RT sends, envía, Colonia Centro Histórico, Puebla, México... Geez! What people hear, see and believe!
Very nice. Take care now.
This film was released in 1946, as the footage of the Tournament of Roses Parade {21:26) is from New Year's Day 1946. The theme of the parade that year was "Unity and Peace".
What's crazy is that those kids in the vid are in their sixties and seventies now.
More like 70s-80s since this movie appears to have been made in the late 40s
Why is that crazy?
@@areguapiri That's what I'd like to know too.. why is that "crazy" Jack? Ever heard of LIFE GOES ON? duuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh
Why cant Amtrak have those leg rests and pillows for your seats?
Micah Lall-Trail Which means they don’t want to spend the money for them.
Goverment train ((((
Song at the beginning is "On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe"
The narator has that all familiar 16mm educational film voice.
Looks a lot more comfortable then Amtrack lol. I rode cross country with smelly socks and cramped quarters.
What a pity that rail travel in the 2000s+ is more or less done by commuters and day trippers, the airlines have the monopoly on holiday and experience travel. Even here in the United Kingdom, birthplace of the railways, trains are aimed at the commuter and short journey travelling, long gone are the overnight sleeper trains (although I have heard they are making a comeback) the boat trains (board in London get of in France etc) Pullman cars offering fine dining, no, it’s all rush rush rush, no room to sneeze let alone sit, overpriced pre-packaged sandwiches, coffee and tea that tastes awful and is as warm as gazpacho, soft and alcoholic drinks in cans and plastic glasses, and getting a meal is reserved for 1st class only, and ticket prices are absolutely extortion, you can fly for less, in half the time and be guaranteed a seat, thank goodness there are heritage railway lines that you can still enjoy the “golden age of rail travel”.
Nice !! )))
What year is this flim?it looks like maybe 46-47
Joe Ford Sharp eye! Definitely not the 1950's. Looking at 1:56 , 10:41 and 20:40, I don't see a single car from the '50's. My guess is ''47-'48.
Back in the days when Levy jeans were made in USA not in China.
👍
4:54 yeah i dont believe that for a minute.
Pure propaganda , letting the public think how idyllic Indian life was. They were living in poverty and isolation and prone to alcoholism! But an exciting way to travel in the glory days of train lore!
8:09 oh dear, almighty God in heaven, for a moment I thought they were having gay pride parades back then!!! I mean, it is New Mexico.
Yeah, the Grand Canyon, I really want to be sitting on a mule as he walks along the edge of a cliff and can toss me straight down five thousand feet anytime he wants.
Byte Me Nah, you’d go maybe a couple hundred feet before you hit rocks and a tree or two! 😁
@@samiam619 ... ssssshhhh! Let the mule do as the immature "B.M." thinks! His type are the reason this world is the way that it is. The less of them there are the better off we are!
Where's the AT&SF steam locomotives!
Zero Obesity visible.
Whats up with the black bar in the middle of the video? Why leave that in there...?
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films were destroyed and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like this on online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
So, in the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content. We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to deal with these kind of issues.
PeriscopeFilm Thank you for preserving these films for generations to come!
Голливудская постановка
Have you ever seen the Great Barrier Reef? Probable never seen or heard of it.
What in the hell does the Great Barrier Reef have to do with this video????? Drinking heavily, are we?
Bite Me He looks like a meth head!!!!
Byte Me I think he means to compare it to the Grand Canyon. Can’t imagine why.
Wrong part of the world, bub.
Too bad you jacked it all up with your stupid timestamp running on it.
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films like this one were destroyed and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like this on online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
So, in the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content. We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to deal with these kind of issues.
@@PeriscopeFilm love all your videos an the counter is no problem at all. No bitching here. Thanks for saving these!