1960s WASHINGTON STATE TRAVELOGUE FILM "THE SURPRISING STATE" SEATTLE & TACOMA 53284
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ค. 2019
- The Surprising State…Washington is a 1960s film on the industrial opportunities in the state of Washington, presented by Washington State Department of Commerce and Economic Development. The film opens with combines harvesting wheat, shots of fishing, other industries, and the scenic natural resources of the state, including Mount Reiner (00:57), coastlines, and waterfalls. Aerial footage shows the mighty Columbia River (01:46). The film takes viewers to Grand Cooley Dam (02:14), and it gives viewers an inside look at the dam’s river-propelled turbines. Footage shows a dam being built on the river (02:54). This is followed by shots of Lake Roosevelt and its canals (03:45), potatoes being harvested, and an apple orchard where people on ladders pick the fruit (04:30). Woman box apples as they move on a conveyer belt. Strawberries and cherries are sorted and inspected at a packing plant (05:11). Other agriculture industries featured in the film include livestock yards, dairy farms, and fields of wheat. Combines dump harvested grain into trucks. Washington peas are harvested by threshers (06:38). Women in a green pea processing plant inspect the peas before they are canned. A logger uses a power saw to cut down a massive Douglas fir (07:47). Men make composite wood boards using wood chips (08:28). A band saw cuts boards from a large log. Paper rolls come off the production line at a paper mill (09:55). A tramway carries magnesite ore away from the mine (10:18). Lead zinc is moved to surface from mine on conveyer belts. The film also shows an oil refinery (11:34) and a uranium mine (12:10). A massive aluminum plant calls Washington home (12:30). Ingots of molten aluminum are poured, which, once cooled, are flattened in a machine and turned into100-foot sheets. Some ingots are made into wire. Men use steel beams to build bridges (14:03). People ride a ferry across Puget Sound (14:36). Cargo is loaded onto shipping barges at Seattle’s harbor. A barge carries wheat along the Columbia River. Trucks drive on the state highway system (15:56). The film shows viewers the campuses of some of the state’s universities (16:15). Researchers work in a Washington State hydraulics lab (16:46). A man looks at a geophysical dome. At the Hanford Operations Office in the Columbia Basin, people conduct research (18:00). A scientist uses manipulators to work with atomic materials. Construction in Seattle’s downtown is a testament to the city’s growth (19:08). People build ships in shipyards (19:44). The state offers endless possibilities for outdoor recreation, including hiking in the mountains (20:11), fishing the rivers and out at sea, and boating through the locks fro the sound to Lake Washington. Members of a Northwest Pacific tribe dance in traditional dress (20:48). The film concludes with more shots of Washington’s rivers, mountains, and landscapes.
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![Seattle [promotional film], 1961](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZJrvD34iDFI/mqdefault.jpg)
Logged on the coast in the early 70s, still visit when I can.
They never showed films like this in any schools I went to. This video is exactly what the videos they usually show at school be looking like, even the mans voice sounds familiar this video is really giving me nostalgic vibes
I'm guessing 1960 or early 1961 for this film, as there is no sign of the 1962 World's Fair , and the construction of the I-5 ship canal bridge, which opened in January 1962. I saw no cars later than 1960, and also no mention of Boeing! I wonder just how many of the industries shown in this film are still thriving today?
But yes, Washington is a great, and beautiful state.
I thought there would be something about planes when they showed off all the aluminum! *shrug* the 747 wasn't made yet I guess.
Beautiful 🌷
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They didn't forget to mention Hanford...nice to see the dekatron counters.
/Glowing recommendations
LOL
Grew up on the Kitsap Peninsula, lived in Seattle for a few years and now live in Spokane. I'm so proud of my state, its diverse landscape, industry and people make me glow with joy. It was cool to see some old footage of the Hood Canal Bridge being built at the mention of "Puget sound islands" connecting to the Olympic peninsula, which is odd since the Hood Canal bridge connects the Kitsap Peninsula to the Oly Peninsula, neither of which are islands :P Also to see some glimpses of the just built but now (as of yesterday) completely torn down Alaskan way Viaduct in Seattle. Our state is so rich and the amount of people who want to split it in half is saddening.
Well I think the political under-representation gets to some people
The ppl in Spokane wanna split it. They need stay in Eastern n the ppl who act like them here in the west needa go east
My home state! Wouldn't want to live in Seattle. I live in Vancouver, near Portland. Washington just got named #1 best state in the country.
Seattle, Washington is my hometown. We left at the end of 1969, haven't been back since. I do want to visit Seattle one day soon. I couldn't live there, though.
Population of 10 million by 1975? Its 2020 and we are almost at 8 million...a little off lol. Its sad to see now how the homeless and not proper homless but addicts have taken over the streets. The head of the Seattle city council is a joke and an embarrassment but their still is some beautiful things about this state.
Washington was a great place in the 60s&70s, Sure sucks nowadays.
Kelly Penrod ok boomer
@@JimJones-ie7jh Its the fact, there is no meth addict in the street during the 50s to 60s
@@JimJones-ie7jhOnly niggas disapproved that.
These old economic propaganda films are ridiculously idealistic advertisements aimed at investors that didn’t trickle down squat and drove the wedge between classes ever deeper. Nowadays it would all be tech industry-centered and still not mention the wealth gap. Like poodle skirts and pet rocks, these films are the same kitschy trash as the day they came out. Should be included as evidence in a class action lawsuit for reparations to Black and Native Americans first, and then also for everyone else who got left behind.
Hey. You took time out from reading Marx to watch something about real life. Was it hard?
Love your zeal. On the plus side, a good visual record of the past.