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[Home Movies of Mojave Desert Wildflowers; U.S. Highway 395; Mount Whitney and More / circa 1952 - 1960]
Maker
Kikuchi, Dr. Yoriyuki
Dateca. 1952-1960
ClassificationsMoving Images
Credit LineGift of Miyo Yamamoto
Object number92.66.22
DescriptionColor home movie footage of wildflowers, desert views, and the Sierra Nevada mountains along Highway 395 in California filmed by Dr. Yoriyuki Kikuchi, circa 1952 to 1960. There are occasional views of people in the shots, but mostly the footage is panning shots of wildflowers and landscape, and the Sierra Nevada mountains including Mount Whitney.
0:31 -- Slow panning views of hills and desert scrub, wildflowers in the Mojave Desert
1:38 -- Close up views of yellow wildflowers
2:01 -- Slow panning views of yellow wildflowers and scrub; purple wildflowers and rocky landscape taken from the side of the highway
2:43 -- People walking around near cars to view, pick, and photograph poppies near the highway; close ups of poppies
3:31 -- Women and a boy walking in poppies, holding bunches of flowers
4:01 -- Joshua trees and hills, close ups of yucca plants
4:45 -- Variegated striped rock formation near the road
5:41 -- Long range, panning views of the Sierra Nevada mountains with snow
? 7:34 -- slightly closer view of mountains -- is this Mount Whitney? Is this backwards?
8:00 -- even closer view of mountains -- backwards? Shacks and/or tents on opposite sides of the small road
0:31 -- Slow panning views of hills and desert scrub, wildflowers in the Mojave Desert
1:38 -- Close up views of yellow wildflowers
2:01 -- Slow panning views of yellow wildflowers and scrub; purple wildflowers and rocky landscape taken from the side of the highway
2:43 -- People walking around near cars to view, pick, and photograph poppies near the highway; close ups of poppies
3:31 -- Women and a boy walking in poppies, holding bunches of flowers
4:01 -- Joshua trees and hills, close ups of yucca plants
4:45 -- Variegated striped rock formation near the road
5:41 -- Long range, panning views of the Sierra Nevada mountains with snow
? 7:34 -- slightly closer view of mountains -- is this Mount Whitney? Is this backwards?
8:00 -- even closer view of mountains -- backwards? Shacks and/or tents on opposite sides of the small road
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