“ NEVADA: THE SILVER STATE “ 1960s TRAVELOGUE FILM RENO CARSON CITY LAS VEGAS XD51884
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This episode of the TV show “America!“ profiles the “Silver State“ of Nevada. It dates to 1965 is hosted by actor Jack Douglas. The episode begins with a wide shot of mountains (0:29) Neon signs twinkle in Las Vegas, deserted old mining town is shown, and Lake Tahoe (1:00) Title card “The Silver State” (1:00) Wide shots of car driving through the desert with giant clouds in the horizon (1:52) Car driving into the Valley of Fire, Nevada State Park. Pans to sign on the right. Tourist takes a photo with a TLR type Rolleiflex camera. Shots of sandstone (2:30) Driving into Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Close-up of a plaque honoring Dr. Elwood Mead, namesake of the lake who was the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1924 to 1936. Wide shots of Lake Mead, including water, mountains, and a boat (3:23) Ghost town Rhyolite 100 mi. north of Las Vegas once home to 12,000 people during the gold mining era (4:54) Walker Lake in Mineral County. Driving along the water with the desert in the distance. Wide panning shots of the lake (5:38) Sportsman Beach. People having a picnic and a boat speeding off (5:57) Genoa, the oldest town in Nevada. Features town’s buildings dating back to 1856 (6:22) Replica of Mormon Station Historic State Monument. Signifies the arrival of Colonel John Reese and the establishment of Genoa five years later (6:58) Main street of Carson City. Medium long shots of the capitol building with its silver dome (7:15) An old logging wagon on capitol grounds used by H.F. Virginia family to haul produce from Carson Valley ranches (7:34) The Nevada State Museum in Carson City. Close-up shot of plaque honoring founders of the Pony Express (8:09) Full shot of a locomotive named The Glenbrook. Carried timber and passengers from Lake Tahoe (8:35) Adobe ruins of Old Fort Churchill established 1860. Walls built out of clay to house travelers immigrating to the west (9:19) Wide shot of buildings at the base of a mountain in Virginia City (9:43) The Comstock Lode Monument commemorating the discovery of silver (10:13) Exterior shots of Piper’s Opera House (10:33) Virginia City’s Main Street. Shots of signs for gun shop, Original Crystal Saloon, Roos Bros First Store 1869 (11:10) The Territorial Enterprise newspaper house, where Mark Twain got his start as a reporter. Shots of early type machines. Robert Richards, the editor, discusses the newspaper’s history. Close-up shots of Mark Twain sketch, also known as Samuel Clemens before establishing his pen name. Discusses the Mark Twain Museum in the same building, displays Twain’s desk (13:19) Truckee River running through the heart of Reno. Shot of the Reno entry gate (13:34) Reno Hospitality Center. Wide and medium long shot of a giant slot machine demonstrated by a woman. Names of clubs and hotels in the slots (14:29) Exterior shots of Reno Court House (14:44) Shots of wedding chapel signs, one vividly displaying “We Like People” (15:14) Quick shots of neon lights of shows in Reno, including Louis Armstrong and Harrah’s (15:30) Man in fur coat entering a 1910 Oldsmobile (15:41) Harrah’s Automobile Collection, an emporium of classic automobiles. Medium long shots of men in a repair shop working on the cars (16:33) Visitors entering the showrooms of the emporium. Wide shots, medium long shots, and close-ups of cars and some title cards of cars in the showroom (18:22) University of Nevada, Reno. Exterior shots of buildings and students walking across campus (18:43) Fleischmann Atmospherium Planetarium at the University of Nevada, Reno. Interior shots of the planetarium and its displays. Curator O. Richard Norton talks about the planetarium. Exterior shots of the atmospherium, an interior projector that can display 180-degree pictures of the sky (20:39) Steamboat Hot Springs. Medium long shots and close-ups of bubbling hot water and steam (21:08) Shot of Reno gate at sunset (21:17) Harold’s Trapshooting Country Club. Full shot of people trapshooting at night. Close-up of manager Dan Orlick shooting (22:06) Lake Tahoe. Interior driving shots, wide shots, and panning shots of Lake Tahoe in snow.
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