Glory of the West, June 1938

Filmed in natural color in June 1938, this home movie captures the vibrancy of Los Angeles and Hollywood, featuring neon-lit nights, the Brown Derby, and Griffith Observatory views. It includes trick shots of City Hall, USC campus, and Bob’s Airmail Service Station with its Fokker plane pumps. Beyond LA, it showcases Santa Monica, Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, Yellowstone, and the Golden Gate Bridge, alongside family moments, tame deer at Big Basin, and coastal highways, blending urban glamour with western wilderness.