https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/1f423b33-4e34-492c-994c-a9f6961f941c Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This 1940s black-and-white silent home movie shows several 18th and 19th century California missions established by Franciscan priests in an effort to spread Christianity. Many of the missions are rundown or in ruins. The film begins with the Mission San Diego de Alcala (0:15), founded in 1769 by Fra. Junipero Serra. A closeup of the Mission bell tower (0:49) and courtyard. Mission San Luis Ray, founded 1798 in Oceanside, California (2:16). Shots of a fountain (2:41) and various statues (3:10). Quadrangle ruins (3:49). Mission San Juan Capistrano (4:28), founded in 1776. A seal engraved on the floor with the Mission’s name (4:41). Pigeons in the gardens, and a fountain (4:50). Statue of Saint Junipero Serra (5:56). Ruins of the Great Stone Church wall (6:08) from 1796. “Resurgam” inscription with a cross (6:55). Sign for Mission Santa Ynez, El Camino Real, founded September 17, 1804 (7:12) by the Auto Club of So. Cal. The sign also lists Mission Santa Barbara and Mission San Luis Obispo. La Purisima Mission, established December 8, 1787 by Father Lasuen, and damaged in an 1812 earthquake (7:47). It is the only example of a complete California mission. Mission grounds and buildings (8:30). The La Purisima bell tower (9:33) and graveyard (9:43). Sign for Mission San Luis Obispo, founded September 1772 (9:50). The sign also mentions Mission San Miguel Arcangel and Mission Santa Ynez. Front of Mission San Luis Obispo (9:54), with the year 1772 and a cross on top. An upside-down sign for San Miguel Mission, erected July 25, 1797 (11:40). Mission entrance and bell tower (12:17); a crucifix (12:24). Mission San Antonio de Padua (13:23). Views of the exterior arches and ruins (14:25). Sign for Mission La Soledad (15:02). View of a cross standing outside through a gap in a rock arch (15:14). Adobe walls of the mission (15:20). Sign for “Largest California Mission San Juan Bautista City of History” (16:18). Bell tower at San Juan Bautista (16:31). San Juan Bautista State Historical Monument sign (16:47). Sign hanging above a bell: “El Camino Real Mission San Juan Bautista Founded June 24, 1797” (17:04). Mission San Carlos, “Carmel Mission” (17:53). Statue under an alcove (18:14). Visitors stream out of the mission (18:25). Carmel Mission Basilica Museum (19:08). Carmel Mission chapel (19:18). Mission Santa Clara de Asis (19:45). Church at Santa Clara de Asis (20:35). Sign: “Site of Mission Santa Cruz Founded 1791 by Father Lasuen Dedicated 1794” (20:57). Mission San Jose de Guadalupe (21:48). Gardens with palm trees (23:01). Mission San Rafael Arcangel (23:41), founded December 14, 1817; a plaque in memory of its founders. Mission San Francisco Solano, Founded July 4, 1823 (24:31). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAtEmV_E2JI Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:28:44 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/1f423b33-4e34-492c-994c-a9f6961f941c All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.