https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/4a9aee99-43c0-4582-9d43-a6060781e647 This 1940s travelogue film “Death Valley Ancient and Modern (Historic Death Valley)” is a Paul Hoefler Production. The film opens with maps showing the location of Death Valley in California and Nevada (:43). At 1:34 Furnace Creek Wash is shown and the entrance to the monument. At 2:19, a ranger sweeps across sands to expose a petrified hoof print (2:13-2:53). At Green Water Canyon petroglyphs are shown at 2:58. At 3:40, Panamint Indians are shown, an offshoot of the Shoshone tribe. At 4:00 the Furnace Creek springs are shown. At 4:22 the salt flats and Panamint Mountains are seen. At 4:30 the story of pioneers who suffered mightily crossing Death Valley, and who named it. At 5:20 Borax is shown. At 5:40 the Harmony Borax Works ruins are shown. Ryan is shown at 6:00, and the mine. At 6:20 the Park Superintendent and Chief Ranger are shown at the HQ. At 6:40, pools of water with salt in them, including the Bad Water Pool are shown -- Bad Water Pool is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. At 7:00, Dante's View is shown. At 7:44 Mt. Whitney is shown. At 7:55, the highway through Furnace Creek Wash and 20 Mule Team Canyon are seen. At 8:13, Zabriskie Point is seen. At 8:50 Scotty's Castle is shown along with a cactus garden. The film ends with sand dunes (10:17) and a view of Telescope Peak. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." 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=CYm2KU940Hw Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:00:54 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/4a9aee99-43c0-4582-9d43-a6060781e647 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.