https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/e8556d77-2a7f-42a9-9527-6fbe917b6a1c This full color travelogue / educational shows New Mexico in the late 1940s, including a visit to a Native American pueblo. Taos is shown at the 1:55 mark, along with Billy the Kid's grave. Santa Fe is seen at 2:20, including the downtown and the Palace of the Governors and the San Miguel Church. Albuquerque is seen at the 3 minute mark, with its bustling downtown and "old Albuquerque" including the town plaza. At the 3:45 mark, the University of New Mexico is shown. Oil rigs are seen at the 4 minute mark, including the NuMex petroleum refinery. Mining activities, including pot ash, are seen at the 4:30 mark and a huge open pit copper mine at 4:45. Cotton growing and harvesting is seen at the 5:15 mark, with thousands of bales awaiting transport. Cattle is also important to New Mexico's economy, and a cattle ranch is seen at the 5:40 mark along with countless sheep. Cowboys are seen at the 6 minute mark. Ship Rock is seen at 6:30, and the White Sands National Monument is seen at 6:40. Carlsbad Caverns are seen at the 7 minute mark. The Indian Intertribal Ceremony at Gallup is seen at the 7:40 mark. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link 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 and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrC6W5_q0bA Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:28:21 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/e8556d77-2a7f-42a9-9527-6fbe917b6a1c 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.