https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/ea638470-b0ea-470e-8c9d-3ceeaf6346f2 Shot during a road trip by an American family who lived in Michigan, this 1950s silent home movie documents a cross country trip taken on Route 66. The film begins with shots of a turkey farm and the Daniel Hoover Mill at Scottsville, Kentucky. You can see the Sorghum Mill at :37. At 1:28 a Route 66 sign is seen in Texas, followed by shots of a field being harvested. At 1:49 is what appears to be the entrance to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, with the daughter dressed as an Indian chief. At 2:30 the Hotel Union is seen, along with what might be the USA border fence. At 3:30, we're in Mexico, where burros are seen helping with the harvest. At 3:38, the bustling downtown of a Mexican border town is seen, possibly Juarez. At 6:46, a Marfak Lubrication gas station is seen, along with oil derricks and a beached U.S. warship, looks like a destroyer or destroyer escort, followed by shots of the Gulf of Mexico. At 8:00, a circular monument is seen (do you recognize it by any chance?) At 8:36, the family is seen having fun in the snow in Michigan. At 10:30, the daughter is seen posing with a teepee and Indian dolls, followed by a real native American at 11:00. He is handing out fliers for a carnival at Cross City. At 12:20 Dad is seen changing a tire on the family car, and at 12:36 a graduation ceremony is seen. 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=dBgGzELJNKQ Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:18:07 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/ea638470-b0ea-470e-8c9d-3ceeaf6346f2 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.