“SCHLEY RIDE TO THE NORTHWEST PART 1” 1960s CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS, SPOKANE & SEATTLE XD81685a

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website Part 2: This travelogue from 1962 was created and presented by Norman E. Schley, a filmmaker based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This film is presented silently, but Schley often showed his films in front of live audiences, and provided simultaneous narration. Other versions appeared on TV with narration and music. This film shows a trip to the Pacific NW from Chicago, and covers tourist attractions, natural scenery, and everyday city shots from large and small cities along the way. 0:06 “focus”, 0:18 “Schley Ride to the Great Northwest” by Norman Schley, 0:30 ,ap of the US with all stops on the trip, 0:50 night footage from Chicago including the Hoe Sai Gai restaurant and the Balaban and Katz Theater, 1:22 the Maxwell Street Market with street musicians performing and various vendors, 2:50 Chicago Cubs fans in front of Wrigley Field Stadium, 3:26 match between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, 4:19 people at a beach, 4:53 a flower garden, 5:21 the Chicago skyline including the Wrigley Building, 5:53 the Picasso Statue, 6:05 John Hancock Center, 6:26 Minneapolis skyline, 6:55 Minnesota State Capitol, 7:09 a parade with old cars, floats, and people in funky costumes, 10:02 the Minneapolis Powerboat Race, 11:20 Aquatennial Water Ski Tournament, 12:50 women preparing for and doing synchronized water skiing, 14:06 synchronized powerboat driving, 16:10 one of the powerboat drivers jumps in the water, 16:28 car views on the way to Havre including a train driving and farmland, 16:56 street shots from Havre, 17:30 an amusement park with a Ferris Wheel, 18:12 women buying tickets, 18:33 men and boys with cowboy hats hanging out, 18:51 preparations for a rodeo, 19:10 Rodeo starts with cattle rustling and horses trying to buck riders off, 23:25 a train driving in a mountainous landscape and pulling into the Glacier National Park Station, 24:13 a fancy lodge with a golf course, 24:53 tourists riding on horses, 25:34 a car driving through the Glacier National Park Gateway, 26:16 people hiking on the Trick Falls Nature Trail with footage of the falls, 27:04 tourists on a boat ride on Medicine Lake with footage of the mountainous landscape, 28:13 a park ranger explaining things, 28:26 a roadside rest stop, 28:44 cars driving up mountainous roads, 29:31 Jackson Glacier as seen from a distance, 29:45 Florence Falls, 30:20 Going to the Sun Mountain, 30:31 a lodge next to a lake, 30:59 a picturesque river flowing, 31:44 a lodge besides a lake, 31:51 a man interacting with chipmunks, 32:29 people setting up tents at Sprague Creek Campground, 32:48 people swimming in the lake, 33:42 cars driving down a road, 34:02 a Park Administration site, 34:36 the Big Mountain Ski Lodge, 34:38 people going uphill in a ski lift, 35:12 view over the valley from the top of the mountain, 35:29 Whitefish, Montana train station with a train being boarded and pulling out, 36:31 overview and street shots from Spokane, Washington, 36:50 the Davenport Hotel, 37:01 people at a golf course, 37:18 the campus of Whitworth College, 37:48 scenic shots of Duncan Gardens, 38:39 a train driving near a lake, 38:58 Seattle skyline and shots of the Port of Seattle, 39:31 cars driving over a busy bridge, 39:41 street shots from Seattle, 40:05 Pike Street shops and market stalls, 40:43 seafood stalls at Pike Street Market, 40:58 men in small boats driving out into the bay, 41:46 views of the shore from the boat, 42:22 boats return to the harbor, 42:43 a couple preparing a sailboat, 43:03 people on floating mattresses near a hotel, 43:25 overview of a bridge with boats driving under it, 43:46 floating houses as seen from a boat, 44:26 anchored boats watching as a sluice closes, 44:57 a big sailboat on the water, 45:18 overview of the Port of Seattle, 45:29 “Intermission” 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
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