CA Landscapes & Sunsets, 1940s

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This 1940s film, likely a home movie or stock reel, captures California’s stunning landscapes and sunsets in Kodachrome or black-and-white. Expect sweeping shots of Yosemite’s granite cliffs, Joshua Tree’s stark deserts, or Big Sur’s rugged coast, paired with golden sunsets over the Pacific or Sierra Nevada. Silent and possibly shaky, it showcases nature’s grandeur—redwoods, rolling hills, crashing waves—offering a pre-WWII glimpse of the Golden State’s wild beauty through an amateur’s lens.

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