White Sands 1938

This Department of the Interior film, part of an ongoing series by the National Archives, shows White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, as it appeared in the 1930s.

This film shows White Sands National Monument, the drifting desert sands, and close-ups of plants and weird rock formations. An automobile tows a skier across the sand. Fishermen fish in a lake near the desert. Girls walk across the desert. The sun sets.

Transcript (PDF): http://www.archives.gov/social-media/...

CREATED BY
Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures.

REPOSITORY:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.

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SUBJECTS
Deserts
Fishing
Skis and skiing
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Materiel Command. White Sands Missile Range. (08/01/1962 -01/22/1976 )
Department of the Interior. National Park Service.(1916 -1933 ), Producer

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