Glacier Park Wonders: 1936

This circa 1936 silent reel, Glacier International Park, unveils Montana’s Glacier National Park in black-and-white 16mm, spotlighting 1930s tourism. A spinning topographical globe overlays a POV drive on a winding mountain road—likely Going-to-the-Sun. A family packs a Ford’s trunk and sets off, while Blackfoot Indians in headdresses dance between teepees by a stream. A stone bridge spans a forest creek, a 1930s Ford crossing, followed by waterfalls, a man fly fishing, and horses fording a glacial stream. A modern hotel nestles amid peaks. Tourists ride horseback toward Grinnell Glacier, a guide leads to a crevice’s edge, and wildlife—bighorn rams, a mountain goat, a beaver—punctuates the vistas. Iceberg Lake gleams, and scenic shots span Canadian and U.S. sides, ending at Going-to-the-Sun Chalets.