This 1960s era, black and white film takes us on a fascinating trip to the Old West where we visit the pioneers, wagoneers, pony express riders, miners, cowboys and Indians. Special attention is paid to the horse drawn coaches and wagons of the day and transportation routes from middle America to the West Coast in the 1860s and 70s. The movie opens on an old tree stump. The camera pans over a valley and up a mountain, spotted with evergreen trees. A small stream runs and beaver dams are shown 1:00. The camera pans skyward. Titles: The Glory Trail aka “You Can’t Get There from Here”. Produced by KRMA – TV Denver. Camera pans over the mountains 1:55. A United Airlines jet flies overhead. Passengers are greeted with a meal 2:30. An old pioneer photo with covered wagons 2:50. Various pioneer photos 3:16. Horses graze on a mountainside 3:45. A pioneer cowboy with a horse 4:05. Two mules look at the camera 4:28. A miner walks with a burrow 5:00. A famous, old western burrow named “Prunes” 5:30. Burrows drag wooden beams 5:48. A sign and monument are erected to Prunes, the burrow for his loyalty: “1867 – 1930 Fairplay. Alma. All Mines in This District.” The Conestoga Wagon 6:36. A boulder explodes and rock falls down the hill towards the wagon train 6:50. Drawings of the Conestoga wagon 7:10. A pioneer couple ride in a Conestoga wagon 7:20. The wagon has a boat like appearance 7:38. Wheels were 5 to 6 feet tall 7:56. A Conestoga wagon train 8:02. Cows and bulls cross river 8:30. A map of the great trail westward; the Oregon Trail 8:52. Horses and wagons climb a hill 9:07. The ox train 9:22. Drawings of a Conestoga wagon train on the Santa Fe Trail 9:35. Over 350 wagons line up 9:50. Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston 10:05. Men try and get a wagon out of the mud 10:27. Oxen covered in snow 10:52. Russell, Majors and Waddell run the oxen train and Conestoga wagons 11:10. Animated map of the Santa Fe Trail 11:30. Men whip oxen along the trail 11:55. Animated map of the Oregon Trail 12:20. Animated map to the West Coast 12:57. Wagon wheel rolls down the road 13:10. A semi-rolls down the highway 13:41. A trucker parks his rig 13:52. Drawings of boats, bridges and river commerce 14:15. A riverboat 14:35. Stagecoach is robbed by two men on horseback 14:55. The Concord coach is drawn by a large team of horses 15:06. The rectangular Troy Coach 15:13. The Celerity Wagon 15:18. A light stage with narrow wheels and tires – a Mud Wagon 15:24. This wagon was used on narrow roads and in muddy conditions drawn by four horses 15:43. “Thorough-braces” held wheels together on the coaches 16:03. Concord coach goes down the road 16:33. A drawing of Indians attacking a coach 16:47. Several photos of pioneer coaches 16:53. Railroad is built and tunnels are dug 17:30. Drawing of The Overland Mail Company coach 17:41. John Butterfield, company president 17:49. Animated map shows how the coaches crossed the country 18:00. Pioneer photo of coach being pulled by team of horses 18:23. Paintings and drawings of the Pony Express 18:45. Pony Express rider comes toward the camera 19:15. Drawings of the Pony Express riders 19:25. Pony Express rider goes across the plains 20:05. Images of the Pony Express stamps and riders 20:37. Pioneer pictures of Cowboys and barman 21:00. Pony Express rider changes horses every 10 miles 21:18. Drawing of Pony Bob Haslam, Pony Express rider 21:39. Photo of Buffalo Bill Cody 21:50. Pony Express rider navigates the trees 22:15. Pioneer drawings 22:50. The US Camel brigade 22:56. Drawing of Jefferson Davis 23:02. Expedition is sent to Constantinople to procure camels 23:20. Picture of a camel 23:43. Drawing of soldiers on Camelback 24:10. People gawk at the camels 24:30. Drawing of camels marching through winter 24:59. Camels and other livestock feed 25:38. United Airlines jet on the tarmac 26:00. United Airlines jet takes to the air 26:38. Modern day parade celebrates the old West 26:59. A burrow race 27:17. An old, broken-down wagon 27:48. The Glory Trail. For National Educational Television. By KRMA – TV Denver. You Can’t Get There from Here. Photographs by Western History Department, Denver Public Library, Colorado State Historical Society, Kansas State Historical Society, Division of Manuscripts, Oklahoma University Library, Montana State Historical Society. The American West by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg. United Airlines. Denver – Chicago Truckers. Department of Special Services, Denver Public Schools. Filmed by United Film Industries, Denver. Original music by Manny Albam. Jack Guinn, writer. Robert W. Fenwick, narrator. Bob Heskett, producer. Tom Mossman, director. NET.

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