This color educational/promotional film is about the state of Montana. This dates to 1947 and was shot by Edwin E. Olsen and produced by Carl Dudley.
Opening titles: Dudley Pictures Corporation presents This Land of Ours – Montana (:12-:34). Map of the United States. Montana on the map. A man hands a baby to a woman who sits on a hillside. Mountains. Farmland. Hay bales are placed into a truck. Helena, Montana city. A mining operation. Capital building in Helena. Missoula, MT, downtown Missoula. University of Montana is Missoula. Cars drive by. A man looks out at mountains in Butte, MT. A train goes by as snow is all over the landscape. Marcus Daly Statue in Butte (:35-3:03). A metal reduction plant in Anaconda, MT. A tall smoke stack. Montana State School of Mines in Butte, MT. Copper doors at the school. Students walk the campus. A farmer goes by. A man puts bales of hay on a truck. Sheep roam (3:04-4:44). Cattle roam. A man throws hay to the livestock. A dude ranch in Montana. People ride horseback. National Bison Range, where buffalo graze in their natural habitat. A rare albino buffalo. Native Americans await the arrival of a tourist train Glacier National Park. The train is pulled by a steam locomotive. Glacier National Park sign. Mountains seen from the park. A river. A car drives through tunnel. Fog near a mountain. Mountains near a river (4:45-7:16). A fisherman near a lake. Awe inspiring glaciers. Water falls down a mountain. Native American Teepees. Women talk to a Canadian mountie. Helena, the capital. Butte, a train on the rails in the snow. Billings, a statue in a park. A car drives near the University in Missoula. State School of Mines in Butte. Copper smelter. A fertile field. Sheep and cattle. Native Americans from the Blackfeet tribe. Glaciers. Scenery of Montana. A man in a rodeo. Rolling fields of grain. People on horseback (7:17-9:16). End credits (9:17-9:24).
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