Made for viewers in the United Kingdom, this late 1960s color film about the U.S National Parks is one of a series of Pan Am New Horizons travelogues. The film opens with multiple views over Niagara Falls, with close-ups of the rushing white water (:23-1:02). A Pan Am Jet Clipper arrives, is guided by the marshaller, and passengers disembark (1:03-1:29). A view through an automobile tunnel hole is shown at Glacier National Park. Water tumbles down a waterfall of steps as children play in the nearby snow and the peaks are shown (1:30-1:55). A bear walks down the middle of the highway and comes over to a 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Greenbrier 9-Passenger Van and is seen through the windshield of another car across the highway (1:57-2:12). People on horseback ride through the forest (2:13-2:30). The International Boundary marker with Canada is shown (2:32). Rushing streams tumble over rocks (2:33-2:45). The camera flies over a flock of birds flying over the Everglades (2:55-3:02). Close-ups of blooming cactus flowers are shown (3:03-3:08). A park sign cautions against feeding alligators, which are shown walking (3:09-3:24). People use concrete park walkways and a ranger uses binoculars to see a red-tailed hawk, an Anhinga, and white chicks in a nest (3:25-3:48). A ranger moves quickly through the marsh in an airboat (3:49-4:25). A 1967 Dodge D200 Camper Special enters Yellowstone National Park (4:26-4:36). Bacon is cooked in a heavy cast iron skillet and the family eats at a picnic table that has a 1960s aluminum percolator coffee pot (4:44-4:59). A moose grazes, a brown grizzly bear walks on a log, and two black bear cubs play by a secured park trash can. One cub walks awhile on its hind legs begging for food, filmed by a woman with a handheld 16mm or 8mm Bolex film movie camera, and another cub backs down a tree. Adults and cubs beg at a car window (5:00-5:33). Hot springs boil in a pool and the Old Faithful geyser blows (5:39-6:15). A wide waterfall creates mist at its bottom, and rushing water at its top moves past the camera (6:16-6:33). The camera scans the light and dark shadows of the sides of the Grand Canyon, and a couple looks at the view (6:35-7:14). Another couple feeds squirrels and chipmunks (7:15-7:31). Hopi Indians in traditional dance clothing perform an Eagle Dance and another colorful dance (7:33-8:21). Sunset ends the film.

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