This 1940s color home movie, a “High Sierras to the Pacific” was shot, edited and narrated by amateur filmmaker John Hutter from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. It’s one of a series of films that Hutter, who owned a resort hotel in Wisconsin called “Chateau Hutter”, made to show to guests. This one features a trip to California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, the coast of Monterey, and Point Lobos State Park, with an emphasis on diverse foliage, natural landmarks, and other natural wonders (TRT: 11:23).

Opening titles “Chateau Hutter Films Present, A John Hutter Travel Adventure, High Sierras to the Pacific, The Amazing Transition from Sequoia to Palm” (0:08). An elderly man sits in a chair by a roaring fire. “Welcome to Chateau Hutter for another Travel Adventure” (0:32). On a blackboard, a handheld piece of chalk maps Kings Canyon, Monterey, San Francisco (0:42). Snow-capped Mount Whitney. A towering sequoia tree, as seen from top to bottom in a long tilt down (1:06). Atmospheric mountains shrouded in fog. The foothills of the high sierras near the Kaweah River (1:26). Footage from the passenger side of a slow moving automobile shows roadside pullouts and 1940s cars parked in snowy forests (2:14). A young man carries skis out of a car surrounded by redwood trees (4:00). A slow tilt up shows a redwood from ground to sky. A thick layer of moss grows on high treetops. Narration mentions elevations of 4-7000 feet (4:14). A wide shot includes a car for scale. The General Sherman tree, the largest living single-stem tree on earth, as seen from the ground over a partly cloudy sky (4:53). A small parking lot and a very tall pair of trees as narration discusses atmosphere vs. elevation gain (5:38). POV driving through a grove of cypress trees in the San Joaquin Valley. The famous scenic road known as 17-Mile Drive through Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula (6:00). Pebble Beach golf course near Point Joe and the Restless Sea (6:47). Driving toward the coastline into a scenic stretch of the Pacific Coast (7:10). A palm tree stands adjacent to harbor docks in Monterey Bay (7:33). Monterey’s fishing boats in a slow pan (7:50). The Monterey Bay Fish Grotto advertises seafood restaurants (8:16). Meditative waves crashing on a Pacific coastline. Closeup on gathering waves (8:32). A high POV looking down from a cliff and into a blue pool of foamy ocean water (9:11). A trio of adults explore a large structure of whale bones on display at Point Lobos State Park (9:24). A man climbs down a pile of rocks to a coastal inlet near Point Lobos. Churning sunlit ocean waters (10:01). Lobos Grove. A large, rocky outcropping forms Point Lobos (10:48). End titles: “Camera, Sound, Direction by John Hutter– Produced at Sturgeon Bay, Wis.” (11:13).

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