Utah, 1950s

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Utah, 1950s

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A tour of the state of Utah in the 1950s. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use contact us at questions@archivefarms.com. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com

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@CarolWorth 5 жыл бұрын

My 80-year-old heart still belongs to Utah. Having lived in Glendale (Hwy 89) in 1949, the memories will remain with me, forever. Beautiful State and beautiful industrious people! God Bless Utah. ❤

@reececamptenmyers6063 4 жыл бұрын

Yea utah's pretty nice. Been living here my whole life. People tend to be nice here

@Idk-tb9kq 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine how it felt like living there when Bundy was alive...

@pencpa 3 жыл бұрын

I moved to Salt Lake City in 1943, with my parents and younger sister. I moved to California in 1960, so I only lived inSLC for 17 of my 85 years. Yet, I am always excited during our all too infrequent visits, and when I meet someone from Salt Lake.

@jordynsimmons1107 2 жыл бұрын

were you racist

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Жыл бұрын

@Black Recluse in Utah, a mixed bag. Again, the majority of crowd (40 percent at worst, to 80 percent at best) were non racist depending on the location in America. Its a major lie for people to continuously state that the era was filled to the brim with racism when dare I say it wasn't even filled half way. That era is something special, you can't predict an era..no matter the information you think you have on it, like the car colors, I bet you weren't expecting the ones shown in this video..or the completely normal crowd walking around in elegant period wear.

@motoralex4878 2 жыл бұрын

I’m an 18 year old teen living in Utah and a vintage car lover and watching this is just so awesome it’s like going back in time

@speeddemon0882 22 күн бұрын

Thank You for posting this. It's hard to find archived footage of The Beehive State. Such a treat to watch and see how it was in the old times.

@tinplater 4 жыл бұрын

Born raised in Logan 1943. Cache Valley remains a gorgeous spot April to October. Love vintage film; remembering SLC with its trolley's, ZCMI, taffy pull machine, eagle arch, Hotel Utah aquarium.

@rjay7019 7 ай бұрын

First and only time I went skiing was at Alta. I just wasn't cut out for it. But I miss those Wasatch Mountains ❤ My husband's Grandfather was in The Mormon Battalion, his cabin still stands in the park on Main Street in Delta. He was the first Postmaster.

@DangerousDevilOfficial Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing this all restored. I appreciate seeing my home state during this period.

@m.e.9974 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff...Utah is a wonderful State.

@abrahambankhead2968 7 жыл бұрын

I love my beautiful state.

@MrAvs-fk6in 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@irv7605 5 жыл бұрын

California is better

@Kalash74 Жыл бұрын

@@irv7605 lmao it 100% isnt its way worse

@Kalash74 Жыл бұрын

@O.G Autistler no thx, in the uk many people from those countries live here which increased the crime rate and amount of litter

@samrobinson9091 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video to showcase just some of Utah’s beauty!

@hearttoheart4me 3 жыл бұрын

The "C" @10:43 is above my home town of Magna. The building below is the power plant for Kennecott Mine. It has been decommissioned and tore down soon. The C is for Cyprus High School.

@Whateverintheworld 6 жыл бұрын

Bingham no longer exists. That town is now part of the mine.

@Laudavisti Ай бұрын

I was just wondering why I had never heard of it and mom had to give me the bad news 😞

@dransnake 26 күн бұрын

Oh I just assumed it was 1950s Bingham City, I had no idea there was a whole other Bingham. Would explain why the "city" part was left out. That's so wild EDIT: I JUST REALIZED I MIXED UP BRIGHAM CITY WITH BINGHAM I'M SO SILLY

@Whateverintheworld 20 күн бұрын

@@Laudavisti😢

@Whateverintheworld 20 күн бұрын

@@dransnake😢

@Jr837_ Жыл бұрын

no idea why this showed in my recommended, but i'm not complaining

@robpolaris7272 2 жыл бұрын

My Danish ancestor (Peter Madsen) joined the LDS church and moved to Provo by 1848. He was a fisherman and was pivotal in getting enough fish to feed the city that winter since the locusts wiped out the crops all the way up to SLC. My Grandmother was born in Provo in 1920 and told me the story as a kid. I later found a more detailed depiction in Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah along with my ancestors photos late in his life.

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Жыл бұрын

Tabernacle is such a marvelous building, used to be a soft shade of iridescent silver. Then transitioned quickly into a more pewter color thanks to oxidization.

@hearttoheart4me 5 жыл бұрын

I live in Murray in Salt Lake valley. I used to love it but now is growing so fast.

@DaddyDuckTown 3 жыл бұрын

West coasters are ruining the state

@VOLK________ 2 жыл бұрын

@@DaddyDuckTown then leave

@proyung2955 3 жыл бұрын

the music is so nostalgic. makes me think about the flintstones and that space ship cartoon

@nathanaronsohn8665 3 жыл бұрын

The Jettsons

@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767 2 жыл бұрын

Old filmstrips in high school

@vickigermino9175 2 ай бұрын

@@nathanaronsohn8665yes

@cornhuskerejt 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this video. I used to live in Salt Lake. This video is very interesting.

@BestEachDay Жыл бұрын

Utah is still a great place. It's still fairly conservative, for which I'm grateful. I like the values. But, for those with decades old memories of the state, don't let your bubble get burst. Utah isn't an island. It's changed dramatically over the decades. It's grown exceptionally and continues to grow rapidly. Lots of good things have happened here. But not everything. We are also plagued in one degree or another by the same kinds of problems you will find just about anywhere. We're not necessarily some piece of paradise in a world of trouble, unfortunately.

@davidlee3138 5 жыл бұрын

Ogden here cool seeing this old movie lol

@bsff269 4 жыл бұрын

David LEE right!??? Everyone seemed so clean and all walking together in the town!

@robbiesharp311 3 жыл бұрын

Murder capitol of Utah

@zelphx 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Bingham, UT

@bsff269 4 жыл бұрын

Learned more than I knew my whole life living here.

@KidRocker44 5 жыл бұрын

"No modern device will ever take the place of the 1000's of ponies." 40 to 50 years later all the cattle and sheep herders that I know here in Utah mostly use 4-Wheelers to herd with instead of horses.

@ezra5629 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah there's still some still herding on horseback the true cowboy county now is probably Wyoming and Montana

@JanakTiwariKing Жыл бұрын

Awesome place it used to be it seems... No longer the same. Still, it is beautiful.

@stupidamericancheese2328 3 жыл бұрын

Utah has my heart ♥️ good ole Rose park

@m3po22 Жыл бұрын

It would be so cool if Utah was a real place

@Just_Vryatt 4 жыл бұрын

I was just curious about Utah and that led me to this video, unfortunately the historic buildings are far far older than anyone is willing to admit, as well there is much more of the building below the sediment, the Salt Lake City Mormon temple and many other buildings shown here have more floors that have been hidden underneath the surface, buried in mud and covered with concrete. Evidence of this is in the photos of construction of the Mormon temple in Salt Lake City, the bottom half or more of the buildings having been dug out and photographed only to be intentionally buried again, leaving only the top couple floors to be revealed to those unknowing.

@whatifdoe4674 3 жыл бұрын

Watch jon levi

@alex1701waller 2 жыл бұрын

@@whatifdoe4674 she does

@JPumpkinKing Жыл бұрын

You couldn't be more wrong on your history and how old the buildings are and what is below them. I've been in those buildings and in the tunnels. They ARE as old as they say they are, and there is ONLY about 1-2 levels below. Basically basements and dressing rooms.

@nataliekay286 Жыл бұрын

I don't think you know what you are talking about. Bless your ❤

@strydersmith5758 4 жыл бұрын

This is amazing!!

@utahcoasterenthusiasts 4 жыл бұрын

They forgot to include Saltair in this video!

@joejacko1587 2 жыл бұрын

the saltair shut down in the 50's

@rjay7019 7 ай бұрын

@@joejacko1587The original building did. The new one was never used like the old one though.

@jenniferlopezsantiesteban5209 5 жыл бұрын

I love Utah and would NEVER change it for another state ❤️

@reececamptenmyers6063 4 жыл бұрын

Yea dude, pretty cool here. Been living here my whole life.

@hearttoheart4me 3 жыл бұрын

To bad other states residents, especially west coasters are ruining it for us native Utahns by moving here. I was born and raised in SLC but had to leave. Still in Utah though. Being older I will probably die here too.

@joejacko1587 2 жыл бұрын

i moved out in 2011 after hearing about the price of housing from family i am glad i did

@cutthroat399 2 жыл бұрын

The Geneva steel plant fucked up Utah Lake with heavy metals contamination.

@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767 2 жыл бұрын

And raw sewage

@BoMwarriorVlog Жыл бұрын

3:15 Oh WOW! 😯 Despite growing up in St. George, I keep forgetting when the growth actually really started. (it wasn't till about the late 1970s that StG's population surpassed Cedar City!)

@davidalanjonesridge9874 Жыл бұрын

And for many many years places from National Parks in Utah were featured on/in Union Pacific Railroad calendars. Also, Utah and Mormonism figures in half of the story/plot of the very first Sherlock Holmes story, "A study in Scarlet" by Sir Author Conan Doyle.

@latter-dayfilmguy1382 3 күн бұрын

Holy cow, look how isolated the St. George Temple was. 😮

@Mr61941 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately greedy developers are destroying our beautiful Utah.

@redcurrantart 4 жыл бұрын

‘And the filings are now dumped in the slag pile.’ Yeah... that now called ‘Day Break’ kids. Don’t we all want to live on that poisonous refuse dump? Great place for a housing development.

@charliedawson8509 5 жыл бұрын

Non-Mormon Utahn right here.

@shailys.k.y4090 4 жыл бұрын

Same. And im literally related to brigham young

@yeboscrebo4451 3 жыл бұрын

Well try not to ruin things

@blsi4037 5 жыл бұрын

Any one here descended from the Mormon pioneers?

@GaMeBoYDaN1 5 жыл бұрын

Bl SI yep :)

@blsi4037 5 жыл бұрын

@@GaMeBoYDaN1 If you don't mind, may to tell me about your family history? Thanks!

@kellernine279 5 жыл бұрын

I am

@rynoitch6982 5 жыл бұрын

Yep. I spent the first 43.5 yrs of my life in the Salt Lake Valley. We moved 2 yrs ago to Austin, Tx. We’re so glad we’re moving back to UT in 2 weeks. This time, we’re moving to St. George. Home prices went through the roof in Salt Lake after we left. My wife is sick of the cold weather up north. I still want to move back up north one day.

@C.Noble13 4 жыл бұрын

I feel Utah history is a lie !

@fromthesidelines 5 жыл бұрын

I believe the film's title was "Utah- The Rainbow Land" (the end title stresses the "rainbow" aspect).

@kourage29 2 жыл бұрын

Never heard of Utah being called "🌈 Rainbow land 🌈" before . Some really cool stuff in this video. And I've been raised in Utah .

@russellmitchell6592 Жыл бұрын

The Rainbow Trout was the State Fish (changed in late 1990's), and Rainbow bridge, accessible through Lake Powell is in Utah. Between Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, Capital Reef, Arches - there are a lot of colors, like rainbows.

@j.c.3386 Жыл бұрын

Southern Utah is known as Color Country

@MrMfloor 4 жыл бұрын

My Greek relatives in early 1900s acquired land in Alta and park city and found silver mines. Let’s just say their grandchildren are filthy rich now

@Kris_Anderson 10 ай бұрын

Who else is representing Richfield in here? Sevier County? Anyone ... anyone?

@rachidmasimov4132 2 жыл бұрын

Just curious, what life was like for non-Mormon Americans (OK, the whites) in Utah back then? In terms of setting, opening business etc.? Was there any hidden discrimination? It's understandable they'd be a minority thus had to deal with certain social disadvantages.

@rachidmasimov4132 2 жыл бұрын

I meant to say settling, sorry for a typo. It'd be interesting to learn a bit more about their social anthropology history, thanks

@rjay7019 7 ай бұрын

It was definitely hard to fit in as a kid. I grew up there and non Mormon. For the most part people are nice, they just never let you forget you don't belong.

@chrisfrederickson5109 2 ай бұрын

I grew up in Utah since the age of six, the year would be approximately 1960. Our neighborhood was a mix of Mormon's and other denominations. We ALL were friendly and the adults watched over everyone's children playing outdoors. Moving onto High School I had good close friends not All Mormons. We treated everyone respectfully. Only had two Black families in Granger High School. One of the Black families son was very popular and loved. Very good athlete too. Now in 2024 the greedy builders in my opinion have reuined our beautiful Salt Lake City with ill thought out placements of High Rise Apartment Buildings. Took away all our beautiful views. SL City started out with beautiful wide streets downtown. Hope this answers a few of your questions.😮

@robertmoir5695 Жыл бұрын

I was n t around in the 1950s Things have sure changed have n t they Too much has changed in fact

@yokurt8626 3 жыл бұрын

3.5million for a church 40 years to build, almost same situation here in europe you need to work 40 years and a half a million to get own house

@ohsweet1397 5 жыл бұрын

2019 anyone?

@firewall8047 4 жыл бұрын

2020 in a few hours

@lautarocoria136 4 жыл бұрын

More like 2020

@moldy_banana5015 3 жыл бұрын

Nah

@hearttoheart4me 3 жыл бұрын

2021

@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767 2 жыл бұрын

11/21

@magdalenaluna563 3 жыл бұрын

How’s it’s just an over priced housing market

@kosycat1 4 жыл бұрын

Utah flexin hard in the comments! =] sike I love salt lake city. best pow ever!

@FreshKiddsTV Жыл бұрын

I’ve never been to Salt Lake City 🇺🇸

@johnschneider4160 Жыл бұрын

🎶..."and , baby, look at us now!"🙄

@jillsmcfarland2001 5 жыл бұрын

Rainbow land ?

@yongary01 15 жыл бұрын

Funny stuff

@jonnym4670 4 ай бұрын

its so empty no houses on the hills

@kingalex-xw7kv 3 жыл бұрын

10:47 where’s that letter c

@Thatoneladywhodoesnotcare 3 жыл бұрын

Magna

@kingalex-xw7kv 3 жыл бұрын

@@Thatoneladywhodoesnotcare that letter old

@kingalex-xw7kv 3 жыл бұрын

What does the letter mean?

@hearttoheart4me 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingalex-xw7kv It's above the town of Magna in the west side of Salt Lake Valley. The "C" is for the high school. Cyprus. Still there and get lit up on occasion.

@michaellinner7772 2 жыл бұрын

Calling Utah the rainbow land is somewhat comical. You need rain to get a rainbow.

@davidalanjonesridge9874 Жыл бұрын

Not if it is because of the rock formation.

@DangerousDevilOfficial Жыл бұрын

Who actually owns the copyright to this film? It seems like some type of government tourism video of the time. And government films or photography are generally open to fair use to everyone under copyright law….

@dominicbarsi1169 3 жыл бұрын

Not one car in this film is 1950 or younger. This is late '40's...

@stellablue4153 Жыл бұрын

It makes me so sad and a little sick to watch this in 2023 and know what developers and progress"have done to destroy and ruin this beautiful state. An ugly, polluted shell of what it once was.

@gametimewithjamie 4 жыл бұрын

God so beautiful

@fatimacabuenas2797 2 жыл бұрын

Unsa man ni cmbahan?

@yeboscrebo4451 3 жыл бұрын

Utah has been my favorite state to live in by far. Its going down the toilet just like every other place though. Greed, opulence, “diversity”, entitlement, feminism, collectivism is creeping in like cancer.

@alex1701waller 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Every larger city is a hell hole now

@CatsRock11000 2 жыл бұрын

@@alex1701waller for real used to be real nice sad to see it go down hill

@justinrichards7822 2 жыл бұрын

Diversity and feminism are cancerous? I bet you're a gem of a person, super fun at parties..

@yeboscrebo4451 2 жыл бұрын

@@justinrichards7822 yes, they are.

@azhurelpigeon 2 жыл бұрын

Go move to Russia or the Middle East if you want to live somewhere without diversity & progressivism

@thee_undertaker Ай бұрын

I keep seeing things and looking up jobs in them. They no longer exist

@motokev2727 Жыл бұрын

Used to be nice, but no longer.

@xaviSF 5 жыл бұрын

You cant forgot the kicking out of the natives from the valley to the reservations.

@Ponk-me8um 5 жыл бұрын

That happened literally all over the West. At least they weren't kicked out of the state to Oklahoma, like what happened to eastern tribes.

@birdcage2425 5 жыл бұрын

Its kind of hard to forget, considering you harpies never shut up about it. The Indians lost the war. Fortunately, the white man is very compassionate to their defeated foes and let them keep some land and some of their customs.

@colbydrake7048 4 жыл бұрын

Us native Americans get quite a bit of stuff for free or a small fee which most folks don't know

@Rattus-Norvegicus Жыл бұрын

@@colbydrake7048 Was it worth the trade?

@robbiesharp311 3 жыл бұрын

Midvale rules!

@Z3nHolEminD 5 ай бұрын

The Mormons got to Utah in 1847 < when this video was filmed that is hardly old < heck 1 god day is 1,000 human years

@ernestorodriguez8367 Жыл бұрын

Este es el estado sagrado que Dios Jehová salvo de un terremoto en el 2019 que si no interviene sería totalmente apartado del sistema pero el altísimo todopoderoso el único creador del centro del universo intervino porque así fue la promesa con nuestros hermanos y mi segunda casa segunda reencarnación de ciudadanía Cómo mexicano ciudadano americano nativo americano y hasta el día de hoy Dios ha protegido lo escrito está escrito Cómo bendiciones del altísimo y de todo el mundo entero