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Cool archival documentary of California’s state parks

July 2nd, 2009

Found this at Blog Monterey: A 1935 documentary called “Land of the Giants” profiling Civilian Conservation Corps work in California’s parks.

Must viewing for fans of our state parks. The National Archives is screening a bunch of historic films at its YouTube site. The vid above is from a series on the Great Depression.

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 6:55 am and is filed under Saving California's state parks. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

2 Responses to “Cool archival documentary of California’s state parks”

Nicole Gustas Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:21 am
Thanks for the link! Glad you liked the video. Both the National Archives and the Library of Congress have a lot of fascinating historic material on the Web.
Nicole Gustas Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:22 am
P.S. We also have this article on our county’s top day hikes: http://www.seemonterey.com/top-day-hikes-monterey-county

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