B&W | Silent | run time = 0:12:32
Various scenes in Missouri, featuring scenic highways, state parks, floods, the Missouri State Fair, and Highway Patrol. This is one of the earliest films held by the Missouri State Archives. Title cards read:
• Abandoned State Projects – Showing Rapid Deterioration After Removal of State Maintenance
• Scenes Near Base of Mt. Shira – Route 71, McDonald County
• Scenes Near Noel
• Overhanging Cliff – Route 71 – McDonald County
• Scenic View of James River Bridge at Galena – Stone County, Showing New and Old Structures
• Sinking Creek Bridge – Route 19 – Shannon County
• Current River Bridge – Route 19 – Shannon County, Near Round Springs
• Big Spring – Near Van Buren on Route 60 – Carter County – This Spring Flows 300,000,000 Gallons Per Day
• Bagnell Ferry – Route 54 – Miller County. Modern Bridges Are Rapidly Replacing These Ferries.
• Scene on Route 40 Showing High Water at Davis Creek Near Sweet Springs – Fall 1928
• Flooded Highway – Depth of Water Six Feet. Bridge in Far Distance.
• High Water at Black Water Creek Previous to Flood Stage. Flood Crest Overflowed Pavement to a Depth of 3- 1-2 Feet.
• High Water Over Top of Guard Rail at This Point
• Highway Exhibit and Scenes at State Fair at Sedalia, 1928
• Patrolmen in Uniform Are Used to Regulate Heavily Loaded Motor Vehicles
Other keywords: rope swing, Sinking Creek, Round Spring State Park, Missouri State Capitol Building, Jefferson City.
(Footage by the Missouri State Highway Department)
Rights: Public domain. (Required credit: Missouri State Archives RG107 Missouri Department of Transportation Collection.)