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This 1968 color tourism film from Cinecrest Motion Pictures, hosted by the voice of singer/actor Bing Crosby takes a travelogue approach to showing historic architecture and natural wonders of the state of Washington and the Northwest (TRT: 28:46).

A Washington landscape and a cloudy sky. A jet airliner on a runway, directed by a flight traffic marshaller (0:20). POV: A flight attendant welcomes “Mr. Crosby.” Hands reach into a wallet. A helicopter takes off (0:47). An urban skyline. A monorail and signage: “Monorail Express to Seattle Center.” Riders on the monorail. The Space Needle observation tower in Seattle and opening titles (1:11). Tourists visit the Space Needle and ride its elevator. Diners eat at The Space Needle Restaurant. Looking out from the observation deck towards Puget Sound (1:51). The High Cascades mountain range and the Olympic Mountains (2:32). Mount St. Helens, Mount Baker, Mount Adams, Mount Rainier (2:49). Vintage photos of turn of the century Washington. Sea birds in flight. Cargo ships from London and Bombay (3:27). Dining at waterfront restaurants. A woman shopping for a whale sculpture. Cut to an orca whale at the Seattle Aquarium. Crabs at the Pike Street public market. Fishing boats leave the harbor at Ballard. Sightseers on the Puget Sound ferry and the Seattle skyline (4:06). The Princess Marguerite cruise ship, with service to British Columbia. The Smith Tower and other high rise buildings with lens flare. Women window shopping. A family on bicycles (5:05). Fishermen hauling in a net. A logging truck with a “Paul Bunyan” banner and a costumed man riding atop it (5:35). Animation of a satellite. A montage of Boeing 727 Whisperjet airliners. A parachuter (6:11). Colorful pink and red flowers in public gardens. People wave from a motorboat. A pair of waterskiers (6:36). Driving into the Cascade Mountains via Snoqualmie Pass. Mountain streams. A fisherman nets a fish. Prairie flowers (7:27). The Grand Coulee Dam (8:29). People on horseback with pet dogs. Horses run free. Apple Blossoms. A hand grabs an apple. A man and woman unload bushels of red apples, a tractor drives them away (8:40). Golfers. A pageant queen on a parade float. Equestrians. Rodeo riders and clowns (9:42). A sunset and hunters with shotguns. Pheasants and bird dogs (10:11). A school photo of a young Bing Crosby. The campus of Gonzaga University (11:16). Aerial footage of Spokane and surrounding lakes. Suburban streets in fall and winter (11:57). Young men playing ice hockey. Skiing. Shopping (13:02). Shirtless miners wearing hardhats. A combine harvester in a field of wheat (13:49). Hanford nuclear power plant, now decommissioned. The Columbia River (14:15). The Pacific Ocean coastline. A rented fishing boat. Digging for razor clams (14:50). Cruising the San Juans in a small boat. Seaside resorts (15:50). A car boards a ferry (16:22). Tent camping, travel trailers, and hotels. Hikers climb Mount Adams. More skiing (16:46). Montage of churches and temples. The Seattle Art Museum. A woman feeds a penguin. A sailboat (18:27). A man in costume as Poseidon during a boat parade. Yachts, canoes, and kayaks. Dogs and ducks (19:11). A pageant queen is crowned. A parade of floats, dancers and bands. A hydroplane race (20:08). Montage of sportsmen enjoying golf, hockey, baseball, basketball, football. Longacres Racetrack (22:08). A neon sign montage: The Polynesia Restaurant, El Gaucho, Colony “Like Wild Exotic,” The Golden Lion, The Plaid Piper, Bleu Dolphin, Trader Vic’s. Scenes of fine dining and accordion entertainment. Holding hands. Pouring champagne (22:35). Seattle Center, with features leftover from the Century 21 Exposition of the 1962 World’s Fair. Carnival rides and games. A Belgian waffle house. An Orange Julius and a “Corned Beef Palace.” An “international bazar” of shops (23:21). A NASA capsule, hands-on exhibits, and fountains at the Pacific Science Center (24:39). The Seattle Symphony oOrchestra (25:29). The cowboy suicide race in Omak. Logrolling. Levenworth’s Alpine Village (26:00). The Crosby family home. Natural splendor (27:01).

This film was produced by Ruth Davis, filmed and edited by David Gardner, and directed by Bob Brown.

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