All credits to the cameraman Henny Hogenbijl.
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I came across this amazing piece of film on an online archief, which is pretty hard to find, especially for foreigners because all is in Dutch.

This film is captured by Dutchman Henny Hogenbijl who travelled with his family to the USA in the summer of 1955. They travelled from New York City to Los Angeles.

The USA was really something different back then (in the late 40s, 50s and 60s), the American dream was real. I think most people in Western Europe really looked up to the way of live in the USA. We hadn't things like a supermarket, color television etc, America was years ahead. Sadly things have changed for decades now.

I don't think many people have seen this before so I just had to share this unique roadtrip.

Music: Stan Kenton - Live Royal Albert Hall - March 11 1956

Some of the locations:
0:10 Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam
0:37 New York City, New York
5:18 Buffalo, New York
5:41 Niagara Falls
5:59 Detroit, Michigan
7:10 Chicago, Illinois
8:24 Mitchell, South Dakota
11:00 Mount Rushmore
12:46 Cody, Wyoming
13:14 Yellowstone National Park
16:29 Salt Lake City, Utah
17:30 Nevada-Utah border
18:49 The "Grizzly Giant", Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park, California
20:59 Bakersfield, California
21:40 Los Angeles, California