Tourist Film, 1936
Director:
unknown
Writer:
unknown
Production Date:
1936
Producer:
unknown
Narrator:
None, silent film
Run Time:
0:01:55
Sponsor:
unknown
Establishing shot: Navajo woman sitting at a large loom, her back to the camera, working on a blanket. On screen left a figure can be seen sitting against a tree.
Named locations: Continental Divide, "America's Backbone" Elevation 8300 feet, 11 miles from Navajo Lodge [sign]; Petrified Forest [sign]; Forest Lodge Hotel [sign]; Painted Desert [sign]; Black Petrified Forest [sign]; Trail to [Walnut Canyon] Cliff Dwellings [sign].
Major themes covered: A tourist vacation in Navajo country.
Native activities shown: Woman working at a loom; Baby in a cradleboard; Group of children (three) standing together; Children walking across a field; Sheep grazing in a pasture; Sheep crossing a dirt road; Young boy running over a group of rocks to an older woman; Samples of Petrified Wood [sign]; Family standing in middle ground with a large American flag in frame; Pan of landscape; Young boy playing in dirt; Man riding a horse; Man pulling a young calf from atop his horse; Pan shot of cliff landscape, includes cliff dwellings; Tourists looking at cliff dwellings.
Individuals Named: None, silent film, no names provided
Native language spoken: None, silent film
Audible: None, silent film
Noteworthy elements: Tourist film from 1936
Other notes: Silent film; The frames are often shaky but otherwise interesting.
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--Mikel Stone, 2012