Edited by: Dan Lovins
Consultants: John Adair (Anthropology, Cornell University), Larry Moore (Community Services, Navajo Tribe), and Evon Z. Vogt (Anthropology, Harvard University)
Establishing shot: Camera fades into a black and white scene with a man working on a film reel. The camera tracks this man as he approaches another colleague. [Same establishing shot at 'The Navajo – Part 1]
Establishing shot: Extreme long shot of the landscape the Navajos live in. In the background a group of mountains can be seen. In the middle ground a man can be seen on horseback on top of a sandy mount. A rider can be seen on screen right, and on screen left a closer mountain can be seen. Clouds can be seen in the sky.
Named locations: Monument Valley; Utah; Arizona; Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Mountain; San Francisco Mountain; La Plata Mountain;
Major themes covered: The cultural significance of sandpaintings
Establishing shot:
Named locations: Window Rock, Arizona
Major themes covered: Economic and social conditions on the Navajo Reservation.
Establishing shot: Navajo man sits on frame left, brushing his hair with his fingers. In the background a mountainous range can be seen.
Named locations: Southwestern United States; New Mexico; Arizona.
Establishing shot: Mountains covered with the last snow of winter. The high peaks of the mountain are to the left of the frame, to the right of the frame the beginning of a valley can be seen. More mountains can be seen in the background. This shot then cuts to grazing sheep.
Named locations: No named locations
Major themes covered: Overview of the Navajo people and their agricultural practices; moving between winter and summer hogans; transhumant seasonal activities.
Photography: Avalon Daggett
Establishing shot: Full frame map of the United States, which then cuts to a close up of different states (including New York, Arizona, and New Mexico)
Named locations: America; Northern Arizona; New Mexico.
Associate producers: Reed Bingham and Milas Hinshaw
Production manager: Leland W. Hansen
Production coordinator: Charles Martin
Filmed on location by: Milas Hinshaw, Leland W. Hansen, Buddy Noonan, Guy Adenis, Dick Swenson, Gene McCabe, and Roland Munns
Studio sequences: Ken Carlson and Jim Crabe
Film editors: Marvin Walowitz and Mindy Bagdon
Music and effects: Audio Effects
Establishing shot: Film opens with a medium shot of a campsite, which then quickly cuts to men and women in the foreground sitting around casually with two women standing by a truck in the background.
Named locations: No named locations
Major themes covered: Images of Navajos
NOTE: This film contains demeaning and offensive material and may not be suitable for all viewers. It reflects stereotypes of Native peoples prevalent in the 1930s. Its attitudes are not those of the American Indian Film Gallery.
Photography: Avalon Daggett
Establishing shot: Arizona desert landscape (using deep space). Large mountain range in the background, flat plain with some foliage in the mid-ground, with a small tree in the right foreground. This frame then dissolves into a city scene.
Named locations: Southwest; Northeastern Arizona; Painted Desert, Arizona;
Major themes covered: Daily life of the Hopi