The Navajo Indian

 
Director: 
unknown
Writer: 
Wendell W. Wright, Ph. D., Professor of Education, Alfred Whiting, Museum of Northern Arizona
Production Date: 
1945
Producer: 
Coronet Instructional Films
Narrator: 
Mike Wallace
Run Time: 
0:08:54
Sponsor: 
U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs

Establishing Shot: An extreme wide shot of a desert landscape; canyon walls can be seen in the background, while two people, one on horseback, tend to a flock of sheep (00:00:28).

Named locations:
Major themes covered: profile of Navajo social life and culture. 

Native activities shown:  The importance of sheep; Farming; Daily life; Rug weaving from wool preparation to loom building; Silversmithing.
Individuals Named
Native language spoken:
Audible
Noteworthy elements:  
Other notes: Made in collaboration with the Bureau of Audio-Visual Aids, Extension Division, Indiana University.  Supervision by Alfred Whiting, Museum of Northern Arizona.

Distributed by Coronet Films.

Coronet Instructional Films produced educational and “social guidance” films from 1946 to the early 1970s. These films, largely directed at teenage audience, covered topics ranging from conformity to social mores, appropriate dating behaviors, and personal hygiene, to inculcating American civic and capitalist values.

For more information on Coronet see: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Coronet_Instructional_Films  This webpage highlights the role of social control that Coronet played in the lives of mid-20th century American youth:

Wikipedia offers a general description of Coronet, with a large, if incomplete filmography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronet_Films

The Internet Archive has a large collection of Coronet Instructional Films streaming online:
 
 
--Mikel Stone, 2012