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Travelogue Film “Canyon Country” 46294 (1954)

1954 · Short film · 12 min

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1954 TRAVELOGUE FILM “CANYON COUNTRY” This film depicts the Grand Canyon as tourists take a ride through the area stopping at various points of interest. It opens with the starting point of a trek through the Grand Canyon on the western rim of the canyon at the Bright Angel Lodge (:37). The Lodge offers hotel accommodations or cabins (:41). Visitors are seen milling around the campgrounds (:47) and taking a look out at the Grand Canyon (:53). An aerial shot of the canyon follows (:55) and visitors head to the start of the Bright Angel Trail (1:02). They take the trail down on horseback and are led by a guide which is provided by the National Park Service (1:09). The ridges along the canyon are pointed out (1:35). The Grand Canyon expands over 300 miles in length and is up to eighteen miles wide and about a mile deep (1:48). A vehicle on the road pulls off to the side and it’s inhabitants step out and walk down for a closer look at an observation point (3:07). The Colorado river is seen cutting through the canyon (3:29). A boat wades through the seventeen miles of it’s churning waters (3:51). This river receives it’s source from the snow capped mountains nearby (4:05). Visitors set up camps alongside the river and cook up a meal over a flame (4:23). At Yaki Point in Arizona, the Tusayan ruins site is viewed (5:18). A truck full of geologists appears as they arrive regularly to make replicas of rock formations (5:46). Geologists are seen staining the rocks (5:59). A man bends…

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12 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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