Home Movie Trip to Monte Vista Western Dude Ranch Wickenburg, Arizona 57704 (1938)

Synopsis

This color home movie is about a trip to Wickenburg, Arizona and the Monte Vista Ranch in 1938. The Monte Vista Ranch was a dude ranch operation that catered to tourists from the East, including horseback riding, roping training, and cowboy demonstrations. The ranch is now part of a subdivision neighborhood in Wickenburg. The first part of the film the film was loose in the gate of the camera, so it is sub-standard. The second roll of film onward is fine. Title: Wickenburg, Arizona 1938 (:08). Monte Vista Ranch (:12). Mountains and hills at dusk (:32). Men and women walk around outside a cabin (1:07). A man and a woman, dressed as cowboys (1:32). A woman, with chaps, climbs a fence (1:38). Mine structures and possibly a winch house. People on horseback (1:56). People on horses, a woman stands (2:22). Arizona hillsides (2:58). People clown around and drag one another across the ground (3:10). People on horses at a miniature rodeo (3:28). People run and try to rope and take down a steer for branding (4:14). People jump on and off horses (4:31). A woman poses on a horse (4:50). A steer runs and cowboys lasso it and tie it up (4:53). People stand; a horse with a hill behind it (5:32). People take horses on a trail (5:41). A dog and some people walk around (6:22). Cowboy with a sheriff badge poses (6:31) Woman points a home movie camera at the viewer (6:37). Horses gallop (6:54). Women on horseback (7:11). Men and women pose for the camera (7:22). Cactuses (8:32). A woman rides a…

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Running time

11 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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