Visit to Rancho Santa Cruz Southern Arizona Tumacacori Mission National Park 61154 (1946)

Synopsis

This silent, color home movie depicts a 1946 visit to Tumacácori National Historical Park and a small family gathering at the Rancho Santa Cruz on Tucson Road in Nogales, Arizona (TRT 6:18). A sign hangs outside an Arizona farm property, “Rancho Santa Cruz.” A yellow stop sign is also visible against the rolling hills and blue skies of the Sonoran Desert (0:21). White single-story dwellings with slotted terracotta colored roofing. A slow pan outdoors reveals green shrubbery and bare trees (0:29). A sign: “Tumacácori National Monument” with a message about Jesuit Father Francisco Kino (0:44). Overexposed shot of a barren, sunbaked landscape (0:55). The chapel of Mission San José de Tumacácori in what is now Tumacácori National Historical Park with a visitor for scale (1:11). Men, women, and children on horseback riding towards the camera and over the rough terrain (1:34). Diving into a swimming pool wearing a bathing cap (1:56). Women chat poolside. A man dips a child’s feet into the water. Another woman tests the temperature (2:10). A shaggy white dog pulls a rope to ring a bell with the help of a young boy in overalls (2:31). Women in collared print dresses laugh. An elderly man grabs the boy by the shoulders (2:43). Mountains on the horizon. An elderly woman removes her sunglasses (3:00). The boy in denim and a cowboy hat. A 3/4 angle view of the range with desert fauna (3:20). A white pony is reigned and mounted by a girl in a plaid shirt and grey cowboy hat, who rides…

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Running time

6 minutes

Collection

Ephemeral Films

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• 1946
• Rancho Santa Cruz
• Southern Arizona
• Tumacacori
• Mission national Park
• Stock Footage