Manuscripts

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Description: "1956: Copy of Hugh Cutler film": 1956. Scenes from the June 1956 run in outboard motorboats down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon. Enclosed scene notes state: "Hugh's film - Harding wave: fine - Camp at 67 - Rod &.. recognize C - Josh: good - Cactus crew: good - Garth good - Bill Beer: good - Hugh: good - Joe: good - Hance run: fair - Pan of rapid: NG - Mon Ck: OK - Detail: OK - Bootoo: OK - 1st shot Elves Chasm: ok - Bootoo in Dubie OK - Rough [?] detail can be used - Deer Ck Fall: N. G - Rod & Joe: OK - two boats ahead OK. [entries: Navajo Bridge; aerial views; airplane; Marble Canyon; Joseph Desloge; Dock Marston; Frank Masland; Garth Marston; Bill Beer; motorboats (outboards); Deer Creek Falls; boat repairs; 1956, June motorboat run; Colorado River; Hugh Cutler; President Harding Rapid; blf067; Rod Sanderson?; Josh Eiseman?; "Cactus"; Hance Rapid; Monument Creek; "Bootoo"; Elves Chasm; Dubendorff Rapid]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.

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"(Master Pic Atherton)": 1956. "Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminum Boat and Outboard Motor from Lee's Ferry Arizona to Boulder City Nevada on Lake Mead June 4-17,1956.": Not entirely in sequence. [entries: "Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminum Boat and Outboard Motor...; Ballard Atherton; Bill Beer; Hugh Cutler; Josh Eisaman; Otis Marston; Frank Masland; Art Green's Motel?; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon; Lees Ferry; Garth Marston; Willie Taylor; Joe Desloge?; Badger Creek Rapid; Soap Creek Rapid; 24 1/2 Mile Rapid; Redwell Cave; President Harding Rapid; Little Colorado River, mouth; Unkar Rapid; Hance Rapid; swimming rapids; Phantom Ranch; Granite Falls Rapid; Hermit Rapid; aerial cable car; Elve's Chasm; Dubendorff Rapid; Tapeats Creek; Deer Creek Falls; Supai Canyon; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan); accident; Mile 217 Rapid; Lake Mead; Sandy Point; Bill Belknap]

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"Motorboats down G.C. June 4-17, 1956":1956. "Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminium Boat and Outboard Motor from Lee's Ferry Arizona to Boulder City Nevada on Lake Mead, June 4-17,1956." Occasional differences from reel 111. [entries:"Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminum Boat and Outboard Motor..."; Al Green's Motel?; Vermilion Cliffs; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon; Badger Creek Rapid; Lees Ferry; Bill Beer; Garth Marston; Otis Marston; Willie Taylor; 1956 expedition; motorboats; Frank Masland; Joe Desloge; Soap Creek Rapid; 24 1/2 Mile Rapid; Grand Canyon; Redwall Cave; Little Colorado River, mouth; Unkar Rapid; Hance Rapid; Phantom Ranch; Bright Angel Bridge; Granite Falls Rapid; (Bass Cable?); Elves Chasm; J. Ballard Atherton?; Dubendorff Rapid; Tapeats Creek; Deer Creek Falls; Supai Canyon; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan); accident; Mile 217 Rapid; Separation Rapid; "Cactus"; Lake Mead; Travertine Falls; Sandy Point; Bill Belknap; Temple Bar?]

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"Colorado River 6.5 (Good Walls - Whirls - Waves: Vulcan - Sadiron: run, line - Baloney: pumps, start - Supai Ck. - Deer Ck Falls - Run Vulcan - Bow Shot - On Lake - Nancoweap)": 1942 and 1956. Canyon and river scenes - rapids - running rapids - lining - Georgie White inflating raft - large rafts leaving - side canyon and stream - Deer Creek Falls - outboard motorboats running rapids (1956). [entries: Grand Canyon; sadirons; oarboats; "Mexican Hat II"; Garth Marston; Georgie White and husband; inflatable rafts; Deer Creek Falls; Havasupai Canyon; Otis Marston; motorboats; Lake Mead]

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"Grand Canyon Uprun - Print no. 12 - Produced by Mannering and Donaldson Ltd.": 1960. Commercial film of the down and up runs by the Buehler/Indiana Gear Works jet boats through the Grand Canyon. [entries: "Grand Canyon Uprun: Jet boats conquer the Colorado" (film); John Buehler; Buehler Corp.; Colorado River; Marble Canyon; Grand Canyon; Jon Hamilton; Guy Mannering; Lees Ferry; boats, jet; Otis Marston; river-running; "Big Yellow"; "Big Red"; "Wee Red"; "Wee Yellow"; "Kiwi"; "Dock"; Phil Smith; Garth Marston; Georgie White; boats, inflatable; Bill Ogden?; Dick "Fireball" Young; Jim Bechtel; Margy? Mannering; Joyce Hamilton; Soap Creek Rapid; House Rock; Bill Austin; Little Colorado River, mouth; Unkar Rapid; Granite Gorge; Hance Rapid; Bright Angel Bridge; Bright Angel Trail; Bright Angel; Phantom Ranch; Monument Creek Rapid; boat repairs; Elves Chasm; Indian pottery; Buzz Belknap; Bill Belknap; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan); helicopter; accidents; Lake Mead; snake; Dubendorff Rapid; Horn Creek Rapid; Nankoweap; Navajo Bridge; Ed I'Anson; Ballard "Pug" Atherton; Bill Austin; Joyce Hamilton; Buzz Belknap; Bill Belknap; George Morrison; Jack Reynolds

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"1939: Loper, Harris, Gibson, Klevin": Colorado River run from Lees Ferry to Lava Falls, July 1939, plus later interviews. [entries: Bert Loper; Don (Laphene)Harris?; Gibson; Klevin; Badger Creek Rapid; rapidrunning; "Mexican Hat"; Soap Creek Rapid; 25 Mile Rapid; Hance Rapid; Horn Creek Rapid; Upset Rapid]

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"Cable - Thunder Sp - Supai - Tuweap - Paria Pl - Soap - Shivwits - Mead": 1950, 1951?, and probably several other years. Incomplete enclosed scene notes state: "Plane & Ballard, Nav Mt. - Plane at Art Greene's - Paria Plateau - Lees Ferry - sinkhole - Soap Ck - Cable: barge; dynamite; outboard - Harding - Little Colo. - Hance - Th. Spring - Supai - Tuweep - Shivwits - Head, use Iceberg Canyon." Deals in general with the region of Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon. A great deal of footage on the cable at Vasey's in 1950. There are many aerial views. Also includes "Mauna Loa Erupts 1950." [entries: Mauna Loa; Vulcan's Anvil; Lake Mead?; Navajo Mountain; Marble Canyon?; Navajo Bridge; cable (Bridge Canyon dam site?, Vasey's Paradise); Otis Marston; dams; Havasupai Canyon and waterfalls; volcano (at Vulcan?, Paria Plateau); Thunder Spring; Supai; Tuweap?; Lees Ferry; Soap Creek Rapid?; President Harding Rapid?; Little Colorado River, mouth?; Hance Rapid; Thunder Spring; Grand Canyon; Shivwits]

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