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Description: "3-47": 1947. Random scenes from 1947 Nevills expedition through Marble and Grand canyons, plus views of Hoover Dam, buffalo, and aerial views. Inside the film can is a detailed list of scenes. [entries: 1947 expedition; Marble Canyon; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; Hoover Dam; bison; aerial views; Vaseys Paradise; Redwall Cavern; sadirons; oarboats; rattlesnake; Nevills expedition; Garth Marston; Margaret Marston; lining; rapidrunning; Norman Nevills; airplane; Anne Desloge; Joseph Desloge; motorboats; Lake Mead; Little Colorado River mouth; cable cage over river; "Mexican Hat II"; swimming rapids; Navajo Mountain?; Navajo Bridge?; Lees Ferry; Bright Angel Bridge; Inner Granite Gorge; Bright Angel Creek; "Joan"; "Wen"; "Sandra"; high tension electric transmission lines; South Rim, Grand Canyon; window; waterfall; Supai?; cactus; lizard; bonfire; amphibian airplane]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R077
Creator: Marston, Otis R

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"Colorado River 1947 Raw Reel 4": 1944-1946, 1947 (the bulk of the reel), & 1948. Inside the film can are detailed scene notes. Includes rapids - Pierce Ferry/Grand Wash Cliffs area - Indian ruins - canyon and river scenes - Green River - Bright Angel - Grand Canyon - Hoover Dam - Lake Mead - San Francisco - Monument Valley. [entries: rapids; Pierce Ferry: Grand Wash Cliffs; Indian ruins; Green River; Bright Angel Creek; Grand Canyon; Hoover Dam; Lake Mead; San Francisco; Monument Valley; Norm Nevills; waterfall (identify); Margaret Marston; 1947 expedition; Garth Marston; Rosalind Johnson; Nevills Expedition; sadirons; oarboats; airplanes; Phantom Ranch; Bright Angel Bridge; "Mexican Hat II"; Tapeats or Supai?; Anne Desloge; Hoover Dam; Lake Mead; Golden Gate Bridge; Oakland Bay Bridge; San Rafael Bridge?; various arches (identify); San Francisco Bay; Monument Valley; Mexican Hat; Marston twins; [Nevills daughter?]; Ed Hudson; rapidrunning; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; Green River; "Wen"; "Sandra"; "Joan"; horses; Joseph Desloge; lining, Cedar Breaks?; San Juan River; Vaseys Paradise?; insects; lizards; birds, Flaming Gorge?]

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"G.C. Cuts, 1948": 1947 & 1948. Marston loading camera - aerial views of Lake Mead?- skeleton - rapids - Colorado River views - Vermillion Cliffs? - buffalo - airplane - canyon views - fires - camp scenes - bridge - Galloway letter - Kolb and Eddy inscriptions - fossil - Nevills - Vasey's Paradise? [entries: Dock Marston; aerial views; Lake Mead; skeleton; Colorado River; Vermillion Cliffs; bison; airplane; Nathaniel Galloway; inscription, Kolb Bros.; Kolb brothers; Clyde Langston Eddy; inscription, Clyde Eddy; fossils; Norm Nevills; Vaseys Paradise?; Marble Canyon; Garth Marston; rapidrunning; "Sandra"; "Mexican Hat II"; sadirons; oarboats; Grand Canyon; Redwall Cavern; Anne Desloge; Al Milotte?; Nancy Streator; Navajo Bridge; Hoover Dam; lining; Nevills Expedition; Joseph Desloge]

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"(Esmerda [sic] - Cuts & Mixed Oar[?] Film)"; 1945, 1946?, 1947?, & 1950. Running rapids in Grand Canyon - river and canyon scenes - SOS sign - Supai (Havasu) - night fire - "Esmeralada II" - helicopters - aerial views - desert views - various people, including Margaret Marston and Ros Johnson - clouds - rapids - snowy mountains - wrecked boat - map of Clolorado/Green River basin - school house - Green River scenery? - lining - man floating through rapids - camp scenes - Lake Mead? - Grand Canyon rim - flash flood waterfall - waterfall - sunset. [entries: "Esmeralda II"; 1945 expedition; 1950 expedition; 1946 expedition?; 1947 expedition?; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; Supai; helicopters; aerial views; Margaret Marston; Rosalind Johnson; wrecked boat; Green River?; lining; swimming rapids; Lake Mead; Grand Canyon; South Rim; waterfall; motorboats; Bright Angel Bridge; Bill Belknap; Ed Hudson; Willie Taylor; Otis Marston; Joseph Desloge; aerial views; oarboats; sadirons; "Joan"; dories; Norman Nevills; Marston twins; Confluence of Green and Grand rivers; Green River; Grand River; Split Mountain; Arizona Helicopter Service; Vaseys Paradise; Marble Canyon]

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"River Course - Bridges (R of R Reel I Part One Master Pix Heads)": 1945?, 1947, 1948, & 1950? Title, "So Granma Rides the Rapids of the Grand Canyon: - map - San Francisco - snowy mountains - Green River from Flaming Gorge to Confluence - Colorado River from Confluence to Lake Mead - cable - Grand Canyon views - aerial views - volcanic eruptions - desert and canyon views - Hoover Dam - rapids - map - bridges - arches. [entries: San Francisco; "So Granma Rides the Rapids of the Grand Canyon"; Green River; Flaming Gorge; Confluence of Green and Grand rivers; Colorado River; Cataract Canyon; Lake Mead; Grand Canyon; aerial views; volcanoes; Hoover Dam; arches; bridges; cable cars; Golden Gate Bridge; San Rafael Bridge?; Francis P. Farquhar?; Nevills Expedition; "Wen"; Green River; Ashley Falls?; Split Mountain; Shiprock [or Echo?]; Dinosaur National Monument; Green River, Utah?; Glen Canyon?; Hole in the Rock; Dock Marston; Navajo Mountain?; Vermillion Cliffs; Lees Ferry; Marble Canyon; Vaseys Paradise?; cable across Marble Canyon; dam camp; bridge; Angels Wing; Phantom Ranch; Inner Granite Gorge; rapids; Norm Nevills; motorboats; Little Colorado River?; church; cascade; waterfall; lava flows; Hawaii; Joseph Desloge; Diamond Peak?; high tension electric transmission lines; hand cable; foot bridge; bridge at Moab?; Navajo Bridge; Bright Angel Bridge; Bright Angel or Kaibab trail; ruins of cage cable; arches (various, identify); natural bridges (various, identify); Rainbow Bridge; airplane]

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"G.C. Cuts (Reel 1)": 1944, 1945, 1947, & 1948. Buffalo - amphibian airplane - waterfall - Lake Mead - camp scenes - miscellaneous canyon scenes - rattlesnake - lizard - Separation plaque - fossil - rapids - mouth of Little Colorado River - arches - San Francisco - Marston - Grand Canyon views. [entries: oarboats; sadirons; Norman Nevills; Garth Marston; bison; airplane, amphibious; Lake Mead; Cedar Breaks?; Anne Desloge; rattlesnake; lizard; Separation plaque; fossils; Little Colorado River mouth; (natural bridge, identify?); San Francisco; swimming rapids; Otis Marston; "Joan"; "Wen"; Grand Canyon; Nevills Expedition]

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"(Trim from Proj Copy II: Granma rides - Oar lock - waves - Trav. Fall)": 1947 & 1948. Running rapids - Margaret Marston running rapids - rapids - travertine falls - camp scenes - amphibian airplane - Hoover Dam. [entries: Travertine Falls; rapidrunning;Margaret Marston; airplane; Hoover Dam; Colorado River; Inner Granite Gorge; Anne Desloge; Grand Canyon; sadirons; oarboats; Nevills Expedition; "Sandra"; Norm Nevills; airplane]

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