Manuscripts

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Description: "Marston film 1959": 1959. Run down Colorado River with Disney film crew shooting scenes for "Ten Who Dared." [entries: motorboats; rapidrunning; Walt Disney Productions; "Ten Who Dared"; "II"; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; film production; Otis Marston; inflatables; tourism; Georgie White; "Bootoo"; "Rattlesnake"; Bill Beer; Garth Marston; boat repairs; "Cactus"; Lava Falls Rapid]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R128
Creator: Marston, Otis R(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: While the principal focus is the history of river-running, the collection also touches, often in depth and with original materials, on the geology of the entire region, the history of mining, water issues, hydroelectric power development, recreational use and policy issues, the history of transportation, the ecology of various riverine ecosystems, exploration, the film industry and promotion of the West, and indigenous cultures.

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Manuscripts

"Ballard Atherton, 1959, Disney Cruise, Copy - Colorado River, 1959 (with Disney Group)": 1959. Trip from Lees Ferry to Lake Mead of Disney film crew shooting scenes for "Ten Who Dared." [Has magnetic striping for sound, but no sound on it.] [entries: Lees Ferry; Disney Productions; J. Ballard Atherton; Colorado River; Marble Canyon; Grand Canyon; "Ten Who Dared" (motion picture); Disney cruise, 1959; motorboats; "II"; "Rattlesnake"; "Cactus"; Navajo Bridge; House Rock; Jim Algar?; Otis Marston; film production; Redwall Cave; Little Colorado River, mouth; boat repairs; Bright Angel Trail?; Tapeats?; Bill Beer; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan)?; Buzz Belknap?; Travertine Falls; Lake Mead; Vasey's Paradise?]

R129

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Manuscripts

"Ballard Atherton - 1959 - Marston-Disney Cruise - Reel no. 2 - Orginal film": 1959. Almost all of this reel is identical with reel 129, except the first third of the trip has been spliced on at the end instead of the beginning. Includes: make-up and costuming - shooting rapids - at the shore - camp scenes - river and canyon scenes - mouth of Little Colorado River - repairing outboard motor and boat hull - filming - pack train - running rapids from in boat - side streams - shoes with sand - fishing - cooking - boat trying to run up rapids - Lees Ferry, start of trip - Navajo Bridge - running rapids - make-up and costuming. [entries: "Ten Who Dared" (motion picture); Disney Productions; motorboats; "II"; Redwall Cave; Marble Canyon; Grand Canyon; Little Colorado River, mouth; Bright Angel Trail; Buzz Belknap; "Cactus"; I'Anson?; Otis Marston; Bill Beer; "Rattlesnake"; Travertine Falls; Lake Mead]; "Bootoo"; Navajo Bridge; Lees Ferry; House Rock]

R130

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Manuscripts

"C58": 1958. Trip of the outboard motorboats "Rattlesnake," "Cactus," and "Boo Too" down the Colorado River through Marble and Grand canyons, June 1958. [entries: 1958 expedition; motorboats; "Rattlesnake"; "Cactus"; "Bootoo"; Colorado River; Marble Canyon; Grand Canyon; Otis Marston; Little Colorado River mouth; I'Anson?; rapidrunning; Bright Angel Bridge; Granite Gorge; swimming rapids (Beer & Daggett?); Garth Marston; Tapeats?; Willie Taylor memorial plaque; boat repairs]

R123

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Manuscripts

"Georgie start - June 3, 1958 (Nevills Tub)": 1958. Marston and old boat - Georgie White pumping up large raft - party on shore - loading rafts - departure - floating down river. [entries: Geirgie White; Otis Marston; inflatables; old boat; Frank Masland; Lees Ferry; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon]

R126

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Manuscripts

"E. I'Anson - Conquest - Colo. Orig.": 1960. Odyssey present "Conquest" by J. E. I'Anson. Turbocraft boats: 1960 up run of Colorado River through Grand and Marble canyons - Georgie White and "Baloneys" - sadirons. A small reel of clips in the same film can with this reel was spliced to the end of it during cataloguing. [entries: I'Anson; 1960 jetboat uprun; jetboats; "Odyssey" television show; Turbocraft; Colorado River; Grand Canyon; Marble Canyon; Georgie White; inflatables; sadirons; oarboats; "Conquest" documentary; rapidrunning; Colorado River; Lava Falls Rapid; Otis Marston; Mexican Hat Expeditions; "Bright Angel"; boat repairs; "Kiwi"; "Dock"; "Wee Red"; Buzz Belknap; House Rock?; Bill Belknap; Navajo Bridge; Lees Ferry; "Big Yellow"; 1960 jetboat downrun; Lake Mead; Marina; "Big Red"]

R139

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Manuscripts

"Colorado River Trip, June 1957, Ballard Atherton": 1957. Trip by three outboard motorboats from Lees Ferry to Lake Mead, June 1957. [entries: "Boating Through the Grand Canyon"; Grand Canyon; Lees Ferry; Otis Marston; Willie Taylor, plaque; accidents; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon; Little Colorado, mouth; Deer Creek Falls?; Lake Mead; "Cactus"; "Rattlesnake"; "Bootoo"; motorboats; Travertine Falls]

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