Manuscripts

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Description: "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]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R130
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.
Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Otis R. Marston, with numerous smaller additions from G. Marston and many others, November 7, 1979, with additions 1950-1992.
Restrictions: are not available on VHS.; can be accessed only through existing prints in other sections of the collection or through Photo CD copies.
Rights: open for reading only. May not be copied or quoted.; Formal permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts Dept., Henry E. Huntington Library, for the reproduction, quotation, exhibition, or any other public or commercial use of any material in the collection. In addition, when the copyright, film rights, or literary rights are held by a third party, permission must also be sought from that party.
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