Manuscripts

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Description: "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"]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R139
Creator: Marston, Otis R

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"J. E. I'Anson - 'Dry Run' - OAS Pic & Q (sound)": 1960. "Dry Run" by I'Anson (no sound): down run of Turbocraft jet boats through Marble and Grand canyons. [entries: J. E. I'Anson (producer); Turbocraft; boats, jet; "Dry Run"; Odyssey (Television program); Odyssey Productions; 1960 uprun?; Little Colorado River, mouth; "Wee Red"; "Wee Yellow"; "Big Red"; "Big Yellow"; Bright Angel Bridge: Garth Marston; helicopter; accidents; Bill Austin; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan); Lake Mead; Lake Mead Marina]

R138

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"Reel 3A Master Pic - Food for Security - Haul[?] or Ply[?]": 1960; 1963; 1965. Turbocraft expedition on Colorado River, 1960 - helicopter evacuates injured man, 1960 - sportyak and helicopter, 1963 - running rapids - sportyaks on shore, being carried, 1965 - lining sportyaks. [entries: 1960 jetboat downrun; 1963 expedition; 1965 expedition; Turbocraft; Colorado River, helicopter; sportyaks; rapidrunning; lining; Garth Marston; jetboats; Bill Belknap; boat repairs; I'Anson?; Buzz Belknap; Bill Austin; accidents; Lees Ferry; Grand Canyon]

R132

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"Marston film - down river run 1960, May-June (Marston no. 01783 Head - PFH)": 1960. Down river run (not in proper sequence) of Turbocraft jet boats through Marble and Grand canyons: at Bright Angel - Lees Ferry - camp scenes - repairs. [entries: Colorado River; Grand Canyon; jetboats; rapidrunning; "Little Red"; "Big Red"; "Big Yellow"; Vermillion Cliffs; Bright Angel Bridge; Navajo Bridge; 1960 jetboat downrun; "Little Squirt"; Lees Ferry; Little Colorado River mouth; Dock Marston; Bill Belknap; boat repairs; Marble Canyon; Bright Angel Trail?; "Miss Turbocraft" (i.e., "Big Yellow"?)]

R136

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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

R134

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"1960 - Jets - Print (Prints - Buzz[?] - Pug - Dock & Up 1960": 1960. Excess footage on the down and up runs of the Turbocraft jet boats through the Grand Canyon, including the accident to Austin. [entries: '"Miss Turbocraft"; Grand Canyon; rapidrunning; Lees Ferry; 1960 jetboat downrun; "Little Squirt"; Georgie White; inflatables; Dock Marston; Bill Austin injury; helicopter; Garth Marston; Lake Mead; 1960 jetboat uprun; Lava Falls Rapid?; sadirons; Mexican Hat Expeditions; Phantom Ranch; Grand Canyon; boat repairs; jetboats; J. Ballard Atherton?]

R135

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"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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