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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
Excursion Boat Passing Through Canal / Rocky Mountains of Colorado and the Royal Gorge / Estes Park, Colorado / A Trip to Santa Fe / Children in Canvas Bathtub / Petrified Forests of Arizona Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Excursion boat passes through canal. [1916] b. “Horseshoe Falls in Estes Park.” “In the park of the Red Rocks we found strange formations reared in the landscape by nature’s workmen.” “The Pillars of Hercules. Swarthy sentinels looking up a sheer 1,000 feet with a passageway of only forty feet majestically guard the approach to Cheyenne Canyon.” “Winding up the canyon we came to ‘Seven Falls,’ a torrent of water rushing down mighty cliffs on one side of a colossal amphitheater. The precipitous cliffs show seven distinct terraces down which the foaming torrent plunges.” “And at the base of the falls we found an artificial aid to vanity, burros well fed and carefully slicked than which you are informed there are none slicker, and your ‘photo’ on a burro with the falls for a background for a shilling.” Tourists ride burros. “A friendly chipmunk not to be outdone or better not to be done out of peanuts visited with us while we set ’em up!” “At Canyon City we found a large herd of elk. When winter comes, the elk come down into the valleys to escape the severe weather on the mountains. Just before they leave the big bulls travel the mountains from end to end driving young and old before them into the warmer lower country.” Mountain meadow with herd of elk - Royal Gorge from the rim. “Passenger trains running through the Royal Gorge carry a sight-seeing trailer -- we’ll jump aboard for a short ride.” Gorge as seen from the train - views of locomotive and train crew. “When it is realized that the Rocky Mountains occupy in Colorado more than five times the entire space of the Alps in Europe, their importance in climatic influence as well as in scenic magnificence can be understood.” Views of canyon. “Within the canyon one might as well have been translated to another planet so far as utter isolation can be realized.” c. “The Continental Divide as viewed from Estes Park. ‘The Roof of the Continent’ for here great rivers are born, coursing their ways both east and west to the fertile valleys below.” Mountains and town of Estes Park. [1916] d. “Main Street, Santa Fe.” “Executive Mansion. Home of the Governor of New Mexico.” “The Capitol dedicated in 1900. Pleasantly placed in Capitol Park.” “Cathedral of the Scottish Rite Masons.” “Bringing in wood for the market. The wood merchant and his burros are close friends, in fact it is claimed for the burro that he is the only living thing that can get along with his master.” Burros carry and pull cart-loads of wood. “The U.S. Indian Industrial Training School. One of the largest Indian schools in the country. 400 Indian boys and girls are being taught trades and domestic science. 14 different tribes are in attendance at the school.” Grounds, buildings, children playing and marching. “Indian village of Tesuque, nine miles from Santa Fe. No place for a bachelor for only the married men are allowed to vote. Here the Spanish element does not predominate, Tesuque being a pure Indian village.” “Governor Eliseo Suazo. Elected by the married men to control the destinies of Tesuque.” “On the way to Frijoles Canyon and the home of the cliff dwellers.” “Kiva of the ancient cliff dwellers. The kiva is a circular underground chamber about 40 feet in diameter and is the ceremonial center of all Indian life. Here all important councils, ceremonies and dances are held.” Cliffs and exteriors of cliff dwellings. “Santa Fe is the center of archaeological research in America. Prehistoric cliff dwellings are fast being restored. In Frijoles Canyon 1,500 separate ruins have been discovered.” [1916] e. Two children play in a tub. [1916] f. Forest views with captions: “The forest covers many thousands of acres in five separate tracts. The trees grew where they now lie and many standing stumps are visible.” “Some of these prostrate trees of stone are over 200 feet in length and seven to ten feet in diameter although they are most frequently broken into sections by traverse fracture.” “The forest is now a national park and thus guarded from vandalism, but there are so many millions of fragments scattered about on every hand that no objection is made to visitors taking away small specimens.” [1916]
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