Down the Colorado River 365 miles from Lees Ferry to Boulder Dam through the Grand Canyon, circa 1950s

Item — cassette: 3.5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Titles in the film are in quotes:

Men on boat "Rattlesnake"

Men on boat "Bootoo"

Men on boat "Cactus"

Boats on river

"Badger Creek Rapid"

Boats in Badger Creek rapid

"Lee's Ferry to Lake Mead (,) 239 miles with a drop of 1945 feet"

Boats in rapid (out of focus)

"A Canyon Evening"

Camp and riverside scenes

"Looking over a rapid"

Scouting rapid from shore

Boats on river

Rapids filmed from boat

"Three aluminum boats"

Boats on river at speed

Travertine

"The Little Colorado River"

Swimming in Little Colorado River

"A pair of 15 hp motors"

Scenes of outboard motors and interiors of boats

Boat repairs

Boats in Lava Falls

"Horn Creek Rapid" (sic - actually looks like Granite Falls)

Boats in Hermit Rapid

Damaged boat on shore

Man with two-way radio

Looking at rapid from shore

Elves Chasm

Boats on riverbank

Deer Creek Falls

Boats on riverbank

Boats on river

"Lava Falls"

Boats running Lava Falls

Boats in rapids

Travertine Falls

"The last 111 miles of the 350 miles were on Lake Mead"

Boats at speed on Lake Mead

"Lake Mead and the last camp site"

Camp on Lake Mead with power launch

"Silt has filled the head of the lake"

Scenes on Lake Mead

Mud cracks

Otis Marston

Bill Belknap?

Frank Masland

Unidentified man

Joe Desloge

Dates

circa 1950s

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Materials in English.

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