Through the Grand Canyon by aluminum boat and outboard motor from Lee's Ferry, Arizona to Boulder City, Nevada on Lake Mead, 1956 June 4-11

Item — cassette: 3.6

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Possibly the same trip as 3.5

Titles in the film are in quotes:

"Cameras of: Ballard Atherton, Bill Beer, Hugh Cutler, Josh Eisaman, (Otis) Dock Marston, Arch (Frank) Masland"

Boats on river

Hand tracing route on map

Marble Canyon trading post

Navajo Bridge

Lees Ferry

"Lee's Ferry June 1"

Boats on shore

Working on boats

Launch

Otis Marston and ?

Willy Taylor

Working on boats

Garth Marston

Bill Beer

Unidentified man

Otis Marston

Unidentified man

Frank Masland

Unidentified man

Unidentified man/ Garth Marston

Bill Beer

Unidentified man

Otis Marston

"We're Off!"

Going up river into lower Glen Canyon

Under Navajo Bridge

"Badger Creek Rapid from rim"

Boats in rapid, landing below

"Soap Creek Rapid"

Boats in rapid, shot from boat

"242 Mile Rapid"

Boats in rapid, shot from shore

Replacing propellor on one boat

Motoring through Marble Canyon

Redwall Cavern (flooded)

Marble Canyon scenery

Rapid, men with cameras

"Pres. (sic) Harding Rapid"

Boats running rapid

Stopped for lunch

Fast water

"Little Colorado River"

Boats stopped up Little Colorado River, swimming in blue water

Rapids

Camp: making beds, cooking, eating

Loading boats

"Unkar Rapid"

View of Unkar delta and rapid from cliffs above

"Hance Rapid"

Boats in Hance rapid (several different versions)

Bill Beer swimming Hance rapid

Entering Inner Gorge

Phantom Ranch: eating lunch at table, swimming in pool

Boats on river

"Granite Falls Rapid"

Dates

1956 June 4-11

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Materials in English.

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