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With Otis "Dock" Marston.

This copy does not contain parts excerpted for composite print on 09/20/1954.

With Otis "Dock" Marston and others.

Mexico City, Guadalajara (1951) Green River, Hell's Half Mile (1953) Wind River Mountains river trip with Erma and Christy (1954) Green River (1955)

With Otis "Dock" Marston and others.

Joe Desloge, A.H., M.D. and Zoe Desloge.

Joe Desloge, Marie Saalfrank and A.K. Reynolds.

With Hugh Cutler, Otis "Dock" Marston and others.

Composite print including boat upset, Otis "Dock" Marston, etc.

Four separate river trips are included on this film reel. Participants include Norman Nevills, Otis "Dock Marston," H.K., Loc Moore, Arthur, (M)Hilotte, Comptons.

Boat trip, Statue of Liberty, New York City skyline, etc.

With Norman Nevills, Anne Desloge, B.D., Zoe Desloge, Marie Saalfrank, Comptons, Arthur, Botty and John.

Helicopter, etc.

Otis Marston narrates: Maps of river and Grand Canyon Rapids, water, scenery "Ross Wheeler" (boat) Scenery, aerials of Hoover Dam Norman Nevills in boat Norman Nevills on shore Norman Nevills demonstrating "face your danger" river running technique with model, diagram Scenes of boats Loading boats at Lees Ferry Launch, with powerboat in background (unidentified boat) Running rapids (not Badger Creek Rapid) Hiking near Tanner Flats Granaries at Nankoweap Canyon Rapids Norman Nevills giving signals while someone else runs rapid Desert View Watchtower on south rim of Grand Canyon Norman Nevills building signal fire Camp, breakfast Phanton Ranch, swimming in pool, loading boats at Bright Angel Creek Lining Horn Creek Rapid Running rapids in Middle Granite Gorge Diamond Peak End of trip, tow-out on Lake Mead Hoover Dam

San Francisco Bay, San Francisco street scenes including streetcars on turntables, streets Woman at typewriter Russell Henderson typing in Grand Canyon Randall Henderson leaving note in can in cairn Map of Green and Colorado Rivers Aerials of mountains Rapids in Gore Canyon, Colorado River moving water Flaming Gorge, Green River Uinta Mountains Upper Green River: Ashley Falls, Browns Park, Gates of Lodore, Hell's Half Mile, rapid, Echo Park, Highway 40 bridge at Jensen, Utah Aerial of confluence of Green and Colorado Rapids in Cataract Canyon (?) Glen Canyon Hole-in-the-Rock Otis Marston Mouth of San Juan River Lees Ferry Aerial of Vermillion Cliffs, Marble Canyon Map of Grand Canyon region View from rim of Grand Canyon Marble Canyon Stanton's Cave Vasey's Paradise View from south rim Bridge at Cameron, Arizona, over Little Colorado River Angel's Window, north rim of Grand Canyon View from north rim into Unkar Delta area Tanner Flats Carbon Creek - Tanner Rapid View into upper Granite Gorge, Bright Angel area Phantom Ranch swimming pool Inner Gorge Scouting rapids Lining Lava Falls - Norman Nevills, Garth Marston, others; Margaret Marston filming Reloading below Lava falls, re-launching boats Lining process in fast motion Portaging boats in Canyon of Lodore (out of sequence) Aerials of Grand Canyon Debris from 1944 crash of US Army transport airplane on north rim of Grand Canyon Diamond Peak Power boats doing upruns Lake Mead Hoover Dam tour, riding aerial tramway Power lines The transition between videos 1.2 and 1.3 is unclear. They may not actually be separate films.

Map of Green - Colorado River region Rapids Nankoweap ruins Marston twin girls with pottery John Wesley Powell with boats Powell party inscriptions at Music Temple, Glen Canyon plaque at Separation Rapid Stanton Expedition (?) photos Galloway inscription, Elves Chasm Emery Kolb with NPS park ranger Clyde Eddy Unidentified man Unidentified woman Lois Jotter Bert Loper Loper's boat uUnidentified man Hyde inscription Skeleton at South Cave Hiking in Glen Canyon with Norman Nevills Old mining site in Glen Canyon Wreck of Stanton (Hokasninni Mining Co.) dredge, after being set on fire Norman Nevills clowns with old clothes from trunk found in Glen Canyon Oil rig near Mexican Hat Rapids Cable car over San Juan River Bridges: Moab, Utah, Navajo Bridge over Marble Canyon (aerial, including flying under bridge; from land, and from river, Kaibab Bridge, near Phantom Ranch Bright Angel trail with mules Cable car at Bass Camp Natural bridges and arches: Wilson Arch, Angel's Window, Jug Handle Arch, Gregory Bridge, Delicate Arch, Druid Arch, Double-O Arch, Landscape Arch, Steven's Arch, Rainbow Bridge Map of southeast Utah Sorting canned good for river trip with Frank Wright Cooking, serving meal on river Washing dishes - Garth Marston Fossils Hiking, rock-hounding in badlands along river Southern Utah scenery Wildlife: lizard, scorpion, rattlesnake, deer swimming river, bighorn sheep, antelope, bison Sliding on smooth slope on air mattress Rapids Boats Rapids in Idaho, 1946 (out of sequence) Pres Walker being washed out of boat in rapid in Idaho, 1946 (out of sequence) Rapids, Grand Canyon: scouting, running bailing boats Starting driftwood fires Patticake The transition between videos 1.3 and 1.4 is unclear. They may not actually be separate films.

Ed Hudson Running Bedrock Rapid Hiking Rapids Water fights Havasu Windstorm with blowing sandbars Clouds in Glen Canyon Wind blowing spray off tops of waves Glen Canyon rainstorm Waterfalls off rim of canyon Rainbow Southern Utah scenery Mexican Hat Shiprock Marston twin girls in front of Navajo Twins (rock formation), near Bluff, Utah Monument Valley scenes Grand Canyon scenery Swimming in river Sliding in mud Havasu: swimming, diving, boarding boats in mouth of Havasu Creek Little Colorado River: swimming, diving Lava flows Vulcan's Anvil Playing in mud Lava Falls Rapids Oarlocks on boats Rapids Rockfall Scouting rapids: NDN, Otis Marston, Garth Marston Swimming rapids in inner tubes, air mattresses, life jackets, without life jacket Dubendorff rapid Rapids from boats Otis Marston rowing boat Rapids from boat Travertine Falls Rapids from boat Otis Marston rowing boat Swirlies Lower Grand Canyon Garth Marston rowing Lake Mead Floatplane landing "Hae Dae" (power launch) on Lake Mead Towing out Nevills boats on Lake Mead

Ed Hudson and other crew Bureau of Reclamation camp, Marble Canyon: aerial tramway, boats from rim Hiking Scenery: travertine waterfall Hiking to old mine, Tanner Flats Rapids South river of Grand Canyon views, near Unkar Delta, various rim scenery Camp: washing dishes Scenes around Hance Rapid Helicopter circling over boats and river Scenes from helicopter of boats in rapids Esmerelda II (boat) Helicopter Boats in rapids Abandonment of Esmerelda II Helicopter rescue of passengers: landing, Margaret Marston boarding Take-off of helicopter "SOS" on beach Second helicopter landing Ed Hudson with beer Scenes from helicopter Second helicopter taking off Scenes from helicopter Wreck of first helicopter Rescue of passengers by second helicopter Second helicopter lands on south rim Swimming in Havasu Creek Lava Falls Man with horse (Bundys at Whitmore Wash?) Lake Mead

Probably in Missouri: Children on swings Playing with dogs Climbing trees Swimming Biking

Flying over Lees Ferry, Navajo Bridge, rapids in Marble Canyon Aerial tramway cable spools Aerials of Grand Canyon Airplane landing at Marble Canyon airstrip Power boats arriving at Lees Ferry on trailers Unloading, launching boats Putting one boat back on trailer for unknown reason Boats in river Water-skiing on river Looking down on boats from Navajo Bridge Boats in rapids: Badger, Soap Creek F.M. Brown inscriptions below Soap Creek North rim scene Repairing propellor on ASweet Chariot" (boat) Boats on river Swimming in Little Colorado River Camp River and rapids Repairing ASweet Chariot" again Boats tied up on bank Boats on river Rapids Landing, repairing unnamed blue boat Rapids Havasu Boats on river Lava Falls People swimming rapids Boats in rapids Basalt formations below Lava Falls Diamond Peak Boats on river Landing "June Bug" (boat) Water skiing, lower Grand Canyon Camp Lake Mead Views of crews and boats Lake Mead

Navajos weaving Dust devils from car Reynolds River Expeditions boats in rapids: Disaster Falls, Triplet Falls, Hell's Half Mile Camp, chopping wood by cabin (where?) Rapids Loading boats Unloading boats Camp Boats in rapids Hatch River Expeditions pontoons in rapids Lining Reynolds River Expeditions boats Hatch pontoon stuck on rock

Same trip as 2.3 filmed by a different person: Boats in river Water skiing behind boats Boats in rapids Men shaving Mud Boat on river Swimming in Little Colorado River Camping Boats on river, entrance to Inner Gorge Repairing propellors VBoats in Hance Rapid Mules with supplies Riding mules Phantom Ranch swimming pool Loading boats Boats in rapids, one broken down and under tow Swimming Tapeats Creek Granite Falls Boats on river Lake Mead

First scene badly over-exposed Men at "Illinois Girl" (wrecked boat) at Winnie's Rapid Boats running Disaster Falls Camp: cooking, kitchen area, sleeping bags rolled out. Scene shifts to Missouri: Men drilling water well 1953 Chevrolet pickup truck Family on porch

Titles in the film are in quotes: "Red Canyon" Sheepherder along river Camp: cooking "Ashley Falls" High water runs of Ashley Falls "Red Creek Rapids" Camp scenes in Hideout Flats? "Lodore" Triplet Falls Boats in fast water Buster Basin Man swimming rapid Loading boats "Hell's Half Mile" Lining boats through Hell's Half Mile Rapids Camp scenes Echo Park Passengers and crew: "Joe Desloge, Marie Saalfrank, Hugh Cutler, Marian Cutler, chief boatman A.K. Reynolds, boatmen Lug Larsen, Walt Furen" Chipmunks in camp Camp at mouth of Split Mountain Canyon End of trip

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

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"

Boats: one S-rig, one double pontoon) Loading boats Launch Rapids Camp Rapids Phantom Ranch Helicopter Bright Angel Creek Views from south rim of Grand Canyon Hiking down Kaibab Trail Mule train Airport at South Rim Applying first aid for blistered feet Lava Falls Springs on left side below Lava Falls Camp Rapids Other boats Hiking Swimming in river Camp Loading boats Elves Chasm (out of sequence) De-rigging boats at Diamond Creek

Boats Swimming Hiking with Norman Nevills Rapids Cooking, camp scenes Pres Walker Climbing, hiking Boats on river: Gunsight Butte Hiking Swimming Rainbow Bridge Boats on river Mud bathing Crossing of the Fathers plaque Standing on driftwood log in river Rapids End of trip at Lees Ferry Boats on trailer Navajo baby Norman Nevills Unidentified man Otis Marston Joe Desloge Unidentified man Unidentified man The rest of the film is out of sequence: Camp, hiking Film is no longer backwards: Boats on river Rapids Camp Hiking Boats on river

Otis Marston Garth Marston Rapids Rattlesnake Norman Nevills holding rattlesnake by tail Scouting rapids from shore Rapids filmed from boat Camp Rapids from boat Landing boat, hauling on shore Cooking, eating Deer Creek Falls Rapids: Bedrock Rapid? (wrecked barge on top of middle rock) Havasu Creek: swimming, climbing, diving Lining Lava Falls Building cairn Tow out on Lake Mead

Rapids Gates of Lodore Boat stuck on rock Triplet Rapid Lining Hell's Half Mile Rapid

Ashley Falls high water run

Longer version of the same trip as 5.3: Boats on river Ashley Falls high water run, more footage than 5.3 Man in life vest floating through rapid Camp Scenery

Boat or barge trip on Hudson River West Point New York Harbor Brooklyn Bridge New York City skyline U.S.N. destroyer United Nations building New York skyline with Chrysler Building Amphibious car Chinese Junk Boys on barge Goodyear blimp Riding pony, horses Family estate?

Norman Nevills, Preston Walker, Kent Frost, Joseph Desloge, Joseph Desloge Jr., Marie Saalfrank, Anne Desloge, Zoe Desloge Launch Playing in river Filming boats Boats on river Petroglyphs Rapids Hiking, climbing Burning driftwood jammed in side canyon Wrestling Hiking back to boats Filling water jugs Boating Lunch Hiking Scouting rapids Running rapid Building cairn with message in can Camp on driftwood beach Bright Angel creek Out of sequence: Lower Granite Gorge, Travertine Falls, fluting, rapids Deer Creek Falls hike Rapids from boat Camping Around Lava falls Travertine Falls Boating, swimming Climbing Separation Rapid plaque Lake Mead Randall Henderson Columbine Falls Power cruiser, floatplane on Lake Mead Swimming in river Scenery Swimming Signing register books at Rainbow Bridge (?) Boating Hiking on slickrock Back on boat Girl in wild swimsuit Lizards Hiking Shaving Mud baths Sitting on boats Scenery Grooming Norman Nevills shaving Boating Meeting people on shore with dog Boat on trailer

Ceremony at Expedition Island, Wyoming Dedication of Powell monument Start of river trip Boating Horses swimming in river Firehole Towers Girl Stop at ranch Livestock Flaming Gorge Horseshoe Canyon Fast water Lunch Ashley Falls Boating in Red Canyon Ashley Falls again (out of sequence, black and white - this segment may have been spliced in) Boats in rapid, one person swimming Red Creek Rapid Breaking camp Red Canyon Hiking at old ranch Riding horses Lunch Rapids Lunch Camping

Much of this footage also appears in 1.2 and 1.3: Map of river Street scene, San Francisco Flaming Gorge Green River view of canyon from cliffs above Ashley Falls Gates of Lodore Echo Park Aerial of confluence of Colorado and Green Rivers Cataract Canyon Nevills boat in rapid Glen Canyon: Outlaw Cave, mouth of San Juan River Aerial views of Vermillion Cliffs, Marble Canyon Buffalo Little Colorado River Aerial view of Grand Canyon Map of Grand Canyon View from rim Emery Kolb View from rim Unkar Delta Boat on river Tanner Flats area, below Little Colorado River Boats Inner Gorge Rapids: scouting Sockdologer Rapid View of big rapids Lining rapids: Otis Marston, Norman Nevills, Garth Marston, Margaret Marston Re-loading boats Lining sequence speeded up Streets scenes in San Francisco with trolleys, turntables Office scene, woman typing Randall Henderson using typewriter on river, putting note in cairn Fossils, fossil hunting Petroglyphs Monument Valley Granaries at Nankoweap, Grand Canyon Marston twins with pieces of pottery Pottery Sign about John Wesley Powell F.S. Dellenbaugh inscription, Music Temple, Glen Canyon Separation Rapid plaque Letter from Nathaniel Galloway, inscription by Galloway Various inscriptions: Kolb brothers, Clyde Eddy, Pathe-Bray, Hydes Skeleton in Stanton Cave Hiking on slickrock in Glen Canyon Mining camps, Glen Canyon: Olympia Bar, Zahn's camp Nevills finding chest with old clothes in Glen Canyon, modeling old clothes Oil camp Lizard Scorpion Garth Marston holding rattlesnake Deer swimming in river Bighorn sheep Marston at oars of boat Aerial tram car at Bass Camp, Grand Canyon Bridge at Moab, Utah Aerial of Navajo Bridge

Map of Grand Canyon Two boats running rapids Bedrock rapid with boat or barge on top Hiking Boating at sunset Running rapids: Unkar? Nankoweap? Lava flows, Vulcan's throne Wind blowing sand Glen Canyon Wind blowing spray in rapid (rain on river) Deer Creek Falls, water falling into river (i.e., high water) Monument Valley Mexican Hat Agathla Peak Marston twin daughters in front of Navajo Twins (rock formation near Bluff, Utah) Spires in Monument Valley, Mittens Angel's Window, North Rim of Grand Canyon Views of Grand Canyon from rims Rapids Havasu Creek Diving off rocks Boarding boat, launching at Havasu Scouting rapids Running various rapids Floating rapids with inner tubes, life vests, air mattresses Running bigger rapid (Dubendorff?) Filming rapids from boat Rapids from boat and shore Otis Marston at oars of boat Mrs. Marston in boat in rapid Water swirling Garth Marson swimming rapid Sign: AWarning: do not swim in the Colorado..." Lake M Columbine falls? Floatplane landing Big cruiser Tow out Hoover Dam. Last title is: "Rapidly yours, Dock (Marston)"

Motor boats in Grand Canyon Bureau of Reclamation camp on rim of Marble Canyon Aerial tramway, rim of Grand Canyon Helicopter by river Film taken from helicopter Helicopter landing Rapids: scouting, running, with helicopter overhead Film of boat running rapids, taken from helicopter. Powerboat in rapid (beginning of 7.1) Blank Powerboat on Lake Mead

"Danger River" consists of outtakes from Olsen's 1946 Academy Award winning short, "Facing Your Danger." Both films were compiled from footage filmed during a 1942 Grand Canyon river trip with Nevills Expeditions. Waves in rapids View from South Rim, Grand Canyon Rapids Skeleton at South Cave Norman Nevills Nevills working on boats, loading boats, boats on trailer approaching Lees Ferry, launching boats, packing boats Badger Rapid: scouting, running Flip at Tanner Rapid, 1942; Ed Hudson in water holding onto boat Numerous scenes of running various rapids Wreck of old boat Skeleton--not one in South Cave Granaries at Nankoweap Boats in creek at Havasu Fishing at Tapeats Creek Deer Rapids--Sockdologer (includes slow-motion sequence) 233 mile rapid (narrator's identification of location may be incorrect) Sunset on cliffs Lake Mead Last shot of wave in rapid