Part of the Carl Dudley produced “Screen Book of Knowledge” THIS LAND OF OURS ARIZONA will take viewers on a tour through Arizona in the late 1940s or early 1950s.. At this time it was the youngest state and rests in the south western sector of the country bordering the Republic of Mexico (:28). The fifth largest state consists of high mountains, plateaus and semi arid deserts (:58). Arizona has a dry climate (1:02). Before the United States had been discovered, Arizona was largely inhabited by Native Americans (1:17) and today their are more full blooded Navajos than in any other state (1:22). The capital of the state is Phoenix; once merely a stagecoach stop, yet now is one of the largest inland cities (1:54). Tucson is the largest city and one of it’s most important commercial centers (2:03). This city is also home of the University of Arizona (2:08) and a few miles south is the United States and Mexico border (2:26) at Nogales. One of the state’s most attractive cities is Tombstone, although it is mostly a ghost town today (2:43). Arizona is ranked first among copper producing states; yielding almost two thirds of the country’s supply (3:22). Near the mine at Bisbee is a giant smelter at Douglas which reduces ore into crude copper (3:36). The largest pine forests in the world exist in Arizona (3:57). The most valuable resource is water (4:15) and engineers have constructed some of the most impressive dams in the world here (4:23). The Coolidge dam is considered of the highest masonry type (4:26), and Roosevelt is of the highest wedge type (4:32). Considered the greatest engineering achievements of all time is the Boulder Dam (4:34). These dam’s supply water for irrigation for the state’s year round fruit and vegetable crops (4:52). Arizona produces considerable amounts of sugar beets (5:10), winter head lettuce (5:16), cotton and dates (5:21). Due to large grazing lands, it has become one of the country’s best contributors of livestock (5:33). Thousands of acres from prehistoric times have been petrified. These range up to 250 feet in length (5:53). Another site worth seeing is Monument Valley with several hundred mile high red sandstone (6:07). Tourists and inhabitants alike enjoy the states dude ranches (6:32). The most well known and beautiful of natural wonders is the Grand Canyon (6:52). Over a time span of more than a million years, the Colorado River had eroded a gorge over a mile deep and two hundred miles long (7:01). The narrator takes us through a brief summary of the state as the film draws to a close (7:28).
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