Made in the late 1930s or early 1940s by the Santa Fe Railroad, GRAND CANYON GLIMPSES promotes travel to one of the United States’ premiere National Parks. The film is silent and would likely have been shown with narration by a Park Ranger or other knowledgeable person at one of the Fred Harvey hotels along the Santa Fe’s route. At 1:40 the view of the Canyon from the Watchtower is shown. At 2:58, a group descends into the canyon on horseback or on mules on the Bright Angel Trail. At 4:00, they arrive at the Phantom Ranch on the bottom of the Canyon. The Black Suspension Bridge also known as the Kaibab Suspension Bridge is shown. This spans the Colorado River in the inner canyon of Grand Canyon National Park. It is part of the South Kaibab Trail and is the river crossing used by mules going to Phantom Ranch. The Black Bridge and Silver Bridge, located about 700 meters downstream, are the only spans in hundreds of river miles.

At 5;13 the Phantom Ranch is seen more fully. At 6:30 a trip up Bright Angel Canyon to Ribbon Falls and then back up to the South Rim.  At 9:25 the Havasu Falls are shown on the Havasupai Indian / Supai Indian Reservation. At 12:00 a “white teacher guides 43 Indian Children in Havasu Canyon School”. The film ends with footage of a storm racing across the Canyon. 

Phantom Ranch is a lodge inside Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. It is on the north side of the Colorado River near its confluence with Bright Angel Creek and Phantom Creek. Built in 1922, Phantom Ranch is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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