68304 1960s STATE OF ARIZONA TRAVELOGUE PHOENIX TUCSON TOMBSTONE MONUMENT VALLEY AMERICA!

This late 1960s color travelogue film provides highlights of Arizona attractions. It is narrated by Jack Douglas as part of the America! Television series. Sunset provides a backdrop to the cacti. Outside Phoenix is the Pinnacle Peak Patio restaurant, which cuts off the neckties of diners and attaches them (and the owner’s information) to the ceiling. Two-pound T-bone steaks are flipped on the grill. A boot is on the plate for a well-done order (:45-2:39). Eduardo Castle introduces his Tucson Boys Chorus, who sing and do rope tricks (2:40-3:35). Old Tucson, an amusement attraction, has also been used as a film set. The Lost Dutchman Ghost Mine, stagecoach ride, and a live action gunfight with the Sheriff are shown (3:36-5:38). The American Heritage Wax Museum features Coronado, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley, Jessie James, and Johnny Ringo (5:39-6:58). Tombstone has an 1882 Courthouse. A vintage-dressed actress crosses the street to the Bird Cage Theatre. The owner of the O.K. Corral narrates the events of the day. A sign marks where Wyatt Earp was shot. An antique hearse transported victims to the Boot Hill Graveyard. Tombstones there have facts about their deaths (7:00-10:30). Arizona sand dunes, cacti, and blooms on a cactus are shown, including on a saguaro cactus. Shown are a scorpion, giant tarantula, Gila monster, and a Diamondback rattlesnake (10:31-11:45). The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum features prairie dogs, a tortoise to pet, walk-in bird cages with chachalacas, western roadrunners, and turkey vultures. It also has coatimundi (coati) and jaguars. A talk is given holding a javelina and a bobcat is fed a bottle (11:55-15:08). A guide drives a four-wheel tour vehicle through Monument Valley to the Navajo reservation. They pass two colorfully dressed Navajo girls on horses. A saddle and blanket are taken into a hogan. Navajo shepherdesses drive the sheep home across the red sand. Navajo women spin and card wool. One weaves a blanket on a loom. A large dried grass comb is used to brush hair (15:09-18:03). Montezuma Castle National Monument has cliff dwellings. A drawing depicts its architecture components (18:05-19:03). The Grand Canyon and Colorado River are panned. A blizzard blankets the Canyon in snow. Melting ice drips off a tree branch. Hopi Indians perform the Feather Dance and Hoop Dance. Horses with riders wind up the narrow path of the Canyon (19:05-22:10). Bits of already shown footage close the film (22:11-22:38).

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