The Great Salt Lake is an episode of the TV program titled “Discovery” released in 1969. This program aired on ABC from 1962 until 1971 as an award-winning children’s show about the history and culture of America. This episode covers the Great Salt Lake in the state of Utah, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, its wildlife, and the pioneer’s history in the area around the lake and Salt Lake City, including the “This Is the Place” monument and heritage park. The film is a Jules Power production in association with ABC News, hosted by Bill Owen, written by Ronald Liss, directed by Vincent Scarza photographed by John Burke, edited by Kenneth Wagner, and produced in consultation with the NEA in cooperation with the American Library Association.

Views of the Great Salt Lake in the State of Utah (00:09). A woman floating effortlessly on the water, due to high salt levels (00:21). Living creatures in the lake (02:28). A sunset over the Salt Lake (00:34). “The Great Salt Lake” title banner (00:37). Discovery 69’ intro-segment (00:42). Host Bill Owen watches a sailboat and introduces this episode (01:07). Views of the lake (01:28). Views of the Wasatch Mountain Range (01:55). The salt crust along the lake’s shore (02:02). Views of the animal and plant life living in the lake (02:10). Buffalos running across islands on the lake (02:16). Seagulls (02:22). Beaches and boats along the shoreline (02:30). Illustrations of how Lake Bonneville became the Great Salt Lake (02:48). Mountains around the Great Salt Lake indicating how deep Lake Bonneville originally was (03:06). Host Bill Owen tells facts about the 25% saline content (03:27). People floating in the water (03:46). Bill Owen speaking about an old wire covered in crystalized salt (04:08). Footage of the water (04:29). Owen speaks about the salt industry on a solar evaporation pond (05:08). Salt harvesting equipment driving across the pond and depositing the salt into a truck (05:45). An outdoor stockpile (06:29). Owen standing by the stockpiles (06:34). Salt is being washed inside the production plant (06:56) and then screened and ground to make grades of coarseness (07:03). Cows feeding on salt blocks (07:13). Plants for the extraction of other minerals in the lake, including magnesium, lithium, and potash (07:17). Owen speaks about the life in the lake (07:35). A deserted lake resort (08:09). Photos of the resort and its guests before being deserted (08:15). A sunflower (08:30). The deserted resort (08:37). Photos of a paddlewheel steamboat used to sail passengers around on the lake (08:44). Owen speaks about the modern vessels used to take passengers across the lake (08:51). A lake trip begins (09:06). Owen holding a piece of the reef from the lake’s bottom (09:34). Owen uses a paper cup to catch brine shrimp (10:06). Brine shrimp eggs (10:48). Seagulls (11:10). The Seagull Monument in Salt Lake City (10:35). A summer nesting ground for white pelicans (11:57). Marshland in the western shore of the lake (12:51). Great blue herons (13:00). A yellow-headed black bird (13:15). A coot bird (13:18). Western grebe birds and scenes of their mating rituals (13:21). Views of the mammals living around the lake including jackrabbits, badgers, and kit foxes (14:13). Scenic footage of the wildlife and nature of the Great Salt Lake (14:33). The Joseph Smith statue in Salt Lake City (14:59). Mountainous landscape (15:09). Owen standing by the This Is the Place Monument (15:33). The monument’s statues depict members of Spanish expedition Father Domínguez and Escalante, Etienne Provost, Peter Skene Ogden, John C. Fremont, Orson Pratt, Erastus Snow, and Brigham Young (15:53). Owen exploring the Pioneer Village in the Is the Place Heritage Park (17:15). Views of Salt Lake City and the Utah State Capital building (19:48). Temple Square (19:58). The Mormon Salt Lake temple (20:03). Houses and apartments in Salt Lake City (20:07). A salt sculpture in the Salt Palace (20:27). Owen concludes the episode (20:51). Credits (21:41).

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