Chinle and Canyon de Chelly
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.9.5
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Seymour, Thomas Hartley
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content: Thomas Seymour films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (32 minutes, black-and-white silent; 771 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1926
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Full film record shot in Chinle and Canyon de Chelly, New Mexico, depicting geologic formations and remains of Anasazi structures in the canyon. Footage follows men and women in European dress on horses traveling through bottom of canyon, including shots of cliff paintings, archaeological ruins, and rock formations. Canyon landscape and surrounding cliffs are viewed from many different angles, and the visitors travel through several apparent elevation changes. Subjects fish, stay at ranches, explore ruins, and perform rope and horse-handling tricks for the camera. Also documented is a trading post and nearby town. Footage captures men and women going about daily business in a town square and surrounding neighborhoods, including several shots focusing on individual children playing or working with horses. Adults prepare food, talk, wait in line, race horses. Footage briefly returns to the Chinle and Canyon de Chelly with a new group of visitors.

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Ruins archeological ; Canyons Arizona ; Tourism ; Trading posts