[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 111

Date1952

Can DescriptionsReel 111: Archie Stewart can notes: 1952 Trip to Albuquerque, ride down the canyon [Grand Canyon]. Lt. Col Golding and I drive to the southwest. Screening notes: Color. Logo, Amateur Cinema League, The World Wide Organization of Amateur Movie Makers. WS two men walking down sidewalk of residential street, Grand Street, Newburgh, NY. VS of two men eating, standing beside car by side of country road. Rob Golding. WS man walking down steps of large white building with pink roof, approaches car. man standing beside car at line to ferry. VS of voyage: man on deck of car ferry; leaving dock; people on deck; waves and boat wake; passing ships through porthole. Man standing in parking lot beside car in front of small store. Man eating standing beside car, farm buildings and fields in BG. Archie and Rob Golding. Tilt up: Swift fluffy clouds or white smoke moving behind bank of trees. VS of picnic area beside small highway. WS of small waterfall. Man standing beside gorge. VS of water falling down rocks. Man approaches, shoos dappled black and white [pig] off road, Rob Golding. WS of mountain scenery, car in FG. Sign: Shooting Creek Vista, Nantahala National Forest. VS of valley, barren hillsides. From rooftop: VS of city, skyscrapers, traffic. More shots of man standing beside car, flat countryside intersected by small roads. Man in parking lot of Motel Palo Dura. Sign in BG: Overhead Door and Texas Panhandle. Walks across lot to motel room. Man [Archie Stewart] leaves room. VS of visit to track house in 1950s; 145 Perimeter Drive, Sandia Base, Albuquerque. Flat square houses, no trees. Mary and two small boys in yard. Young boy in cowboy hat gingerly walks in skates. Boy rides bicycle and waves cowboy hat at camera. Woman [Mrs Mary Stewart] standing beside house, dressed in small cowboy hat and holding pistols--Tom Hafer. Draws guns for camera. WS adults hiking up hill. MS Tom Hafer in cowboy outfit playing in [lumber yard]. Ann Hartford coaxes (in vain) Great Dane dog to sit. Maj Gen Kenner T. Hartford and wife Ann. More hiking, scrub scenery. Posing as group for camera. VS Rob Golding, mother, and Tom standing beside chainlink fence, nuclear installation, Sandia Mountains in BG--Sandia Base, NM. More picnicking beside road, VS of desert countryside; large canyon. Driving up mountain road. Approach to steel bridge. VS of people walking among saguaro and other large cactus. Woman sniffs bouquet of wildflowers. POV inside car driving beside cactus strewn desert. Man relaxing in front of small house, 145 Perimeter Drive, Albuquerque. Rob Golding hangs up socks on laundry line. [Archie] takes socks off line. Grand Canyon. VS of people posing beside imposing step canyons with heavily striated walls. Some views without people. Picnic area along trail, mules grazing in FG. VS of people eating at picnic bench, feeding very tame deer by hand. More beauty shots. Group of people in front of large log cabin. Man puts on red apron. Interesting sequence riding canyon paths, mule ride to bottom of Grand Canyon. VS of men mounting mules, riding down trails (bouncy) with steep and slippery slopes, crossing narrow bridge over Colorado River. Dramatic scenery, color faded. Relaxing in front of small cabin, Archie typing, wearing sun glasses. Packing car. Mary, Fred Hafer in Air Force uniform, Tom, seated beside house. VS of getting on passenger train.