[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 13,  Accession 2241

Date1937

AbstractBox notes: " (large reel) 1937- Wyoming summer- packing horses- air view of canyons- rodeo- ends with 1 min. of Naushon." Aerial views among clouds of open land below, mostly flat, broken up into farmland. Cloudy views over canyonlands. Looking down into deep canyon from air, with river at bottom. Views of mountain ranges in background. Rainbow in the sky. Views of a parade down the main street, which includes a band, cowboys and Native Americans on horseback, a stagecoach, a comic horse. View of a large corral where a rodeo is in progress with cowboys on horseback doing intricate choreographed moves. Views of cowboys chasing and roping cattle, cowboys doing trick riding on horses, riding bucking horses. Views of several people packing horses and tying down the supplies. Views of tractor in field harvesting hay. Views of man and woman riding double on horseback. Woman trying to mount bareback, then racing in field with four other people on horseback. She tries standing on the back of the horse as it moves along. Aerial views of canyons below with river snaking through the canyon. One large rock outcropping is seen above the plateau. More hazy shots of mountains, canyons and plateau below.