Westward Whoa
Identifier
F.2005-01-0031
Date Of Production
1948
Abstract
Edited footage of western scenery on a road trip to Yellowstone Park. Includes scenes of camping and numerous landscapes, Mount Rushmore and the various grounds of Yellowstone with their hot springs and geysers. Film made by Central Cinematographer film club member Fred Strauss.
Log
00:00 - Title. A boy sits at a desk doing homework about hot spring. He falls asleep and dreams about a trip to Yellowstone. In the morning he and his father pack up the car and drive off. Footage of the car on the road, var. barren craggy scenery during day and dusk, and setting up a tent.
06:56 - Var. rocky scenery, PAN, still and TS. Intercut with waking up outside the tent, the car driving on the road, Native Americans outside a teepee in MS and CU.
10:34 - RA boy on an overlook, var. ELS of the view. Camping at Grizzly Bear Public Camp Ground; cooking outside, car driving on the surrounding pine lined roads. Mount Rushmore in var. angles; LS and MS with shaky PAN, footage of the monument sign, crowd of people. Man washing his face with soap in a river, LS and MS.
15:29 - Var. buffalo in a field, LS and MS. Fixing the car roadside, by rocky cliff facades. Mountain goat eating grass. PAN of a small lake, tombstone of Wild Bill and Calamity Jane. Scenery at Roughlock Falls; boy walking along the trail and setting up a camera, var. views of the falls in LS, MS and CU.
20:09 - TILT DOWN a river and falls. Var. views of car on the road, dwarfed by the cliffs. Var. brief unrelated scenes; people at a dam, HA of rushing water, people getting water from a spring in a rock wall, ELS of snow capped mountains, black bears on the road blocking the car and in forest, man fishing.
24:40 - Old Faithful erupting MS and ELS, the crowds as they watch. Var. views of the surrounding thermal springs and geysers, with CU of bubbling water and steam.
31:04 - Black bear at the roadside, MCU. The fountain paint pots, CU of the bubbling mud. Var. steaming landscapes in Yellowstone Park, also forest landscapes, and var. views of waterfalls. CU of hot springs.
35:59-41:20 - Var. views of Yellowstone River and Tower Falls. Many var. flowers in CU and MS. Camera TILT to follow a river in HA. Waterfalls from var. angles. RA of women as a geyser erupts, ELS of landscape, car drives off.
06:56 - Var. rocky scenery, PAN, still and TS. Intercut with waking up outside the tent, the car driving on the road, Native Americans outside a teepee in MS and CU.
10:34 - RA boy on an overlook, var. ELS of the view. Camping at Grizzly Bear Public Camp Ground; cooking outside, car driving on the surrounding pine lined roads. Mount Rushmore in var. angles; LS and MS with shaky PAN, footage of the monument sign, crowd of people. Man washing his face with soap in a river, LS and MS.
15:29 - Var. buffalo in a field, LS and MS. Fixing the car roadside, by rocky cliff facades. Mountain goat eating grass. PAN of a small lake, tombstone of Wild Bill and Calamity Jane. Scenery at Roughlock Falls; boy walking along the trail and setting up a camera, var. views of the falls in LS, MS and CU.
20:09 - TILT DOWN a river and falls. Var. views of car on the road, dwarfed by the cliffs. Var. brief unrelated scenes; people at a dam, HA of rushing water, people getting water from a spring in a rock wall, ELS of snow capped mountains, black bears on the road blocking the car and in forest, man fishing.
24:40 - Old Faithful erupting MS and ELS, the crowds as they watch. Var. views of the surrounding thermal springs and geysers, with CU of bubbling water and steam.
31:04 - Black bear at the roadside, MCU. The fountain paint pots, CU of the bubbling mud. Var. steaming landscapes in Yellowstone Park, also forest landscapes, and var. views of waterfalls. CU of hot springs.
35:59-41:20 - Var. views of Yellowstone River and Tower Falls. Many var. flowers in CU and MS. Camera TILT to follow a river in HA. Waterfalls from var. angles. RA of women as a geyser erupts, ELS of landscape, car drives off.
Run Time
39 min 10 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
940 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Genre
Form
Subject
Travel
National parks and reserves
Amateur Film Clubs
Road trips
Yellowstone National Park
Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
National parks and reserves
Amateur Film Clubs
Road trips
Yellowstone National Park
Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Strauss, Fred (is filmmaker)
Central Cinematographers (is production company)
Additional Credits
Central Cinematographers (is contributor)
Strauss, Fred (is contributor)
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