Life In Hot, Dry Lands (California)
Coronet Instructional Films
Sand dunes, pan over them. Desert w/ broad valley of dry lake beds alongside canyon. Mountain side. Indian man & boy (grandson) drink at small stream. sagebrush & mesquite.
03:33:01 Chart showing equator & continents w/ desert areas. Diagram showing winds over mountains & moisture patterns.
03:34:41 Large mountain w/ cloud near top, tilt down to desert at base. Shots of desert. man & boy looking at barrel cactus, cut off w/ machete & showing watery pulp inside. Prickly pear & man cutting open showing moisture. Other cactus & succulents. Lizards, snakes on surface. Horned toad in CU. Insects on flowers of shrubs.
03:36:50 Birds on ground & plants. Man w/ gun, coyote seen.
03:47:53 Indian & grandson’s home in canyon oasis. Chickens & ducks under tree beside small spring. Sheep grazing. Sheepherder w/ wagon & horse; cooking over fire. Boy at school, kids into class.
03:38:45 Sand table as device made by kids to show how bedouins live. Boy inspects dolls & animals.
03:39:48 Palm trees & oasis w/ homes. Men building w/ adobe bricks. View across oasis. Ford sedan on sandy road, gets stuck in sand. Man out w/ shovel. Girl on donkey. Highway; airport in desert. Mountains w/ haze from blowing dust. The End.
Educational Films; Ethnic; Regional Geography; Americana; 1940s; 1947;
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Life In Hot, Dry Lands (California) Coronet Instructional Films Sand dunes, pan over them. Desert w/ broad valley of dry lake beds alongside canyon. Mountain side. Indian man & boy (grandson) drink at small stream. sagebrush & mesquite. 03:33:01 Chart showing equator & continents w/ desert areas. Diagram showing winds over mountains & moisture patterns. 03:34:41 Large mountain w/ cloud near top, tilt down to desert at base. Shots of desert. man & boy looking at barrel cactus, cut off w/ machete & showing watery pulp inside. Prickly pear & man cutting open showing moisture. Other cactus & succulents. Lizards, snakes on surface. Horned toad in CU. Insects on flowers of shrubs. 03:36:50 Birds on ground & plants. Man w/ gun, coyote seen. 03:47:53 Indian & grandson’s home in canyon oasis. Chickens & ducks under tree beside small spring. Sheep grazing. Sheepherder w/ wagon & horse; cooking over fire. Boy at school, kids into class. 03:38:45 Sand table as device made by kids to show how bedouins live. Boy inspects dolls & animals. 03:39:48 Palm trees & oasis w/ homes. Men building w/ adobe bricks. View across oasis. Ford sedan on sandy road, gets stuck in sand. Man out w/ shovel. Girl on donkey. Highway; airport in desert. Mountains w/ haze from blowing dust. The End. Educational Films; Ethnic; Regional Geography; Americana; 1940s; 1947;