Visit With Cowboys, A

A Visit With Cowboys Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Young boy, Don visiting from back East, greeted at rural railroad station by cowboy friend of his father’s who also narrates. Don dressed up as cowboy himself, walks past men w/ cowboy hats. Drive thru desert in pickup truck to ranch house. 12:43:02 Cowboy takes Don out on range in Jeep. Points out “fence rider” on horseback fixing boundary fence. Don watches hereford calves lassoed & branded. Don helps ranch worker give horses their nose bags. 12:45:52 Don watches quarter horse saddled, watches shoeing horses hoofs, goes riding w/ cowboy. Watches ranchers wrangling ponies on plains, horses into corral. Cowboy Ed in corral lassoes horse he wants to break. 12:49:50 Rodeo scenes w/ music, calf roping w/ calves lassoed then wrestled to ground by cowboy. Bull riding. Saddle bronc riding, bucking broncos; horse throws cowboy onto ground & carries on jumping. Row of little boys on fence cheering. CU Don waves hat. Wild West; Rural Americana; Ranching; Entertainment; Recreation; Visits;