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Ft. Robinson,WY and Fort Laramie,WY 10:00:24:- Fort Robinson: tight LS of wooden jail cell door (FG) and old fashioned furnace 10:01:01:- wide, level LS of Ft. Robinson grounds area (shot several times) 10:05:34:- MS of Grattan massacre monument, surrounded by tall grass in a field; WY 10:06:17:- LS's of a creek in WY. 10:12:48:- LS of Ft. Laramie building in WY 10:13:22:- MS of masted American flag fighting against strong wind 10:14:05:- MS of Ft. Laramie on a p.sunny day 10:14:34:- wide LS of field behind Ft. Laramie. 10:16:17:- MS of table and bed in soldiers quarters (done up as it would have appeared in late 1800's. CU of foot locker with guns on it. MS of cavalry belt and sabre and Union jacket hanging on a wall (tilt up). CU of whiskey bottle and candle on table. CU of cards and poker chips on table. 10:19:55:- MS interior of officer's office;desk, flag, fireplace 10:20:23:- MS interior of officer's dining room, dining table all set and prepared, pan R 10:22:16:- LS of adjacent field (shot inside, through window pane) 10:22:46:- high angle MS of cavalry hat on foot locker in soldiers quarters. MS of checkerboard and guns on table. MS of soldiers quarters; starts at bed by window, pan R to other bed and table inbetween them. CU of whiskey flask. 10:25:02:- low angle MS of cannon , outside, on fort grounds. level, LS cannon in FG, fort in BG on a cloudy day. 10:27:02:- wide LS of WY landscape; distant buttes, pan L, zoom in to setting sun (over horizon). tight LS of area where Crazy Horse might have been buried; rocky butte on hill; same subject but a tighter shot
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Somewhere on the Great Plains on a p.sunny day 12:00:39:-......MS of a large buffalo herd on an open plain on a realatively cloudy day, mountains in BG. tight LS of herd, zoom in, pan R, zoom out, pan L; gets progressively lighter out as the buffalo eat, walk, stare and occasionally headbutt each other. 12:08:48:-......partly sunny; MS of buffalo, zoom in to CU of one staring @ camera, walks away; zoom out to MS of several buffalo. 12:10:12:-......wider LS of herd in FG, mountains in BG; high angle; excellent shot 12:10:43:-......med wide LS of herd, pan R, zoom out to wide LS 12:11:52:-......CU's and MS's of buffaloes faces 12:14:06:-......LS of bufalo herd in FG; pastel sky, rocky hill and buttes in BG. 12:19:14:-......wide LS of field full of buffalo, pan L, zoom in for CU, zoom out 12:25:22:-......LS of male buffalo mounting female in middle of herd (quick shot) 12:25:31:-......wide LS of herd spread out over a large open area; sunny day, blue sky, pastel clouds 12:28:54:-......MS of buffalo.
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Buffaloes, Badlands SD 13:00:00 Huge buffalo herd, WS 13:03:00 WS flat hill, plain 13:03:28 guy from behind, peeing (one goofy cameraman filmed the other...) 13:05:22 WS of meadow with tall dry grass, steppe-like landscape 13:08:41 WS of plateau, blue sky 13:09:43 more rugged hills 13:10:31 canyon-type mountains, mesa, clouds moving over, casting shadow 13:13:17 mesas, much blue sky with thin clouds, beautiful 13:14:22 flat hills, layered structure, trees without leaves on plain in front of hills 13:18:19 gorgeous sunset: WS, orange sky framed by deep-hanging clouds and flat hills, looks almost like "letterbox" 13:19:25 clear shot of full moon, zoom out 13:20:29 Badlands at night, barely visible chain of mountains, tiny moon 13:20:54 Badlands at dawn: Beautiful shots of moon setting over canyon, brown, layered montains, sky already rather bright 13:23:18 incredible WS of canyon-landscape in the Badlands, pan, several takes 13:30:00 out e
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Badlands in South Dakota on a sunny late afternoon; Rapid creek shots at end 14:00:27:-........wide LS of Badlands from high vantage point, pan R, pan L; deep shadows in its eroded recesses; 14:01:31:-........level, tight LS of Badlands 14:02:04:-........level, wide LS of Badlands (in BG) 14:02:55:-........high angle LS's of a plain in Badlands 14:04:28:-........tight LS of hazy sky, plains, and buttes of Badlands 14:05:53:-........LS's of Badlands' eroded topography (lots of deep, long shadows). 14:09:07:-........LS of contrasty landscape in Badlands 14:10:02:-........MS of man urinating on roadside (shot from behind him) 14:10:19:-........ELS of Badlands hills, buttes (in BG) and a field (FG) 14:12:19:-........tight LS's of 3 deer walking through Badlands 14:14:56:-........gorgeous wide LS, high angle of Badlands, pan R 14:16:13:-........tight LS of 3 prairie dogs in a field 14:17:05:-........MS of buffalo, pan R to other buffalo, zoom out to LS, pan R to wide LS of buffalo on a plain; herd is scattered for as far as the eye can see. 14:18:31:-........level, wide LS's of a scenic plain (landscape shot); lonely aspects of area taken form several vantage points; lots o' landscape shots, all LS's (seem to be running out the tape) 14:25:20:-........level med LS of Rapid Creek; banks of high, brittle grass and barren trees 14:26:09:-........wide LS of dry grass field and distant badland buttes (in BG) 14:26:43:-........tight LS's of barren tree by a creek (in FG).
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Badlands sunrise (no moon ), Wounded Knee 15:00:29:-........tight LS of sunrise over the Badlands; yellow, orange, red, and purple sky, silouettes of distant buttes 15:01:11:-........same subject as last but a wider shot 15:02:06:-........same subject as last shots but a tighter shot; sky's lighter and the clouds are very textural 15:05:43:-........tight LS of Badlands topography during the early morning 15:06:46:-........Wounded Knee Creek: tight LS/MS of creek on a cloudy day 15:07:37:-........LS of a field, pan L to adjacent trees, pan R to starting pt 15:09:15:-........MS of creek and surrounding drygrass 15:10:00:-........MS of Wounded Knee monument on a cloudy day, field and graves in near BG 15:10:59:-........wide LS of Wounded Knee encampment and massacre site 15:12:45:-........tight LS of Wounded Knee monument and graveyard 15:14:25:-........LS's of Wounded Knee site... 15:18:31:-........tight LS of Wounded Knee ravine (shot from several vantage pts) 15:21:26:-........ELS of Wounded Knee cemetery 15:22:23:-........LS of area where Ft. Sheridan once stood: open green field (FG), mesas in BG 15:23:35:-........tight LS of sites where Crazy Horse may be buried (lg buttes atop hill) 15:26:41:-........wide LS of buttes
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Sand Creek, CO; mid-afternoon 05:00:34:-........wide LS of a lonely plain on a partly cloudy afternoon; bereft trees, dry grass; bleak and flat. 05:-2:01:-........ tight LS area where creek used to be; barren trees along dry creekbed 05:04:51:-........wide LS of distant dead trees on barren plain, pan L to more of same on a slight hill 05:06:52:-........tight LS of barren, many branched tree growing sideways on a plain 05:07:38:-........tight LS of wooded area, pan R to adjacent hill 05:08:34:-........tight LS of single tree in ravine as light sets over the ridge/horizon 05:09:25:-........subjective running shot in ravine, camera falls to ground 05:10:40:-........low angle LS of wooded area on plain 05:11:18:-........tight LS of lonely, barren tree on hill (excellent shot) 05:12:02:-........wide LS of several trees @ base of hill, pan R to open field and a few trees 05:13:34:-........tight LS of tree branches and sky, tilt D to field and ravine 05:15:52:-........wide LS of horizon, late afternoon/early evening; 2 lonely trees on screen L in near BG; 05:16:31:-........wide LS of trees and plain 05:17:23:-........wide travelling LS, falls to ground 05:18:23:-........wide LS of sun setting over a vast plain 05:19:23:-........wide landscape LS of plain 05:22:05:-........LS of blue sky, tilt D to wide LS of wooded area in ravine 05:22:41:-........wide LS of plain, 3 trees in near BG, pan L to slight hill, pan R to more trees 05:27:28:-........wide LS of sun setting over horizon; land masses are silouetted; fiery red, orange & yellow sky.
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Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma; 01:00:41:-..........wide LS of grasslands surrounding Wichita Mountains on a late, sunny day 01:01:20:-..........wide LS of blue sky, tilt D to wide LS of grasslands (in FG) and mountains (BG), clouds overhead 01:04:31:-..........wide LS of sunset; land masses are silouetted and clouds block sun 01:05:38:-..........interview w/ Vince Tahmahkera, an older man of direct Comache decent: tight CU of him as he discusses the history of the Comanches, where the tribe's name comes from, the importance and the use of the buffalo, what happened when the Comanches tamed wild horses, what happened when the white man killed off the buffalo and why they did so, Quanah Parker, peyote, Indian religion, Indian spirituality, the surrender of the Comanches at Ft. Sill, the importance of horses within Comanche heritage, culture and history. 01:27:59:-..........interview with Anna Mahtua Tahmahkera, wife of Vince and also full-blooded Comanche: tight CU of her as she discusses the missionairies, the influx of Christianity upon the Comanches, life on the plains before the white man, and the leadership of Quanah Parker.
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Oklahoma.... Quanah Parker house/museum.... men on horseback 04:00:30:-..........MS of stove, interior of Quanah Parker house 04:01:21:-..........MS of doorway, a stove, and a bench, interior of QP house 04:02:36:-..........reverse angle, MS... chest, table, chair, window, and coffee pot on stove 04:04:01:-..........tight LS meeting room inside QP house; a long table w/ several chairs in which 4 wax Indians sit 04:04:30:-..........MS of a bedroom... a dresser w/ mirror, pan R to window, bed, furniture 04:05:30:-..........MS, int. bedroom... 2 dressers, lamp, mirrors, pan R to window and bed 04:06:52:-..........MS, int. bedroom... bed w/ unique thin wood frame, pan R to doorway 04:08:30:-..........Powwow inside a school gymnasium.... drum circle of several men and one drum... several women, young and old, stand behind them; the women are in traditional Comanche clothing; the women dance in place. 04:14:45:-..........tight LS EXT QP house: white 2 tiered house w/ railed porch-walkways; orange-light brown roof 04:17:45:-..........ECU large hand drum being beaten, tilt U to man's mouth singing song in both Navajo and English. 04:20:31:-..........LS of 2 men in traditional Comanche clothing (including full feather headresses) on horseback; they ride into a high grass field... shot several more times as the men ride at various speeds and angles
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05:00:28:-..........tight LS of 2 male Indians in traditional Comanche clothing (including full feather headresses) on horseback... they ride through a wooded area and a high grass plain... they ride to a creek and dismount... they walk for a bit around the water, remount, and ride back to starting point. 05:03:51:-..........tight LS of 2 aforementioned men riding from behind tree coverage and past the creek 05:06:05:-..........tight LS of 2 men racing past water and into a small field then back to st pt 05:07:22:-..........tight LS man riding from behind a bush, gallops around same area, returns to starting point 05:09:20:-..........tight LS of man riding through a path and into a smal field, turns around, heads towards camera 05:12:32:-..........MS of both men riding slowly past camera on the path 05:12:48:-..........MS of man mounting horse on path, rides past camera & into bushes 05:14:58:-..........tight LS men walking along path (no horses); they talk, walk past camera, camera follows 05:16:47:-..........gorgeous wide LS's of sunset: silouetted land mass, bright red-orange sky. 05:17:55:-..........ELS of sunset, sky is tinted by purple and yellow.. still excellent
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Texas panhandle, Red River, Pease River, Palo Duro Canyon 13:00:30 Quanah trainstation: white, Spanish style building with red roofs 13:02:01 CU sign on trainstation saying "Quanah Route" 13:03:25 pan down from sky to building 13:03:38 very flat swampy landscape, Red River 13:04:51 aerial view of same landscape, Red River, several viewpoints, very red earth 13:08:40 Pease River, trees in foreground, foresty swampy landscape 13:12:32 pan across ground of this landscape as cameraman is walking through 13:14:54 guy standing next to monument for Pease River Battlefield 13:15:04 sign without guy 13:16:27 Texas Prairie Land, red earth, WS, Comanche Land 13:18:03 shot of sky, pan down to prairie land 13:18:58 Copperbreaks (?) State Park in the Texas Panhandle, red earth, small bushes, several shots 13:20:45 WS of dark green small trees and mesa-like plain in background 13:21:53 pan along sparsely tree-covered ridge in front of sky 13:23:25 Lake Copperbreaks 13:24:33 Palo Duro Canyon, near Amarillo, several views, mainly horizontal and vertical pans, ridges, mesas, red-yellow-purple rocks 13:31:15 end
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Texas panhandle, Palo Duro Canyon, Adobe walls battlefield 14:00:35 Palo Duro Canyon, nice pans and WS 14:01:25 slightly hilly landscape with prairie grass, then just flat, dry plains 14:03:54 mesa 14:04:26 more endless, boring steppe, then mesas 14:05:22 Adobe Walls Battlefield Site: dry yellow ground, blue blue sky 14:07:02 memorial to Indians who died in the battle 14:07:59 CU Indian head on memorial 14:08:52 pan across ground, prairie grass, area of Adobe Walls Site, distant mesa 14:10:30 nice scenic shot of tree and tall grass swaying in the wind 14:11:49 New Mexico: Gorgeous shot of prairie land, mesa in background, evening sky with golden clouds 14:12:27 beautiful, romantic shots of sky at sunset, deep orange, cloud formations, silhuettes of mesas... 14:14:02 back to prairie WS 14:14:36 end
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Virgil, Crazy Horse 16:00:31 WS plain, tree in foreground 16:01:44 CU of Native American Virgil 16:02:00 Interview begins, Virgil talks about Crazy Horse, Virgil admires him, talks about Crazy Horse's fame, that his grandfather used to ride with him, Crazy Horse was very quiet and reserved, brave and courageous. At young age, CH had vision in dream, received his feathers. V explains traditional Native American meanings of stones and feathers. Elaborates on importance of the Black Hills (=center of universe, says that quantumphysics measured the sacredness of the Balck Hills). On CH's vision: you see both physical and metaphysical world and what is sacred. V ends interview rather abruptly, he seems aggravated and irritated. 16:07:37 landscape shot, pan across prairie, several takes 16:09:54 section ends BREAK IN TBC 17:00:30 beautiful landscape, very intense, bright light between thick layer of black clouds and hills, steppe, tree 17:01:45 steppe with mountain range in background, cloudy sky, looks like rain 17:02:15 interview with an elderly Native American woman about her tribe, the Chiricahua Apaches (in New Mexico and Arizona) before they went into reservations, she is sad and has a hard time talking about her tribe's destiny, talks very slowly, talks about the hard life Native Americans are leading, her great-grandfather was Chief Victorio, talks about how Native Americans were killed off. At 17:13:20 Interviewer asks her about Geronimo (medicine man), she refuses to give much information regarding his remedies and rituals because it is the tribe's secret. Her stories about her tribe's surrender are very disjointed.
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Chiricahua Mountains at dawn; traditional homeland of Chiricahua Apaches, Geronimo's people 22:00:31 Chiricahua Mountains: bushes in FG, mountain range in BG; closer shot of mountains & foothills 22:02:32 canyon in Alomoso River area, framed by two steep hills 22:06:00 different view of canyon, CUs of rocks, grass, cactus 22:11:38 beautiful sunset: WS mountain range; orange & turquoise sky, silhouettes of mountains, grey clouds 22:15:43 more Chiricahua Mountains, sun setting 22:17:02 hill covered with little bushes and some snow 22:17:53 nice WS of flat winter landscape at sunset, fog between mountains 22:19:51 nice CU of grass in front of sunset 22:21:02 prairie grass, pan up to mountain range in background 22:21:29 huge evening clouds close to the ground 22:23:21 rock formation in Chiricahua national monument 22:24:40 top of Chiricahua Mountains, mountains, grass, trees, some snow 22:26:20 MS of bushes and grass in snow 22:27:44 very cool shot looking down from mountain tops onto fog, like from an airplane 22:30:32 small rock formations
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Chiricahua Mountains, some snow, rock formations, trees 23:13:14 cemetery with shots of individual tombstones 23:15:33 camp, straw hut, a fort 23:21:34 Inside the fort, looking out, nice shot, huge smooth rocks 23:27:59 old barracks of the fort
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Arizona 01:01:10 sunset
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Arizona - Canyon de Chelly 02:01:30 petroglyphs - horses 02:06:30 cliff dwellings 02:11:30 horses 02:13:40 cliff dwelling 02:23:14 fortress rock 02:25:50 petroglyphs - circles 02:27:00 peach trees
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Arizona - Canyon de Chelly 03:01:25 horse 03:02:20 dead horse 03:06:00 cliff dwelling 03:10:00 cloudy sunset
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Arizona - Canyon de Chelly 04:00:30 sunrise 04:14:00 horses 04:26:00 horses 04:28:30 horses
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Arizona - Canyon de Chelly 05:00:30 horses 05:08:24 cactus 05:09:21 horses
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Arizona - Canyon de Chelly 06:04:30 cliff dwelling 06:12:20 petroglyphs 06:17:25 canyon WS 06:26:18 sunset (clear)
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Arizona - Chuska Mountains 08:00:30 sunrise 08:12:05 mountains
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Arizona - Canyon de Chelly: snowy mountains, Monument Valley, NM
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New Mexico; Monument Valley 10:14:27 herd of sheep or goats
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New Mexico - Monument Valley; scenic