Rainbow of Stone

Duration: 33

Year Published: 1949

Creator: Teaching Film Custodians

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Abridged from A Tale of the Navajos. Tells the story of Ziki, a Navajo boy, and his friend Jimmy, the son of a white trader, who, upon hearing the tribal legend of green pastures beyond "the rainbow of stone," set out and found new grazing lands for the tribe's flocks during a period of drought. Shows animals and bird life as well as geologic formations of the Southwest., Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1949 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer documentary film, "Tale of the Navajos". Presents a study in contrasts between scientific and unscientific beliefs. When drought threatens tribal flocks, A Navajo boy, Ziki, tells his friend Jimmy, the son of a white trader, the legend of a land of lakes and flowers beyond "a rainbow of stone". They seek the fabled region and find it, providing new grazing lands for the tribe's flocks, with Jimmy relying on evaluation of observed facts and Ziki satisfied with the effectiveness of his tribal totems. Features animal and bird life as well as geologic formations of the Southwest.

Complete Record: Abridged from A Tale of the Navajos. Tells the story of Ziki, a Navajo boy, and his friend Jimmy, the son of a white trader, who, upon hearing the tribal legend of green pastures beyond "the rainbow of stone," set out and found new grazing lands for the tribe's flocks during a period of drought. Shows animals and bird life as well as geologic formations of the Southwest., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.