Tucson, AZ: Tucson Area

Raw footage of the landscape surrounding Tanque Verde ranch and resort. Includes footage of coralled horses and tourists saddling up for a ride through the desert, taking a break for a picnic breakfast.

Credits

Jack Behrend (director); Jack Behrend (cinematographer)

Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Jack Behrend Collection
Subjects: Ranches; Deserts
Places: North America > United States > Arizona > Tucson
Language: English
Shot log: 00:01 - 02:09 - Stuttering PAN outside of ranch at dawn in MLS, interspersed with var. still shots of landscape, including a long pause on a hill with a solitary cactus. Ranch is visible in some shots.; 02:26 - PAN of greener landscape outside of ranch, trees and lush grass.; 02:45 - Backlit PAN LEFT and PAN RIGHT of unidentifiable groups of people.; 03:49 - MLS of man in cowboy hat outside ranch looking at bulletins on the wall; 04:10 - Brief shots of tangled desert trees and small cacti. Also a man taking a photograph while standing among the plants.; 04:26 - Var MS and MCU of horses in a corral, boredered with a hand-made, rustic looking fence.; 05:35 - LS tourists saddling up for a ride. They are led to a gate where their saddles are checked by a rancher, who sets them off in a single file line. Var shots of their ride in LS, including one HA view. They follow a desert path among cacti and desert greenery, mountains in the distance.; 07:43 - Picnic break in desert. Groups shots of people eating at tables made of logs and tree stumps. Horses resting.; 08:48 -ZOOM IN and OUT as camera is positioned to capture riders as they pass by individually.; 09:52 - LS of picnic area with flat landscape stretching back to the horizon.; 09:57 - 10:06 - Brief takes in MS of staff serving food to tourists. Sign in background reads Tanque Verde ranch.
Cfa elements: 363 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3459

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record