Film Record: La Reata

Identifier:

• 57618447 (Source: https://roger.ucsd.edu:443/record=b4827884~S9)

Date produced: 1967

Filmmaker(s):

Victor Brown

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:25:00

Length:

1 reel

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1967

Description:

"La Reata depicts a lost art, that of making a lariat or lasso. The cowhide is stretched and staked out on the ground to dry. Then, with a long circular cut, a rawhide rope is made, cured, then braided to form the rope used in this fast disappearing custom. A leisurely pace gives the film much of its charm, plus a narrator who is in no rush - a welcome change" PSA Journal, Aug. 1967, 36.

Resources:

This film is held by the UC San Diego Library.

Club Affiliation:

Amateur Movie Club of San Diego

Subjects:

•      Manners and Customs
•      Ranches
•      Cowboys

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

University of California San Diego Library

Viewing Notes:

"[Wild turkeys, cows, horses, and cowboys -- Cattle ranchers -- La reata -- Roping cows -- Two cowboys making a reata. Hide stretched out in sun to dry ; Removing excess fat -- Cutting hide to get one long continuous string ; Hide strings bundled up and soaked in water ; Stretching the hide and drying it ; Trimming the hide ; Soaking the hide again ; Flattening the hide using a split stick ; Final trimming -- Cowboy's clothes from the 1960s]." Via UC San Diego Library.

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