Film Record: Monarchs of the Mountain Tops

Still image from Monarchs of the Mountain Tops in Movie Makers, Dec. 1953, 320.

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

Ralph O. Lund

Languages:

English

Length:

340 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With sound on tape.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1953 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Ralph O. Lund, whether he knows it or not, has adopted the same narrative technique used earlier in a nature film (The Gannets) whereby one of the wild creatures being pictured becomes the narrator. In Monarchs of the Mountain Tops, Mr. Lund's "Pete Smith" is an agile and bewhiskered mountain goat. His recurring comments enliven considerably the producer's study of the flora and fauna of Glacier National Park." Movie Makers, Dec. 1953, 334.

Locations:

• Glacier National Park, Montana (Filming)

Subjects:

• Animals
• National parks and reserves
• Nature
•      Geography
•           Mountains
•      United States

Genre:

• Nature

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened by the Seattle Amateur Movie Club on Nov. 18, 1953: Seattle, WA

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