Film Record: Riding High In The San Juan Wonderland

Date produced: 1949

Filmmaker(s):

Stanley Midgley

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Length:

2 reels

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

UCLA Film and Television Archive list of titled amateur films

Description:

"A new illustrated lecture filmed on an amusing trip by bicycle through the isolated, unspoiled southwestern corner of Colorado." Pacific Union Recorder, Dec. 12, 1949, 4.

Resources:

This film is a part of the Stan Midgley Collection held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Screening references: Pacific Union Recorder, Dec. 12, 1949, 4; North Pacific Union Gleaner, Nov. 6, 1950, 2; Iowa City Press-Citizen, Oct. 4, 1951, 15; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nov. 22, 1953, 106; Lansing State Journal, March 15, 1955, 24; Detroit Free Press, Sept. 26, 1954; Pacific Union Recorder, Jan. 16, 1956, 10.

Locations:

• San Juan Mountains, Colorado (Filming)

Subjects:

• Nature
•           Colorado
•           Mountains
•      Transportation

Genre:

• Comedy
• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Stan Midgley Collection, UCLA Film and Television Archive

Screenings:

• Screened at the Newbury Park Academy on Dec. 17, 1949: Angwin, CA
• Screened by the Portland Social Activities Association on Nov. 11, 1950: College Place, WA
• Screened by the Iowa Mountaineers Club on Nov. 25, 1951: Iowa City, IA
• Screened at Beaumont High School in Nov. of 1953: St. Louis, MO
• Screened at the Michigan State college auditorium in March of 1955: Lansing, MI
• Screened in the Coronet Theater's World Travel series on March 19, 1955: Detroit, MI
• Screened at the Lodi High School Auditorium on Feb. 7, 1956: Lodi, CA

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