Film Record: Treacherous Desert, The

Still image of the film via the PSA Journal, Oct. 1962, 35.

Date produced: 1962

Filmmaker(s):

Jacob G. Monroy

Languages:

English

Length:

600 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Optical

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1962 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"The zest for gold can impose a hardship upon one so fortunate as to find the metal. The prospector in this film chose the desert for his search, and with success until he realized that he was lost and without water. Another prospector happened by with a canteen of water. In the desert, the price of water can be very great as this thirsty prospector learned to his chagrin" PSA Journal, Oct. 1962, 36.

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Water
•           Deserts

Genre:

• Melodrama

Form:

• Short

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