Film Record: Trip to Yesterday, A

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

Sidney N. Laverents

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:20:00

Format:

16mm

Sound Notes:

Optical

Awards/Recognition:

IAC Challenge Trophy for the Best Entry from Overseas, 1969
UCLA Film & Television Archive list of titled amateur films

Description:

"An entertaining documentary of the narrow-­gauge train ride from Durango to Silverton, Colorado. Spectacular aerial views add to the impact." Oldfilm.org

Resources:

The film won the IAC Challenge Trophy for the Best Entry from Overseas in 1969.

Record of the film at the BFI.

This film is a part of the Sid Laverents Collection held by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Locations:

• Durango, Colorado (Filming)
• Silverton, Colorado (Filming)

Subjects:

•      Transportation
•      Travel
•      United States
•           Colorado

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Sid Laverents Collection, UCLA Film & Television Archive

Screenings:

• Screened at the Casa del Prado auditorium in 1977 (Chula Vista Star-News, Nov. 27, 1977, 15): San Diego, CA

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