1940s HOME MOVIE TRIP TO NEW MEXICO SAN ILDEFONSO GALLUP MARIA MARTINEZ TAOS PUEBLO 43984

Shot by an unknown American amateur filmmaker in the late 1940s, this elaborate home movie highlights landmarks, local culture, and tourism activities in the American Southwest (New Mexico), with special focus on: Pueblo archaeology; Tusayan Ruin; Grand Canyon National Park; Bandolier National Monument; Rainbow Bridge National Monument; Navajo architecture, craft, and horse-riding; Taos Pueblo; Tiwa (Tewa); San ildefonso Pueblo ( Pʼohwhogeh Ówîngeh ); Isleta; Puebloan people; Eight Northern Pueblos; Santa Fe. Panning B&W aerial view—Bandolier National Monument, ancestral Pueblo dwellings (0:09). Tusayan Ruin (0:24). Illustrated title (0:34). Cliffside with trees, partially cloudy day, American southwest (0:39). Ancient wall (Pueblo architecture—mud, stones) (0:55). Clear day in American southwest (cliffside, ancient dwellings) (1:03). “Bandolier National Monument, Ruins of Tyuonyi, Ground Floor Arrangement of Pueblo Type Houses” (1:14). Pueblo from above, central clearing visible (1:24). Flora by roadside near ruins (1:38). Pine branches, mountains (1:52). Illustrated title—drawing of Navajo people (1:55). Mesa, cliffs (1:58). Man on horseback with goats (2:08). Navajo schoolchildren—girls, boy, basket (2:10). Small Navajo tent structure, man reclining underneath in shade (2:10). Navajo hogan mud house (2:23). Navajo man and children smiling (2:24). Navajo man with wide-brimmed hat rides horse-drawn cart (“Indiana”) (2:32). Navajo dwellings, desert plains (2:40). Navajo log cabin and wooden structures, mountains, hanging fabric (2:51). White and Navajo women conversing (2:55). Woman displays colorful Navajo rug / blanket (3:01). On horseback, Navajo woman carrying two infants strapped to front and back, looks at camera (3:05). Navajo family (man, woman, and three children) on horses facing camera (3:18). Illustrated title—Rainbow Bridge National Monument, “where the rock goes across the water” (3:38). Bridge, Navajo mountain (3:49). Southern Utah, Northern Arizona (4:00). Rainbow Lodge (4:12). Men on horseback near Rainbow Lodge (4:14). Women near Lodge pose for camera (4:25). Dirty white dog looks at camera (4:35). Trail from lodge to bridge (4:40). Cliffs near Rainbow Bridge, Navajo Mountain; people on horseback (4:44). Elephant’s Feet (5:15). American southwest cliff landscape, canyon (5:25). Elephant’s Head Cliff Canyon, (5:40). People ride horseback, Arizona Canyon trail (5:51). Bridge Canyon from Red Bud Canyon (6:13). Rainbow Bridge from afar, man on horseback with mule (6:35). Echo Camp (6:45). “Earnie” and horses at corral eating from bags (6:54). Nighttime at Echo Camp (7:02). Title—“Indian” reverence for “Great Rainbow-of-stone“ and peace (7:25). Rainbow bridge, close-up, horse (7:40). Northern New Mexican Mountains, pine trees (8:12). Arroya from water erosion (ravine) (8:21). Adobe Home in New Mexico (8:30). People, family in doorways of large Adobe homes (8:32). Santa Clara Indian Country, San Ildefonso, Taos, Isletta (San ildefonso Pueblo, Pʼohwhogeh Ówîngeh) (8:40). Indigenous man in colorful clothing and feather headdress on wooden ladder against house (8:45). Governor and Designer Julian Martinez of San Ildefonso, the husband of famed potter Maria Martinez (8:50). Adobe housing, people (9:15). Mariz Martinez poses with Julian Martinez (9:20). Adobe home exteriors, Kiva, church cross visible behind (9:50). Local children on steps of Kiva (10:10). Adobes (10:30). Young indigenous woman and children (10:38). Village potter (Isabel) wearing apron (10:40). Indigenous women pose in ceremonial dress—colorful robes, feather headdresses (10:53). Children of village (11:22). Cars near American Southwest houses (11:58). “Indian Village of Taos” (12:11). Mountains near Taos. Wooden ladder, clothes drying near house in Taos village, Taos people (12:15). “Skyscraper Pueblos” (multi-story houses, Taos Pueblo Church, cemetery) (12:25). “Indian Village of Isleta” (12:58). Female potter in Isleta (13:02). Church (13:08). Local children (13:10). “Ceremony at Gallup, New Mexico” (13:15). Large gathering of people in formal dress (13:20). Inter-tribal band (13:30). Indigenous marching band, parade (13:33). Men on horseback in headdresses, dancers with maracas, drums (13:54). Dancers, drummers with long hair, various clothing styles, signs for “Santa Ana” (14:09) and “Navajo” (14:25). Zuni Girls (14:40). Women and girls in parade balancing pottery on heads (14:45). Jemez Pueblo procession (14:48). Hoop dancers (15:03). Feather Dancers (15:08). Maria Montoya Martinez (1887, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico – July 20, 1980, San Ildefonso Pueblo) was a Native American artist who created internationally known pottery This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit