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Jawbone Canyon 1931 stock footage and images

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Montage of scenes from the South West regions of the United States.

Map depicts States of the Southwest United States. Montage of small images illustrating aspects of the Southwest. Cowboy herding cattle; Skier stirring up snow on downhill slope; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Red hills; Cowboy riding bucking horse at rodeo; Saguaro Cactus at sunset; Southwestern cuisine; Native American Indian in traditional costume; Native American crafts; Grand Canyon National Park; A steam locomotive underway;Carlsbad Caverns; Montage of normal-size moving images of Southwest scenes begins. Two riders in western clothes, on horseback, ride across a stream. Views of desert flora (mainly cacti). Sunlit peaks above a dark canyon. Ancient pueblo dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park. Rock formations and snow-covered mountains. A steam locomotive pulling a train and leaving a trail of steam and smoke, in a Southwestern valley. Vacationers riding in an open observation rail car. Coal being shoveled into the locomotive fire box. Passengers taking photographs. Riders competing in bronco busting at a rodeo. Skiers in deep powder snow. Musicians playing, steaks grilling, and customers sipping beer at a restaurant in Park City Utah. Car driving away from rock formations. Visitors in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Native Americans displaying handcraft items on their porch there. Views of visiters perusing the wares and closeups of some items. The Grand Canyon and visitors mounting horses and riding down a trail into the canyon. Riders on horseback reach a group of people who applaud. They prepare an outdoor picnic for the visitors. Couples dancing at a Texas Honky Tonk. Couples square dancing outdoors. Visitors in front of the Alamo, and riding in boats on the San Antonio River in the River Walk area. The skyline of Dallas, Texas. Western fashions in boots, handbags, shoes, and sun glasses. Dallas skyline at night.

Date: 1986
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039832
Concrete buckets suspended by cables are dropped on ground at Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) construction site, Nevada.

Construction of Hoover Dam in June 1933. A bucket of concrete is lowered on ground from mountain top. Base of structure is prepared. Vehicles move on road on Canyon (Black Canyon) wall. Buckets of concrete suspended by cables are dumped on ground. Material is offloaded from truck and transferred through cable ways. Concrete buckets transferred from cliffs. Bucket descends and received by men on ground. Men shovel concrete and operate equipment. Workers from Canyon rim are transferred on ground. Concrete bucket lowered on to construction site. Construction in progress. Two intake towers on each side of the Canyon wall. Other structures constructed for dam.

Date: 1936
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052283
Morrison and Knudson company undertakes construction of the Kajaki Dam across the Helmand River in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Opening scene shows glimpse of the construction site where Morrison-Knudsen company of Afghanistan (MKA) is building the Kajaki Dam across the Helmand River in Afghanistan. Wooden forms are already in place and Afghan workers fill them with rocks as they construct what narrator describes as "warehouse buildings and shops." Rock houses and dormitories are built to serve American supervisors and their families. An American girl and boy walk from their house. An American construction superintendent consults with an Afghan foreman. View of the Helmand River. Next, drilling crews are seen at the steep walls of the canyon placing dynamite charges. View of dynamite charges exploding along a stretch of canyon wall, and near the top of in another place. Following the blasts, men use poles to loosen large boulders. One is seen crashing down from the top of the canyon wall. View from above of a vehicle moving across a temporary bridge, built to allow work on both sides of the river. Men walking past one of two 35-foot diversion tunnels. View from the river side of the two diversion tunnels that will carry river water during dam construction. A large jutting rock in the water marks the location of a future cofferdam that will divert the river into the tunnels. Views of dump trucks discharging earth and rocks at the side of the river, and a caterpillar tractor smoothing the fill to create a cofferdam. Water surging as the river width narrows. Overview of the site as the cofferdam finally fills the gap. View of the river moving into the first diversion tunnel, followed by view from the other side, as water exits to continue the river's normal flow. High above, workers use high pressure water hoses to wash loose materials from the canyon walls. A power shovel begins digging the dam's foundation trench.

Date: 1952
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066745
Man throws object from the Hermit Rim into canyon at Grand Canyon, Arizona.

An old building and branch of a tree at Grand Canyon, Arizona. People on horses, go on at zigzag roads. Man throws object from the Hermit Rim into canyon. Valley area at Grand Canyon. A man stands and sees into the valley through a binocular.

Date: 1916
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035685
Denver and Rio Grande passenger train passes through Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park in Colorado.

In last year of passenger operations, a Denver and Rio Grande narrow guage railroad train journeys through Gunnison National Park, Colorado. A waterfall in Black Canyon of the Park. The train passes through Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park. River rushes over rocks towards the train's track. The engine of the train belches steam and dense black smoke as it rounds a curve in Black Canyon. .Conductor waves to camera from a car labeled: " Denver and Rio Grande Western." Crewmen lean out of train openings as it crosses bridge over river.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053164
View of the canyons from the 'Inspiration Point' at Yellow Stone National Park in Wyoming, USA.

Sign board reads,' Inspiration Point'. Another sign board reads, 'This canyon is about 750 deep and 1500 feet Wide '. View of canyons from the Inspiration Point at the Yellow Stone National Park in Wyoming, USA. River flows through the canyons. Panoramic view of the Yellow Stone National Park.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050298