| 01:11:20 0.3 |
COWBOY RACING ON HORSE TOWARD CAMERA.
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| 01:11:34 14.3 |
MAP OF AMERICA, ANIMATED, SHOWING AMERICA'S GROWTH
1800'S |
| 01:12:13 53.3 |
RECREATION OF A FRONTIER TOWN, 1860. SETTLERS
IN THE WEST RECEIVE NEWS A MONTH LATER. PEOPLE GATHER AROUND A SINGLE NEWSPAPER |
| 01:12:31 71.3 |
HS TALL SHIP SAILING SHIP LOW ANGLE CREW CLIMBING
UP SAILS |
| 01:12:46 86.3 |
MAP OF AMERICA ANIMATED SHOWS SHIP ROUTE TO PANAMA
SECOND SHIP CONTINUES JOURNEY TO THE WEST COAST. COMMUNICATION FROM EAST TO WEST HORSES, |
| 01:13:18 118.3 |
STAGECOACH ON TRAIL THROUGH WOODS
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| 01:13:36 136.3 |
MAP SHOWING PONY EXPRESS ROUTES, MISSOURI TO
CALIFORNIA |
| 01:13:45 145.3 |
STAGECOACH
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| 01:13:58 158.3 |
PONY EXPRESS RIDER RACES THROUGH VAST OPEN
STRETCH OF LAND BY. SWIFT HORSEMAN |
| 01:14:06 166.3 |
CU MAP SHOWING PONY EXPRESS CENTRAL ROUTE. CU
FINGER POINTING TO ST. JOSEPH. FINGER POINTS TO CARSON CITY TO SACRAMENTO. |
| 01:14:50 210.3 |
COWBOYS LOOK OVER HORSES IN CORRAL
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| 01:15:17 237.3 |
LEATHER SADDLEBAG USED BY PONY EXPRESS. POUCHES
WITH MAIL STORED IN WATERPROOF CLOTH, TINY LOCK ON THE POUCH. COWBOY FITS SADDLEBAG OVER THE SADDLE RIDER MOUNTS HORSE |
| 01:16:00 280.3 |
CU PONY EXPRESS RIDER, FRINGE SUEDE COAT. COWBOY
HAT. |
| 01:16:15 295.3 |
STEAM TRAIN
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| 01:16:25 305.3 |
CU MAP SLOW ZOOM IN ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI
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| 01:16:42 322.3 |
CU STEAM ON FERRY BOAT
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| 01:16:52 332.3 |
PONY EXPRESS RIDER RACES THROUGH VAST OPEN
STRETCH OF LAND |
| 01:17:00 340.3 |
FINGER ON SAN FRANCISCO
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| 01:17:07 347.3 |
FERRY BOAT ON RIVER
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| 01:17:10 350.3 |
CU FINGER ON SACRAMENTO
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| 01:17:17 357.3 |
PONY EXPRESS RIDER RACES BY IN OPEN LAND
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| 01:17:30 370.3 |
PONY EXPRESS RIDER ARRIVES AT RELAY STATION,
THROWS SADDLEBAG OVER FRESH HORSE, RACES OFF, ARRIVES AT ANOTHER RELAY STATION, SAME PROCESS |
| 01:18:32 432.3 |
PONY EXPRESS RIDERS, ONE FROM THE EAST, ONE FROM
THE WEST PASS EACH OTHER, WAVE |
| 01:18:40 440.3 |
PONY EXPRESS RIDER CHASED BY INDIANS, ESCAPES
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| 01:18:57 457.3 |
MAP SHOWING PONY EXPRESS ROUTE
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| 01:19:09 469.3 |
CU HAND TYPING ON TELEGRAPH MACHINE. COMMUNICATIONS
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| 01:19:21 481.3 |
RESIDENTS OF FRONTIER TOWN GATHER AROUND SINGLE
COPY OF NEWSPAPER, RECEIVING NEWS VIA PRINT MEDIA. COMMUNICATIONS. |
| 01:19:26 486.3 |
PONY EXPRESS RIDER RACES BY
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| 01:19:51 511.3 |
CU PACIFIC TELEGRAPH ACT, JUNE 16, 1860
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| 01:20:00 520.3 |
WORKERS CONSTRUCTING TELEGRAPH LINES, ERECTING
POLES. |
| 01:20:28 548.3 |
CU FINGERS TYPING OUT MESSAGE ON TELEGRAPH MACHINE
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| 01:20:44 564.3 |
PONY EXPRESS RIDER RACES THROUGH VAST OPEN
STRETCH OF LAND |
| 01:20:54 574.3 |
TELEGRAPH POLES, WIRES.
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| 01:21:02 582.3 |
COWBOY RIDES THROUGH STREAM, AWAY FROM VIEWER
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| 01:21:16 596 |
TAPE ENDS
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Year: 1960
Color: Black & White
Genre: HISTORICAL RECREATIONS
Description: PORTRAYS WITH THE METHODS OF COMMUNICATION IN THE LATE 1850S AND POINTS OUT THE NEED FOR BETTER CONTACT BETWEEN THE NEW STATES OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON AND THE EAST AND HOW THE PONY EXPRESS TEMPORARILY MET THIS NEED. THE HISTORY OF THE PONY EXPRESS FROM IT'S INAUGURATION ON APRIL 3, 1860, TO THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEGRAPH ON OCTOBER 24, 1861, IS TRACED WITH THE USE OF SCENES SHOWING THE DRAMA ASSOCIATED WITH ITS OPERATIONS. HISTORICAL RECREATIONS, RE-ENACTMENTS. MAIL SERVICE.
Keywords: 1960
