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  • The Cliff Dwellers of America (1916)
  • Short | Documentary, Short
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The Cliff Dwellers of America (1916)
Short | Documentary, Short
The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more picturesque and interesting portions of New Mexico. As the journey leads through the lands of the ...See moreThe first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more picturesque and interesting portions of New Mexico. As the journey leads through the lands of the former cliff-dwellers and former and present occupants of these prehistoric apartment houses called pueblos, Mr. Holmes chose to begin his trip at Chicago, there to see the cliff-dwellers of today threading in countless throngs the deep "Canyons" flanked on each side by the abodes of the modern "Cliff-dwellers." This is but a momentary glimpse, as the train is seen taking the audience to Santa Fe. From Santa Fe the travelers are taken to the famous pueblo of Taos and thence to the even more celebrated pueblo of Acoma, which was just as old, to all appearances, when the Spanish Conquistadores came up out of Old Mexico in 1740, to convert the Indians and conquer the country in the name of their King. Across the desert, through forests, fording the flooded streams in their motor car, visiting ranches, herding sheep and busting bronchos, these and many more incidents of a most delightful trip through a beautiful country, Mr. Holmes and his party finally reach the rim of the Grand Canyon and ride a short way down its dizzy trail at Bright Angel, just to whet the appetite of the audience to what is to follow in the next travel installment. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Feb 7, 1916 (United States)

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