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| Item | Description | Format | Length | Comments |
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| 101 | Ski pictures, pre-war, Lowman | 16mm, silent, color | 400ft | Title on film: "Skiing Gold Hill." Note in can says, "Ken: Some sprocket hole trouble here. The film kept losing its loop in my projector. Be careful. Chas." Some long scratches early in the film--this improves. Skiing at Gold Hill, Crystal Mtn, Silver Basin. Mostly powder skiing. Some excellent lighting. (Viewed through lupe only. "Lowman" may be Gene Lowman.) |
| 102 | Ski pictures #2 | 16mm, silent, color | 200ft | More Gold Hill skiing. Several scenes in middle of film are marred by a sliver near the top of the frame. (Viewed through lupe only.) |
| 103 | 1947-48 ski pictures | 16mm, silent | 8min | Skiing at Gold Hill and Crystal Mtn. There is a short scene of the Gold Hill rope tow. Pictures are often scratched or dirty. Film includes a mix of color and B&W footage. B&W footage looks like it may be from the 1930s. |
| 104 | Hogback, etc. | 16mm, silent, color | 11min | Film is in good shape. Hand-written note in can says: "Hogback, Holden (O. Ross, Sullivan), Storm at Hart Lake, Goats American Ridge." Good scenes of Marion Hessey touring and skiing on Hogback Mtn (c1953). Scenes of White Pass ski area in 1950s, poma-lift (foggy). Party of six skiers leaves Holden and skis toward Hart Lake in storm. Short scene of goats in summer. |
| 105 | "Crystal Mountain and You" (part 1) | 16mm, silent, color | 15min | Reel 1 of 2. Film is in good shape. Fine scenes of the Crystal Mountain ski area before development (c1959), including the original road and the Miner's Basin cabin. Film includes sub-titles describing the areas shown, including: "Black Rock," "Powder Pass," "Round Mountain," "Under Crystal's Summit," The script for this film is in the Hessey papers. Very historic film! |
| 106 | "Crystal Mountain and You" (part 2) | 16mm, silent, color | 5min | Reel 2 of 2. Film is in good shape. More scenes of skiing at Crystal Mtn. A few scenes of an established ski area with chairlifts, probably White Pass. Film ends with the message, "See you at Crystal," signed by Chuck and Marion Hessey. |
| 107 | Nile elk and local skiing | 16mm, silent, color | 13min | Film generally in good shape, but some light leakage on ski scenes. At the beginning and end of the film are scenes of powder skiing above the Naches River valley either on Cleman Mtn or more likely on Bethel Ridge (north facing). There is also a short segment of skiing on Hogback Mtn on a clear, windy day. Most of the film is devoted to Elk grazing in the Naches Valley, either foraging or eating hay unloaded from a truck. Also, there is a short scene showing a map of Lucerne (Lake Chelan), and people playing cards. |
| 108 | Sourdough, etc. | 16mm, silent, color | 7min | Note in film can says, "Fog City skiing, Gold Hill, Crystal. This film used to beef up TV of Crystal." Film is in good shape. Some fine scenes of powder skiing with good light. Some scenes have not-so-good light. |
| 109 | Chelan #1, 1939 | 16mm, silent, color | 7min | Film is in good shape, but some scenes rather dark. Film opens with young men diving into Lake Chelan. Boat cruises up the lake. Scenes of boys and young men (teenagers) fishing, hiking, swimming in river, glissading. Several scenes near Park Creek Pass. Probably a Scout trip. |
| 110 | Chelan #2, 1939 | 16mm, silent, color | 5min | Film is in good shape, some nice color scenes. Note in can says, "Dolly Varden (Gene and fish); McGregor lookout; En route to Horseshoe Basin; Sahale; Cowell, Paul, Meg; Troop at Bridge Creek; pitching horseshoes." That's a good summary of what's on the film. |
| 111 | Chelan #3, 1939 | 16mm, silent, B&W | 8min | Film has a magenta cast. If it was ever in color, it's not anymore. Some portions pretty well scratched. The film has sub-titles. Features Agnes Creek, driving down Stehekin River road, Rainbow Falls, Stehekin dock, cruising down Lake Chelan, crossing Columbia River on Entiat Ferry, construction of Grand Coulee Dam (very interesting), Dry Falls. |
| 112 | Chelan #4, 1939 | 16mm, silent, B&W | 14min | If this film was ever in color, it's not anymore. Some scenes have magenta cast, but most don't. The film has sub-titles. Features Cascade Pass, swimming hole at Bridge Creek, making pies, lots of fishing (nice shots), camping near Park Creek Pass, porcupine at Skagit Queen mine cabin. |
| 113 | Fall-Winter, Downey Ck, Goats | 16mm, silent, color | 9min | Film is in good shape. Note in can says, "Good winter shots, Keeling crossing Leroy Ck, Downey Ck, WR Lakes." Autumn scenes by a river, goats in the high country, winter scenes by a river, fording a creek in summer, White Rock Lakes scenes (probably outtakes). |
| 114 | Winter | 16mm, silent, color | 14min | No label on film can, note inside says, "Winter." This film contains a variety of winter scenes from the Naches Valley and vicinity. Includes scenes of ice on the river, snow falling, sweeping snow off car windows, cutting a Christmas tree, pruning fruit trees, a snow survey crew, fishing, putting chains on a VW bug, snowmobile races (old yellow Ski-Doos), ski race at White Pass in 1959, local skiing above the Naches Valley, skiing on Hogback Mtn, lots of elk scenes. All footage is in good shape. |
| 115 | Springtime #1 | 16mm, silent, color | 15min | Film is in good shape. Chinook Pass road cut through deep snow, melting and rushing rivers, Nevarre Peak on skis and snowshoes, Cashmere Mtn hike, pruning/grafting trees, flowers, horses, Indians fishing along a river with nets on long poles, fishery workers, kayakers on a lake; elk, deer and other animals. |
| 116 | Springtime #2 | 16mm, silent, color | 13min | Some goats, a coyote, a thumping grouse, a few other animals, and lots of footage of deer. Film is in good shape. |
| 117 | Cascade Pass area | 16mm, silent, color | 3min | Film is in good shape, unlabeled can. Peaks around Cascade Pass, Horseshoe Basin, Stehekin River, spring and summer. |
| 118 | Rappelling, etc. | 16mm, silent, color | 5min | Film is in good shape. Note in can says, "Ice axe arrest (Sullivan) here, Park Creek rappelling." Several young men in upper Park Creek set an anchor and rappel over a slabby cliff. Rappel is made with a carabiner clipped to a diaper sling and the rope running over one shoulder. A chest sling is attached to safety prusik. Short scene of hiker on snowfield falling and performing ice axe arrest. Camp scenes. Some wildlife. |
| 119 | 1948-49 Gold Hill Ski Club #1 | 16mm, silent, color | 11min | Film can label: "1948-49 No. 2, Enchantment Lakes." The film opens with a title: "The Gold Hill Ski Club Presents: Activities of the Membership, 1948-49 Season." Each segment begins with a sub-title. Chuck Hessey demonstrates proper ski technique from snowplow through short-swing. Lots of scenes of skiing Crown Point and Gold Hill area. Last part of the film shows skiing in the upper Enchantment Lakes. Film is somewhat dirty (specks) but not too badly scratched. |
| 120 | 1948-49 Gold Hill Ski Club #2 | 16mm, silent, color | 9min | Film can label: "1948-49 No. 1, Stuart Climb, Interglacier." Film contains three segments: Crown Point skiing, Mt Stuart climb, Interglacier skiing. Film is somewhat dirty (specks) but not too badly scratched. All segments are quite good. |
| 121 | Harts Pass north #1 | 16mm, silent, color | 7min | Very nice footage. Scenes along the Devils Loop trail and other locations in the western Pasayten wilderness. My guess is that this was candidate footage for "East to West." |
| 122 | Harts Pass north #2 | 16mm, silent, color | 4min | Very nice footage. Note in can says, "Harts Pass to Canadian Border." Film starts at Harts Pass and visits Three Forks cabin, Rock Creek Pass, and the U.S./Canada Boundary. My guess is that this was candidate footage for the Crest Trail film. |
| 123 | Going into Gold Hill, etc | 16mm, silent, color | 10min | Film is in good shape, includes Boulder Creek, Emmons Glacier telephoto, old helicopters taking off. Best segment shows Marion Hessey and Tom Lyon leaving a car on the Chinook Pass highway (big snow banks!) and skiing to the Gold Hill cabin which is deeply buried in snow. Tom digs a tunnel down to the door. Film closes with a brief shot of Marion skiing local slopes above the Naches Valley. |
| 124 | Chelan boat breakdown, American Ridge goats | 16mm, silent, color | 11min | Chelan boat breaks down in 1950s. Marion Hessey, Bruce Gilbert and others build a fire on the shore to keep warm. Lady of the Lake comes by to pick them up. Rest of film shows goats on American Ridge. The best goat footage is hand-held and rather shaky. |
| 125 | Bridge Creek area | 16mm, silent, color | 8min | Film is in good shape. Some scenes a bit dark. Note in can says, "Bridge Creek, Newcomer, Troop One." Hiking and scenery around Bridge Creek above Stehekin, boys fishing and swimming. |
| 126 | Scouts and Glacier Peak | 16mm, silent, color | 10min | Film tends toward scratchiness, some dark scenes. Scouts in Bridge Creek and Park Creek area. A very lively snowball fight. Horseshoe Basin. Scouts climb Glacier Peak via Chocolate and Cool Glaciers. |
| 127 | Boys and mountains, c1959 | 16mm, silent, color | 12min | Film is in good shape, good but not great color. Boys fishing in the Stehekin Valley. One scene shows how to make a fire pit. Hikers ascend North Fork Bridge Creek to Douglas Glacier on Mt Logan. Silent Lakes hiking and swimming. Self arrest practice. Bears in meadows, hikers near Park Creek Pass, snowball baseball above the pass. |
| 128 | White Rock Lakes | 16mm, silent, color | 16min | The film illustrates a 1959 trip from Downey Creek to White Rock Lakes with Bob and Betsy Swenson. This film contains original footage (in good shape) used in "A North Cascades National Park?" This film is not edited the same as the sound prints we have. It includes scenes not used in the finished film as well as some outtakes (i.e. sideways pictures and damaged footage). It also includes scenes that were in the sound version. Some very nice footage. |
| 129 | Winter season | 16mm, silent, color | 14min | Film is in good shape, shows wildlife in winter: deer, raccoons, ptarmigan, ermine, elk. Not exceptional footage. |
| 130 | Snowfield Peak | 16mm, silent, color | 8min | Film is in good shape. Film opens with scene of Marion Hessey at a tent camp on snow (with skis) among rime plastered trees. After miscellaneous scenes, there are scenes of a summer ascent of Snowfield Peak via the Neve Glacier. |
| 131 | Alpine Lakes | 16mm, silent, color | 4min | Film is in good shape. Title: "The Alpine Lakes." Aerial shot of Mt Daniel and Pea Soup Lake. Stuart Range from Kittitas Valley. Misc shots of hiking and scenery, perhaps in the Alpine Lakes area. This film seems like the kernel of an idea, not fully realized. |
| 132 | Misc outtakes | 16mm, silent, color | 12min | Film is in good shape. This is an odd collection of original footage that has been used in Hessey feature films as well as scenes that I haven't seen before. Familiar scenes include Marion Hessey and Yvonne Prater at Boulder Pass and Napeequa Valley ("Glacier Pk Holiday") and Chuck Hessey skiing North Star Mtn ("Skiing Cascade Wilderness"). Outtakes include unused footage from the Lyman Lake airdrop ("Skiing Cascade Wilderness"). |
| 133 | Miscellany | 16mm, silent, color | 350ft | Partially viewed. Note in film can says, "Marmot - Rainier, bear some snow, Marion and Sheep Lk, Elk - Fifes Ridge - calves, Robin Lake, fireweed at Stevens Pass, Lake Janus, berry picking, blueberry bluemouth, Swensons - Monte Cristo, Sally Ann Lake, grouse, Skiing at Lyman, Crest Trail in timber, Red Pass - Commonwealth, PCTS sign, Dewey Lake, bee on flower, butterfly, etc." Lyman skiing consisted of two shots of Chuck Hessey skiing North Star Mtn in corn snow, apparently outtakes. |
| 134 | Miscellany | 16mm, silent, color | 150ft | This film has not been viewed. Note in film can says, "Grouse on limb, Mt Rainier and Fifes Ridge, goats, ticks, [illegible], bear goats A.R. (American Ridge)." |
| 135 | Miscellany | 16mm, silent, color | 350ft | This film has not been viewed. Note in film can says, "Woodpecker, goats - Fifes Ridge, Glacier Peak Daniel-Hinman telephoto, stalking goats, butterflies on flowers, bear RNP, tick, goats RNP (by pool), hummer, goat and elk; much excellent footage." |
| 136 | Miscellany | 16mm, silent, color | 350ft | This film has not been viewed. Note in film can says, "Bear (poor), chipmunk (good), bear's head and paws, hawk on limb (poor), Aerial views Chelan-Dome Pk etc (good), eagle on ground (good), construction at Gold Hill, picking apples, fireplace construction (underexposed), apples in bin." |
| 137 | Miscellany | 16mm, silent, color | 350ft | This film has not been viewed. Note in film can says, "Goats Mt Rainier, titles, ice columns, river in winter, deer in logged-off area, bear, grouse, shots from Nat'l Park Ed. 1, "Wood Chance," Bear in Phelps Ck, chipmunk, bear head." |
| 138 | Scrap film | 16mm, silent, color | 400ft | This film has not been viewed. Label on can says, "Scrap sections." |
| 139 | Scrap film | 16mm, silent, color | 400ft | This film has not been viewed. Label on can says, "Scrap selections." |
| 140 | Scrap film | 16mm, silent, color | 400ft | This film has not been viewed. Label on can says, "Discard." |
| 141 | Scrap film | 16mm, silent, color | 350ft | This film has not been viewed. Label on can says, "Scrap Film." |
| 142 | "The Fight for America's Alps" | 16mm, optical sound, color | 4min | This is a Reader's Digest film on a 5-inch reel. The film uses clips from "Wilderness Alps of Stehekin" and various Hessey films (in this collection). The film refers to the May 1967 issue of Reader's Digest which contains an article about the North Cascades controversy. The narration of the film is favorable to the conservationist point of view. The movie picture is rather poor with faded colors and a slight magenta cast. |
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