William L. Finley - Incomplete Film Segments

Title
William L. Finley - Incomplete Film Segments
LC Subject
Hawks Owls Bats Rabbits Cactus Saguaro Strigidae Opuntia fulgida barrel cactus
Photographer
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953 Pack, Arthur Newton, 1893-1975
Description
Includes various scenes (trims and out-takes) on board a ship (likely Alaska) and in Arizona and New Mexico, notably footage of cactus, desert wildlife and birds. Includes title panels "Potatoes may be all right, but crabs caught that very morning on the beach are better"; "Queer Creatures of the Cactus Country by William L. Finley and Arthur N. Pack of Nature Magazine"; "The Trail of the Rainbow by Arthur N. Pack and Eleanor Pack"; "On the plateau above the valley of the Chama River, New Mexico"; "We push on by way of lovely Mesa Verde, the home of forgotten races of mankind"; and "Repeated cloudbursts bring more difficulties."
Work Type
motion pictures (visual works) 35mm (photographic film size)
Location
New Mexico >> United States Arizona >> United States
Date
1930
Identifier
finley-various
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name
William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946 (MSS Finley)
Type
Moving Image
Format
video/mp4
Set
Reuniting Finley and Bohlman OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
Reuniting Finley and Bohlman
Institution
Oregon State University
Common Names
Great Horned Owl Western screech owl
Note
Digitized from film reels held in the William L. Finley Papers, Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.