Object Details
- Creator
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Views
- 298,082
- Video Title
- Construction of Mount Rushmore National Memorial (ca 1927)
- Description
- A 2:28 minute SILENT film clip from the film "Bryson Jones Travelogue: Lure of the West" (ca. 1927) shows Mount Rushmore National Memorial under construction, including blasting off cliff face, scaffolding, men working, and the completed monument. The complete travelogue documents travel throughout the western and southwestern United States. Black Hills, South Dakota (forest scenery and construction of Mount Rushmore--blasting off cliff face, scaffolding, men working and completed monument). This film is from the collections of the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution. For more information, search SOVA.si.edu for the R. Bryson Jones finding aid.
- Video Duration
- 2 min 28 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- archival historical educational film video anthropology archeology parks ethnographic history culture "cultural geography" "heritage sites" 16mm architecture transportation
- Uploaded
- 2011-06-27T20:43:07.000Z
- Type
- YouTube Videos
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- HSFAFilmClips
- Human Studies Film Archives
- YouTube Channel
- HSFAFilmClips
- YouTube Category
- Education
- Topic
- Anthropology
- Record ID
- yt_qx4wu8gzTaM
