The pan begins on distant banded canyon walls, with a cream rim cliff just entering the frame. Grand Canyon North Rim, Arizona, circa 1970.
1970 · Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
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The pan ends on the cliff wall and its deep cleft, with the forested rim running across the top of the frame. Grand Canyon North Rim, circa 1970 — Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1970
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- Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
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End of a circa 1970 pan on the Grand Canyon North Rim, Arizona: a pale cliff wall with a deep shadowed cleft beneath a forested rim.
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Mid-pan, the tree-topped cliff shares the frame with the hazy canyon beyond. Grand Canyon North Rim, Arizona, circa 1970.
1970 · Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
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The cream cliff face fills the centre of the frame, with trees on top and a shadowed cleft to the right. Grand Canyon North Rim, circa 1970.
1970 · Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
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Grand Canyon Arizona-1970: Slow Pan Across Layered Canyon Walls to a Tree-Topped Cream Cliff
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1970 United States.
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Period detail
No vehicles, clothing or signs appear in the frame; the era shows only in the warm colour rendition and grain of the film stock, which may show a late-1960s or 1970s stock.
Film character
Soft focus, visible grain, darkened corners and warm reds against cool haze give it the texture of projected small-gauge film, with a steady handheld pan.
Historical context
The shot reflects the common practice of filming national park scenery on a family road trip through Arizona and Utah, on a reel dated no earlier than 1962.
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No people, signs or private property appear; the exact overlook is unidentified, and copyright in the original home movie is a separate question from the scenery shown.
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