The Glory Trail; 9; Eyeball Waitnesses
- Series
- The Glory Trail
- Episode Number
- 9
- Episode
- Eyeball Waitnesses
- Producing Organization
- KRMA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.)
- United Film Industries, Inc.
- Contributing Organization
- Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/75-784j16n4
- NOLA Code
- GLTL
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- Description
- Episode Description
- The men most responsible for giving the West its reputation - or rather for widening that image and keeping it alive were the reporters and the writers. Journalism had its inventive heyday during those days and the reporter with the sharp pencil and the ready mind flourished in a land where the manners and morals were loose and easy.
- Series Description
- A panorama of that fabled bit of Americana the old West, The Glory Trail travels the path of Americas West as it was; rough, tough, often times more comical than magical. With gusto and humor, The Glory Trail unfolds the difference between the old West a subject long romanticized by movies and television and the West of today. In its attempt to counteract many of the misconceptions that have been attributed to the people, places, events and developments that have shaped the colorful region, this ten-part series produced by KRMA-TV, Denver, devotes itself to a broad survey of historical events as well as little-know but illuminating episodes of the West. Each half-hour episode, originally recorded in color on film, treats a facet of the West that influenced the growth and, sometimes the decline, of that part of the country. Among them are programs which detail the turbulent growth of the railroads, the savage conflicts between the white man and the Indians, the great and exciting cattle drives, the glitter and fever of the rush to exploit the gold mines, the fables and myths of the heroes and villains of the West, and the determination and perseverance of the white man from the first Spanish explorers to the immigrant sodbuster. A rich narration is utilized over a wide variety of visual materials which include rare photographs, lithographs, still-photo-in-action techniques, paintings, and film excerpts from western movies. Also, KRMA filmed special sequences of various Western landmarks and recreated and filmed historical vignettes for inclusion in the series. An original music score, composed especially for the series, captures the mood of the old West as it really was. Among the sources from which research materials were gathered for this series are: the famous Rose collection, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; Oklahoma State Historical Society, Oklahoma City; Paintings by Lea Franklin McCarty, Mr. Harry Wolf, American Firearms Collection, Denver; Western History Dept., Denver Public Library; Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Wyoming Historical Society, Cheyenne; University of Wyoming Library, Laramie; Nebraska Historical Society, Lincoln, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka; Hollywood Stock Footage Library; Santa Fe Railroad, Albuquerque; Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, Denver and Rio Grande, Denver, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, Pittsburgh; Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden; National Railway Historical Society, Colorado Chapter, Denver; Wyoming Historical Society, Cheyenne; Pioneers Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Historical Society of Montana, Helena; Mrs. Harry Yost, North Platte, Nebraska; Division of Manuscripts, Library Oklahoma University; Lincoln County Courthouse, Lincoln, New Mexico, Photographs by Charles Belden; Lucius Beebe, Edward Candey, and Harry Chrisman; Chicago Historical Society; New York Historical Society, Museum of American Indian, Heye Foundation; New York Public library; National Archives, Library of Congress. The Glory Trail is a 1964 production for National Educational Television by KRMA-TV, Denver and United Film Industries, Inc. The series narrator, Red Fenwick is staff writer for The Denver post who also writes a column for the newspapers Empire magazine. Born in Indiana, Mr. Fenwick was raised in Wyoming. Before entering the newspaper business, he was a cowpuncher, a railroad lineman, and later became active in Wyomings State De3mocaratic party. He Joined The Denver post in 1942 and was a Roving Editor and editor of the newspapers Empire magazine, which covers thirteen states. Most of his writing has been devoted to the West. He has lived with Indian clans and is a member of several tribes. His writing achievements have won him the Denver press Clubs newswriting Award, a pell mell radio-television award for a story that brought about the release of a man who served five years for a crime he didnt commit, and citations for his articles on the Indians by the national Congress of American Indians. He is a member of the Cowboy Hall of Fame. The series writer, Jack Guinn is a columnist for The Denver Post, and author of two books The Wire God, and The Caperberry Bush. Born in Texas, Mr. Guinn was graduated from Texas military institute and the University of Texas. He has been a newspaperman since 1938, having worked for the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, the Houston post, and the major wire services. During World War II he worked for the Associated press in New York, London, and Budapest. He was chased out of Hungary by the Communists. Mr. Guinn joined the Denver post in 1950. Since that time he has served as assistant and columnist. Besides his two books, which deal with the newspaper business and the wire services, he produced a picture book on Cripple Creek, Colorado, once the second largest gold producing district in the world. Manny Albam, one of the finest jazz composers and arrangers in the nation, wrote ten original scores for the programs in the series. For The Glory Trail orchestration, Mr. Albam utilizes native Western instruments such as the harmonica and banjo. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Description
- The men most responsible for giving the West its reputation or rather for widening that image and keeping it alive - were the reporters and writers. Journalism had its inventive heyday during those days and the reporter with the sharp pencil and the ready mind flourished in a land where the manners and morals were loose and easy. This program concentrates primarily upon Horace Greeley, Sam Clemens, and Bret Harte. The program takes Greeley to task for his rambling narrative about his trip to Denver which was tailored for his eastern readers. Yet, Denver readers never knew about his near-fatal stage coach accident, which Greeley highlighted in his accounts. Samuel Clemens found time to create several fabrications, and one which the program recounts, is his story about the pre-historic man found frozen near Humboldt, Nevada. According to Clemens, the frozen figure was in a peculiar position his thumb to his nose, ostensibly in disapproval of Justice of the Peace Sewall, who happened to be uncooperative with the press. Bret Harte, the program points out, is perhaps the man who put the West on the map. His short story The Luck of Roaring Camp, was an instant success, and his poem Plain Language from Truthful James, became the popular song of poesy from Australia to England. If the writers helped to create the West, the West in turn helped to establish the writers. Greeley went on to become a famous editor, Clemens to become the Mark Twain of Mississippi fame, and Harte a top-flight author. The program also points out that imprint left by Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Theodore Roosevelt, who are among the many others who helped to create one of the richest literary legacies in America today.
- Created Date
- 1964-00-00
- Asset type
- Program
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- History
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Cinematographer: Cook, Micke
Cinematographer: Reed, Dick
Composer: Albam, Manny
Director: Mossman, Tom
Narrator: Fenwick, Red
Producer: Heskett, Bob
Producing Organization: KRMA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.)
Producing Organization: United Film Industries, Inc.
Writer: Guinn, Jack
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_2182 (WNET Archive)
Format: 16mm film
Duration: 00:28:59?
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2318206-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “The Glory Trail; 9; Eyeball Waitnesses,” 1964-00-00, Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 8, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-784j16n4.
- MLA: “The Glory Trail; 9; Eyeball Waitnesses.” 1964-00-00. Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 8, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-784j16n4>.
- APA: The Glory Trail; 9; Eyeball Waitnesses. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-784j16n4