The Glory Trail; 10; Image Makers
- Series
- The Glory Trail
- Episode Number
- 10
- Episode
- Image Makers
- Producing Organization
- KRMA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.)
- United Film Industries, Inc.
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-x34mk66c29
- NOLA Code
- GLTL
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- Description
- Episode Description
- A fortunate coincidence in America history of the early West was that while it was being wooed and won, photographers were perfecting their techniques and the itinerant artists were making a fairly good living off the land. Image Makers devotes itself to the artistic and photographic efforts that came with the settling of the early West and to the two major sources that nurtured these arts the U.S. Government, which employed artists to draw maps and sketch the terrain. And the eastern newspapers and magazines that employed their own teams to record the West for their readers. As the program show with photographs, lithographs, and sketches, the first mapping and exploring parties almost always employed artists to sketch the land. Once these efforts had been circulated, magazines and newspapers recognized their effect and sent their own teams of reporters and artists to record what they saw. Among them was John m. Stanley, an artist assigned to the Stephen Kearney expedition to California, who produced some of the finest drawing of life on the plains. Perhaps the most famous were Frederic Remington and Charlie Russell, whose works are still considered the most representative of the great American West. One of the most popular painting during this time was the last stand of General George Custer. Image Makers relates how Cassily Adams painting of Custers last Fight fell into the hands of brewer Adolphus Busch, who lithographed it and distributed it as an advertisement for his brand of beer. The painting since has decorated the wall of saloons on both sides of the Mississippi. Photographys contribution in recording the West is also described with attention to William H. Jackson, who was responsible for Congress declaring Yellowstone as our first national park, and Tim OSullivan, who was the first to use the magnesium flash to record underground mining activities. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- 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)
- Created Date
- 1964-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Documentary
- 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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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2318207-1 (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; 10; Image Makers,” 1964-00-00, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 22, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-x34mk66c29.
- MLA: “The Glory Trail; 10; Image Makers.” 1964-00-00. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 22, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-x34mk66c29>.
- APA: The Glory Trail; 10; Image Makers. Boston, MA: 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-512-x34mk66c29