The Round Up In Arizona – American Indian Film Gathering

Film Details

Title: The Round Up In Arizona
Year: 1957
Duration: 0:25:18
Director: Richard Hathcock, Dee Hathcock
Writer: unknown
Producer: Julian Lesser
Narrator: John Stephenson, host, and Richard Hathcock, guide/filmmaker
Sponsor: ABC Television
Audible: Good quality audio
Establishing Shot: Opens with narrator John Stephenson introducing the film. Stephenson walks into the frame from the left, and when he reaches center the camera zooms in at a mid-close-up.
Major Themes: Different types of roundups in western regions of the United States.
Individuals Named: Richard Hathcock; Dee, Richard Hathcock's wife; Chief Tua (oldest living Hopi, according to the narrator); Walter Colby, owner of the Rail X Ranch near Patagonia, AZ; Manuel, a cowboy at Rail X Ranch;
Native Languages Spoken: No native languages
Noteworthy Elements: Rare images of rattlesnake roundup in Oklahoma.
Other: Most information about Native Americans is found in the first 5 minutes of the film. Hathcock mentions the discovery of uranium on Navajo lands.

Peoples: Hopi