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Shooting Stars: Great Photographers of the West
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Shooting Stars: Great Photographers of the West is the story of how a small group of artist/adventurers used a newly invented form of communication to open the American West. As gold seekers criss-crossed the West 150 years ago, some returned with wild-eyed tales of trees that touched the sky and canyons without bottoms. A few daring adventurers decided to see these wonders for themselves. They traveled into the unknown, their mules weighed down by the equipment needed to operate a new invention - the camera. Through the eyes of such early photographers as Carleton Watkins, John Hillers and William Henry Jackson, the world discovered Yosemite, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone. Using archival images , stop-action animation and narration by legendary western star Hugh O'Brian, Shooting Stars celebrates a movement in American Art and History that helped create the National Park System. It ends with a tribute to Ansel Adams and the others who further defined this vision and forever changed America's relationship to its natural heritage.This award-winning 8 minute documentary is available as a DVD extra with ECHOES THROUGH TIME: GRAND CANYON and ECHOES THROUGH TIME: DEATH VALLEY. Narrated by Western TV and Film Legend Hugh O'Brian
Actor Hugh O'Brian is best known for his role as frontier marshall Wyatt Earp. From 1955-61, O'Brian played the lead role on ABC television's series Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. Since then he has had important roles in The Shootist with John Wayne, Twins with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone and numerous other films, TV shows and stage productions. Following a 1958 visit with Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Africa, Mr. O'Brian created - and continues to guide - the Hugh O' Brian Youth Foundation (HOBY). HOBY is a program for outstanding High School sophomores that trains them for future leadership roles and "to think for themselves." Over 300,000 young people have participated over the 40+ years of HOBY's existence and many have grown up to be today's leaders in business, the arts and government. AWARDS & HONORS WINNER - GOLD SPECIAL JURY AWARD OFFICIAL SELECTION - WINE COUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION - ANNAPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL Running time: 8 minutes Click here to purchase ECHOES THROUGH TIME: GRAND CANYON from the Grand Canyon Association. Click here to purchase ECHOES THROUGH TIME: DEATH VALLEY from Amazon.com. 
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