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Gain a first-hand glimpse into the history of the great state of Arizona with this vintage DVD featuring two informative films on Arizona resources and culture. This DVD features footage of the beautiful Arizona natural landscape as well as history on Arizona mining, and the Navajo Native American tribe that settled on the Colorado RiverReservation. This DVD is a great history lesson on one of America's most beautiful states! Table of Contents: (1) Arizona Its Mineral Resources and Scenic Wonders (1930s) - Fast paced and packed with information, this film explores the bountiful and beautiful natural resources of Arizona. The first half of the film focuses on Arizonas booming mine operations of the early 1900s, with a great lesson on the early history of gold and silver mining in Arizona. Copper, gold, silver, mica, gypsum, silica, feldspar, clay, manganese, mercury, and coal mining operations in Tombstone, Ajo, Miami, Ray, Jerome, Magma, Duncan, Yuca and The San Francisco region are featured. The second half of the film focuses on natural farming and the beauty of the Arizona landscape. Arizonas vast farming and agriculture operations are discussed, which include carrots, sugar beets, asparagus, cotton, dates, oranges, grapefruits and cattle. Visits are taken to Montezuma Castle National Monument, Oregon Pipe Cactus National Monument, the Petrified Forest, the Painted Desert, Mission of St. Xavier Del Bac, Hope Creek Canyon, the Dragoon Mountains, the lava beds of Sunset Crater and a various Native American ruin sites, including cliff dwelling ruins. The film ends with a brief discussion about the tourism industry in Arizona 39 minutes. (2) A New Frontier (1948) - According to this film produced by the U.S. Indian Service, the Navajo tribe and other Native Americans of the Southwest United States should seek the Colorado River Reservation as a new frontier because of the overpopulation of the Navajo reservation in Arizona 17 Minutes
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