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El Rancho and Castaways promotional video raw footage and b-roll

Video file

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Creator

Creator (cre): The Production Company

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 1989 (year approximate)

Description

Footage opens with multiple takes of an actor dressed in "cowboy" attire, carrying a saddle through the desert, then riding on a horse-drawn buggy with another man in cowboy boots. The men are pretending to lasso and whip the horses driving their buggy, and periodically switch off driving and lassoing. Switches to a close up of a man wearing an "El Rancho" belt buckle, gun holsters, and chaps; the camera is focused on the man gesturing to the camera, showing the coins in his hand. Various other scenes related to this western-cowboy themed promotion are shown. Video cuts in an out, no audio. Second segment begins around 26:00 and is multiple takes of an actress in costume as an owl motioning her arms and responding to voiceover cues (close up only); the advertisement is for Castaways "night owl" special for $1.99. The camera then pans out and she is posing and dancing to music, her costume includes feathers on her arms to look like a bird's wings. Original media 1 Inch SMPTE Type B, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Digital ID

MS_00930_137
    Details

    Citation

    MS_00930_137. The Production Company Audiovisual Collection, approximately 1965-1995. MS-00930. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1m32sw2c

    Rights

    This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The estate of Thomas "Bob" Patrick transferred all right, title and interest they had in The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) to UNLV. However, the material may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

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    Digital Provenance

    Digitized materials: physical originals are not available for viewing because of fragility or obsolescence

    Extent

    00:53:44

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    video/mp4