Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark is a short film from 1950 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
The story of the expedition made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the land from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast. Follows their party up the Mississippi River up to Mandan Indian territory in North Dakota where they establish winter camp. Portrays their meeting with Frenchman Charbonneau and his Native American wife Sacajawea who became their guides. Continues with them across the northern Rockies and down the Columbia River to its mouth. Reveals detail of scientific exploration with regards to topography, natural resources, and plant and animal life.
19:00:45:00 Lewis and Clark 03472 19:01:07:00 wide shot of forest with mountains in background (19:01:12:00) 19:01:13:00 wide shot of mountainy area, clouds (19:01:19:00) 19:01:20:00 med wide shot of mountains (19:01:24:00) 19:01:26:00 wide shot looking down at mountains from high peak (19:01:32:00) 19:01:34:00 MCUs of Lewis and Clark inspecting small group of troops (19:02:09:00)
19:02:10:00 wide shot of Monticello (?) (19:02:13:00) 19:02:14:00 med shot of Thomas Jefferson camera pulls back to reveal Lewis with Jefferson 19:02:35:00 Jefferson [showing Lewis large bone] - Do you think it is really possible that there are prehistoric mammoths out there? (19:02:40:00) 19:03:18:00 MCU of Lewis in President s office 19:03:24:00 MCU of Jefferson more office discussion
19:05:12:00 med shot - interior of log cabin - black man tells Clark about Lewis s arrival (19:05:21:00) 19:05:31:00 Lewis enters, imitating black man s speech (19:05:37:00) 19:05:40:00 med shot - Lewis and Clark discuss Louisiana Purchase (19:05:58:00) Lewis lists all the Indian presents 19:06:26:00 MCU L and C talking Clark - One of the most important missions of this journey is to make a good impression on the Indians (19:06:30:00) 19:07:51:00 med wide shot of log cabin in snow-covered wilderness (19:07:57:00) 19:07:58:00 med shot of cabin interior - Sacagawea lies on cot in foreground - elderly man sits near her - Lewis and Clark are standing Old man is talking to Sacagawea, calling her squaw - fake French accent - difficult to understand 19:08:03:00 Clark - That s enough, squaw-man! Old Guy - But of course, Capitan,.... She does not understand. She is but a squaw. Among the Indians she is less than nothing.At the most, property... 19:08:32:00 Clark - Her body is covered with the marks of your beatings! 19:09:07:00 Lewis - Your wife will accompany us Charbonneaux, She ll be able to interpret for us when we reach the land of the Shoshones. 19:09:17:00 MCU of Sacajawea on cot with baby (19:09:19:00) 19:09:20:00 med shot - Clark feeding Sacajawea, trying to pronounce her name - Don t you worry, Sac-Sac-, oh, I m gonna call you Jane. (19:09:34:00) 19:09:50:00 med shot of Clark sketching landscape (19:09:53:00) 19:09:54:00 med shot of Lewis looking at leaves of bush (19:10:00:00) 19:10:01:00 med shot of canoe with three men and Sacajawea rowing (19:10:11:00) 19:10:42:00 wide shot of Indian tepees on plains with mountains in background (19:10:45:00) 19:10:46:00 med shot - Lewis and Clark in foreground, Sacajawea and another Indian behind them, talking. Clark - I knew Janie would come in handy when we found the Shoshones. Lewis - I m amazed Sacajawea can still talk to her people. She certainly wasn t any help when it came to finding their villages. (19:10:58:00) 19:12:31:00 med wide shot - forest in the Rockies (19:12:36:00) 19:12:45:00 med wide shot - waterfall (19:12:55:00) 19:13:15:00 med wide shot of another log cabin - completely snowed in (19:13:22:00) 19:14:35:00 med shot of group of explorers getting ready for return trip (19:14:46:00) 19:15:15:00 med interior of fancy house - Jefferson tells Lewis mother that he may have sent her son to a horrible death, and asks her if she blames him. She says no, it s his chance for greatness. (19:16:22:00) 19:16:23:00 med wide exterior of Western street - lots of men on horses (19:16:26:00) 19:16:27:00 med shot - interior of hotel bedroom - Clark in bathtub, Lewis sitting on bed talking to him [I guess they are that close] camera zooms in as Lewis kneels next to Clark s bathtub (19:17:03:00)
19:17:05:00 med shot of Lewis and Clark (back in explorer s outfits) sitting on rock together in very fake outdoors (19:17:21:00)| Lewis and Clark | |
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| Produced by | Emerson Film Corporation |
Production company | Emerson Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | Emerson Film Corporation |
Release date | 1950 |
Running time | 16:19 |
| Language | English |
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