Return to the River Written and Filmed by Reed student Harry C. Paget; Narrator: Scott Beach; Titles: Lorene Schmidt; Recording: Frank Hood. [Anthropology; Warm Springs Indian Reservation; Columbia River; Salmon Fishery; Fishing; Celilo Falls; Native American; Music: Washat Songs], part 1 of 1, 1951-10-01

Item — Box: 3.6, Object: V73

Staff Only

Dates

1951-10-01

Extent

1 VHS

Language

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Notes from FileMaker 'Lecturer/Performer' field: Paget, Harry C. '51

Notes from FileMaker Cross-Reference Titles field: 1 videocassette (8 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Notes Videocassette release of a motion picture filmed in 1951 Music consists of Washat songs collected on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation Narrator, Scott Beach ; recording, Frank Hood Summary This documentary, shot as part of a Reed College thesis in 1951, shows the annual salmon migration at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River, and the construction and operation of the traditional Indian fishery there. Six years later the Dalles Dam inundated Celilo Falls Indian fishery at Celilo FallsVideo of a short film by Reed student Harry Paget '51, in support of his senior thesis: "An approach to documentary filming through anthropology and drama / by Harry C. Paget.