What the papers said
4 articlesArticles4 · 3 October 1914 – 2 January 1915
3 October 1914The New Rochelle Pioneer1 min
“Carl Louis Gregory is whipping the 20,000 feet of film he took at Yellowstone Park into shape for early releases. It is said that he was the first motion picture photographer to receive a permit from the government to take the views.”
28 November 1914The Moving Picture World1 min
“THANHOUSER’S ‘OWN COUNTRY’ PICTURES: Prompt to realize the importance of the ‘See Our Own Country’ sentiment sweeping the United States with an impetus given by disturbed conditions abroad, the Thanhouser management will soon release six one-reels of scenic-dramas, showing the wonders of the greatest of federal reservations—Yellowstone National Park. These pictures were taken with the express authority of Hon. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, who declared the project ‘one of the greatest educational uses to which the motion picture camera has thus far been applied.’ The result is that the Thanhouser pictures will carry to those unable to travel west, the wonders of this greatest of national parks. Secretary Lane and Lt. Col. Brett, U.S.A., commandant of Yellowstone Park, cut all red tape in order that the Thanhouser Company might work unhampered and obtain the best possible results.”
12 December 1914The New Rochelle Pioneer1 min
“Carl Louis Gregory, cameraman, returned Thursday morning [December 10th] from Washington, D.C., where he went to secure a motion picture of Secretary of the Interior Lane for use in the ‘Our Own Country’ features, which Mr. Gregory took this fall in the Yellowstone National Park.”
2 January 1915The Moving Picture World1 min
“The Secretary of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane has gone into pictures. The genial Californian who presides over the vast public domain of the nation posed for the camera last week. The pictures so taken will serve as an introduction to the educational Yellowstone pictures soon to be produced by Thanhouser Film Corporation. The action of Secretary Lane in permitting the use of these pictures is in line with the broad policy governing the department under his administration and is illustrative of his desire to let as many thousands of people as possible to view the scenic wonders of Uncle Sam’s greatest reservations.”
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- Bowers’ notes
It was announced in November 1914 that six one-reel scenic films of Yellowstone Park would be made for educational purposes. In January 1915 the trade was informed that a filmed introduction to these pictures had been made with Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior Department, and that the subjects would be part of the “Our Own Country” series. However, the author has been unable to locate any record of these six features having been released.
From Volume II: Filmography of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. Read the history of 1915 →
Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “Yellowstone Park”. thanhouser.org/films/yellowstone-park/
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