1 00:00:08,843 --> 00:00:10,879 I hope you enjoyed our picture. 2 00:00:11,045 --> 00:00:13,114 In just a moment, I'm taking you behind the cameras... 3 00:00:13,281 --> 00:00:14,616 ...to meet a screen personality... 4 00:00:14,782 --> 00:00:16,384 ...who's paying us a very special visit... 5 00:00:16,551 --> 00:00:19,254 ...from his home studio of Twentieth Century Fox. 6 00:00:19,420 --> 00:00:21,089 He's a man whom you've been reading about... 7 00:00:21,256 --> 00:00:23,591 ...in this motion-picture fan magazines. 8 00:00:24,659 --> 00:00:25,827 And in our business... 9 00:00:25,994 --> 00:00:28,696 ...when an actor starts getting big double-page spreads... 10 00:00:28,863 --> 00:00:32,267 ...and feature articles in volume like this... 11 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:34,302 ...it's a sure sign of rising stardom. 12 00:00:34,469 --> 00:00:39,207 Which is precisely the case with our very talented guest, Jeffrey Hunter. 13 00:00:39,374 --> 00:00:41,509 I'll be right back, and he'll be with me. 14 00:00:44,012 --> 00:00:47,682 In Hollywood, we call this portrait I'm holding an 8-by-10 glossy. 15 00:00:47,849 --> 00:00:49,951 Like the amount of fan mail an actor receives... 16 00:00:50,118 --> 00:00:52,253 ...or the number of popularity polls he wins... 17 00:00:52,420 --> 00:00:54,822 ...the number of fans who write in for a picture like this... 18 00:00:54,989 --> 00:00:57,425 ...is another way a studio can spot a rising star. 19 00:00:57,592 --> 00:01:00,061 Such as Jeffrey Hunter. 20 00:01:00,228 --> 00:01:01,930 Hello, ladies and gentlemen. 21 00:01:02,096 --> 00:01:04,065 And thanks for the kind words, Gig. 22 00:01:04,232 --> 00:01:06,167 Well, there are cold facts to prove them. 23 00:01:06,334 --> 00:01:07,835 I think after our audience sees you... 24 00:01:08,002 --> 00:01:09,904 ...in the new John Wayne picture, The Searchers... 25 00:01:10,071 --> 00:01:13,174 ...you'll need a couple of caddies just to carry around your press book. 26 00:01:13,341 --> 00:01:15,510 Which reminds me, give me a hand, will you, Jeff? 27 00:01:15,677 --> 00:01:17,245 Sure. 28 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,315 Jeffrey brought these over to us. 29 00:01:20,515 --> 00:01:24,152 Six reels of film. Almost enough for an entire picture. 30 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,188 Seven reels. We've already put the seventh on the projector, remember? 31 00:01:27,355 --> 00:01:29,490 - Right. - And it is an entire picture. 32 00:01:29,657 --> 00:01:31,659 About the making of the picture. 33 00:01:31,826 --> 00:01:34,762 You see, when John Ford was directing The Searchers... 34 00:01:34,929 --> 00:01:37,398 ...he put a camera to work behind the camera. 35 00:01:37,565 --> 00:01:39,934 He got a record on film of everything that happened. 36 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:41,703 From the time ground was broken... 37 00:01:41,869 --> 00:01:44,172 ...for the first setup in Monument Valley, Utah... 38 00:01:44,339 --> 00:01:46,107 ...to the time the last scene was wrapped up. 39 00:01:46,841 --> 00:01:49,711 And during the next few weeks here on Warner Bros. Presents... 40 00:01:49,877 --> 00:01:52,246 ...you're gonna see this film. For example: 41 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,215 You'll not only see the cast at work... 42 00:01:54,382 --> 00:01:57,652 ...against one of America's most spectacular scenic backgrounds... 43 00:01:57,819 --> 00:02:01,122 ...but you'll relive an even larger story of how The Searchers company... 44 00:02:01,289 --> 00:02:04,325 ...brought roads into a wilderness where roads have never existed. 45 00:02:04,492 --> 00:02:07,261 Into the farthest reaches of Monument Valley. 46 00:02:07,428 --> 00:02:10,264 Outdoor country for a great outdoor story. 47 00:02:10,431 --> 00:02:13,034 You'll see how pioneers from Hollywood brought electricity... 48 00:02:13,201 --> 00:02:16,437 ...into the trackless Navajo country to light a complete city. 49 00:02:16,604 --> 00:02:20,475 With facilities for feeding and housing almost 300 people. 50 00:02:20,675 --> 00:02:24,479 Up goes the wardrobe tent, and now it's shooting time. 51 00:02:25,013 --> 00:02:26,981 A grip levels the tracks for the camera dolly... 52 00:02:27,148 --> 00:02:30,284 ...a mammoth piece of precision machinery. 53 00:02:31,719 --> 00:02:35,289 And here it is, pacing John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter as they ride by. 54 00:02:35,456 --> 00:02:37,592 You'll learn some of the tricks of the stuntman's trade. 55 00:02:37,759 --> 00:02:40,695 And you'll watch as they work out shots that will leave you breathless. 56 00:02:40,895 --> 00:02:43,598 Calculated risks that sometimes end in injury... 57 00:02:43,765 --> 00:02:46,134 ...but are sure to provide a picture with its thrills. 58 00:02:48,970 --> 00:02:52,206 You'll stand beside director John Ford as he gives star John Wayne... 59 00:02:52,373 --> 00:02:54,175 ...his final instructions for a key scene. 60 00:02:54,342 --> 00:02:57,078 You'll visit with Monument Valley's friendly Navajos. 61 00:02:57,278 --> 00:03:01,683 You'll see them turned into bloodthirsty Comanche Indians by our makeup men. 62 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:03,284 You'll meet the ladies of the cast... 63 00:03:03,451 --> 00:03:06,154 ...Vera Miles, Natalie Wood and Olive Carey. 64 00:03:06,688 --> 00:03:09,290 You'll be there riding the camera car through the Indian village... 65 00:03:09,457 --> 00:03:11,659 ...as the searchers attack the wild Comanche... 66 00:03:11,826 --> 00:03:13,461 ...to get back their stolen women. 67 00:03:13,661 --> 00:03:14,829 The climax of a scene... 68 00:03:14,996 --> 00:03:17,632 ...that is also the climax of the months of planning and building... 69 00:03:17,799 --> 00:03:21,769 ...that go into the production of a picture like The Searchers. 70 00:03:25,506 --> 00:03:27,809 That certainly is an exciting sample, Jeff. 71 00:03:28,042 --> 00:03:31,279 Yes, it's actually a diary of a motion picture. 72 00:03:31,446 --> 00:03:33,614 The first of its kind, so far as I know. 73 00:03:33,781 --> 00:03:36,117 And I think when you see it in full at our next meeting... 74 00:03:36,317 --> 00:03:39,220 ...you'll agree that it's no more to be missed than The Searchers itself... 75 00:03:39,387 --> 00:03:42,090 ...which Warner Bros. will soon be presenting at your local theater... 76 00:03:42,256 --> 00:03:43,858 ...in VistaVision and Technicolor. 77 00:03:44,025 --> 00:03:46,127 Thank you very much, Jeff, for letting us have these... 78 00:03:46,294 --> 00:03:47,662 ...and bringing them personally. 79 00:03:47,862 --> 00:03:51,199 My pleasure, Gig. So long. Goodbye. 80 00:03:52,533 --> 00:03:55,436 So make a point of being with us when we show you the first chapter... 81 00:03:55,603 --> 00:03:57,505 ...in the story of the making of The Searchers. 82 00:03:57,672 --> 00:03:59,440 I'll be back in a moment, but first a word... 83 00:03:59,607 --> 00:04:01,442 ...about next week's television presentation. 84 00:04:06,269 --> 00:04:08,938 I hope you enjoyed our picture. 85 00:04:09,105 --> 00:04:12,075 I know I'm going to enjoy the pictures I'm taking... 86 00:04:12,675 --> 00:04:14,477 ...for this is Monument Valley... 87 00:04:14,677 --> 00:04:17,680 ...one of the most beautiful scenic spots in America. 88 00:04:17,847 --> 00:04:19,682 And today it should be doubly interesting... 89 00:04:19,849 --> 00:04:22,952 ...for we have man-made sights to add to nature's circus. 90 00:04:23,119 --> 00:04:26,356 Director John Ford is shooting some exciting scenes for his new picture... 91 00:04:26,556 --> 00:04:28,791 ...The Searchers, starring John Wayne. 92 00:04:29,325 --> 00:04:34,097 The company's just down the road, so let's drive over and watch. 93 00:04:45,441 --> 00:04:47,977 Welcome once again to the land of the Navajo. 94 00:04:48,144 --> 00:04:51,381 This is an especially happy time here in Monument Valley. 95 00:04:51,547 --> 00:04:55,752 Yet it has nothing to do with the ancient tribal laws or customs of the Navajo. 96 00:04:55,918 --> 00:04:58,421 The current excitement stems from a visit to the valley... 97 00:04:58,588 --> 00:04:59,856 ...by director John Ford... 98 00:05:00,056 --> 00:05:03,626 ...whom the Navajos have adopted into their tribe and named Natani Nez... 99 00:05:03,793 --> 00:05:05,928 ...which means "the tall leader.“ 100 00:05:06,095 --> 00:05:10,933 The man next to him in the uniform is the star of The Searchers, John Wayne. 101 00:05:11,134 --> 00:05:14,137 In the past weeks, we've shown you some of the difficulties and hazards... 102 00:05:14,303 --> 00:05:15,872 ...in shooting a picture here. 103 00:05:16,305 --> 00:05:19,909 You've seen roads built and a city erected, to transport and house... 104 00:05:20,076 --> 00:05:23,146 ...the hundreds of people that comprise the cast and crew. 105 00:05:23,312 --> 00:05:26,416 Well, today most of those difficulties are behind us. 106 00:05:26,616 --> 00:05:29,185 The roads, such as they are, are finished. 107 00:05:29,385 --> 00:05:30,520 The buildings up. 108 00:05:30,686 --> 00:05:34,757 And the advantages of filming in Monument Valley begin to accrue to us. 109 00:05:34,924 --> 00:05:36,859 In addition to the great scenic wonders... 110 00:05:37,026 --> 00:05:39,996 ...we have an endless supply of real Indians. 111 00:05:40,663 --> 00:05:43,766 Indians who get their clothes from the Hollywood Wardrobe Department... 112 00:05:43,933 --> 00:05:46,302 ...after slight alterations. 113 00:05:46,836 --> 00:05:49,205 For the grime and dust of the valley must be ground into... 114 00:05:49,405 --> 00:05:52,341 ...both the costumes and the men. 115 00:05:52,542 --> 00:05:56,212 The Navajo braves are magnificent horsemen, but still director Ford... 116 00:05:56,412 --> 00:05:58,147 ...could not ask them to take the falls... 117 00:05:58,314 --> 00:06:00,817 ...that he will require in many of the sequences. 118 00:06:01,017 --> 00:06:05,354 So for the dangerous spills, he hired professionals, Hollywood stunt riders. 119 00:06:05,555 --> 00:06:07,990 And while these men are brave, they are not foolhardy. 120 00:06:08,157 --> 00:06:11,461 They minimize the chances of being hurt, not only for themselves... 121 00:06:11,661 --> 00:06:13,329 ...but for their horses as well... 122 00:06:13,529 --> 00:06:16,732 ...for the personal safety of each depends on the other. 123 00:06:16,966 --> 00:06:20,036 These men, who can take a nasty spill without getting hurt... 124 00:06:20,203 --> 00:06:22,972 ...have trained their horses to do the same. 125 00:06:23,139 --> 00:06:25,441 And now that men and horses are fit and ready... 126 00:06:25,641 --> 00:06:28,478 ...the next step consists of converting these pleasant young men... 127 00:06:28,644 --> 00:06:31,047 ...into fierce, bloodthirsty Comanches. 128 00:06:31,247 --> 00:06:35,351 Over to one side, the cameraman is getting ready to perform his job. 129 00:06:35,551 --> 00:06:37,320 A job that is normally not dangerous... 130 00:06:37,487 --> 00:06:41,090 ...but which today involves some element of risk. 131 00:06:41,324 --> 00:06:43,659 He will photograph the riders leaping a barrier... 132 00:06:43,826 --> 00:06:45,995 ...from the point of view of a worm. 133 00:06:46,195 --> 00:06:47,697 Let's watch. 134 00:06:50,533 --> 00:06:51,767 Well... 135 00:06:52,168 --> 00:06:55,705 That was a little too close. The camera got in the way of a flying hoof. 136 00:06:55,872 --> 00:06:57,874 But it's all in a day's work. 137 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,776 And the Hollywood crews never lose their sense of humor. 138 00:07:01,277 --> 00:07:05,047 But despite the spills and hazards the work must go on. 139 00:07:05,781 --> 00:07:10,286 The hot and tedious work of shooting a picture on location. 140 00:07:12,421 --> 00:07:15,124 The dangerous work of filming an action picture... 141 00:07:15,291 --> 00:07:20,096 ...where even the camera crew must join the stuntmen in an Indian raid. 142 00:07:22,732 --> 00:07:25,067 After much hard riding, the shot is completed... 143 00:07:25,234 --> 00:07:27,937 ...and the men return for a well-deserved rest. 144 00:07:28,104 --> 00:07:30,273 It may seem a bit odd from this type of work... 145 00:07:30,439 --> 00:07:32,942 ...it is their feet that hurt them the most. 146 00:07:33,142 --> 00:07:34,911 But for all the excitement of the chase... 147 00:07:35,077 --> 00:07:37,213 ...and for all the beauty of the great outdoors... 148 00:07:37,380 --> 00:07:40,750 ...The Searchers tells a tense personal story of two men... 149 00:07:40,917 --> 00:07:43,119 ...played by John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter. 150 00:07:43,286 --> 00:07:46,889 Two men thrust together by their hatred of a common enemy... 151 00:07:47,056 --> 00:07:50,126 ...but torn apart by the angry passions within them. 152 00:07:51,427 --> 00:07:54,096 What do you mean, you don't have any blood kin? 153 00:07:54,664 --> 00:07:58,401 - Why, Debbie's your blood kin! - Not no more, she ain't. 154 00:07:58,801 --> 00:08:01,103 Well, you can keep your will! 155 00:08:01,270 --> 00:08:03,105 I don't want any of your property! 156 00:08:03,806 --> 00:08:07,043 I ain't forgetting you was getting all set to shoot her yourself. 157 00:08:07,243 --> 00:08:10,179 - What kind of a man are you'? - She's been living with a buck! 158 00:08:10,413 --> 00:08:12,648 - She's nothing but a-- - Shut your dirty mouth! 159 00:08:14,283 --> 00:08:16,285 I hope you die. 160 00:08:16,953 --> 00:08:19,422 That'll be the day. 161 00:08:22,191 --> 00:08:24,627 And while the scene between John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter... 162 00:08:24,794 --> 00:08:26,162 ...was being photographed... 163 00:08:26,329 --> 00:08:28,931 ...a second unit has been rehearsing another sequence... 164 00:08:29,098 --> 00:08:31,434 ...for just as in the picture where the search goes on... 165 00:08:31,601 --> 00:08:33,369 ...despite innumerable handicaps... 166 00:08:33,603 --> 00:08:35,171 ...here on location the work goes on... 167 00:08:35,338 --> 00:08:39,208 ...despite the sun, the sand and just plain fatigue. 168 00:08:39,442 --> 00:08:43,045 They're taking advantage of the daylight to carefully plan and rehearse a scene... 169 00:08:43,212 --> 00:08:45,448 ...which will be shot at night. 170 00:08:46,816 --> 00:08:49,485 And here's how you'll see it in The Searchers. 171 00:08:56,225 --> 00:09:00,396 The cliff overlooks the village of Scar, renegade Comanche chief. 172 00:09:00,596 --> 00:09:03,633 Jeff Hunter has asked the Rangers to be allowed to slip into the village... 173 00:09:03,799 --> 00:09:04,967 ...in advance of the attack. 174 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,022 Debbie. 175 00:09:26,188 --> 00:09:28,024 Debbie. 176 00:09:29,925 --> 00:09:33,863 Debbie. Don't say anything, Debbie! It's your brother Marty, Debbie. 177 00:09:34,030 --> 00:09:36,666 I'm gonna take you away. I'm gonna get you out of here, Debbie. 178 00:09:36,832 --> 00:09:40,670 Yes, Many. Oh, yes, Many. 179 00:09:46,909 --> 00:09:50,880 Yes, I think it's an exciting story, a tender story. 180 00:09:51,047 --> 00:09:53,115 And when you see C.V. Whitney's The Searchers... 181 00:09:53,282 --> 00:09:56,018 ...in your local theater in VistaVision and Technicolor... 182 00:09:56,185 --> 00:09:59,455 ...I think you'll agree that's also a beautiful picture. 183 00:09:59,655 --> 00:10:01,357 I'll be back in a moment. First, a word... 184 00:10:01,524 --> 00:10:03,392 ...about next week's television presentation. 185 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:08,623 The monuments which rise proud and straight from the desert floor... 186 00:10:08,789 --> 00:10:11,993 ...were carved by thousands of years of erosion. 187 00:10:12,159 --> 00:10:13,794 But the years mean little here. 188 00:10:13,961 --> 00:10:16,530 Although surrounded by twentieth century America... 189 00:10:16,697 --> 00:10:19,700 ...this land is barely touched by the civilization around it. 190 00:10:20,001 --> 00:10:22,670 Almost untouched by time itself. 191 00:10:22,837 --> 00:10:25,006 For this is home of the Navajo... 192 00:10:25,172 --> 00:10:28,042 ...the largest Indian reservation in America. 193 00:10:28,242 --> 00:10:33,547 Here the people live almost precisely as their ancestors did 100 years ago. 194 00:10:33,748 --> 00:10:37,018 The Navajo Indian was once the fiercest raider of them all. 195 00:10:37,184 --> 00:10:41,055 But with their defeat at the hands of Kit Carson in 1862... 196 00:10:41,222 --> 00:10:43,557 ...they turned to peaceful pursuits. 197 00:10:43,758 --> 00:10:46,861 Being a highly adaptable people, they borrowed the idea of weaving... 198 00:10:47,028 --> 00:10:49,030 ...from their neighbors, the Pueblo Indians. 199 00:10:49,196 --> 00:10:54,001 And improved upon it by using wool instead the then hard-to-get cotton. 200 00:10:54,201 --> 00:10:59,006 Just as it was a century ago, the staff of life of the Navajo is still corn. 201 00:10:59,407 --> 00:11:01,776 Still being ground into meal by the same process... 202 00:11:01,976 --> 00:11:04,512 ...that has been used for generations. 203 00:11:05,079 --> 00:11:08,482 Nor has the Navajo accepted the advances of modern medicine. 204 00:11:08,683 --> 00:11:10,584 Here, under the watchful eye of Fats Holiday... 205 00:11:10,751 --> 00:11:12,753 ...the head medicine man of the tribe... 206 00:11:12,987 --> 00:11:15,222 ...a sand painting is being completed. 207 00:11:15,389 --> 00:11:17,091 The Navajo still puts his faith... 208 00:11:17,258 --> 00:11:20,227 ...in the healing powers of these mystic symbols. 209 00:11:20,428 --> 00:11:24,298 Into this land that time forgot, John Ford brought men and equipment... 210 00:11:24,498 --> 00:11:26,033 ...to film The Searchers. 211 00:11:26,233 --> 00:11:29,704 To capture the color, tradition and echoes of the past. 212 00:11:29,904 --> 00:11:33,074 The danger and excitement of the days when the fierce Comanche Indians... 213 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,609 ...cut a bloody trail through the West. 214 00:11:36,277 --> 00:11:39,947 The now peaceful Navajo have a warlike history of their own... 215 00:11:40,114 --> 00:11:43,417 ...and even today are considered the finest horsemen in the world. 216 00:11:43,584 --> 00:11:45,820 So all it took was a little warpaint... 217 00:11:46,020 --> 00:11:49,657 ...to convert them into hard-riding, bloodthirsty Comanches. 218 00:11:49,890 --> 00:11:52,626 And here comes one of the prettiest little Comanches of them all: 219 00:11:52,793 --> 00:11:54,095 Miss Natalie Wood. 220 00:11:54,261 --> 00:11:56,063 Hello, Gig, welcome to the reservation. 221 00:11:56,263 --> 00:11:58,666 Thank you. it's nice being here. Congratulations, Natalie... 222 00:11:58,833 --> 00:12:01,902 ...on your recent Academy Award nomination for Rebel Without a Cause. 223 00:12:02,069 --> 00:12:03,637 Well, thank you very much. 224 00:12:03,804 --> 00:12:07,141 You're very versatile. We've just enjoyed your performance as Maid Marian... 225 00:12:07,308 --> 00:12:09,543 ...and now here you are as a Comanche... 226 00:12:09,744 --> 00:12:12,413 ...but despite the costume you don't really play... 227 00:12:12,580 --> 00:12:14,081 ...an Indian in the picture, do you? 228 00:12:14,281 --> 00:12:16,650 No, that's right. I play a white girl who is captured... 229 00:12:16,817 --> 00:12:19,086 ...and brought up by a fierce Comanche tribe. 230 00:12:19,253 --> 00:12:21,856 Oh, I see. And how do you get along with the Indians? 231 00:12:22,056 --> 00:12:24,325 Well, in the picture, fine. But here on location... 232 00:12:24,492 --> 00:12:26,127 ...I think I sort of amazed them. 233 00:12:26,293 --> 00:12:28,696 You see, the Navajo keep covered from head to foot... 234 00:12:28,863 --> 00:12:32,266 ...and they regard my sunbathing in a swimsuit as rather immodest. 235 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:34,769 They've become over-civilized. 236 00:12:34,935 --> 00:12:38,172 Their forefathers used to run around in considerably less than a bathing suit... 237 00:12:38,339 --> 00:12:41,008 ...and they were considerably less friendly too. 238 00:12:41,208 --> 00:12:43,377 Yes, that's right. The raids of the renegade tribes... 239 00:12:43,577 --> 00:12:45,980 ...were the greatest dangers that faced the frontier people. 240 00:12:46,147 --> 00:12:49,617 And it is on just such a raid that I get captured as a child. 241 00:12:49,950 --> 00:12:53,220 John Wayne and a company of Rangers are searching for Scar... 242 00:12:53,387 --> 00:12:55,890 ...the warrior-chieftain who has captured me. 243 00:12:56,090 --> 00:12:58,125 But Scar doubles back on their trail... 244 00:12:58,292 --> 00:13:01,629 ...and suddenly the hunters become the hunted. 245 00:13:03,631 --> 00:13:07,134 Keep moving. Keep moving. 246 00:13:37,665 --> 00:13:42,036 Well, Reverend, looks like you got yourself surrounded. 247 00:13:42,203 --> 00:13:45,206 Yeah, and I figure on getting myself un-surrounded. 248 00:13:51,178 --> 00:13:55,916 When I holler, I want you to move out of here like Billy B. Jigger. 249 00:14:00,020 --> 00:14:02,356 Let's go! 250 00:14:09,930 --> 00:14:13,033 That's certainly an exciting scene, but does John Wayne ever find you'? 251 00:14:13,234 --> 00:14:16,871 Well, he was always on Scar's trail and one day he caught up with him... 252 00:14:17,037 --> 00:14:20,107 ...and found me, only to lose me again. 253 00:14:20,274 --> 00:14:25,045 In this scene, I have come to warn Jeffrey Hunter and John Wayne. 254 00:14:25,379 --> 00:14:26,747 Debbie? 255 00:14:28,983 --> 00:14:32,386 Debbie. Debbie, don't you remember? I'm Martin. 256 00:14:33,287 --> 00:14:35,122 Remember? 257 00:14:36,223 --> 00:14:38,826 Debbie, remember back. 258 00:14:39,193 --> 00:14:43,264 Do you remember how I used to let you ride my horse? 259 00:14:43,931 --> 00:14:46,233 And tell you stories'? 260 00:14:47,568 --> 00:14:49,503 Don't you remember me, Debbie? 261 00:14:49,970 --> 00:14:51,705 I remember. 262 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,508 From always. 263 00:14:55,409 --> 00:14:57,611 At first, I prayed to you: 264 00:14:58,112 --> 00:14:59,947 "Come and get me... 265 00:15:00,114 --> 00:15:01,582 ...take me home." 266 00:15:02,082 --> 00:15:03,984 You didn't come. 267 00:15:05,319 --> 00:15:07,254 But I've come now, Debbie. 268 00:15:07,821 --> 00:15:09,790 These are my people. 269 00:15:11,592 --> 00:15:14,795 Go. Go, Martin. Please. 270 00:15:15,863 --> 00:15:17,431 Stand aside, Martin. 271 00:15:21,602 --> 00:15:23,671 No, you don't, Ethan. 272 00:15:24,138 --> 00:15:26,473 Ethan! No, you don't! 273 00:15:28,008 --> 00:15:30,244 Stand aside! 274 00:15:31,745 --> 00:15:34,648 You're the prettiest reason for joining the Comanche army I ever saw. 275 00:15:34,815 --> 00:15:37,017 Thank you very much, Natalie Wood, for being with us. 276 00:15:37,184 --> 00:15:39,320 Well, thank you, Gig. 277 00:15:40,888 --> 00:15:43,490 We hope that when you see The Searchers in your local theater... 278 00:15:43,657 --> 00:15:45,159 ...in Technicolor and VistaVision... 279 00:15:45,326 --> 00:15:47,161 ...the bit of Indian life we have shown you... 280 00:15:47,328 --> 00:15:49,530 ...will contribute to your enjoyment of the picture. 281 00:15:49,697 --> 00:15:51,532 I'll be back in a moment, but first a word... 282 00:15:51,699 --> 00:15:53,534 ...about next week's television presentation. 283 00:15:56,933 --> 00:15:58,768 I hope you enjoyed our picture. 284 00:15:58,935 --> 00:16:01,637 While you've been watching it, I've been here planning a trip. 285 00:16:01,804 --> 00:16:02,872 A guided tour... 286 00:16:03,039 --> 00:16:06,142 ...arranged by one of the world's most experienced travel bureaus: 287 00:16:06,309 --> 00:16:08,277 The Warner Bros. Location Department. 288 00:16:08,444 --> 00:16:11,481 Specializing in short trips to faraway places. 289 00:16:11,647 --> 00:16:13,516 I'll be right back to start us on our way. 290 00:16:14,751 --> 00:16:17,653 You know, about this time of the year, people all over the country... 291 00:16:17,820 --> 00:16:20,023 ...are consulting a travel bureau much like this one. 292 00:16:20,189 --> 00:16:21,991 Planning their summer vacations. 293 00:16:22,158 --> 00:16:24,527 They count their money and their time, and quite often... 294 00:16:24,694 --> 00:16:27,330 ...they ask the man behind the counter for something impossible. 295 00:16:27,497 --> 00:16:31,200 For example, they'd like to go from the heart of old England... 296 00:16:31,367 --> 00:16:33,669 ...from Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood country... 297 00:16:33,836 --> 00:16:36,205 ...to the sands of the mysterious Sahara. 298 00:16:36,372 --> 00:16:38,541 And en route to the Austrian Alps... 299 00:16:38,708 --> 00:16:40,910 ...they'd like a look-see into the jungles of India... 300 00:16:41,077 --> 00:16:43,279 ...and please get them home in two weeks. 301 00:16:43,446 --> 00:16:46,349 Impossible? Well, for a travel bureau, maybe. 302 00:16:46,516 --> 00:16:49,452 But for a Location Department of a major studio, it's a cinch. 303 00:16:50,286 --> 00:16:52,855 Because, you see, for motion-picture purposes... 304 00:16:53,022 --> 00:16:54,924 ...there are sections of Southern California... 305 00:16:55,091 --> 00:16:57,360 ...that look exactly like all these famous places. 306 00:16:57,527 --> 00:17:01,130 And they're all within a leisurely three-hour drive of Hollywood. 307 00:17:01,297 --> 00:17:04,300 In fact, one of the reasons why the pioneer filmmakers... 308 00:17:04,467 --> 00:17:07,837 ...selected Southern California as the film capital of the world... 309 00:17:08,004 --> 00:17:12,308 ...is that strangely, this area masquerades as many different locales. 310 00:17:13,276 --> 00:17:16,446 Stranger still, if we picture people of the Far West... 311 00:17:16,612 --> 00:17:20,383 ...want to find Western scenery with sweep and grandeur like this: 312 00:17:21,350 --> 00:17:24,654 We must travel a thousand miles to the northeast. 313 00:17:24,854 --> 00:17:27,890 And the cast and crew of the new John Wayne picture, The Searchers... 314 00:17:28,057 --> 00:17:29,459 ...did exactly that. 315 00:17:29,625 --> 00:17:32,195 In order to locate a natural Western setting... 316 00:17:32,361 --> 00:17:34,864 ...big enough for the story they had to tell. 317 00:17:35,031 --> 00:17:37,700 They journeyed here to Monument Valley, Utah. 318 00:17:37,867 --> 00:17:41,404 A thousand square-mile domain of the yucca, the cactus... 319 00:17:41,571 --> 00:17:43,306 ...and of the bones of earlier pioneers... 320 00:17:43,473 --> 00:17:48,077 ...who had died searching this land for its fabled treasure of Indian silver. 321 00:17:48,311 --> 00:17:53,416 Navajo country. A land practically untouched by civilization. 322 00:17:53,649 --> 00:17:55,818 The director of The Searchers, John Ford... 323 00:17:55,985 --> 00:17:59,522 ...transplanted a bit of Hollywood into the Utah wilds. 324 00:17:59,689 --> 00:18:02,425 Work started while last year's winter rains... 325 00:18:02,592 --> 00:18:06,896 ...were still turning the approaches to Monument Valley into seas of red mud. 326 00:18:07,063 --> 00:18:08,364 The problem: 327 00:18:08,531 --> 00:18:13,035 To produce a motion picture 175 miles from the nearest town. 328 00:18:13,202 --> 00:18:15,872 Everything had to be trucked in over terrain... 329 00:18:16,038 --> 00:18:20,209 ...which the geologists tell us is the dried-up bed of an ancient ocean. 330 00:18:20,409 --> 00:18:22,111 Just getting into Monument Valley... 331 00:18:22,311 --> 00:18:25,715 ...was almost as big a job as shooting the picture itself. 332 00:18:25,882 --> 00:18:27,850 The first thing brought in was water. 333 00:18:28,017 --> 00:18:31,554 Measured by the gallon into Lister Bags like the Army uses. 334 00:18:31,754 --> 00:18:35,925 Then came this heavy-duty pump to service the primitive Indian well. 335 00:18:36,225 --> 00:18:39,495 With their water supply guaranteed, the other services moved in. 336 00:18:39,729 --> 00:18:42,265 Electricity to power not only the new water pump... 337 00:18:42,465 --> 00:18:44,800 ...but modem building tools to speed construction... 338 00:18:45,001 --> 00:18:48,304 ...both at the base camp and the sets needed for the picture. 339 00:18:48,471 --> 00:18:51,007 Here's one of them. A settler's home... 340 00:18:51,174 --> 00:18:55,344 ...complete to its stone chimney, just as it might've appeared in the year 1863... 341 00:18:55,511 --> 00:18:57,980 ...when the story of The Searchers takes place. 342 00:18:58,147 --> 00:19:00,983 And here's another house that will appear in the picture. 343 00:19:01,150 --> 00:19:02,852 During the action, you'll see this one... 344 00:19:03,052 --> 00:19:06,389 ...entirely destroyed by fire in an Indian raid, 345 00:19:06,556 --> 00:19:11,861 So an entire town, with a population of 258 cast and crew members... 346 00:19:12,028 --> 00:19:14,897 ...were set down in the middle of a brooding wilderness. 347 00:19:15,064 --> 00:19:19,001 Now, as the shooting day draws near, the pace picks up. 348 00:19:19,202 --> 00:19:22,972 And so do the spring winds hurtling across the valley. 349 00:19:23,172 --> 00:19:27,043 Up goes the wardrobe tent with costumes for hundreds of Indians. 350 00:19:27,210 --> 00:19:29,679 They live here, but the costumes they wear in the picture... 351 00:19:29,845 --> 00:19:31,147 ...came from Hollywood. 352 00:19:31,347 --> 00:19:32,915 So do these mattresses,. 353 00:19:33,082 --> 00:19:34,584 One each for Hollywood tenderfeet... 354 00:19:34,784 --> 00:19:37,053 ...who aren't used to sleeping on the desert floor. 355 00:19:37,286 --> 00:19:39,288 Plus equipment for the mess hall. 356 00:19:39,488 --> 00:19:42,391 And ceremonial lances for the battle scenes. 357 00:19:42,558 --> 00:19:43,993 And now, it's A-Day. 358 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,697 A for "action" on one of the greatest outdoor pictures ever made. 359 00:19:48,331 --> 00:19:51,367 Camera platforms are carried out into San Juan River. 360 00:19:51,534 --> 00:19:54,370 Here is the very spot where a scene from a story like The Searchers... 361 00:19:54,537 --> 00:19:56,239 ...might have occurred in real life. 362 00:19:57,073 --> 00:19:59,442 Director John Ford orders "action." 363 00:19:59,609 --> 00:20:01,611 Scene one, take one. 364 00:20:01,811 --> 00:20:04,780 John Wayne and his party of Rangers cross the river... 365 00:20:04,947 --> 00:20:07,016 ...pursued by the savage Comanche. 366 00:20:07,183 --> 00:20:09,919 In the picture, Wayne's gunfire slows down the chase... 367 00:20:10,086 --> 00:20:13,422 ...giving the Rangers time to prepare a hasty defense. 368 00:20:13,689 --> 00:20:15,291 And here, as hero of the story... 369 00:20:15,491 --> 00:20:17,927 ...he and his men find themselves face to face... 370 00:20:18,127 --> 00:20:21,530 ...with an enemy who holds their women hostage. 371 00:20:33,776 --> 00:20:36,279 Hallelujah! 372 00:20:37,179 --> 00:20:39,282 Dag blast it! 373 00:20:39,448 --> 00:20:41,917 Watch it. it's loaded. 374 00:20:53,929 --> 00:20:57,800 No, Ethan. Leave them carry off their hurt and dead. 375 00:20:57,967 --> 00:21:00,503 Well, Reverend, that tears it! 376 00:21:00,670 --> 00:21:03,372 From now on, you stay out of this, all of you. 377 00:21:03,539 --> 00:21:05,308 I don't want you with me. 378 00:21:05,508 --> 00:21:08,077 I don't need you for what I gotta do. 379 00:21:09,178 --> 00:21:12,515 And what he had to do was go on in his search for stolen women. 380 00:21:12,682 --> 00:21:15,451 There was also a search for his own soul. 381 00:21:16,018 --> 00:21:17,853 We'll be returning soon to Monument Valley... 382 00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:22,558 ...to visit again with stars John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles. 383 00:21:22,725 --> 00:21:24,660 At that time Natalie Wood will show us around... 384 00:21:24,827 --> 00:21:27,363 ...the valley's famous Navajo reservation. 385 00:21:27,530 --> 00:21:29,565 Meanwhile, I want to thank Mr. C.V. Whitney... 386 00:21:29,732 --> 00:21:31,400 ...producer Meflan C. Cooper... 387 00:21:31,567 --> 00:21:35,271 ...and director John Ford, who made the behind-the-cameras trip possible. 388 00:21:35,471 --> 00:21:38,207 And remind you that all the wonders of Monument Valley... 389 00:21:38,374 --> 00:21:41,744 ...along with a thrilling story, are yours when you see The Searchers... 390 00:21:41,911 --> 00:21:44,580 ...at your local theater in VistaVision and Technicolor. 391 00:21:44,747 --> 00:21:48,517 I'll be right back, but first a word about next week's television presentation.