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Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

W. W. Champion

Languages:

English

Length:

200 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1936 - General Class

Description:

"In Two Weeks, W. W. Champion has contrived that rare and refreshing thing — a personal record picture implicit with general human interest. Telling the story of a fortnight's pack trip with friends through Yosemite, the film gets off to a flying start with a delightfully detailed sequence of camp preparations. With complete naturalness, we are made acquainted with each of the vacation party. When, in good time, they set off down the trail, we feel quite sure that these people will prove of more interest than the locales that they will visit. Mr. Champion does not disappoint us, as he continues with an adroitly spun pattern of personalities and places. Crisp, steady and effectively angled, the photography of the film, in both monochrome and color, is of able assistance to the imaginative treatment." Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 542.

Resources:

"Of Two Weeks, that delightfully human 8mm. record of a mountain camping trip, W. W. Champion, ACL, said in a letter, 'These pictures were taken just for fun and with no intention of working out complete technical details.' " Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 565.

Locations:

  • Yosemite National Park, California (Filming)

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