Arnold Faucus (foreground) w / film crew a one track snowcat, steered with skis from behind the cab.
Creator
Woodward, John B., 1915-2016
Date
1942
Summary
Arnold Faucus and ski troops, members of the Mountain Division, 15th Infantry Ski Patrol (later 10th Mountain Division), and an MGM film crew stand or sit on the back of a trailer pulled by a snowcat during the filming of a training film near Sun Valley in Blaine County, Idaho.
Description
1 transparency : slide, col. ; 4 x 3 cm. (1 1/2 x 1 in.)
Is Part Of
10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.; 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Slide Collection.
Subject
Blaine County (Idaho)--1940-1950; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; Ski troops--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; Tracklaying vehicles--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; Faucus, Arnold; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
John Woodward.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700200630
Notes
Inventory supplied by donor.; Penciled on slide mount: "3.1.21" and "1942 MGM."; Title and: "Trailer loaded with equipment heading up Owl Creek at Sun Valley, MGM training film, 1942" from inventory.; R7002006303
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