Wilderness River Trail and 1970s Pollution Shorts
1953.
Directed by Charles Eggert.

Director, cinematographer, and film editor Charles Eggert was a photographer in the U.S. Navy during World War II before shooting this film on 16mm color stock in 1953. The film documents a commercial river run taken with an experienced crew down the Green and Yampa rivers. River historian Roy Webb, who is the film archivist at the University of Utah and an expert on Eggert’s work, will conduct a Q&A following the screening.

This article appears in July 7 • 2006.

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