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TRAIL OF HOPE:
The Story of the Mormon Trail

(1997) Hal Holbrook narrates this breathtaking documentary. Produced for national release on PBS Television, TRAIL OF HOPE captures the 22-year history of the Mormon Trail, a singular saga in American history. This conduit to the West was used by more than 70,000 emigrants - most of them migrating for religious reasons on their journey to the Great Basin. The great majority of these pioneers made the trek on foot across windblown plains, sunbaked deserts and frozen mountain valleys; each step a triumph in the face of tragedy, and a testament to unwavering faith.


Video Running time: 1 hour 57 minutes



Awards and/or Affiliations

Nationally televised on PBS Television. In partnership with KUED Television.

Winner of one companion book and six film awards:

1. Film Advisory Board: AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
2. Columbus International Film and Video Festival: CHRIS AWARD 1997 & 1998
3. U.S. International Film and Video Festival: GOLD CAMERA First Place
4. Catholic Broadcasters Association: GABRIEL AWARD
5. New York Film and Video Festival: WORLDFEST BRONZE
6. PEARL AWARD: Best Film Score
7. 1998 Small Press Book Award: First Place (companion book)




Credits

Directed By LEE B. GROBERG

Narrated By HAL HOLBROOK

Written By HEIDI SWINTON


Principal Cinematography T.C. CHRISTENSEN

Edited By MARK N. GOODMAN

Music By SAM CARDON and MERRILL JENSON

Pinnacle Music Group

Art Director RUSSELL D. RICHINS

Contributing Writers

LYNDIA CARTER

MAGGIE ST. CLAIRE

LEE GROBERG

Additional Cinematography

MARK GOODMAN

GORDON HUSTON

MARK TAFT

MCKEEN WORTHEN

Aerial Cinematography

MCKEEN WORTHEN

DAN RUDERT, Classic Helicopters

Grip/Electric RHETT FERNSTEN

Dolly Grip TYLER MEINERS

Wardrobe SHARI OHMAN

Voice Casting ROZ SOULAM

Voice Recording

JEFF HALL Telescene

ANDY MORRIS Buzzy's

KEVIN MCELLIGOTT The Audio Department

MIKE MILES KUED

Re-recording Mixer MICHAEL MCDONOUGH

SFX Editor SCOTT SANDSTROM

Foley Sound Todd RYAN PURCELL

Location Sound

ROGER DAVIS

SCOTT SANDSTROM

CMX Editor

BILL LAUER, KUED

LEE WESSMAN Telescene

Film Colorist RICK STEPHENSON, Filmworker's Club

Music Performed By UTAH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Conducted By GREG BUTTARS

Scoring Engineer MICHAEL J. CHADBOURNE

Recorded at LDS Motion Picture Studio

Traditional Music YANKEE CLIPPER

Music Copying GREG & LESLIE BUTTARS

Early Mormon Music Consultant CHERYL HART

Graphics/Titles PAUL JAGER

Animation Graphics KENT PAYNE, Virtual Images

Locations Manager BRETT MILLER


Production Assistants

TYLER SCHWAB

DAVID ALLEN

DARREN GROBERG

Transportation Coordinators

DEE WARNER

STEVEN PATE

Still Photography LAURI ESKELSON



Wranglers

FENTON QUINN
KEVIN MCNIVEN
RON BROWN
MONTY MCNIVEN
LEE ATWOOD
BILLY GREEN
CLYDE HANCOCK
MIKE BROWN
GARY MAHAS
DENNIS KUNTZ
BLAINE OVERSON
SHARON MAHAS


Voices

H.K. BAIRD
JOHN BARTON
JOE BATZEL
JESSE BENNETT
JOEL BISHOP
FRED BUCHANAN
SYLVIA CARTER
BRYCE CHAMBERLAIN
GRENADE CURRAN
MARCIA DANGERFIELD
RICHARD DAVIES
MARK DEAKINS
SCOTT FISHER
MICHAEL FLYNN
NORM GARNER
JOHN GILLESPIE
PAUL GRACE
MARY ETHEL GREGORY
GRETHE LJUNGSTROM
KEROS LOWDER
DAN MERKET
KARL MICHEL
TAYVA PATCH
NIKOLA PEISLEY
EMILY OWEN
NOELL OWEN
ALAN PETERSEN
SARAH PUNCH
DANNY REES
GLENN ROBARDS
ERIC ROBERTSON
KEN SANSOM
MARY CHRISTINA SCHAUB
CHRISTY SUMMERHAYS
ANNE SWARD
DAVID THORNELL
RICHARD WESTON
CAROL WILKINSON
M. SCOTT WILKINSON
JOHN WOODHOUSE


Trail Instruments Exhibit The CLIFF BRYNER Historical Survey


Image Acquisitions SHERI SLAUGHTER

Historical Consultant DR. STANLEY B. KIMBALL


Script Consultants

RON BARNEY
MEL BASHORE
LAMAR C. BERRETT
J. ELLIOTT CAMERON
JUDE CARINO
TOM CHRISTENSEN
STEWART E. GLAZIER
LOUISE C. GREEN
GAIL HOLMES
GEORGE IVORY
STANLEY B. KIMBALL
JERE KRAKOW
MICHAEL N. LANDON
GLEN M. LEONARD
ROBERT SCOTT LORIMER
CRAIG K. MANSCILL
RODNEY MILLER
RICHARD W. SADLER
WM. A. SCHAEFERMEYER
HAROLD SCHINDLER
BILL SLAUGHTER
WILLIAM B. SMART
CALVIN STEPHENS
KAY THRELKELD
RICHARD E. TURLEY, JR.


Photo/Art Sources

California Historical Society, San Francisco, FN-O8432

Council Bluffs Public Library - Simons Collection

Denver Public Library; Western Historical Department

International Organization of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers

Library of Congress

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1856

Harper's Weekly, 1853

Missouri State Archives

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mrs. Myrtle Hyde

National Archives

Nebraska State Historical Society

New York State Historical Society

Salt Lake Public Library

Scotts Bluff National Monument

State Historical Society of Wisconsin

The Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints Historical Department

Archives Division

Museum of Church History

Visual Resources Library

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lazarus Fund, 1913

University of Utah Special Collections

Utah State Historical Society



Written Sources

111 Days to Zion HAL KNIGHT AND STANLEY B. KIMBALL

Brigham Young American Moses LEONARD J. ARRINGTON

Church History in The Fulness of Times LDS CHURCH EDUCATION SYSTEM

Farewell Nauvoo SUSAN EASTON BLACK

Great Basin Kingdom LEONARD J. ARRINGTON

Handcarts To Zion LEROY R. AND ANN W. HAFEN

Historical Atlas of Mormonism BROWN, CANNON, JACKSON

I Walked To Zion SUSAN ARRINGTON MADSEN

Journal of the Trail STEWART E. GLAZIER

Mormons at the Missouri RICHARD E. BENNETT

Old Utah Trails WILLIAM B. SMART

Rescue of the 1856 Handcart REBECCA BARTHOLOMEW, LEONARD J.

Companies ARRINGTON

Seven Trails West ARTHUR KING PETERS

The Gathering of Zion WALLACE STEGNER

The Plains Across JOHN D. UNRUH, JR.

The Year of Decision BERNARD DEVOTO

Uncommercial Traveler CHARLES DICKENS

The American Religion HAROLD BLOOM

Poem, "Desire" VILATE C. RAILE



LOCATIONS APPRECIATION

Autry Museum of Western Heritage

Bureau of Land Mangement, Dept of the Interior

Cove Fort

Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum

Dennis Roberts, Tremonton

Deseret Land and Livestock Ranch

Governor's Office, Utah State Capitol

Iowa Mormon Trails Association

Iowa Western Community College

LDS Church Historical Dept.

LDS Museum of Church History and Art

LDS Church Visual Resources Library

LDS Church Office of the First Presidency

Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Docks, Liverpool

National Park Service

Nauvoo Restoration, Inc.

Nebraska Film Office

The Village of Downham, England

The City of Preston, England

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Sun Ranch, Wyoming

This Is The Place State Park, Salt Lake City

Utah Parks and Recreation

Utah State Historical Society

Wes Tingey; Woodruff

Winter Quarters Visitors Center

Yale University; Beinecke Library



Artists

"Parley Street" GLEN HOPKINSON

"Camp Meeting" WORTHINGTON WHITTREDGE

"Kanesville and Council Bluffs" GRANT WOOD

"Burial on the Plains" CLARK KELLY PRICE

"Entering The Valley" J. LEO FAIRBANKS

"Centennial Panorama" LYNN FAUSETT

"Handcart Pioneers" STENHOUSE

"Route From Liverpool" FREDERICK PIERCY

"Pioneer Images" WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON

"Mormon History" C.C.A. CHRISTENSEN "Mormons Crossing Plains" SIMONS



Special Thanks and Appreciation

Gary Anderson

Dr. Leonard Arrington

Robert L. Backman

Chuck and Fran Canfield

Scott Chaffin

John Creer

Gary Dixon

Fred Esplin

Ft. Bridger State Historic Site, Wyoming

Rod Fullwood

Gail Holmes

Bill Hopkinson

Iowa Mormon Trails Association

Russell Johnson

Michael Landon

Robert Scott Lorimer

Dr. Ronald Lund

Craig Manscill

Patty McCracken

Lee Miller

Veldon Miller

Oregon-California Trails Association

Art and Sarah Peters

Brad Probst

Ron Read

Dennis Roberts

Gordon Romney

Bill Slaughter

Margaret Smoot

Don Staheli

Extra Special Thanks and Appreciation

Jeanine Groberg

A production of GROBERG COMMUNICATIONS
in partnership with KUED/Salt Lake City
&
The Weber State University Foundation


Copyright 1997 Weber State University Foundation


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