THE PARKER RANCH 1978

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) THE PARKER RANCH: AERIAL BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII, SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAIN, ZOOM IN ON GREENERY OF TROPICAL JUNGLE, ZOOM OUT OF VOLCANO CRATER. 00:36:10 PAN OF PARKER RANCH, ONE OF LARGEST RANCHES IN THE U.S. FOUNDED IN 1837 BY JOHN PALMER PARKER, UNDER PROTECTION OF KING KAMEHAMEHA THE FIRST. 00:36:25 HAWAIIAN COWBOY JERO YAMAGUCHI ENTERS CORAL FULL OF HORSES WITH LASSO. YAMAGUCHI TWIRLS LASSO, SNAGS A HORSE ON THE RUN. CU HE SLOWLY APPROACHES NERVOUS HORSE, CAUTIOUSLY PETS IT ON FACE. 00:37:12 AUSTRALIAN BLUE HEALER COW DOGS HERD NERVOUS CATTLE INTO CORAL. HAWAIIAN COWBOYS, CALLED "PANIOLAS", FROM MISSPELLED WORD MEANING "ESPANIOLAS," WHO WHERE FIRST COWBOYS WHO CAME FROM MEXICO TO TEACH HAWAIIANS HOW TO RIDE, ROPE. 00:37:22 DOGS RUSH AT CATTLE, HERD THEM. COW DOGS ARE ESPECIALLY VALUABLE TO PANIOLAS, IN HERDING WILD CATTLE FOUND ROAMING REMOTE AREA OF RANCH. PANIOLAS FOLLOW ON HORSEBACK, SIGNAL DOGS BY WHISTLING 00:37:52 THOUSANDS OF HEAD OF CATTLE BEING HERDED INTO CORALS BY COWBOYS, WHO ARE CHINESE, JAPANESE, HAWAIIAN AMERICANS. CU FACE SHOT OF RUGGED PANIOLA AS HE AND OTHERS HERD CATTLE ONTO TRUCK. PANIOLAS HERDING CATTLE ONTO VAST RANGE AS LARGE AS TWENTY THOUSAND HECTARES 00:39:00 MONTAGE PANIOLAS DOING A VARIETY OF CHORES ON RANCH, INCLUDING BRUSHING DOWN HORSES, FEEDING THEM. CU HORSES FEEDING AT TROTH. COWBOY FILLING TROTH. 00:39:51 YOUNG COWBOY PRACTICES ROPE TRICKS IN PREPARATION FOR UPCOMING RODEO ON BIG ISLAND. MONTAGE COWBOYS PRACTICING, ROPING, BULL-DOGGING OTHER EVENTS AS HAWAIIAN SONG IS HEARD BEING SUNG IN BACKGROUND. 00:40:58 COWBOY FRED STEVENS PUTS FEED IN TROTH OF ORPHAN BABY CALVES WHICH HE LOOKS AFTER UNTIL IT'S BIG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE ON ITS OWN. WHENEVER COWBOYS FIND ABANDONED OR ORPHANED CALVES THEY BRING THEM TO KUKULANI STABLES WHERE STEVENS TAKES CARE OF THEM AS PART OF ORPHAN CALVE PROGRAM AT PARKERS.. 00:41:45 RICHARD SMART, A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN PARKER, AND OWNER OF PARKER RANCH, RIDES OUT ON HORSE. SMART INTENDS TO LEAVE RANCH IN TRUST TO STATE OF HAWAII.