The Yellowstone concerto

The beauty of the Yellowstone River is presented with a music soundtrack. This mighty river flows over 600 miles from Wyoming through Montana to its confluence with the Missouri River without major "improvements" by humans. Wildlife and human uses of the river are shown. This free-flowing...

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Alternate Title:Yellowstone concerto (motion picture)
Additional Author(s):Posewitz, Jim

Sharpe, Craig E.,

Kenyon, Sandy,
Corporate Contributor(s):Montana. Department of Fish and Game.

Montana Fish and Game Commission.
Publisher:Alaska Resources Library and Information Services,
Report Numbers:APA 4147 suppl.

APA 4147 video
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Summary:The beauty of the Yellowstone River is presented with a music soundtrack. This mighty river flows over 600 miles from Wyoming through Montana to its confluence with the Missouri River without major "improvements" by humans. Wildlife and human uses of the river are shown. This free-flowing river is threatened, and comparisons are made to other major U.S. rivers which have been altered by dams.
Physical Description:1 DVD (32 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes:Title from title screen at 3 minutes from beginning of the film.

"A Montana Fish and Game Commission Documentary by Craig E. Sharpe."

Filmed in 1976. Originally released as a motion picture in February 1977. Later redistributed by Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. Transferred from motion picture film to VHS tape, which was later transferred to digital format in 2015.

Resolution of this DVD video: 720 x 480.

Alaska Resources Library and Information Services has prepared a supplement that includes information about this video, permission statement to display it, and articles about the original film. That supplement is available online and in print in the library.

This documentary film was instrumental in promoting public awareness of the Yellowstone River and in ultimately securing water reservations in the name of fish and wildlife that will preserve the river's instream flow. The river had been threatened with the prospect of water diversion and plans for a dam near Livingston, so in order to promote a plea to protect the river, the Montana Department of Fish and Game released this film and a special issue of "Montana outdoors" (vol. 8, no. 6) devoted to the Yellowstone River. Articles about this film were published in "Montana outdoors": Vol. 8, no. 6 (Sept./Oct.), page 12, and: Vol. 15, no. 3 (May/June 1984), page 12.
Related Titles:Special periodical issue published along with this film as part of the same promotion: Montana outdoors. Vol. 8, no. 2. Helena, MT : Montana Dept. of Fish and Game, [1977]
Document Type:System requirements for online version: Device or application that plays .mov files, such as QuickTime Player, Windows Media Player, and VLC Media Player.
Awards:Winner (category unknown), American Association for Conservation Information, 1977.
Production Credits:Directed, shot, and edited by Craig Sharpe, motion picture production manager for Montana Department of Fish and Game (according to a Sept./Oct. 1977 article in "Montana outdoors").

Music score by Jack Sawyer, Kevin Pederson.
Access:Permission to make this film available on disc and to display the digital copy was granted to Alaska Resources Library and Information Services from Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks in November 2015.