Lake Tahoe, Land of the Sky

1916 Documentary 6 minutes

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About Lake Tahoe, Land of the Sky

An Essanay scenic looks at Lake Tahoe in summer and again in winter: the shore, the water, and the snow.

More about Lake Tahoe, Land of the Sky

Essanay released it on 15 November 1916 through General Film, on a split reel with Canimated Nooz Pictorial, No. 20. Silent Era also lists the title Lake Tahoe, Cal. No director or cast is named. A print exists.

Themes

Making

Scenic split-reels were filler beside a news pictorial. This one pairs summer views of the lake with winter snow on the same shore.

Preservation

A print survives. It appears on Treasures 5: The West 1898–1938 and on the Internet Archive.

Notes

  • It is a split-reel subject, not a story picture.
  • The National Film Preservation Foundation's Treasures 5: The West 1898–1938, disc 2, includes a copy timed at 6 minutes.
  • Silent Era notes a DVD edition and a surviving print.
  • The Internet Archive identifier is silent-lake-tahoe-cal-.
  • Essanay, not Selig, made it. General Film distributed it.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-lake-tahoe-cal-)
  • Treasures 5: The West 1898–1938, disc 2 (National Film Preservation Foundation DVD)