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)
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
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&
The Weber State University Foundation
Copyright 1997 Weber State University Foundation