Smokies documentary will show vintage park footage

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Smokies documentary will show vintage park footage

Monday, August 24th, 2009 | East Tennessee |

Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog - Vintage Views of Great Smoky Mountains National Park:

Much of the collection of home movie clips were derived from Jack Huff, a Gatlinburg native who in 1926 built a lodge atop the 6,593-foot Mount LeConte, and Jim Thompson, a Knoxville photographer.

You’ll see rare images of the people who lived in the park and those that helped to make it into a national park, such as Wiley Oakley, the “Roaming Man of the Mountains”, the Walker sisters, the CCC, and men like wilderness advocates Harvey Broome and Carlos Campbell.

There will be two screening of the movie. The first will be in Gatlinburg on Sept. 12. at 7 p.m. at the Riverside Motor Lodge. Tickets are $10 and can be reserved by calling 865-436-0526 or 800-343-1475.

The second screening will be at the East Tennessee History Center in Knoxville on Sept. 18. at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

Sounds great. I need to start lining up a babysitter.

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