Facing Your Danger

Name: Facing Your Danger
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1946-05-11
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Knox Manning

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1946

Release Year

10 min

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Documentary

Overview

This Warner Bros. The Sports Parade series short chronicles the attempt by a group of men to navigate the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to Lake Mead. Led by Norman D. Nevills, nine men undertake a nineteen days trip in three specially built rowboats through the more than 200 rapids, some which run at 30 mph. Along the way, they see the remnants of previous expeditions. They also visit abandoned Pueblo Indian cave dwellings.

Keywords

expedition

grand canyon

adventurer

outdoorsman

white water rafting

rapids

colorado river

sportsman

row boat

portages

pueblo indian cave

lake mead

Cast

Knox Manning

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@Geronimo1967

July 21, 2025

6/10

It’s a bit like watching a watery rodeo this film as these intrepid travellers attempt to ride the dozens of sets of rapids whilst the Colorado river does it’s best to upend them from their flimsily constructed, lightweight, craft. It’s easy to see why someone concluded this might be a good place fo…

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