Calgary Stampede

Featured on the Errol Flynn Signature Collection for THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN, this Oscar winning short deals with a nostalgic look back at the early beginnings of Calgary when wagons, stagecoaches, horses and colorful Indians ruled the day. The festivities include square dancing, mock trials for horse thieves, Indian dances and lots of other rituals, but the highlight, for me, was the rodeo where the cowboys roped wild animals in various contests of strength and skill.

The early part of the short documentary is a bit on the dull side, but if you stick with it, the action steams up for the rodeo exhibitions with cowboys expertly saddling wild horses or steers and riding competitions on wild horses, all guaranteed to hold the interest.

Photographed in color with good narration by Art Gilmore, it's an uneven short subject that alternates between dull and interesting.