Colorado River trips of the 1960s by Jack Dietz

John Roger (Jack) Dietz filmed, on 8mm film, the 3 camping/water-skiing trips (1966, 1967, and 1969) to the Colorado River featured in this video. The film reels sat dormant for decades until they were discovered after John's passing in 2018 and digitally restored by Legacy Digital of Orange, California. The Bell, Dietz, and Swindell families are represented in these videos as well as various members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship (MYF) of the nascent Brea United Methodist Church of Brea, California. Jack Swindell's epic "dry landing" crash begins as 12:56. Other Jack Swindell sightings: 01:29 (helping skiers) , 02:50 and 04:09 sitting on side of boat (no shirt, dark shorts), 06:59 (white t-shirt, dark shorts, helping push the boat), 10:31 (no shirt, dark shorts, standing in water celebrating Jack Dietz's landing) Evelyn Swindell sightings: 00:08, 00:30 (making funny face with flapping hands), 01:22 (standing in water), 04:29 (sitting in water/chair, light blue gown, dark blue wig/hat), 07:00 (sitting in water/chair, dark blue top/shorts, light blue wig/hat, sunglasses), 09:17 (sitting in water/chair, light blue wig/hat), 12:12 (sitting in water/chair light blue wig/hat) Jack Dietz sightings: 01:50, 02:50, 04:09 (driving boat in white shirt), 05:48 (driving boat, blue shirt), 10:03 (skiing), 21:39 (loading truck) The soundtrack includes various hit songs of the era (the original film reels contain no audio track).