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Die Eisebirge des Schweizerlandes

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1760

Author: Gruner, Gottlieb Sigmund

Publisher: Bern : Ben Ubraham Wagner, Cohn

Call Number: DQ22 G7

Author: Gruner, Gottlieb Sigmund

Publisher: Bern : Ben Ubraham Wagner, Cohn

Published Date: 1760

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Alps

Call Number: DQ22 G7

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Map showing the communication of the Lakes and Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1790

Publisher: Gent Mag.

Call Number: C5-5.8

Publisher: Gent Mag.

Published Date: 1790

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Hydrological Maps Canada

Notes: From a copy - Gent Mag. 1790

Accession Number: 11,500

Call Number: C5-5.8

Collection: Archives Library

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Travels through Western Canada from April, 1773 to March, 1790

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1790

Call Number: C12-1.9

Published Date: 1790

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Peter Pond's Travels

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C12-1.9

Collection: Archives Library

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A map showing the communication of the lakes and rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1790

Publisher: Gent. Mag.

Call Number: C11-1.7

Publisher: Gent. Mag.

Published Date: 1790

Physical Description: 1 map

Scale: Scale indeterminable

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Rivers; The West, Canadian

Accession Number: 12,500

Call Number: C11-1.7

Collection: Archives Library

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Wedding Ensemble

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Date: 1790

Material: fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1114 a-e

Description: (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendri…

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Title: Wedding Ensemble

Date: 1790

Material: fibre

Description: (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendrils. Black hooks and eyes for closure at back. (b) Very fine square veil. All edges embroidered. (c) Embroidered belt. (d,e) very small satin shoes with long thin fabric laces. Sole is fine leather.

Subject: households; clothing; Emma Leehman Schaffer; Mary Schaffer Warren

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1114 a-e

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Travels through the Rhaetian Alps in the year 1786

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1792

Author: Beaumont, Jean Francois Albanis

Publisher: London : Clarke

Call Number: DQ823 B42 Oversize E

Author: Beaumont, Jean Francois Albanis

Publisher: London : Clarke

Published Date: 1792

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 B42 Oversize E

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The Battle of Cressy

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1792

Medium: engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.03

Description: A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: The Battle of Cressy

Date: 1792

Medium: engraving on paper

Dimensions: 18.0 x 28.5 cm

Description: A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”

Subject: activity; war; figure; group; animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.03

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Bill-Of-Sale

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Date: 1792

Material: paper; wood; glass

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0003

Description: A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse …

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Title: Bill-Of-Sale

Date: 1792

Material: paper; wood; glass

Dimensions: 16.0; 25.2 (frame) x 20.0; 30.3 (frame) cm

Description: A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse and Thomas Buckminster. The bill is framed in a wide plain mahogany veneer frame with mitred corners.

Subject: households; Asa Nurse; Thomas Buchminster; real estate

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0003

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Blanket Chest

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Date: 1792

Material: wood; grass; metal

Catalogue Number: 102.03.0091

Description: Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on …

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Title: Blanket Chest

Date: 1792

Material: wood; grass; metal

Dimensions: 48.3 x 48.5 x 124.3 cm

Description: Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on inside of lid.

Subject: households; furniture

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.03.0091

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Itineraire du St Gothard, d'une partie du Vallais et des contrees de la Suisse

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1795

Author: Mechel, Chretien de

Publisher: Basel : Chretien de Mechel

Call Number: DQ22 M42

Author: Mechel, Chretien de

Publisher: Basel : Chretien de Mechel

Published Date: 1795

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: DQ22 M42

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Sampler

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Date: 1796 – 1796

Material: fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0009

Description: A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…

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Title: Sampler

Date: 1796 – 1796

Material: fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal

Dimensions: 15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm

Description: A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).

Subject: households; decorative; children; crafts; needlework; Susanah Lehman

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0009

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Avis aux voyageurs en Suisse, avec une nouvelle carte

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1798

Author: Heinzmann, J.G

Publisher: Berne: [s.n.]

Call Number: DQ22 H43

Author: Heinzmann, J.G

Publisher: Berne: [s.n.]

Published Date: 1798

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: DQ22 H43

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Embroidery Sampler

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Date: 1799

Material: fibre; wood

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1007 a-c

Description: Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket f…

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Title: Embroidery Sampler

Date: 1799

Material: fibre; wood

Dimensions: 42.0 x 42.0 cm

Description: Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket fence, two trees and to the right a two storey brown house. Below that is six lines of writing beginning "One Weeks Extremity May Teach Us ....." "Susan Lehman her work done In the ninth year Of Her Age (__ ?) 1799" * Someone numbered the labels as (a) and (b) and the sampler as (c). It is too fragile to change

Subject: households; furnishings; Susan Lehmann; Mary Schaffer Warren; hobbies

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1007 a-c

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Algonquin Hotel, Digby Pines, Ascot and Le Baron Motels

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.

Date Range: 1964

Reference Code: V500 / I / A7 / 25

Description Level: 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / I / A : Photography : Negative and Transparencies

Accession Number: 7438

Reference Code: V500 / I / A7 / 25

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: 1964

Physical Description: 78 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour

Scope & Content: File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.

Notes: Some of photographs are duplicates. Negatives and transparencies stored in separate file boxes.

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific Railway; Hotel; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Quebec

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only; no reproduction

Language: English

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Cancelled cheques

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of cancelled cheque receipts belonging to Eleanor Luxton [1980].

Date Range: 1980

Reference Code: LUX / II / D / 163 to 164

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / D : Business, Legal and Financial

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / D / 163 to 164

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Date Range: 1980

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of cancelled cheque receipts belonging to Eleanor Luxton [1980].

Notes: Contents of file are arranged by date

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Personal and Professional Life; Finances; Commerce

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Park geology sheet

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a draft, final copy and related correspondence pertaining to a fact sheet titled "The Geology of Banff National Park", which Ben Gadd produced for Parks Canada in 1980.

Date Range: 1980

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 27

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 27

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1980

Physical Description: 0.3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of a draft, final copy and related correspondence pertaining to a fact sheet titled "The Geology of Banff National Park", which Ben Gadd produced for Parks Canada in 1980.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Parks; Parks Canada; Government; National parks and reserves; Natural history; Research; Education; Environment; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Education; Environment; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bankhead publication contract meeting minutes

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of meeting minutes pertaining to a proposed writing contract for a publication about Bankhead, which was offered to Ben Gadd by Parks Canada in 1980. File includes correspondence sent to Ben Gadd from Parks Canada staff discussing amendments to the initial contract agreement and Ben's…

Date Range: 1980

Reference Code: M590 / II / B / 37

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / II : Research and publication records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / II / B : Other publications

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / II / B / 37

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1980

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of meeting minutes pertaining to a proposed writing contract for a publication about Bankhead, which was offered to Ben Gadd by Parks Canada in 1980. File includes correspondence sent to Ben Gadd from Parks Canada staff discussing amendments to the initial contract agreement and Ben's progress with the publication.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Parks Canada; Settlement; Research; History; Government; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Bankhead

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bankhead publication first draft

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a first draft copy of Ben Gadd's publication, "Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town", with added notes and corrections; and a later draft annotated with minor edits.

Date Range: 1980

Reference Code: M590 / II / B / 38

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / II : Research and publication records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / II / B : Other publications

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / II / B / 38

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1980

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of a first draft copy of Ben Gadd's publication, "Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town", with added notes and corrections; and a later draft annotated with minor edits.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Parks Canada; Settlement; Research; History; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Bankhead

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bankhead publication - correspondence, financials, other

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence, research notes, payment records and other documents pertaining to Ben Gadd's publication, "Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town".

Date Range: 1980

Reference Code: M590 / II / B / 39

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / II : Research and publication records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / II / B : Other publications

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / II / B / 39

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1980

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence, research notes, payment records and other documents pertaining to Ben Gadd's publication, "Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town".

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Parks Canada; Settlement; Research; Finances; Correspondence; History; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Bankhead

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Movie: Death Hunt

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 38 b&w & col. prints of production shots from the filming of the movie "Death Hunt" in and around Canmore and the Spray Lakes area. Includes portraits of the cast and crew during filming and behind the scenes, sets [mostly of an old West-stlye town], and a model plane and its real-…

Date Range: 1980

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / d / PA - 01 to PA - 38

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

16 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: x : Movies, d : Death Hunt

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / d / PA - 01 to PA - 38

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1980

Physical Description: 38 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: Also known as "Arctic Rampage," directed by Peter Hunt in 1981 and starred Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, and Angie Dickinson. Loosely based on the true-life story of Albert Johnson (The Mad Trapper of Rat River) who was pursued by the Mounted Police in the Northwest Territories and Yukon after shooting a police constable in 1932. Filmed entirely in the Canmore/Spray Lakes area, apart from one scene at the Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park. "Death Hunt" was the first film to use Canmore and the Spray Valley as primary set locations, and many locals were recruited as extras. Additionally, dog teams were brought from throughout Alberta for Mad Trapper pursuit scenes on the Spray Lakes Reservoir. Mountaineer and Association of Canadian Mountain Guide Tim Auger stood in as a body double for Bronson for some scenes.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 38 b&w & col. prints of production shots from the filming of the movie "Death Hunt" in and around Canmore and the Spray Lakes area. Includes portraits of the cast and crew during filming and behind the scenes, sets [mostly of an old West-stlye town], and a model plane and its real-life counterpart used for various stunts. File also contains documents: a newspaper clipping detailing the filming of the movie and the controversy surrounding it and various communications between Engler, Auger, and the production company.