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Canadian commercial postcards
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55124
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of commercial postcards with images pertaining to landscapes, tourist attractions, Stoney Nakoda community members [including Leah Rider Hunter], winter sports, wildlife and other related themes within Canada. Images primarily depict scenes in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rock…
- Date Range
- [1910-1930]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E5 / PG - 1 to 63
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Published record
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected materials
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E5 : Postcards
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E5 / PG - 1 to 63
- Responsibility
- Most images in file produced by photographer Byron Harmon; some materials produced by photographers George Noble, G. & W. Fear, Rumsey & Co. Ltd, and J.C. Walker
- Date Range
- [1910-1930]
- Physical Description
- 63 b&w postcards ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of commercial postcards with images pertaining to landscapes, tourist attractions, Stoney Nakoda community members [including Leah Rider Hunter], winter sports, wildlife and other related themes within Canada. Images primarily depict scenes in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rockies, and also include content from Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
- Notes
- Date range for materials in file is estimate provided by Processing Archivist
- Some items are annotated with information pertaining to images on postcards [names of individuals, locations, etc.]
- Name Access
- Hunter, Leah Rider
- McDougall, David
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Aerial photography
- Animals
- Businesses
- Buildings
- Buffalo
- Bison
- Black Bears
- Communities
- Community life
- Community events
- Dogs
- Dogsledding
- Environment
- Hot Springs
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Landscapes
- Leisure
- Mountains
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Photography
- Postcards
- Recreation
- Scenery
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Sports and recreation
- Sports
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tourism
- Travel
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Banff
- Saskatchewan
- Loon Lake
- British Columbia
- Fairmont
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some items stored in mylar
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Cultural pluralism
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Indigenous Peoples
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canmore Events
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56875
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 129 b&w prints of various Canmore events. Includes parades, dogsledding, biathlons, rodeos, various races, a man paragliding, various fires, the Canmore Centennial celebrations, Grassi Lakes, and interior shots of a building, possibly a new hospital.
- Date Range
- 1974-1992
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / C / iii / PA - 01 to PA - 129
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
16 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, C : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- iii : Canmore Events
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / C / iii / PA - 01 to PA - 129
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1974-1992
- Physical Description
- 129 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 129 b&w prints of various Canmore events. Includes parades, dogsledding, biathlons, rodeos, various races, a man paragliding, various fires, the Canmore Centennial celebrations, Grassi Lakes, and interior shots of a building, possibly a new hospital.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Airplanes
- Aerial photography
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Ceremony
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Cowboys
- Cross-country skiing
- Dog Teams
- Dogs
- Dogsledding
- Ducks
- Entertainment
- Family and personal life
- Fire
- Grassi Lakes
- Horses
- Mountains
- Olympic Games (Winter)
- Parade
- Public entertainment
- Public events
- Race
- Recreation
- Rodeo
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski racing
- Sled dogs
- Sports and recreation
- Weather
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Canmore
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Canmore History
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56885
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 24 b&w prints of historical buildings and sites around the town of Canmore. Includes the exteriors of homes (including Lawrence Grassi's), businesses, and hotels, the train station, the Canmore Mine, and portraits of men with dogs.
- Date Range
- 1936-1993
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / C / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 24
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
15 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, C : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- iv : Canmore History
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / C / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 24
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1936-1993
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 24 b&w prints of historical buildings and sites around the town of Canmore. Includes the exteriors of homes (including Lawrence Grassi's), businesses, and hotels, the train station, the Canmore Mine, and portraits of men with dogs.
- Notes
- Not all photographs are taken by Bruno Engler
- Name Access
- Grassi, Lawrence
- Subject Access
- Automobiles
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Canmore Hotel
- Canmore Mines
- Dogs
- Hotels
- Mountains
- Portrait
- Trains
- Geographic Access
- Canmore
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Chronological Binders: 1980
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57552
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 105 b&w & colour negatives on 22 strips of film depicting the upper quarry at Harvie Heights, Cascade Pitts [Cascade Ponds], portraits of Bob Allin and Peter Monod for the Alberta Report, production shots for a project titled "Valemint" at Bow Lake, nighttime production shots for a…
- Date Range
- 1980
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / Z / v / NA - 01 to NA - 05
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, Z : Chronological order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- v : 1980
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / Z / v / NA - 01 to NA - 05
- GMD
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 105 photographs : b&w & col. negatives ; 35mm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 105 b&w & colour negatives on 22 strips of film depicting the upper quarry at Harvie Heights, Cascade Pitts [Cascade Ponds], portraits of Bob Allin and Peter Monod for the Alberta Report, production shots for a project titled "Valemint" at Bow Lake, nighttime production shots for a project called "Ghost Keepers" at Deer Lodge in Lake Louise, and colour shots of a boy identified as Mikey Bailey [possibly from a movie production].
- Notes
- File came from box X, separate from alphabetised boxes. Photographs were ordered chronologically by Engler prior to accessioning.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Buildings
- Cabins
- Children
- Deer Lodge
- Dogs
- Horses
- Films and film making
- Mountains
- Portrait
- Swimming
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Harvie Heights
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Chronological Binders: 1981
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57553
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 655 b&w & colour negatives on 47 strips of film depicting various activities, events, and people throughout 1981. Includes, Canmore school activities, retirement parties, posed portraits, wind surfing on the 2nd Vermillion Lake, ice surfing on Lake Minnewanka, wildlife, forest fire…
- Date Range
- 1981
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / Z / vi / NA - 01 to NA - 28
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, Z : Chronological order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- vi : 1981
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / Z / vi / NA - 01 to NA - 28
- GMD
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 655 photographs : b&w & col. negatives ; 35mm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 655 b&w & colour negatives on 47 strips of film depicting various activities, events, and people throughout 1981. Includes, Canmore school activities, retirement parties, posed portraits, wind surfing on the 2nd Vermillion Lake, ice surfing on Lake Minnewanka, wildlife, forest fires and helicopters, the Bus Depot fire in Banff, film making [including Disney's filming a 360 degree movie], and more. NA - 23 also contains two contact sheets of negatives.
- Notes
- File came from box X, separate from alphabetised boxes. Photographs were ordered chronologically by Engler prior to accessioning.
- Name Access
- Anderson, Andy
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Aerial photography
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Banff Centre
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff townsite
- Bears
- Birds
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Dogs
- Horses
- Films and film making
- Fire
- Forest Fires
- Mountains
- Parks Canada
- Parks Canada Warden
- Portrait
- Swimming
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Harvie Heights
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Chronological Binders: 1982
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 317 b&w negatives on 79 strips of film depicting various activities that took place during 1982. Includes shots from various movie productions [including "Superman III" and a Japanese film called "Kirin"], Parks Canada Warden activities and portraits, scenic views, community events…
- Date Range
- 1982
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / Z / vii / NA - 01 to NA - 15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, Z : Chronological order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- vii : 1982
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / Z / vii / NA - 01 to NA - 15
- GMD
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 339 photographs : b&w negatives ; medium format or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 317 b&w negatives on 79 strips of film depicting various activities that took place during 1982. Includes shots from various movie productions [including "Superman III" and a Japanese film called "Kirin"], Parks Canada Warden activities and portraits, scenic views, community events, portraits, avalanche control at Norquay, the Sulphur Mountain Gondola upper terminal, and more.
- Notes
- File came from box X, separate from alphabetised boxes. Photographs were ordered chronologically by Engler prior to accessioning.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Aerial photography
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Avalanches
- Banff townsite
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Dogs
- Horses
- Films and film making
- Mountains
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Parks Canada
- Parks Canada Warden
- Portrait
- Ski areas
- Sunshine area
- Sunshine Meadows
- Sunshine Village
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Wing Family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album with 226 b&w photographs and 9 colour photographs depicting everyday scenes of the Wing family around Banff. Includes photographs of the two eldest Wing children (Carole and Paul) as babies and young children. Album has 1 colour print of the Bow valley on front and is bound…
- Date Range
- 1949 - 1953
- Reference Code
- V781 / A / PD – 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
3 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Wing Family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M558 / V781
- Series
- V781 / A: Wing Family: Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V781
- Accession Number
- 2015.8408
- Reference Code
- V781 / A / PD – 1
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1949 - 1953
- Physical Description
- Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (235 photographs; b&w and col.).
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album with 226 b&w photographs and 9 colour photographs depicting everyday scenes of the Wing family around Banff. Includes photographs of the two eldest Wing children (Carole and Paul) as babies and young children. Album has 1 colour print of the Bow valley on front and is bound with black cord. Plastic lacing around edges of album is broken in some parts. Images mostly adhered with photo corners.
- Name Access
- Wing, Edith
- Wing, Carole
- Wing, Paul
- Wing, Fred
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Asian
- Banff townsite
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Winter Festival
- Bow Falls
- Bow River
- Bow Valley
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Cascades of Time Garden
- Castle Mountain
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Children
- Christmas
- Clothing and dress
- Columbia Icefield
- Dogs
- Dominion Cafe
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Glaciers
- Holidays
- Home
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Lake Louise
- Marriage
- Personal and Family Life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Picnics and picnicking
- Portrait
- Swimming
- Takakkaw Falls
- Winter Carnival
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Vancouver
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Maycroft Ski Meet
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57493
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 10 b&w prints depicting the 1954 Maycroft Ski Meet, including participants, starting area with parking lot, and finish line. The Maycroft Ski Meet was an annual community event held on a hill near the Oldman River that operated as part of carnival events that tied with the crowning…
- Date Range
- 1954
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / xi / PA - 01 to PA - 10
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
4 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
- xi : Maycroft Ski Meet
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / xi / PA - 01 to PA - 10
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w ; 24.8 x 19.9 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 10 b&w prints depicting the 1954 Maycroft Ski Meet, including participants, starting area with parking lot, and finish line. The Maycroft Ski Meet was an annual community event held on a hill near the Oldman River that operated as part of carnival events that tied with the crowning of a Carnival Queen at the Banff Winter Carnival. Participants were towed up the hill with a rope tow operated by a tractor. The Meets were eventually phased out following the openin of the (then named) West Castle Mountain Ski Hill in 1965.
- Notes
- File came from box XVI, separate from alphabetised boxes
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Buildings
- Children
- Dogs
- Mountains
- Portrait
- Ski areas
- Ski lodges and cabins
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Movie: Superman III
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57260
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 56 b&w & colour prints of production photos from the shoots of "Superman III" and a few from "Superman." Includes the chemical plant explosion scene from "Superman III," external glacier scenes also for "Superman III," a gas station explosion and other Badlands-based locations for …
- Date Range
- 1977-1982
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / x / t / PA - 01 to PA - 56
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
22 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, t : Superman III
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / x / t / PA - 01 to PA - 56
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1977-1982
- Physical Description
- 56 photographs : b&w & col. ; 23.6 x 12.6 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- "Superman III," 1982, directed by Richard Lester and starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Annette O'Toole, and Roberta Vaughn. Clark Kent travels to Smallville for his high school reunion and reconnects with childhood sweetheart Lana Lang; meanwhile Lois Lane goes on vacation in the Carribean. Computer programmer Gus Gorman is hired by tycoon Ross Webster to program a machine that will wipe out the entire coffee industry of Columbia, thus giving him the monopoly. This plot is foiled by Superman so Webster orders Gorman to replicate Kryptonite but, unable to identify a missing ingredient, he uses tar, which causes Superman to have a nervous breakdown and splits his identity. Overcoming this, Superman is eventually able to stop Webster's evil machine with Gorman's help and saves the day. Location filming mostly around High River and Calgary. Power plant scenes possibly from Milton Keynes, England. "Superman," 1978, directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, and Gene Hackman. An origin story for Superman: born on the dying planet Krypton, he is evacuated by his parents and lands on a prairie farm, where he grows up as Clark Kent. After the death of his father, he recieves a psychic call from his deceased biological father and travels to the Arctic to build the Fortress of Solitude, where he trains and eventually becomes the famous caped hero. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor learns of a joint US Army and US Navy missile testing site and steals two missiles with the intent to blow up the San Andreas Fault. Luthor initially succeeds in this plan thanks to the use of Kryptonite on Superman, but as a result Lois Lane is killed, causing Superman to turn back time by flying around the Earth, allowing him to save her and stop the missile. Location filming for mountain scenes done in the Kananaskis Valley and prairie scenes around High River. One of the first motion pictures to film scenes on the newly-constructed highway into the Kananaskis Valley (Kananaskis Country). When a local resident encountered a flatbed truck carrying a U.S. guided missile on the highway (a prop for the movie), he was convinced the U.S. had invaded Canada.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 56 b&w & colour prints of production photos from the shoots of "Superman III" and a few from "Superman." Includes the chemical plant explosion scene from "Superman III," external glacier scenes also for "Superman III," a gas station explosion and other Badlands-based locations for "Superman," and shots of the fake US Navy missle travelling down the new Kananaskis Highway with Mount Yamnuska in the background for "Superman." Also includes two crew lists for "Superman" dated 1977 and two crew lists for "Superman III" dated 1982.
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Badlands
- Buildings
- Dogs
- Films and film making
- Glaciers
- Horses
- Military
- Mountains
- Mount Yamnuska
- Movie Stars
- Geographic Access
- Kananaskis Country
- High River
- Drumheller
- Alberta
- England
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- V190 / VI / M / x / t / NA - 01 to NA - 43
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_III ; https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086393/locations?ref_=tt_dt_loc ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1978_film) ; "Hollywood in the Canadian Rockies," by Brian Patton, e-book
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Movie: Superman III - negatives
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57261
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 147 b&w & colour negatives on 43 strips of film depicting the shoots of "Superman III" and a few from "Superman." Includes the chemical plant explosion scene from "Superman III," external glacier scenes also for "Superman III," Badlands-based locations for "Superman," portraits of …
- Date Range
- 1977-1982
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / x / t / NA - 01 to NA - 43
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
11 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, t : Superman III
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / x / t / NA - 01 to NA - 43
- Date Range
- 1977-1982
- Physical Description
- 147 photographs : b&w and col. negatives ; 6.1 x 15.3 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- "Superman III," 1982, directed by Richard Lester and starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Annette O'Toole, and Roberta Vaughn. Clark Kent travels to Smallville for his high school reunion and reconnects with childhood sweetheart Lana Lang; meanwhile Lois Lane goes on vacation in the Carribean. Computer programmer Gus Gorman is hired by tycoon Ross Webster to program a machine that will wipe out the entire coffee industry of Columbia, thus giving him the monopoly. This plot is foiled by Superman so Webster orders Gorman to replicate Kryptonite but, unable to identify a missing ingredient, he uses tar, which causes Superman to have a nervous breakdown and splits his identity. Overcoming this, Superman is eventually able to stop Webster's evil machine with Gorman's help and saves the day. Location filming mostly around High River and Calgary. Power plant scenes possibly from Milton Keynes, England. "Superman," 1978, directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, and Gene Hackman. An origin story for Superman: born on the dying planet Krypton, he is evacuated by his parents and lands on a prairie farm, where he grows up as Clark Kent. After the death of his father, he recieves a psychic call from his deceased biological father and travels to the Arctic to build the Fortress of Solitude, where he trains and eventually becomes the famous caped hero. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor learns of a joint US Army and US Navy missile testing site and steals two missiles with the intent to blow up the San Andreas Fault. Luthor initially succeeds in this plan thanks to the use of Kryptonite on Superman, but as a result Lois Lane is killed, causing Superman to turn back time by flying around the Earth, allowing him to save her and stop the missile. Location filming for mountain scenes done in the Kananaskis Valley and prairie scenes around High River. One of the first motion pictures to film scenes on the newly-constructed highway into the Kananaskis Valley (Kananaskis Country). When a local resident encountered a flatbed truck carrying a U.S. guided missile on the highway (a prop for the movie), he was convinced the U.S. had invaded Canada.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 147 b&w & colour negatives on 43 strips of film depicting the shoots of "Superman III" and a few from "Superman." Includes the chemical plant explosion scene from "Superman III," external glacier scenes also for "Superman III," Badlands-based locations for "Superman," portraits of cast and crew, shots of the scene where Superman rescues a child from a tree in "Superman," and shots of the fake US Navy missle travelling down the new Kananaskis Highway also for "Superman."
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Badlands
- Buildings
- Children
- Dogs
- Films and film making
- Glaciers
- Horses
- Military
- Mountains
- Mount Yamnuska
- Movie Stars
- Portrait
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Kananaskis Country
- High River
- Drumheller
- Calgary
- Alberta
- England
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- V190 / VI / M / x / t / PA - 01 to PA - 56
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_III ; https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086393/locations?ref_=tt_dt_loc ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1978_film) ; "Hollywood in the Canadian Rockies," by Brian Patton, e-book
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
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