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Charge of the Snow Brigade
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture titled "Charge of the Snow Brigade" by Gerald Potterton of Potterton Productions Inc. Potterton was the Writer, Producer, and Director. Bruno Engler served as a Special Advisor for the project. Filmed at Bow Lake and at the Peyto Lake Lookout, the plot foll…
- Date Range
- 1970
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / NF - 06
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Film
- Motion picture
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Accession Number
- 5966
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / NF - 06
- GMD
- Film
- Motion picture
- Date Range
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 motion picture (1 film reel: ca. 175'): 16 mm, col., silent
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture titled "Charge of the Snow Brigade" by Gerald Potterton of Potterton Productions Inc. Potterton was the Writer, Producer, and Director. Bruno Engler served as a Special Advisor for the project. Filmed at Bow Lake and at the Peyto Lake Lookout, the plot follows an outlaw trapper who steals a snowmobile from outside a North West Mounted Police outpost, prompting a Marx Brothers-style chase wherein the Mountie attempts to apprehend the outlaw on snowshoes, skis, horse, truck, and snowmobile, which he eventually does.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Automobiles
- Filmaking
- Films and film making
- Horses
- Mountains
- North West Mounted Police
- Ski touring
- Skiing
- Snowmobiles and snowmobiling
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Bow Lake
- Peyto Lake
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Potterton, Gerald
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Commemorative Plaque
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- Date
- 1972
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1024
- Description
- Steel plate with small holes each corner, incribed "To James Monroe Thorington who inspired our adventure. The winter expedition to Columbia - February 1972". A circular logo top right has "72" in centre of a ring with "Expedition to Columbia Icefields" (sic) along bottom of logo.
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- Title
- Commemorative Plaque
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 12.8 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- Steel plate with small holes each corner, incribed "To James Monroe Thorington who inspired our adventure. The winter expedition to Columbia - February 1972". A circular logo top right has "72" in centre of a ring with "Expedition to Columbia Icefields" (sic) along bottom of logo.
- Credit
- Gift of Oricle Productions, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1024
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The Whyte Home
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- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WiR.05.01
- Description
- Peter and Catharine Whyte home in winter. The foreground is snow, blue and white, and five trees, three in the centre and one at either end. The log home is behind with a stand of evergreens to the left. The top of Cascade Mountain is painted mauve, it appears behind the roof against a blue sky.
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- Title
- The Whyte Home
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.4 x 22.2 cm
- Description
- Peter and Catharine Whyte home in winter. The foreground is snow, blue and white, and five trees, three in the centre and one at either end. The log home is behind with a stand of evergreens to the left. The top of Cascade Mountain is painted mauve, it appears behind the roof against a blue sky.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- building,house
- winter
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WiR.05.01
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- Date
- 1976
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0086
- Description
- Crest shaped wooden trophy with two attached plates on front. Top plate "Canadian Ski Marathon Marathon Canadien de Ski" with cross country skier and stylized CSM in background. Other plate indicates award of "Oldest Skier 1976"; plates in copper or brass.
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- Title
- Trophy Plaque
- Date
- 1976
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 11.6 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Crest shaped wooden trophy with two attached plates on front. Top plate "Canadian Ski Marathon Marathon Canadien de Ski" with cross country skier and stylized CSM in background. Other plate indicates award of "Oldest Skier 1976"; plates in copper or brass.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0086
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Crevasses on Snow Dome, Mount Andromeda
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- cibachrome on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HrD.18.06
- Description
- A colour photographic positive, the entire picture is an analogous colour scheme of blue, the bottom three quarters is snow cresvasses with a mountain range to the left, the sky has clouds the full width of the picture
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- Title
- Crevasses on Snow Dome, Mount Andromeda
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- cibachrome on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.1 x 38.1 cm
- Description
- A colour photographic positive, the entire picture is an analogous colour scheme of blue, the bottom three quarters is snow cresvasses with a mountain range to the left, the sky has clouds the full width of the picture
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Mount Andromeda
- winter
- Credit
- Purchased from Don Harmon, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- HrD.18.06
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- Date
- 1978
- Material
- fibre; terrycloth
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1087
- Description
- White headband with blue lettering reading “XI Commonwealth Games Edmonton 1978”. Width is 4.5 cm at band, 1 cm at strap. Band is 47 cm long without strap, 96 cm long with strap. Back of headband is quilted with terrycloth.
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- Title
- Ski Headband
- Date
- 1978
- Material
- fibre; terrycloth
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 96 cm
- Description
- White headband with blue lettering reading “XI Commonwealth Games Edmonton 1978”. Width is 4.5 cm at band, 1 cm at strap. Band is 47 cm long without strap, 96 cm long with strap. Back of headband is quilted with terrycloth.
- Subject
- clothing
- sports
- winter
- skiing
- Eddie Hunter
- Credit
- Gift of Eddie Hunter, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1087
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Snow on Higher Meadows
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- Date
- 2000
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- GuR.12.01
- Description
- A landscape acrylic painting on canvas board. Painting is of a winter mountain landscape. Faint mountain peaks are in background with scattered trees amongst the snow. Piles of rocks are breaking through snow. In the foreground a pile of rocks with two thin trees are on the right hand side. Slight …
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- Title
- Snow on Higher Meadows
- Date
- 2000
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 39.3 x 59.3 cm
- Description
- A landscape acrylic painting on canvas board. Painting is of a winter mountain landscape. Faint mountain peaks are in background with scattered trees amongst the snow. Piles of rocks are breaking through snow. In the foreground a pile of rocks with two thin trees are on the right hand side. Slight wind blowing snow across scene. Colour palette of primarily blue-grey, white and brown. Artist signature left of center. Au verso several stickers and artist’s notes written in black pen. Sticker at middle left, yellow with black printing, “ CAUTION! HELP AVOID FADING: Display original artwork out of direct sunlight or other strong light, and away from heat or moist conditions!” Sticker middle right, white with black printing, “THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AT BANFF. IT IS A GIFT FROM THE ARTIST, ROBERT GUEST OF GRANDE CACHE. 2012.” Sticker bottom left, white with black printing and image of mountain with three black birds flying, “ Robert C. Guest, BFA, B Ed GRANDE CACHE COUNTRY P.O. Box 1784, Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada T0E 0Y0 Ph: (403) 827-2346”. Lower middle right sticker, blue with black print, see artist bio. Center, handwritten in black ink, “ Title “SNOW ON THE HIGHER MEADOWS” Artist R.GUEST. JUNE 15, 2000 NOT A COPY! FROM SKETCHES. Medium ACRYLIC PAINT WITH GEL TEXTURE SIGNATURE R.GUEST/ 000 Date “SUMMER OF 2000”. Stamp in black at bottom right, “ADAMS CREEK LOOKOUT FOOTHILLS DISTRICT GRANDE CACHE ALBERTA”
- Subject
- landscape
- winter
- mountain
- Robert Guest
- Credit
- Purchased from Robert Guest, Grande Cache, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- GuR.12.01
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 2000 – 2000
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.37
- Description
- Two men breaking ice on the river at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern Alberta.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Breaking Ice
- Date
- 2000 – 2000
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Two men breaking ice on the river at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern Alberta.
- Subject
- documentary photography
- colony
- winter
- ice
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.37
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Jumping onto Frozen Little Bow River
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 2000 – 2000
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.41
- Description
- Young children about to jump onto frozen Little Bow River in the winter. Photograph taken at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern Alberta.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Jumping onto Frozen Little Bow River
- Date
- 2000 – 2000
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Young children about to jump onto frozen Little Bow River in the winter. Photograph taken at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern Alberta.
- Subject
- documentary photography
- winter
- colony
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.41
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Winter Mountains 8/07
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- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TaT.05.01
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a winter mountain landscape. Just over half of the painting is free space. The bottom half of the painting contains the top portion of a mountain, in the middle ground, that dominates the work. The mountain is snow-covered but some of the grey rock can be seen at the top. …
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- Title
- Winter Mountains 8/07
- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 79.0 x 58.5 cm
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a winter mountain landscape. Just over half of the painting is free space. The bottom half of the painting contains the top portion of a mountain, in the middle ground, that dominates the work. The mountain is snow-covered but some of the grey rock can be seen at the top. In the foreground is a slope that comes in from the right side and goes diagonally across the the bottom left corner. On the snow-covered slope and many loosely painted green pine trees. A faint purplish wash can be seen in the free space of the background. The colours used are primarily green, blue and grey. In the bottom right hand corner, written in pencil, is the artist signature, the title and date, “TT(?) Banff . Feb 07 Winter, Mts. 8/07”.
- Subject
- winter
- mountain
- Takao Tanabe
- Credit
- Gift of Takao Tanabe, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- TaT.05.01
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