[Promotional films from the 1930s]
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- VHS videocassette of 5 separate promotional motion picture films pertaining to back country skiing and mountain climbing in Banff National Park during the 1930s
- Date Range
- ca. 1925 - ca. 1935
- Reference Code
- V488 / I / F / NV-accn 7906
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V488
- Series
- I.F. Other
- Sous-Fonds
- .
- Accession Number
- 7906
- Reference Code
- V488 / I / F / NV-accn 7906
- Date Range
- ca. 1925 - ca. 1935
- Physical Description
- MOVING IMAGES : video (1)
- Scope & Content
- VHS videocassette of 5 separate promotional motion picture films pertaining to back country skiing and mountain climbing in Banff National Park during the 1930s
- Notes
- VHS downstairs B12 storage of master copies; DVD copy from VHS reference copy
- Content Details
- Winter wonderland (00:00 - 07:45). - BW, silent - Back country skiing [near Skoki and area - skiers unidentified, but may be Peter and Catharine Whyte and their friends]
- Skiing at Lake Louise (07:45-18:09). - BW, silent with piano accompaniment. - Includes snow train, teahouse, ice cave, Chateau Lake Louise, and back country skiing with Mount Temple etc in the background
- Skiing in Cloudland (18:09-27:28). - BW, silent. - Back country skiing at Skoki area, including shots of Skoki lodge, and probably Cyril Paris and Cliff White, Peter Whyte and friends
- She Climbs to Conquer (27:28-44:40). - BW, silent. Georgia Engelhard and Swiss Guide Ernest Feuz climbing - Mount Victoria, Death Trap over Abbot Pass to Lake Oesa. Also shows Chateau Louise and poppies
- Sunshine and Powder Snow (44:40-55:45). - BW, silent. Sunshine ski camp showing ski area and lodge before it was a resort with ski lifts
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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