Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provin…
ca.31,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca.150 prints). -- 50 motion pictures: 1 original, 8 copies on 3 video cassettes, 41 film reels: 16mm, 35mm. -- 18 sound recordings: audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 5 electronic records: computer diskettes. -- 3 maps. -- 15 cm textual records.
History / Biographical
Bruno Engler, 1915-2001, was a mountain guide, ski instructor, photographer and film maker at Banff and Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Engler arrived from Switzerland in 1939 and initially worked as a mountain guide and ski instructor for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sunshine ski area and for Deer Lodge at Lake Louise, Alberta. During the Second World War, he served as a mountain warfare instructor for the Canadian Army. Following the war, Engler worked as a free-lance photographer for the National Film Board and others; as coach of the University of Alberta Ski Team; and as a technical advisor, cameraman and actor for numerous movies made in the Banff area. Throughout his career, Engler worked as a still and motion picture photographer, both for the movie industry and for governments at all levels, as well as operating his own business, Alpine Films of Banff, Alberta.
Scope & Content
Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provincial parks; scenic views of western Canada, particularly mountain landscapes; some portraits and candid shots of local and international personalities. Photographs pertaining to film making include helicopter rescue; highway construction; Norquay, Sunshine, and Lake Louise ski areas' histories; Banff events and buildings; Canmore events and buildings; professional and amateur ski races; scenic mountain and wildlife; mountaineering and highway accidents; mountain guiding trips including Pierre Trudeau, Roland Michener and Peter Lougheed. Fonds consists of four series: Photography, Motion Pictures, Sound Recordings, and Textual records. Photography series consists of four sub-series established by the photographer: I. Old file, 1949-1970; II. Main file, alphabetical A - Z, 1950-1976; III Sunshine file, [1939], 1950-1975; IV. Warden file, 1954-1976.
Motion pictures on video cassettes are footage of skiing at Sunshine, 1930s; Clifford White films, 1930s, from WMCR Archives collection (V682); "Snow Capers" by Thomas Mead, 1946, includes Engler; "Ski Pro's Holiday" by George Encil, 1950?; "Mount Bulyea" by George Encil, 1950?, includes Engler; "Diary of a Mountain Man," a CBC documentary feature on Bruno Engler broadcast on "20/20" in 1965 (ca.27 minutes); "Great Days in the Rockies" by National Film Board of Canada, 1983; "Mountain Man" by Banff Centre, 1985, re Engler. Original film is "Sunshine 1940" and includes Brewster Transport ski buses travelling from train station to Sunshine Lodge, skiers, guide, lessons, games, rope tow, ski action, slalom, Bruno Engler, other. 16mm and 35mm film reels, 1946-1964 are films produced by the National Film Board.
Sound recordings, electronic records and and related textual material pertain to interviews with Bruno Engler, 1987, done by Brian Patton and Jon Whyte for Bruno Engler autobiography project. Interviews covered Engler's life, but are not complete to 1987. Transcripts, prepared from recordings by Brenda Goeres, are not verbatim. Audio tape cassettes consist of portions of content of audio tape reels.
Textual records include corporate records, newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to film making, cast and crew listings and schedules for various movies, ski racing, mountain guiding trips and ski race listings. Also included is documentation pertaining to film making with producer National Film Board including letters, film stock footage, press releases, and film summaries; maps indicate film location shots for Arctic Rampage.
File pertains to 6 colour & b&w negatives of Mount Assiniboine and its surrounding area. Includes scenic views of Assiniboine and its surrounding area from the ground and from a helicopter, as well as shots of the lodge.
6 photographs : col. & b&w negatives ; 15.2 x 5.8 cm
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 6 colour & b&w negatives of Mount Assiniboine and its surrounding area. Includes scenic views of Assiniboine and its surrounding area from the ground and from a helicopter, as well as shots of the lodge.
File pertains to 6 colour 35mm slides of Mount Assiniboine and its surrounding area. Includes scenic views of Assiniboine and the lodge with a helicopter in the winter.
File pertains to 6 colour 35mm slides of Mount Assiniboine and its surrounding area. Includes scenic views of Assiniboine and the lodge with a helicopter in the winter.
File pertains to 20 b&w negatives of the Rimrock Resort in it's first year of opening [most likely 1959, when the hotel was moved from above the Hot Springs to below them and rebranded the Rimrock from the Upper Hot Springs Hotel], the Yungay slide of 1970 in which 15,000 people died, a photograph …
20 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6.1 x 22.8 cm or smaller
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File pertains to 20 b&w negatives of the Rimrock Resort in it's first year of opening [most likely 1959, when the hotel was moved from above the Hot Springs to below them and rebranded the Rimrock from the Upper Hot Springs Hotel], the Yungay slide of 1970 in which 15,000 people died, a photograph of a sketch done by Herb Paris, and the 1977 demolition fo the Gammon Motel.
File pertains to 227 b&w negatives of various scenes from around Lake Louise. Includes various people skiing, Mount Temple Chalet, portraits, ski competitions, various opening ceremonies, and the Whitehorn Lodge.
227 photographs : b&w negatives ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm or smaller
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File pertains to 227 b&w negatives of various scenes from around Lake Louise. Includes various people skiing, Mount Temple Chalet, portraits, ski competitions, various opening ceremonies, and the Whitehorn Lodge.
File pertains to 49 b&w & col. strips of film containing 65 photographs. Includes production shots from various film projects, including: "Rainbow Boys," a Universal Studios project shot at Sunshine in April 1977, "Nights in Oberdoff" [Feb 1982], "David" [a 1982 Alpine Film production shot at Sulph…
65 photographs : b&w & col. negatives ; 18.4 x 6.2 cm and 23.2 x 3.4 cm or smaller
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File pertains to 49 b&w & col. strips of film containing 65 photographs. Includes production shots from various film projects, including: "Rainbow Boys," a Universal Studios project shot at Sunshine in April 1977, "Nights in Oberdoff" [Feb 1982], "David" [a 1982 Alpine Film production shot at Sulphur Mountain],"Matter of Convenience" [also possibly called "Matter of Inconvenience" shot at Sunshine in March 1977], a commercial for Sport Check filmed at Haig Glacier in 1982, an unnamed Japanese film project filmed at Mt. Nestor Glacier in 1981, and "Love Letters to Elvis" [also possibly called "To Elvis With Love" shot in 1973].
File pertains to 18 strips of b&w film consisting of 36 photographs.Includes individual portraits of Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, scenic views, and the Conrad Kain Hut in Bugaboos Provincial Park. NA - 09 also has a proof positive print of the negative strip.
36 photographs : b&w negatives ; 18.2 x 6.1 cm or smaller
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File pertains to 18 strips of b&w film consisting of 36 photographs.Includes individual portraits of Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, scenic views, and the Conrad Kain Hut in Bugaboos Provincial Park. NA - 09 also has a proof positive print of the negative strip.
File pertains to 860 b&w negatives of Norquay Ski area, including people skiing casually as well as in races/competitions, ski jumping, the building of ski runs and lifts, the lodges, avalanche control, construction of ski lifts, the summer sightseeing chair lift & gondola, portraits, and aerial sh…
860 photographs : b&w negatives ; 13.3 x 10 cm or smaller
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File pertains to 860 b&w negatives of Norquay Ski area, including people skiing casually as well as in races/competitions, ski jumping, the building of ski runs and lifts, the lodges, avalanche control, construction of ski lifts, the summer sightseeing chair lift & gondola, portraits, and aerial shots of the mountain.
Also includes contact proof prints of certain photographs.
File pertains to 23 b&w & colour 35mm negatives on 23 strips of film depicting Warden Andy Anderson posed on horseback in a mountain setting, and a posed group portrait of Parks Canada Wardens leaning against a fense. Also includes scenic views and 1 shot of an unidentified woman and small child hi…
File pertains to 23 b&w & colour 35mm negatives on 23 strips of film depicting Warden Andy Anderson posed on horseback in a mountain setting, and a posed group portrait of Parks Canada Wardens leaning against a fense. Also includes scenic views and 1 shot of an unidentified woman and small child hiking. File also pertains to 4 b&w 35mm negatives on 1 strip of film depicting Norquay Mountain.
File pertains to 5 colour transparencies mounted in cardboard frames with "Warden" written in pencil on each one depicting a Parks Canada Warden climbing/mountain rescue training session. Includes shots of wardens climbing, having lunch, and hanging on some kind of wire harness apparatus.
File pertains to 5 colour transparencies mounted in cardboard frames with "Warden" written in pencil on each one depicting a Parks Canada Warden climbing/mountain rescue training session. Includes shots of wardens climbing, having lunch, and hanging on some kind of wire harness apparatus.
File pertains to 65 b&w & colour negatives of various people, including an unidentified couple [in colour], Shauna Rolston with her cello, and posed portraits of a family.
File pertains to 65 b&w & colour negatives of various people, including an unidentified couple [in colour], Shauna Rolston with her cello, and posed portraits of a family.
ca. 17,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca. 150 prints). -- ca. 12.5 cm textual records. -- 42 reels of film
File pertains to 69 b&w & colour negatives on 28 strips of film depicting the Sulphur Mountain Gondola Upper Terminal, restaurant, hiking trail, and scenic views from the summit. Also includes shots of a helicopter, possibly assisting in a construction project.
69 photographs : b&w & col. slides ; medium format or smaller
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File pertains to 69 b&w & colour negatives on 28 strips of film depicting the Sulphur Mountain Gondola Upper Terminal, restaurant, hiking trail, and scenic views from the summit. Also includes shots of a helicopter, possibly assisting in a construction project.