A black and white photographic positive, top fifth of picture is the sky with some white clouds, the rest of the picture is of mountains with barren, craggy rocks in the foreground with an icefield behind that, in the bottom left of the picture are mountain climbers
A black and white photographic positive, top fifth of picture is the sky with some white clouds, the rest of the picture is of mountains with barren, craggy rocks in the foreground with an icefield behind that, in the bottom left of the picture are mountain climbers
Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to a Brewster Open-Top Tour Bus trip to the Athabaska Glacier, as well as footage of people skiing on Columbia Icefield and assisting in the rescue of Victor Kutschera, who had accidentally fallen into a crevasse.
The original label on the case r…
1 motion picture (1 film reel: ca. 300'): 16 mm, original, col., silent
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to a Brewster Open-Top Tour Bus trip to the Athabaska Glacier, as well as footage of people skiing on Columbia Icefield and assisting in the rescue of Victor Kutschera, who had accidentally fallen into a crevasse.
The original label on the case reads "Skiing to the Athabaska, Vic Kuchera in the Crevasse, Camera: B. Engler, Journey to the Columbia Icefield, Taken 1945-46, History."