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 consists of 7 film strips with 28 images total (24 b&w, 4 colour). Content pertains to Bruno Engler film "A Matter of Inconvenience" (1977), Bill Berry, and actor Oliver Reed at Gap Lake (1978). Photographs depict some candid and group photographs of Bruno Engler, Lee Majors, John Stacey, Bill…
File consists of 7 film strips with 28 images total (24 b&w, 4 colour). Content pertains to Bruno Engler film "A Matter of Inconvenience" (1977), Bill Berry, and actor Oliver Reed at Gap Lake (1978). Photographs depict some candid and group photographs of Bruno Engler, Lee Majors, John Stacey, Bill Berry and Oliver Reed.
Notes
Original storage materials for these file items (envelopes which held negatives) are stored in separate folder at back of file box V190 / I / F / 16 / NA - 1a to 7e
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 5 colour transparencies mounted in cardboard frames of possibly multiple trips to the Bugaboos, British Columbia - at least one trip was taken as part of the High Altitude mountaineering/photography course offered by the Banff Centre in the mid-1970s.
File pertains to 5 colour transparencies mounted in cardboard frames of possibly multiple trips to the Bugaboos, British Columbia - at least one trip was taken as part of the High Altitude mountaineering/photography course offered by the Banff Centre in the mid-1970s.
File pertains to 13 colour film transparencies of a helicopter [operated by the company Bow Helicopters] installing a new chairlift at Lake Louise Ski Hill.
File pertains to 13 colour film transparencies of a helicopter [operated by the company Bow Helicopters] installing a new chairlift at Lake Louise Ski Hill.
File pertains to 101 b&w negatives of portraits of CMH activities, training schools, and staff, including Hans Gmoser and Lloyd "Kiwi" Gallagher, among others.
101 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6.1 x 18.8 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 101 b&w negatives of portraits of CMH activities, training schools, and staff, including Hans Gmoser and Lloyd "Kiwi" Gallagher, among others.
File pertains to 56 b&w negatives of the parachute exhibition put on by the Canadian Armed Forces "Sky Hawks" at the Canmore Centennial celebrations on July 11, 1983 as well as the Canmore hayride in May, 1981. Includes shots of the crowds, soldiers, men with parachutes, helicopters, horse-drawn ca…
56 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6.1 x 18.8 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 56 b&w negatives of the parachute exhibition put on by the Canadian Armed Forces "Sky Hawks" at the Canmore Centennial celebrations on July 11, 1983 as well as the Canmore hayride in May, 1981. Includes shots of the crowds, soldiers, men with parachutes, helicopters, horse-drawn carriages, children, and more.
File pertains to 27 b&w negatives of various helicopter operations. Includes heli tours [both hiking and skiing] and portraits of pilots and passengers.
27 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6.1 x 22.8 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 27 b&w negatives of various helicopter operations. Includes heli tours [both hiking and skiing] and portraits of pilots and passengers.