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 52 negative film strips (80 images total), all b&w. Content pertains to images from film set of "Buffalo Bill" (1975), depicting stills from film, film set, and cast members.
File consists of 52 negative film strips (80 images total), all b&w. Content pertains to images from film set of "Buffalo Bill" (1975), depicting stills from film, film set, and cast members.
Notes
Negatives in this file were housed in several separate envelopes/folders, most of which were labelled. These envelopes are currently stored within a folder in file box V190 / I / F / 6 / PA - 1 to 33.
NA-1 to NA-6 were in envelope labelled:
"BRUNO ENGLER Alpine Films Box 832, BANFF, ALBERTA"
"PEOPLE Ritmeister [?] Double Sitting Bull" "ZOLTAN"
NA-7 to NA-12 were in white negatives order envelope, company/date unknown, order information left blank; stamp below says: "BRUNO ENGLER ALPINE FILMS BANFF - ALTA"
NA-13 to NA-19 were in pink and red envelope for photo development orders, company "Mortifee Munshaw". Annotations read: "[Name] H.Gratz" "[Your MORTIFEE MUNSHAW Dealer is -] ALPINE FILMS P.O. Box 832, Banff, Alberta." "236513"
NA-20 was in tissue envelope labelled " "CI" x #13 - 1 "
NA-21 to NA-28 were in envelope labelled:
"Mayflower Films Buffalo Bill NIGHT SHOTS"
NA-29 to NA-30 were in Negative film order envelope labelled:
"OY" "BUFFALO BILL" (on back)
NA-31 to NA-32 were in tissue with paper attached, labelled:
"Cam - 1 - Roll 7" "Oct 15 / 75"
NA-3 to NA-34 were in envelope labelled:
"MAYFLOWER" "Buffalo Bill" "4 X 5 neg." "OUTS"
NA-35 was in envelope labelled: BUFFALO BILL FILM Negatives To print for people"
NA-36 to NA-37 were in envelope labelled:
"BRUNO ENGLER ALPINE FILMS P.O. BOX 832 BANFF, ALTA. PO 2-2432"
"BUFFALO BILL To send to Mike Kaplan[?]" "PHOTOGRAPHED BY BRUNO ENGLER REPRODUCTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FORBIDDEN"
NA-38 to NA-52 were in envelope labelled:
"BRUNO ENGLER ALPINE FILMS P.O. BOX 832 BANFF, ALBERTA"
"BUFFALO BILL Sept - Oct 75 Negatives"
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 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
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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 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
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
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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.
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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Scope & Content
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.