Fonds consists of motion pictures, sound recordings, textual records and photographs produced by Eddie Hunter. I. Eddie Hunter motion picture footage in four sub-series: A. Red series, predominant 1955-1988, ca.190 motion pictures or segments. Consists of camera originals and finished original fil…
ca.260 motion pictures (ca.490 reels) : some with audio reels. -- 2 audio reels. -- 18 cm of textual records. --3 sound recordings. -- 21 photographs : prints, transparencies
History / Biographical
Edward (Eddie) Clement Edgar Hunter, b.1926, is a skier, cinematographer, broadcaster, photographer and writer based at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Hunter began skiing in his native Edmonton, Alberta and became an expert ski racer in the mountains. He came to live in Banff with his parents in 1934 and was introduced to the Sunshine Ski area in 1936 by his uncle, Lloyd Hunter, who drove "Sunshine Suzie" for Brewster Transport. Hunter skied extensively in the Canadian Rockies, in Squaw Valley, California (1950) and competitively in Europe starting in 1954.
Hunter worked as a free-lance cameraman during the 1950s and later in early live television in Calgary at CHCT, later CFAC. After working as an official photographer for the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, he joined CFCN television. Hunter hosted a children's show, "Head Hunter," and a talk show, "Late Knight," while running a weekend ski program until 1965. Hunter held the photography concession on Sulphur Mountain, producing Polaroid shots for tourists and giving natural history talks.
Hunter worked mainly as a free-lance motion picture cameraman for the next twenty-nine years. His major accomplishments, while working for other companies, involved a cold-war era agriculture documentary in Russia (1959), a documentary about the Superman movies in Calgary and camera work for the official 1988 Winter Olympic Games film. Most of the film footage in this fonds was produced by Hunter during quiet times when he was not hired out to other production companies. Head Hunter Films produced a number of short promotional films for Air Canada, Canadian Mountain Holidays, Sulphur Mountain Gondola, Norquay Ski Area and others. "How the West was Skied" was mainly a compilation of footage Hunter filmed over the years, supplemented with early footage collected from other sources.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of motion pictures, sound recordings, textual records and photographs produced by Eddie Hunter.
I. Eddie Hunter motion picture footage in four sub-series: A. Red series, predominant 1955-1988, ca.190 motion pictures or segments. Consists of camera originals and finished original films. Mainly unedited footage of skiing, ski racing, celebrities, developments, heli-skiing, disabled skiing, freestyle skiing and humorous skiing in the Canadian Rockies, Bugaboos, Cariboos, Monashees and Coast Range, also the United States and Europe. Features many prominent local and international skiers; Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper and areas; promotional and documentary film footage. B. Blue series, predominant 1960-1985, ca.60 motion pictures and segments, 4 video recordings. Consists of work prints and projection copies. C. Other motion pictures, before 1995, 12 motion pictures, 1 video recording. Consists of motion pictures collected by Hunter. D. Audio reels, between 1970 and 1995, 2 items.
II. Textual records, ca.1945-1991, ca.30 cm. Series consists of film lists, scripts, call sheets, programmes, and other material; files re short films; and historical skiing materials.
III. Sound recordings, ca.1965, 2005, 3 items. Series consists of Eddie Hunter nature talk for use on Sulphur Mountain, ca.1965; Edward VIII abdication speech for Canadian Wax Gallery, Banff, undated; two-part interview with Howard Srigley, March 8 & 14, 2005.
IV. Photographs, 1968, 21 items : prints, transparencies. Series pertains to opening day ceremonies at the Banff Public Library / Archives of the Canadian Rockies.
Notes
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Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools series and file description
film-maker's notes (in case file: descriptions sometimes inaccurate due to editing of the films subsequent to ca.1990 preparation of notes)
Related Material
Accompanied by publications, motion picture camera and equipment, sound recording/playback equipment, skis, ski apparel, etc. transferred to library and heritage collections, Whyte Museum
Leaflets, press releases, ticket stubs regarding films produced by Head Hunter Films. Includes a partial copy of magazine Ski Trails West with article featuring the film How the West Was Skied, as well as background notes on Eddie Hunter and drafts of articles promoting the same film.
Leaflets, press releases, ticket stubs regarding films produced by Head Hunter Films. Includes a partial copy of magazine Ski Trails West with article featuring the film How the West Was Skied, as well as background notes on Eddie Hunter and drafts of articles promoting the same film.
Reel #1 pertains to: stage, pottery, music; some elk in snow; Banff Indian Days; climbing O'Hara #2: powder Noldie #3: Lake Louise winter and Temple Lodge (good long shot) close-up Schwartz #4: bike fall colours Johnson Canyon area . (Description from film maker's notes)
Pertains to: summer Banff museum Banff Avenue, Luxton trading post, Johnson's Lake, Bankhead, backside of Sulphur (road), melting snow on trees, larch in colour, hot pool (one shot), buffalo, reservation, teepees and hobbled horses, [Vermilion]?] lakes and Mount Rundle through clouds (some good), L…
1 motion picture (1 film reel) : 16 mm, original, acetate, col, silent
Scope & Content
Pertains to: summer Banff museum Banff Avenue, Luxton trading post, Johnson's Lake, Bankhead, backside of Sulphur (road), melting snow on trees, larch in colour, hot pool (one shot), buffalo, reservation, teepees and hobbled horses, [Vermilion]?] lakes and Mount Rundle through clouds (some good), Lake Minnewanka, town from top of Norquay, Hole in Wall, windsurfing, Archives, moose (two) Moraine Lake, moose in water, grizzly, musical ride (mounties) old gondola, Banff Springs Hotel ad, Banff Centre from top of Sulphur Mountain
Reel #1 pertains to: Banff Indian Days wagon and lady on horse, freestyle shot, Bankhead, woodpecker, flowers, Two Jack, heritage truck, train, Disney 9 cams. Reel #2: Sulphur clouds sun (235), Johnson's Lake, climber work print trim. Reel #3: Norquay winter, sleigh ride, Canada Cup on gold course,…
I.B. Motion pictures: work prints / release prints (blue series)
Sous-Fonds
V293
Reference Code
V293 / NF - 231
Date Range
1970
1995
Physical Description
1 motion picture (7 film reels) : 16 mm, work print, col, silent
Scope & Content
Reel #1 pertains to: Banff Indian Days wagon and lady on horse, freestyle shot, Bankhead, woodpecker, flowers, Two Jack, heritage truck, train, Disney 9 cams.
Reel #2: Sulphur clouds sun (235), Johnson's Lake, climber work print trim.
Reel #3: Norquay winter, sleigh ride, Canada Cup on gold course, Norquay moguls Labatts lift ride.
Reel #4: Ten Peaks, skating, Banff Avenue heavy snow, skiing Norquay, musical ride, Two Jack travelling, Lake Louise boat and Lake, icefields, Mountain madness [race?] trims, wildflowers and raspberries, trees gold larch, Banff Avenue Auditorium, Bow Valley from top, unicorn, smiling winter faces.
Reel #5: Sulphur Gondolas new, zoom to summit, Banff Springs Hotel
Reel #6: empty (content noted as: two runs Kendall gates in France, pushed in French cars; further note: Kendall removed for family show, also cars).
Reel #7: windsurfing 2nd [Vermilion] Lake, zoom to summit from backside, Norquay Lodge winter, leaves green and gold, gold shot on skis, gal and guy, falling on t-bar (or off t-bar), bear on [train] tracks, bear in grass crosses road and into water
Reel #1: Waterton Prince of Wales hotel (moon shot), 1975 #2: Gmoser windsurfing ca.1981-82 #3: moose in winter, coyote, Monnashees group at cabin, snowing #4: S. [Squaw or Sun?] Valley moguls, lodge, Banff couple spring skiers 1974, Steiners old beer truck #5: Banff Springs Hotel summer variety, o…