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[Creston and Other Scenes in British Columbia : home movie]
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1930/1939Item number (ISN):269563Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:ARCHIBALD, W.M.Accession:1977-0245Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1930/1939Production company:W.M Archibald (Photography)Description:Footage of: placer mining for gold showing equipment, a crater dug by hydraulic sprays, sluicing trenches, and water flowing through sluices; a family picnic on the shores of Kootenay Lake; the sternwheeler SS Moyie tied up at a nearby pier; University school boys boarding a White Lines tour bus in Victoria; harvesting near Creston showing machines in use; a girl standing in waist-high grain; harvesting silhouetted against mountains and the town of Creston; mountain scenery; a moose feeding in a pond; the May Day parade in Creston with floats, the queen and princesses of the May, and May Pole dancing; a float sponsored by Turret Cigarettes; a Boy Scout parade in Creston with boys from Canada and the US; Barnes Circus signs; a parachutist floating down during an air show at Grand Forks; a plane landing; the RCMP musical ride; a second chutist; a Canadian destroyer in northern BC waters; and an unidentified town, fishing harbour and cannery.Language:SilentDetailed holdings information: -
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