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[Yukon, Part 1 : home movie]

Item number (ISN):

346970

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1931/1942

Item number (ISN):

346970

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

LEWIS, H.

Accession:

1975-0252

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1931/1942

Production company:

Harry Lewis (Photography)

Description:

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Film footage taken by Harry Lewis, employee of the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation (YCGC), a gold mining company. Film footage spans several years and includes: footage taken in June 1935 on the Lewis' trip north after having spent the winter travelling including shots of the Princess Louise leaving Vancouver to go north to Skagway, Alaska through the inside passage; porpoise at play around the boats as they go on their journey; Petersburg; going through Rangall Narrows, and a fishing boat that is out about its business; arriving in Skagway at the end of Lynn Canal; and buildings along the main street in Skagway.~Film footage taken in 1931 on Harold Lewis' first trip to Dawson includes shots of: White Pass and Yukon railroad which goes from Skagway to Whitehorse, Yukon; and a big trestle coming over one of the ravines in the village of Carcross, halfway between Whitehorse and Skagway.~Shots taken in 1935 of the Whitehorse Rapids.~Shots taken in 1942 of the trail that leads from Whitehorse to Lind Canyon; bridge over Miles Canyon where several boats were wrecked in the trek in, in 1898.~Shots taken in May of 1931 of the Steamer Whitehorse entering Lake Labarge near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory; breaking through the ice surface on Lake Labarge; and coming down the 30 mile stretch of the river.~Shots taken in 1935, where a boat was stuck broadside on the sandbar for several hours; a plane coming into town for refuelling, carrying Wiley Post and Will Rogers who were killed in a plane crash the next day in Point Arrow in Alaska.~Shots taken in and around Dawson and the Klondike River including a woodpecker, snowbirds, a bullfrog, and a hawk looking for food.~Shots taken in 1935 of Mr. Lewis climbing a hill on the south end of Dawson to get the first crocuses that bloom in the spring; ducks on a pond across the road from the Lewis' home; cultivated roses and begonias at St. Mary's Hospital; ducks on a pond across from the Lewis' home; hillside flowers around Dawson including daisies, lupins, wild roses, and lady slippers; a silvery sunset taken from the dome looking north on the Yukon River; a storm coming up at sunset, taken from the Dawson waterfront; Mr. and Mrs. MacLean and their cultivated strawberry garden in south Dawson; shots taken from the dome looking north onto the river; a plane taking off from the river; and a group of Dawson people going up the midnight dome, a hill behind Dawson, taken on the 21st of June. The group includes Mrs. Butterworth, Mr. and Mrs. Chapel, and Doctor and Mrs. Renny. <25mn>

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. Reel one of nine reels.~2. Description based on transcripts provided by donor. Transcripts taken from interview with Mrs. Hilda Lewis, conducted by Arnold E. Roos for research for the S.S. Klondike II restoration project.~3. The film, with others, was used in the production of the National Film Board of Canada's short film, entitled IN THE DAYS OF THE RIVERBOATS, available for consultation at the National Library of Canada.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

385563

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8010-0088

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

385683

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8003-0081

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

385692

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8003-0150

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8003-0081

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

385707

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8003-0145/A
8003-0145/B

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8003-0081

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

921883

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

346970-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

13:14

Made from:

8003-0081

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

926380

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

346970.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

13:14

Made from:

8003-0081

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

926381

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

346970.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

13:14

Made from:

8003-0081

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8010-0088

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

copyright expired : no donor restrictions

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