Collection search - Nor' By West Through the Inside Passage on the B.C. Coast = Motor Trip From Vancouver to Nelson Via the Beautiful Fraser, Columbia and Kootenay Route = [Columbia River and Kootenays = Campbell River]

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Nor' By West Through the Inside Passage on the B.C. Coast = Motor Trip From Vancouver to Nelson Via the Beautiful Fraser, Columbia and Kootenay Route = [Columbia River and Kootenays = Campbell River]

Item number (ISN):

327782

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

327782

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

THIRKELL, F.W

Accession:

1979-0294

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1930/1939 ?

Production company:

Ernest Johnson (Photography)

Production credit:

photography, Ernest Johnson

Description:

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Several sequences shot from a ship on shoreline of the Inside Passage, mountainous, tree-covered terrain, etc. Several views of the deck, parts of the ship, with scenery in background. Sequence on Ocean Falls from the ship showing the Pacific Mills pulp and paper mill, wharves, buildings, etc. Long shot of a Union steamship entering Hardy Bay [Hartley Bay]. Final views of tug with barge and, in the distance, two whalers heading for the Bering Sea.~Pan of Vancouver waterfront showing CPR Empress at berth and cut to shots of totem poles in Stanley Park, Burrard and Georgia streets with the Marine Building in the backgroud. Shots of Alexandra suspension bridge, a train moving along Fraser Canyon, Nicola Lake, Trail with the Consolidated Mining and Smelting plant at Tadanac. Views of the Columbia River cable ferry at Castlegar, of the junction of the Kootenay and the Columbia Rivers. Camera shows the tomb of Peter Verigin, assassinated Doukhobor leader. Shots of West Kootenay Power and Light Company plants at South Slocan, and Lower and Upper Bonnington, and of the City of Nelson power plant. Similar view of the Cora Lynn power plant. The Kootenay River is shown during high water spell. Pan to South Slocan power house. Sequence on staff house, residences of the West Kootenay Power and Light Company's South Slocan power complex, and of power plants and dam. Mr. Wid Bennett, engineer, and Mr. T.A. Gass of Canada Wire and Cable Company pose for the camera. Long shot of Nelson on Kootenay Lake. Sequence on construction of Grand Coulee Dam in United States and final view of sunset on English Bay. <13mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. For additional details, see A14 in Colin Browne's Motion Picture Production in British Columbia: 1898-1940.~2. This document was formerly known at NFTSA as COLUMBIA RIVER AND KOOTENAYS.~3. Original PDC card indicates: CAMPBELL RIVER for 7907-1227.~4. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.

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Vault ISN:

225533

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8110-0027

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

360643

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0562

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

360656

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7907-1227

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8110-0027

Copyright status:

Copyright expired

Reproduction access:

Copyright Expired

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09