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Banff Carnival

Item number (ISN):

20411

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1946-03-05

Item number (ISN):

20411

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1980-0199

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1946-03-05

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Production credit:

photographer, Ross Beesley

Description:

Newsreel footage of the Banff Winter Carnival in Banff, Alberta, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Carnival Queen Shirley Parkes and her ladies-in-waiting preside at all festivities. Shetland ponies and juvenile skiers provide excitement in a ski-joring contest. Skating is a highlight as is the Memorial Slalom on Mount Norquay. Footage shows: Banff and mountain backdrop; Carnival Queen Shirley Parkes and her court; Skating Frolic; parade of skaters with flags; waltz; crowd; solo number entitled Spring Breeze by skater Lois Woodworth; close-up of Woodworth doing spins; various shots of people at Ice Frolics; senior pair skaters; Grand Finale, including The Gang's All Here; Lorna and Doris Livingstone in RCMP costume in Salute to the RCMP; Ski-Joring Race by younsters with Shetland ponies; winner Hugh Watts with pony Dusty; skier Joe Brewster; various shots of Giant Slalom for Memorial Trophy; ski hill and Mount Norquay; and Queen Shirley presenting trophy to winner Jack Anderson.

Language:

Silent

Original number:

57-479

Notes:

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1. Subject description is based on Associated Screen News Limited caption sheet for 597 feet of footage shipped by ASN to the newsreel companies on 5 March 1946. Since the footage is shorter than the footage described in the caption sheet, some shots described here may not actually be present on the film.~2. This footage was used in the Fox Movietone News Canadian Edition, Volume 28, Number 55.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

26393

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-4652

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

28604

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0229

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-4652

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

28607

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0231

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8109-0229

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

28615

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0233

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8109-0229

Status:

MASTER
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