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[Yukon, Part 8 : home movie]

Item number (ISN):

346988

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1932/1935

Item number (ISN):

346988

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:

1932/1935

Production company:

Harry Lewis (Photography)

Description:

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Black and white film footage taken by Harry Lewis, employee of the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation (YCGC), a gold mining company. Film footage was taken between 1932 and 1935 and includes shots of: the Klondike; the Klondike River; Moosehide, a First Nations village three miles north of Dawson; the Anglican Church in Moosehide; St. Mary's Hospital and Administration Building in Dawson; Dawson school, built in 1901; the north end of town; St. Paul's, the Anglican Church in Dawson; and the first snow of the year.~Also included is footage taken by Lewis en route to Shriber, Ontario to be married. Included are shots of White Pass Railway; an old church at Lake Bennett; stuck in the snow en route; a snow blower at Bennett Lake; a shots of a train trestle taken from the end of the train.~Follows with footage filmed in 1935, after the Lewis' return north to Dawson. Included are shots of the Klondike; a dog team on the front street of Dawson; Solomon Albert, a man who used bear claws as feet after his feet were amputated due to frostbite; the Yukon River; a Cat carrying a load of wood to Dawson over the river road; a load of hay; a convoy of trucks being taken by Cat down the river; a Cat, circa 1934-35, travelling between Dawson and Whitehorse on the winter trail, carrying mail and passengers who kept warm with buffalo robes and hand-warmers; Frank Ray, trapper and prospector, preparing his dog team for travel; loading freight and mail on to Percy de Wolfe's launch as he prepares to go down to Fort Yukon and the points in Alaska along the lower river; ice forming in the Fall; a plane landing on the river at Dawson; the launch at the Dawson Ferry Dock; Percy de Wolfe with his launch preparing to go down river; Ed Hickey; de-icing the wings of a plane and heating the engine prior to take-off at Reeves Airway; and Harry Lewis in snowshoes with camera in hand.

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. Reel eight 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 on 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:

385703

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8003-0079

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

578494

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2012-04-0001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

90:00

Made from:

8003-0165
8607-0106
8607-0107
2007-09-0049
8108-0160
8108-0170
8108-0603
8108-0323
9307-0038
8108-0174

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

578608

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2012-04-0001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

90:00

Made from:

V4 2012-04-0001

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

589448

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8003-0161

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

8003-0079

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

589451

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8003-0165

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8003-0161

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2012-04-0001

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

copyright expired : no donor restrictions

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