CALL NUMBER: T4105:0043.1 RECORDED: Millarville (Alta.), 1984-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Grew up with a passion for reading, the mountains and horses. Bert Rigall, international reputation, taught Andy guiding, childhood accident, started in 1907, operated out of Waterton Park, 1910. Wilderness summer trips, fifty horses, covered from Flathead Valley to Kananaskis. Major five month trip, Fort Steele to Pine Pass in 1911. Guides license obtained in 1936. Guiding territory in BC was lower Flathead Valley and east tributaries, 1946 to 1960. Used local BC guides. Selective hunting for bighorn sheep. Providing a service. High international outfitters rating. Frank Dvorak. Exclusive outfitting rights in Waterton Park, 110 horses. Recollections and perceptions of grizzly. TRACK 2: Guided famous hunting writers. Wilderness photography. Exposure/experience with big game, horses. Snowstorm problems. Close calls climbing. His film "Grizzly Country": lecture tour for 11 years, making it. Career thoughts. Description of Frenchie Riviere; origins, trailed horses to Fort St. John.

CALL NUMBER: T4105:0043.2 RECORDED: Millarville (Alta.), 1984-10 SUMMARY: Frenchie Riviere (continued). Jim Riviere, George Gladstone's stream crossing story. Crowsnest outfits; Frank Dvorak, Martin and Mike Baher, Vensel Dvorak. Leo Rutledge. Recollections of recent conservation battle with oil companies.

The item is a reel of film footage showing a Canada goose banding program.

The item consists of a reel of film containing television commercial spots about hunting and conservation officers.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Elk feeding in winter landscape. A man drops hay off a truck as feed.

The item is a reel of miscellaneous film footage containing three short film items. 1. Rail Lake: silent footage of a fisheries improvement and/or lake rehabilitation project at Rail Lake, near Lac La Hache. 2. Fintry Estate: silent footage of buildings, scenery, etc. at the Fintry Estate on Okanagan Lake. (A print.) 3. Conservation officer TV spot: A television ad (with sound) encouraging the public to cooperate with provincial conservation officers. An officer is shown inspecting guns and licenses.

The item is a reel of documentary film showing the effects of forest fires on wildlife, and methods of restocking areas with deer and trout.

The item is a reel of nature film. It outlines the duck's life cycle, including the impact of predators and natural hazards. Shows the activities of Ducks Unlimited to maintain the duck population. Most (if not all) of the footage appears to have been shot at sites in the United States.

Television commercials. A representative collection of MacMillan Bloedel television commercials highlighting various aspects of the company's operations and corporate citizenship. Includes spots focusing on the company's activities in world trade markets; methods of transporting logs and products; the self-dumping log barge; log sorting with dozer boats; new methods of planting and reforestation; forest fire protection; pollution control; the Ash River Valley reforestation project, begun in 1942; the educational activities of wildlife filmmaker Tommy Tompkins, sponsored by MacMillan Bloedel; and a bird sanctuary near Port Alberni supported by the company. Each spots is 1-2 minutes long.

The item is a documentary film. It explores the problems besetting national parks today: should they be kept as wilderness reserves, or should they become playgrounds for people with recreational vehicles and other trappings of urban society? Shows beautiful scenery and varied wildlife in Banff National Park.

Documentary. Examines the challenges, choices and conflicts arising as productive forest land is taken over by parks, reserves, communities and industry. Also discusses recent ecological concerns relating to the impact of logging on fish habitats (Riley Creek, Queen Charlotte Islands), soil erosion (Blewett Creek in the Kootenays) and wildlife (mountain caribou in the Selkirk Range).

The item is a composite print of a nature film from 1964. It shows migratory birds at Duck Lake bird sanctuary, and attractions near Creston in the Kootenay Lake region.

The item is a reel of documentary film. In a province as vast and diversified as B.C., the work of a conservation officer is varied and demanding. This film shows the many tasks that are part of that work -- from aerial census, tagging and tracking of animals to enforcement and court appearances.