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[Prince Rupert - Skeena area, ca. 1941]

Footage. A large column of soldiers, led by a pipe band, parades through Prince Rupert to the courthouse. Travelling shots of the harbour and waterfront. At Prince Rupert dockyard, the fishing boats "Rupert 44" and "Rupert 34" are prepared and launched. The gillnet fishing fleet is shown leaving the harbour, with a larger boat or tug towing a long string of smaller craft. Views of Claxton cannery and village, including buildings, docks, and mending of nets. Gillnetting scenes, plus unloading and weighing of catch. Fishing boats at dock, Prince Rupert. The fishing boat "Departure Bay" approaches, and crew unloads catch into conveyor at cannery. Interior footage of cannery operations, including the canning line, workers (including many women) butchering and cleaning salmon, filling the cans, labelling and boxing of cans, etc. A group of Japanese-Canadian adults is shown waiting at the dock, and engaged in a snowball fight. Views of a large coastal community (unidentified) from a ship or dock. Townspeople and children taking part in holiday sporting events, footraces, etc.

British Columbia sketches : [reel 7]

Amateur film. B&W: views of Arrow Lakes scenery from a sternwheeler; arrival; the "Minto" at dock. Two men travelling by packhorse in the Lardeau. The steam tug "Beaton". Sequence on gold mining in the Cariboo, with footage of a hydraulic mining operation. COLOUR: Vancouver; Lions Gate Bridge and Stanley Park approach; city skyline. Trip on the steamship S.S. "Catala": views at sea; approaching settlement; people meeting the boat; log boom and sawmill adjacent to the dock. Alert Bay: views of village, store, homes, etc.; Indian children at play; schoolgirls in red sweaters [from St. Michael's Indian Residential School]; steamboat arriving; many shots of totem poles, graveyard, etc. Fishing fleet in harbour, preparing nets, and heading out to sea. Fishboat crew hauling in net full of thrashing salmon, and brailing them onto boat. Other fishboats setting their nets, hauling in salmon. Fishboat crew unloading salmon onto conveyor; shots of cannery wharf, female cannery workers. Savary Island: family vacation scenes; lodge; children at play; adults playing golf on beach at low tide; departing on a boat trip.

Gillette Chipps interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12-01 & 02 SUMMARY: Gillette Chipps, a hereditary chief of the Nitinat, discusses his early life and his experiences in fishing. He also recalls some traditional Nitinat stories, including some about the first encounter between the Nootka people and Captain Cook, as well as the Spanish explorers of that era. He recounts a creation myth and discusses his experiences in World War I.

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