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Flying U Guest Ranch (Green Lake, B.C.)
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Alfred E. Booth footage : CBC sample reel

The item is a video compilation of footage from eight unedited film items from the Alfred E. Booth collection.

  1. Cariboo scenes, ca. 1936: includes ranch scenes (Flying U Ranch?), river ferry, etc.
  2. B.C. interior scenes, ca. 1937-1945: includes buses, beer parlour interior, Kamloops Indian Residential School, fire trucks, steam train.
  3. Kelowna Regatta, ca. 1939: water sports, lifesaving class, "Ogopogo" replica, Okanagan scenery.
  4. Greenwood, ca. 1939: visiting baseball team on street with locals, mining scenes, old-timers, artist at work, scenery.
  5. Edgewood and Arrow Lakes area, ca. 1938: townsfolk, street scenes, etc.
  6. Cariboo scenes, ca. 1936 or 1939: guest ranch scenes (Flying U Ranch?), orchard, trail riding (or pack train?) scenes. 7. New Denver area scenes, ca. 1938-1939: ore refining [?], town scenes, fire hall, etc.
  7. Pier D fire, Vancouver, 27 July 1938: the fire (various angles), crowd of onlookers, fire crews and fireboats at work.

[Flying U ranch]

Footage. Shows a round-up of wild horses at the Flying U Ranch at Green Lake (near 70 Mile House, B.C.). Long sequences include ranch hands racing over hilly grassland, herding horses, then sorting them in the corral.

John Fremlin interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1988-10-30 SUMMARY: Mr. Fremlin, whose family owns the Flying U Ranch at Green Lake, B.C., discusses the history of the ranch and the life of rodeo champion Jack Boyd, who owned it ca.1920-1940. Boyd starred in A.D. Kea;n's feature film POLICING THE PLAINS, part of which was filmed around the ranch in 1924. Recorded at Mr. Fremlin's home on the Flying U Ranch.;

[Ron Bennett miscellaneous footage]

Amateur film footage:
004.01: Sailboats; powerboats; ferries; urban street ca. 1950s; stage show (Canada's Centennial?).
004.02: Totem pole; view from car on Patricia Bay Highway.
004.03: Horseback riding; Flying U Ranch; LLH Guest Ranch; Victoria's Inner Harbour; Totem Park with people.
004.04: Inner Harbour; pre-Swiftsure crowds; ducks; bird bathing; penny farthing bicycle race; sailboats; pond with water lily and fish.

Sarah Crosby interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-04-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sara, or "Tottie", Mrs. R.T. Crosby, recalls her family background. Her father, William Boyd, arrived from Stratford, Ontario in the 1880s. Her mother, Mary Boyd, came from Prince Edward Island in 1884. Her father purchased 70 Mile House in 1883. She describes 70 Mile House in great detail, as well as the stopping house, the stages and freight wagons. She mentions a few characters who passed through including Pauline Johnson. She discusses the Flying U Ranch which was purchased in 1883 and turned into a guest ranch by her brother Jack Boyd in 1920. She tells stories about one of the teamsters; alcohol; Captain Watson; and the Spintlum family. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Trip to the Flying U

Amateur film. House. Changing car tire. Ranch. Squirrel. Horse on range. Cowboys. Car in woods. Guests on horses. Bucking bronco, wild cow. Lake view. Car with fixed tire: Boyd's Garage. View of mountains. Fixing car again.