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Nature film. Outdoor filmmaker Tommy Tompkins journeys into the winter wilderness of the Rocky Mountains to film timber wolves. Also includes footage of a wide variety of wildlife.

Amateur film. Rocky Mountains; "The Great Divide" sign; Yoho Canyon; Takkakaw Falls; glacier, rock formations; Lake Louise; sun/clouds; diver in pool; river rushing through eroded rocks; resort pool; feeding chipmunks by hand; Lake Agnes; Banff Springs Hotel; more diving, pool; waterfall.

Amateur film. Shows scenery and wildlife in the vicinity of the Columbia and Yoho Valleys and the towns of Golden, Skookumchuck and Banff. Includes footage of the Kicking Horse and Columbia Rivers, Lake Louise, Emerald Lake, waterfall in Yoho Park, train passing through Spiral Tunnels, Radium Hot Springs, etc.

Industrial film. The construction of Compressor Station No. 1 on the Alberta-California gas pipeline, located between Fernie and Turtle Mountain in the Rockies. The compressor was built for the Alberta Natural Gas Company by Marwell Construction.

Travelogue. Surveys mineral hot springs at resorts in the Canadian Rockies, including Radium Hot Springs, Miette Pool, Upper Hot Springs and the pools at Banff.

The series consists of 796 lantern slides taken by Phyllis Munday between ca. 1926 and 1936. The slides are 8 x 8 cm positives and contain both coloured and black and white images. The photographs depict mountains, glaciers, climbing camps and friends and family in British Columbia and Alberta mountain ranges. Although many of the slides have numbers, many do not and there is no coherent arrangement to the whole series. In addition, many of the slides have been renumbered more than once. Most of the slides have no date or identification attached. Handwritten labels giving some dates and locations are associated with bundles of slides.

Recreational. Fly fishing for rainbow, speckled, brown and cut-throat trout in the lakes and streams of Jasper National Park.

The item consists of the A-roll original picture of a travelogue from around 1950. It utilizes film shot by BC Electric vice-president W.C. Mainwaring on a holiday trip to Jasper, Banff and Calgary. It includes much footage of mountain scenery, including Lake Louise, Mount Avery, Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Falls, a trail ride and a riverboat trip. BC locations include Kootenay National Park and Radium Hot Springs.

Travelogue. Sightseeing in the Rocky Mountains, including scenery at Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta.

Travelogue. Made two weeks after the opening of the Big Bend highway and the Banff-Jasper Highway, this film depicts the scenery of British Columbia as seen from the Trans-Canada Highway between Vancouver and Field, with side trips from Jasper to Banff and into the Okanagan Valley.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1970. It shows a scenic exploration of British Columbia, commencing at the Pacific Coast and continuing through the province to the Rocky Mountains.

The item is a composite print of a nature film from ca. 1965. It shows the advent of spring in British Columbia, gradually moving across the province from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Shots of birds, animals and flowers responding to the change of seasons.

The item is a composite print of a nature film from ca. 1965. It shows the advent of spring in British Columbia, gradually moving across the province from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Shots of birds, animals and flowers responding to the change of seasons.

Actuality. "The camera was mounted ahead of a locomotive travelling over a single track winding in and around points in the Canadian Rockies. The camera photographed the side areas of the track, showing trees, telegraph poles, and some running water by the roadbed." (LOC catalogue description, quoted in Colin Browne)

Actuality. "'In this picture we show the ending of this canyon, taken from the front of a locomotive on the Canadian Pacific [Railway], running through this marvellous piece of scenery at a high rate of speed. The train seems to be running into the mountains of rock as each curve is reached and rounded, making the scene exciting from start to finish." (quoted by Colin Browne)

Actuality. "'This charming piece of scenery commences at Mt. Hector on the Canadian Pacific [Railway] and runs through the Valley of the Kicking Horse, showing the huge mountains covered with snow. It is among the most interesting of our Rocky Mountain panoramic series. As the train runs along the Kicking Horse River, we see in the distance Mt. Field and Mt. Stephen, both 10,000 feet above the level, and passing through a tunnel cut through a mountain of solid rock we finally enter the town of Field, which is in the heart of the Ottertail group. As a panoramic mountain picture this is the most thrilling, as the audience imagines while they are being carried along with the picture, the train will be toppled over thousands of feet into the valley below.' Sometimes streams can be seen, and telegraph poles. A group of Chinese workmen is scattered by the train. The camera mounted on the cowcatcher records the slow entrance into Field and passes a railroad siding with several boxcars, a water tower and a few one-story buildings, the film ends before a good view of the town is possible." (Colin Browne)

Actuality. "'This charming piece of scenery was taken at Glenochole and Golden which is the commencing point of the picturesque part of the Ottertail Group of mountains on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. In the distance we see the huge mountains towering thousands of feet above the railroad tracks, the peaks of the mountains being covered with snow. The picture being taken from the front of an engine while the train is running a distance of several miles gives an excellent view of this beautiful section of the country.' The train also crosses bridges. (Colin Browne)