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An Indian woman displays some handiwork to "Jerry Potts" in a scene from the film "Policing the Plains", shot on the Blood Reserve near Standoff, Alta.

G-08577
Item
1925

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Vancouver filmmaker A.D. Kean, with camera, and his assistant J.R. Nesbit, with tripod, pose with...

Vancouver filmmaker A.D. Kean, with camera, and his assistant J.R. Nesbit, with tripod, pose with other while filming "Policing the Plains" at Buffalo National Park, near Wainwright, Alta.

G-08578
Item
[Oct 1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Director A.D. Kean prepares a costume for a double, John Holsworth, right, about to portray an Indian buffalo hunter in a scene for the film "Policing the Plains", shot at Buffalo National Park near Wainwright, Alta. His assistant J.R. Nesbit looks on.

G-08579
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Director A.D. Kean costumes a double, John Holsworth of New York, who is about to portray an Indi...

Director A.D. Kean costumes a double, John Holsworth of New York, who is about to portray an Indian buffalo hunter in a scene for the film "Policing the Plains", shot at Buffalo National Park near Wainwright, Alta.

G-08580
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Director A.D. Kean costumes a double, John Holsworth of New York, who is about to portray an Indian buffalo hunter in a scene for the film "Policing the Plains", shot at Buffalo National Park near Wainwright, Alta.

G-08581
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Four girls, identified as "Mary, Louise, Unknown, Juliet," pose with two horses outside the "Fourth Avenue Veterinary Hospital"; location unknown.

G-08582
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Cast and crew of the Hollywood feature film Winds of Chance take a lunch break during location filming at Seymour Canyon, North Vancouver

G-08583
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Cast and crew of the Hollywood feature film Winds of Chance take a break during location filming at Seymour Canyon, North Vancouver. The figure seated in the foreground is probably actor Victor McLaglen

G-08584
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Cast and crew of the Hollywood feature film Winds of Chance take a lunch break during location filming, Seymour Canyon, North Vancouver. The young women seated at right are likely Lorna and Louise Kean, visiting the location with their father, A.D. Kean.

G-08585
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Cast and crew of the Hollywood feature film Winds of Chance on location at Seymour Canyon, North Vancouver. The cameraman is probably Norbert Brodin; the man seated at right is silent film star Hobart Bosworth

G-08586
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Director A.D. Kean adjusts a wig on an actor, probably John Holsworth of New York, about to play an Indian buffalo hunter in a scene for the film "Policing the Plains" at Buffalo National Park near Wainwright, Alta. Assistant J.R. Nesbit stands at right.

G-08587
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

An "Indian buffalo hunter", centre, played by Percy Creighton, looks on as his "vi...

An "Indian buffalo hunter", centre, played by Percy Creighton, looks on as his "victim", actually a disguised steer, is prepared for the filming of a scene for the film "Policing the Plains" on the Blood Reserve near Standoff, Alta.

G-08588
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

An Indian buffalo hunter, played by Percy Creighton, and his family gather around a fallen buffalo, actually a disguised steer, in a scene from the film "Policing the Plains", shot on the Blood Reserve near Standoff, Alta.

G-08589
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Indian encampment on the Blood Reserve near Standoff, Alta., used as a location for the film "Policing the Plains".

G-08590
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Group of Blood Indians, mostly in traditional costume, photographed on the Blood Reserve near Standoff, Alta. during the making of the film "Policing the Plains".

G-08591
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Unidentified woman poses in front of totem poles [at Stanley Park, Vancouver?].

G-08592
Item
[Dec 1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

"The wind bleached skull of a Monarch of the Plains."

G-08593
Item
[ca. 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A buffalo skull, photographed at a former buffalo jump near the confluence of Willow Creek and the Oldman River in southern Alberta.

"The introduction of Jerry Potts[,] who became famous as Police Scout and Interpreter, to an officer of the Force."

G-08594
Item
[Aug 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A scene from the film POLICING THE PLAINS, shot near Fort Macleod, Alta. "Mountie" on horseback is played by Charlie Edgar; "Potts" is Ira Boyd.

"The tribesmen and their families sat in stoical silence while the Treaty payments were carried out."

G-08595
Item
[31 Jul 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Treaty payment scene re-enacted for the film POLICING THE PLAINS, shot on the Blood Reserve at Standoff, Alta.

"Director A.D. Kean paying off the movie actors who participated in the scenes of this Historical Treaty event."

G-08596
Item
[31 Jun 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Treaty payment scene re-enacted for the film POLICING THE PLAINS, shot on the Blood Reserve at Standoff, Alta.; Kean stands at centre.

"An effigy of the famous 'Two-Spot' about to be pushed over the 100 foot drop"; making ...

"An effigy of the famous 'Two-Spot' about to be pushed over the 100 foot drop"; making "Policing the Plains".

G-08597
Item
[27 Aug 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Dummies of NWMP scout Jerry Potts and his horse prepared for a trick shot in the film POLICING THE PLAINS, shot near Fort Macleod, Alta.

Movie making; "Policing the Plains"; representing the famous leap of Potts while mounted.

Movie making; "Policing the Plains"; representing the famous leap of Potts while mounted.

G-08598
Item
[27 Aug 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Dummies of NWMP scout Jerry Potts and horse plunge over a cliff in a trick shot for the film POLICING THE PLAINS, shot on the Oldman River near Fort Macleod, Alta.

"'Goldie' is a stylish and aristocratic Thoroughbred. He is ridden as an officer's charger throughout the film."

G-08599
Item
[Jul 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Horse used in scenes of the film POLICING THE PLAINS, seen here at Fort Macleod, Alta.

"'Drifter' is a Trooper - Bay in colour and perfectly broken to 'Police Drill.'"

G-08600
Item
[ca. 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Horse used in scenes of the film POLICING THE PLAINS, seen here at Fort Macleod, Alta.

"A determined front was presented to those who waited their turn outside the enclosure."

G-08601
Item
[Sep 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A scene from the whisky trading sequence in the film POLICING THE PLAINS, shot near Fort Macleod, Alta.

"Western Pictures Company's saddle stock: Flash, Bang, Pardner, Pal, Two Spot, Four Spot, Comet and Spirit."

G-08602
Item
[ca. Jul 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Horses used in the film POLICING THE PLAINS, shown here at Fort Macleod, Alta.

"Flash and Spirit each play a leading part in the making of the film story: Flash as the specially trained camera horse of Director Kean, and Spirit as the continuity mount of Sergeant Boyd...."

G-08603
Item
[ca. Jul 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Horses used in the film POLICING THE PLAINS.

"Jerry Potts informs his officer of the whereabouts of a certain gang of whiskey runners."

G-08604
Item
[Aug 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A scene from the film POLICING THE PLAINS.

"The whiskey runners and smugglers of the period were a ruthless lot and often fired upon, killed and robbed their Indian victims after debauching them with firewater."

G-08605
Item
[Aug 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A scene from the film POLICING THE PLAINS.

"Upon the location of old Fort Macleod where a replica of the original Fort was built for picture purposes."

G-08606
Item
[ca. Jul 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Assistant RCMP commissioner T.A. Wroughton (second from left) at an Oldman River (Alta.) location used in the filming of POLICING THE PLAINS.

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