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Records include films relating to Giant Yellowknife Mines Ltd., which record mining, exploration and construction activities. Included is a film documenting construction at Giant Mine in 1946/47, a promotional film titled "Giant Mines Story 1954" which describes the mining and smelting process at Giant and life in Yellowknife, and two films documenting mining exploration camps.

This film contains amateur footage of construction on the Giant Mine site in the fall and winter of 1946-47 filmed by A.K. Muir, General Manager. Footage shows construction of a dock, framing, a headframe, the Engineers building, sawing lake ice, heavy equipment, and the boat "Liard River". [Ted Horton, Jock McNiven?, also horses]

This film illustrates and describes the mining process at Giant Yellowknife Gold Mines, including surveying, blasting, hauling and crushing ore, roasting and pouring a gold brick. It also details life in Yellowknife and documents Dominion Day celebrations and boating on the Yellowknife River.

This film contains amateur footage of a variety of subjects, including brief shots of Giant Mine in winter, flora and fauna, a survey team, aerials of mountains, a prospecting camp in summer, heavy equipment and a helicopter, a Giant Yellowknife Gold Mines airplane on a lake, and airplanes at a dock in Old Town Yellowknife. It may document exploration activities for Giant Mine's parent company Frobisher Ltd.'s northern holdings.

This film contains amateur footage of a variety of subjects, and seems to document flying from Giant Mine in Yellowknife to other northern mining exploration camps. Included are brief shots of Giant Mine headframe and roasting complex, aerials of possibly Giant Mine or Yellowknife, a prospecting camp in summer, several shots of a larger mining camp (perhaps North Rankin Nickel Mine), and planes at the Pacific Western Airways dock in Old Town Yellowknife. It may document exploration activities for Giant Mine's parent company Frobisher Ltd.'s northern holdings.

This fonds consists of 224 black and white photographs and 1 16mm film reel (original master) and 1 betacam SP videocassette (archival master). The photos were taken primarily in the Tree River area circa 1925. Images include Inuit, camps, ships, and buildings. Many of the images are unidentified; however, some are of people from the Tree River area. There are many images of boats such as the "Margaret A" and the "Aklavik." The film is of Wop May on Reid Island in the 1940s. Other photos, primarily of his son Raymer and daughter Patricia, were taken by Ross while at Holman and Read Island. These date from 1937 to the early 1940s.

Footage shows Wop May on Reid (Read) Island.

This fonds consists of one 16 mm film entitled "Highway of the Atom," a copy of that film on Umatic videocassette, 3 VHS videocassettes of the productions entitled "To Move a Mountain" and "A Break in the Ice" and one photographs of a barge travelling the Mackenzie River. "Highway of the Atom" was created for the Northern Transportation Company (NTCL) in 1952 and illustrates the Radium Line of the NTCL transportation system by tracing the shipment of materials from Waterways, Alberta to Port Radium, on the "Radium Franklin" and the "Radium Gilbert." "To Move a Mountain," produced in 1969 and "A Break in the Ice," produced in 1972 are both promotional films that describe a typical transportation season.

Entitled "Highway of the Atom," this film was created for the Northern Transportation Company Ltd. (NTCL). It was edited and recorded by Crawley Films, with camera work by R.B. Ranson. "Highway of the Atom" illustrates the Radium Line of the Northern Transportation Company Ltd. Transportation system by tracing the shipment of materials from Waterways, Alberta to Port Radium, on the "Radium Franklin" and the "Radium Gilbert."

Records include two productions. One is entitled "To Move a Mountain" and the other is entitled "A Break in the Ice". Both are promotional films that describe a typical transportation season. "To Move a Mountain" was produced in 1969 and "A Break in the Ice" was produced in 1972.

Records are related to a project undertaken by the Lac La Martre Senior Room for the 1978 Explore Our Northern Heritage competition. Under the guidance of elders from the Lac La Martre Community Education Council, the students made a bush canoe and a caribou skin jacket and documented the process for the competition. The textual records and the photographs (:0005 - :0035) are part of a book created by the students entitled "Picture Book on Making a Bush Canoe." The DAT audiocassette contains a Tlicho recording of Francis Moosenose interviewing Joe Zoe Fish on "How to make a Bush Canoe (:0001) and a Tlicho recording of Eva Nitsiza's interview with her mother Dora on "How to Make a Fancy Caribou Jacket" (:0002). The films document "Making a Bush Canoe" (:0003); "Making a Fancy Caribou Jacket" (:0004).

This fonds consists of 5 cm of textual records, 346 photographs (colour slides), 6 reels of film (16mm original masters), 13 pieces of film, and 1 Umatic videocassette (archival master). The textual records consist of two bound volumes, one a diary documenting research and survey work, and the other a vessel log. The textual records also include a folder containing narration intented for one or two of the film reels. The photographs depict members of the survey crew and the Local Aklavik Advisory Committee at work during the initial survey and the later construction at Inuvik. The slides also document various aspects of the survey work including clearing ground cover, drilling test holes and constructing roads. Additionally, the photographs depict various buildings being constructed at Inuvik and some close-ups of pile driving and the construction of the town's utilidor system. The slides are originals created by Curtis Merrill, with the exception of a few duplicate slides created by Roger Brown. These duplicate slides carry the notation "R.B.". The film reels and videocassette primarily feature Aklavik and the construction of the new settlement of Inuvik (initially known as East 3). One reel is believed to be from Merrill's 1949 film of an expedition to Foxe Basin. There is also footage of the South Slave Region, Great Slave Lake, and Nahanni Butte. The 13 pieces of film contain outtakes from the Aklavik/Inuvik footage.

The textual records consist of narration intended for one or two of the Aklavik/Inuvik film reels. The slides are originals taken by Curtis Merrill, except for a few duplicates taken by Roger Brown. The duplicate slides carry the notation "R.B." The slides depict members of the survey crew and the Local Aklavik Advisory Committee at work during the initial survey and the later construction at Inuvik. The photographs depict various aspects of the survey work including clearing ground cover, drilling test holes and constructing roads. Also depicted are various buildings being constructed at Inuvik and some close-ups of pile driving and the construction of the towns' utilidor system. The film footage and videocassette primarily feature Aklavik and the construction of the new settlement of Inuvik (initially known as East 3); one reel of film is believed to be from Merrill's 1949 film of an expedition to Foxe Basin and there is also footage of the South Slave Region, Great Slave Lake and Nahanni Butte. There are also 13 pieces of film containing outtakes from the Aklavik/Inuvik footage.

Colour. 600'
According to the notes found on the original film container the footage was taken of Fort Providence, Hay River, Inuvik, Great Slave Lake, Nahanni Butte. It also includes footage of the Alexandra Falls, the Mackenzie Highway, and boat launchings at Bell Rock. No date.

8 mm. Colour. 200' Construction. 1955. According to the notes found with this film it depicts boats at the waterfront at E3 (Inuvik), digging test pits, gravel loading at Turn Lake, the constructioni of a garage, and McLeod's hitcher. It also includes footage of John McPhail, Fred Norris, Adolph Kozisek, Dean Hardy, P. Hall, Carl Muellerbeck.