8 mm. Colour. 400' Untitled. 1955. [This footage contains images of men constructing a log bridge, dredging the river, machinery and boats at the dock, spring breakup and ice buildup on the river. (11:39 min) 1948-59] https://vimeo.com/689001682/43e3083450
Reel 1 700' Site Survey Aklavik. 8mm colour 400'. [Contains footage of McLeod cleaning fish, the ice breakup at Aklavik in 1954, a helicopter at the Husky campsite, drilling at E3, the campsite at E4, a ratting canoe, a dog team on the ice, the cabins during breakup. It also contains aerial footage of the Husky Channel, the Husky campsite and the Mackenzie Delta. There is also footage of McLeod, Mary Bombardier, Peter Thrasher and Jim MacDonald. 1954]
Reel 2 400' Construction at E3 1955. 8mm colour approx. 525' [Contains footage of the construction of buildings, docks, and the airstrip at E3 (Inuvik)]
Cruise of the Nauja. 8mm coulour 400' [The footage relates to the "Nauja" a boat used during the 1949 Foxe Basin Expedition. The complete film taken of the Foxe Basin Expedition has been deposited at the National Archives. This footage consistes of outtakes of the original film.]
[This film constists of 12 very short pieces of 8mm film. The titles of each film are as follows: 1) Rat River. 2) Malcolm carting barrels. 3) Leffingwell Kersky camp. 4) Merrill and Advisory Committee - Husky [campsite]. 5) [?] Needle bar and ice auger. 6) Garage truss raising. 7) "Radium Charles" barge at E3. 8) Dr, Christianson at Husky. 9) Group on lake at Husky. 10) Roads E3 Ditches. 11) Loading pile driving. 12) Untitled.
This fonds consists of 12 film reels, 1 videocassette (VHS) which is a copy of the film footage, 3 cm of textual material and 83 photographs and negatives. The films show Yellowknife in the 1940s and 1950s including aerial footage and the base at Alert in the 1960s. The textual material consists of letters written by Hugh Ross between 1933-1936 from the Fort Norman Wireless Station to his future wife. In addition, there is a copy of a pseudo newsletter of the Royal Canadian Corps. Of Signals Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System called "Notes of Interest." The negatives and photographs, which are located in a photo album that was compiled by Hugh Ross, include images of military personnel, wireless stations and the military base at Alert.
Ross, HughThe textual records consists of letters written by Hugh Ross between 1933-1936 from the Fort Norman Wireless Station to his future wife. In addition, there is a copy of a pseudo newsletter of the Royal Canadian Corps. Of Signals Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System called "Notes of Interest." The negatives and photographs, which are located in a photo album that was compiled by Hugh Ross, include images of military personnel, wireless stations and the military base at Alert. The films show Yellowknife in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as aerial footage and the base at Alert in the 1960s.
Videocassette is a duplication of 8 mm films also in accession N-1992-250 which feature footage of Yellowknife in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as aerial footage and the base at Alert in the 1960s. https://vimeo.com/447878685/0aca2d7cdd
Yellowknife from air. Ice in July. General Yellowknife. Beach [McNiven?]
Yellowknife 1950. Ottawa. Fort McMurray (1948-49)
Yellowknife (1948 or 1949)
Oil Sands Ltd. Plant Bitumon Alta. 1945-1948. [B&W scene of barges (on Mackenzie?). colour scenes of Fort McMurray.]
Yellowknife [1951]
Yellowknife. 1950-51
Alert - Summer. Flowers/Grave [1960]
Alert - 1961
Alert - 1961
Alert - 1961
Alert - [1961]
Alert - Musk ox. Resolute. 1961. Salt Spring Island.