The images document Fred North's time in Inuvik (1957-1963 as principal of Sir Alexander Mackenzie School; 1965-1966 either as vice-principal of the new school or back at SAMS; 1967-1973 at one of the schools, probably as principal), Fort Simpson (1963-1965 as school principal) and Yellowknife (1973-1979 - spent one or two years as school principal in Lac la Martre / Whatı̀. Then he served as Superintendent of School Services-Operations ordering furnishings and supplies for all NWT schools). The images show schools, students, teachers, and classrooms, as well as northern events like carnivals, royal visits, and Northern Games. There are also images of various communities and the buildings within them.
Sans titreMr. Mitchner's visit to Inuvik - Cubs, Scouts, Guides. Brownies. Pie eating contest. Lions. [Governor General Roland Michener is welcomed to Inuvik by Cubs, Scouts, Guides, and Brownies in front of Sir Alexander Mackenzie School. Cut to a pie-eating contest where five men compete.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0283
[Participants engage in seal skinning and northern games including leg wrestling, head pull, and backbend.]
[An archivist wrote the above description. Below, we have transcribed the original caption supplied by the film’s creator, Fred North. We have redacted a derogatory term used to refer to Indigenous women. North misspelled this term, and in a previous description, an archivist added in the correct spelling to both the title and the scope and content. We have redacted both. If you have feedback or questions, or would like to see the original non-redacted description, please contact the NWT Archives.]
Northern Games. Seal skinning, [slur redacted] wrestle. Inuvik. https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0284
Inuvik ice carvings. Top of the World ski meet. [Unobstructed view of ice carvings in front of Sir Alexander Mackenzie School in Inuvik, with cross-country skiers going by.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0285
School & homes in N.W.T. Inuvik. [Children in a darkened school room or lab feed strips of film into small machines. Cut to shots of houses, utilidors, and buildings.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0286
Prince of Wales at Inuvik airport. [Prince Charles is welcomed at the airport by a crowd, then gets into a car. Brief shots of a marching band, a balloon, a dome, a man running toward a garage. Longer shot of airplanes on the tarmac, then a plane taking off.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0287
The Queen visits Inuvik. [Queen Elizabeth is welcomed at the airport by a crowd and by a line of women and men. Cut to a shot of the Queen talking to a crowd at an unidentified location, then talking to a crowd in front of Sir Alexander Mackenzie School. The motorcade pulls up at the airport.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0288
Barges Inuvik. Trip to Aklavik. [Exterior of "North Star Service & Construction (Inuvik) Ltd." building. Shots of piles of lumber and goods on shore. Aerial shots of Inuvik?] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0289
Northern Games. July 1970. Rat skinning and arm pull. [Inuvik. Women skin muskrats and stretch the pelts over a wooden board. Pairs of men wrestle in the arm pull.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0290
Northern Games. Blanket toss, high kick one foot, two feet. July 1970, Inuvik, NWT. [Back bend, foot wrestling, back bend, one-foot high kick, two-foot high kick.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwwta-n-2011-005-0291
Boys making balance [bench?] Lac la Martre (Whati). [Children working with tools in a woodshop; children building with Lego in a classroom.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0292
Aklavik Carnival. Easter 1972. [A crowd watching snowmobilers go by. A parachutist coming in for a landing. Snowshoe races.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0293
Grads in Inuvik and softball girls in Inuvik. [Graduates on a stage; washed-out footage of people outdoors; girls (and women?) playing softball behind the school in Inuvik.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0294
Kips [KAPS] moving trailer fom [from] side of SAMS school. NCL freighter and barges. Better Days Orchestra and Barney McNeil. Inuvik, NWT. [KAPS truck and equipment parked by trailer next to Sir Alexander Mackenzie School; long shots of school; stacks of freight, lumber, fuel tanks, etc. and a barge (the "Corky the Centennial" floating pool?) with people walking by and a sign that reads "Milling Machine" next to a warehouse.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0295
Mackenzie Delta from the air. Top O' the World ski meet 1970. Handing out medals. [Aerial views of Mackenzie Delta. Shots of airport. People standing on a podium and receiving medals at the Top of the World ski meet in Inuvik.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0296
Inuvik C105 Jet in Inuvik R.C.A.F. Record Run. [Jet and airplanes (Canadian Armed Forces Hercules and personnel and RCMP) on tarmac at Inuvik airport.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0297
Hercules aircraft. Princess Ann [Anne] and brother [HRH Prince Charles]. Inuvik airport 1970. [The first two minutes and fifteen seconds is footage of the ground taken while the camera operator was walking followed by shots of the airport with airplanes on the tarmac. A blue carpet is laid out along a line of men and women. A car pulls up and discharges Princess Anne and her brother, who mount the stairs into the airplane. The carpet is rolled up.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0298
Around Town Fort Simpson. Edmonton to Nepawa [Neepawa]. [Shots of buildings, people in a field, a chicken coop, and more buildings. Blurry in parts. Black patch, then cut to footage that looks like it was taken from a train past an industrial area and fields with livestock. Then some shots of people getting into a car that look southern.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0299
Ian and Sylvia. June and babies. Inuvik 1966. [What looks like a television show of Ian and Sylvia Tyson performing at Sir Alexander Mackenzie School likely in 1968, then a woman and children playing indoors.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0300
Drum Dance at Sams school kindergarten class. [Shot of ice sculpture of what looks like people skiing with Our Lady of Victory or "igloo church" in the background. Indoor scenes of drum dancing (at Sir Alexander Mackenzie School?) with children.] https://vimeo.com/pwnhc/nwta-n-2011-005-0301